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Latestwith code under GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL) tagged Text based (77 results)

Explore games with code under GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL) tagged Text based on itch.io. Focused on using its text, moreso than its visuals or audio, to tell the bulk of its story/plot. (Still can have great a · Upload your games with code under GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL) to itch.io to have them show up here.

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A roguelike dungeon crawler with authentic ASCII graphics
Role Playing
Hack a 1960s computer to uncover a secret society's cryptic conspiracies.
Simulation
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A simple text adventure about surviving the wasteland
Survival
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A Tiny Text Adventure Game
Interactive Fiction
Text-based roguelike in a sky with steampunk theme
Role Playing
A digital interactive narrative game, Powered by the Apocalypse
Adventure
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What, so like, we're just going to sit here for an hour?
Interactive Fiction
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What will you summon? And what consequences will it bring?
Interactive Fiction
A small strategy game running entirely in your terminal
Strategy
Free, Open-Source, Janky
Interactive Fiction
A way to help generate event prompts for solo-RPGs
Interactive Fiction
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An escape room mystery. Can you escape your chains before the killer strikes again?
Interactive Fiction
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Journey to defeat the Darkness
Role Playing
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Play the exquisite corpse with text messages
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YOU are the game master! Shepherd the CPU player through an adventure of your own design.
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"Colossal Cave" for lazy people!
Adventure
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A small, WIP game for CMD
Adventure
A text adventure entirely generated by AI
Adventure
Play in browser
Global Game Jam 2023
Puzzle
Online version of famous paper-and-pencil game.
Card Game
a network battleship game for window or terminal
Strategy
A personal project i've been working on (on semi-permanent hold)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
iq_game
Educational
Simple strategy game in the terminal
Strategy
How long can you last in your game jam career?
Interactive Fiction
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A pit-fighting game for the famous 5th edition fantasy tabletop RPG.
Role Playing
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You are your tribe’s last hope. Find the cure to the disease before you run out of time.
Interactive Fiction
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Help a lost bit escape a sea of bytes, using bitwise operations to advance and get the correct values through the exits
Puzzle
A text based survival sandbox.
Survival
Simulation
click all the buttons to reach security !
Rhythm
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An interactive fiction caper
Interactive Fiction
Cross hills and valleys to catch up to your failed executioners and do what they couldn't.
Adventure
Explore a strange labyrinth and keep your astronaut alive!
Strategy
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Text-only Journaling RPG
Role Playing
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A short text-based Fantasy RPG
Role Playing
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