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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 Halloween short story in a custom interactive text story engine
Interactive Fiction
Will your devotion reach them? Does it matter?
Interactive Fiction
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A tiny text adventure about dreams
Interactive Fiction
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8-Bit Simulation
Educational
For some reason you feel compelled to play this game..
Simulation
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Short text adventure for the Save the Environment Game Jam 18-19
Interactive Fiction
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Twine game exploring the way we communicate in relationships
Interactive Fiction
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Interactive fiction set in the world of SHOOT THE GIFT, an AGON playset.
Interactive Fiction
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Interactive mystery text adventure game
Interactive Fiction
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Track down a wild beast on the moors of England in this remaster of the classic ZX Spectrum text-adventure.
Interactive Fiction
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HTML University Project
Adventure
In this interactive sci-fi adventure novel, you are the AI pilot of Earth's last interstellar ship.
Interactive Fiction
Deliver a package to the royal family in this Oregon Trail inspired game!
Adventure
A multiple-choice-adventure-roguelike about testing a dungeon.
Interactive Fiction
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Une très courte fiction interactive inspirée des épopées grecques
Interactive Fiction
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The struggle between cultures on the basis of language
Interactive Fiction
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A short game about examining three colorful, floating cubes in your apartment.
Interactive Fiction
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Anomie
$7.99
A new place with new rules—a new life, a new future. Will the public authority's desperate efforts bear fruit?
Visual Novel
Is this not what you wanted?
Interactive Fiction
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Dylan Boyd's project for Gr 8 introductory coding.
Interactive Fiction
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A text based dungeon diving adventure.
Role Playing
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Twine Project for 2nd year at uni
Interactive Fiction
Adventure
It's like algebra, but more abstract
Puzzle
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​A short narrative text adventure taking inspiration from The Stanley Parable and The Night before Christmas.​
Interactive Fiction
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20th anniversary of classic horror game Anchorhead. 84 authors. One ridiculous tribute.
Interactive Fiction
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The internet is a magical place where files live in harmony and hackers roam free range
Simulation
the checklist game
Interactive Fiction
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Under orders to win the game, a pair of space mercs have to act married.
Interactive Fiction
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A short twine story about Ness, who is trying to meditate.
Interactive Fiction
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Jogo feito durante a EpoJam 2018.
Puzzle
a text-based v-pet game
Simulation
Practical love spells for the busy kitchen witch. 999 words. 9 endings.
Interactive Fiction
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Two have come to see the autumn ocean. Will it become a beginning of something new?
Interactive Fiction
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Yet another text-based roguelike game.
Adventure
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Enter the dreams of others. Be their guide. Or their nightmare.
Adventure
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