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Trapped in a Dome with eight hours to catch a killer
Visual Novel
Embark on a self-discovery journey, just like a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis
Interactive Fiction
An interactive horror fiction.
Interactive Fiction
Wake up—you’re toast. No, really. You were human, now time’s running out. Choose wisely, or stay this way forever.
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An AI spins a tale. You shape its fate—but one of you is a liar, twisting the story. Can you uncover the truth?
Adventure
completive text-based criminal simulator
Simulation
Stranded on the backroads of space.
Survival
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on the edge of extinction, people still go to work. try to make it through the week
Visual Novel
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miscommunication.
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Follow Aldren's adventure in this minimalistic RPG
Role Playing
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A short text adventure where you play as a repair drone exploring an abandoned space station .
Interactive Fiction
A interactive text based simulator
Educational
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AI driven timeline
Adventure
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Navigate a story of life and death in the trenches of WWI
Interactive Fiction
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An exciting, fast-paced typing game that infuses skill-building with refreshing, lemonade-themed challenges!
Simulation
It's Armageddon-o-clock: Automate the end of the world and wipe out humanity!
Strategy
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Goblin King is a kingdom simulator where the player takes on the role of a hero or a villain.
Role Playing
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Protoype Text-based, for VN Project.
Role Playing
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Rewrite history in this narrative RPG set in the twilight of Imperial Russia.
Interactive Fiction
An entry for the SA Game Jam 2024.
Adventure
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The overcomplicated Text Roguelike
Role Playing
Your choices do matter.
Visual Novel
The text used in this game is taken from the "Gokan no Ge," the prayer recited by Zen Buddhist monks before eating.
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This is a proof-of-concept playtest game for a gamebook system I'm developing.
Adventure
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Choose your path and accept the consequences in this sleep deprived adventure where everything is totally fine.
Interactive Fiction
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A more-than-human world
Interactive Fiction
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Eight paths, one day, mysteries abound
Interactive Fiction
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The Social Deduction Multiplayer Hacking Game
Role Playing
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THE dead wife simulator.
Interactive Fiction
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He swore to destroy what ruined Victor Frankenstein and Henry Jekyll. So why is he now following in their footsteps?
Interactive Fiction
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A 2D Top-Down Sandbox with Text-Based-Actions
Simulation
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There is all the beauty, richness, and complexity of the world in a single sentence.
Interactive Fiction
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“Life is full of lies, tricks, betrayed expectations, surprises, arcane horror and bad humor. So is this game.”
Interactive Fiction
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How fast can you get off this planet?
Adventure
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