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Focused on using its text, moreso than its visuals or audio, to tell the bulk of its story/plot. (Still can have great audio and visuals, though!)

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a short story about exploring an abandoned planet
Interactive Fiction
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An 80s inspired text adventure game that takes place inside a “chat room”.
Visual Novel
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A brief, text-only tale of darkness and woe with six endings, only one of them good.
Interactive Fiction
A short interactive text adventure in which you substitute arcane ingredients for any old shit you find about the house
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A retelling of the Icarus myth in interactive form
Interactive Fiction
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What happens when people die and can't move on? You help them.
Role Playing
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Exactly what it says on the tin
Interactive Fiction
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Two text adventures in one!
Action
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Adventure
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A modern ascii text adventure
Adventure
haunted blog
Interactive Fiction
Vee and Aiden live together in ‘The Den’, but tonight, a chance discovery is about to change their lives forever…
Interactive Fiction
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Yazı tabanlı ticaret oyunu.
Сможете ли вы сохранить ферму, семью и жизни рабочих?
Interactive Fiction
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A MUDdy Multiplayer Roguelike!
Role Playing
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Make a decision
Simulation
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Grow your garden! <3
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My first project for college. This game is meant to be played a few times if you want different outcomes. Please enjoy.
Interactive Fiction
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
Interactive Fiction
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A Playable Essay on Design and Community
Puzzle
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Люди исчезают здесь
Interactive Fiction
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Medieval fantasy open-world game
Adventure
The classic "guess the number" project that any programming class will have you create.
Strategy
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Deerly beloved, we are gathered here to brawl… or maybe fall in love
Visual Novel
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Text-based RPG where you choose a class and roleplay as an Opossum in the Appalachian Mountains!
Role Playing
In a dystopian future, you play as Isaac, a man attempting to overcome his past, or maybe even change it?
Adventure
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Interactive Fiction
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Unleash your improv abilities with your friends! Craft unique stories from randomly-generated movie prompts!
Survival
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Classic text-based adventure as a macro-free Excel spreadsheet
Interactive Fiction
watch and feed fish
Simulation
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A short text-based game. Inspired by a fear of mine.
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Vous aimez corriger les fautes d'orthographe des gens ? Parfait, Lempadère est fait pour vous :]
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just add evil
Interactive Fiction
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Working through the holidays can be hell, especially at Home Safety Hotline.
Puzzle
Horror game about a rogue AI. Text choice based game made using Twine
Visual Novel
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