All Roads |
| 1st place, rec.arts.int-fiction competition 2001 Winner, Best Game, Xyzzy Awards 2001 Winner, Best Story, Xyzzy Awards 2001 Winner, Best Setting, Xyzzy Awards 2001
Supernatural espionage thriller. Clever story, not much puzzles.
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Augmented Fourth |
| Humorous game in a fantasy setting, with good and not too hard puzzles.
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A Bear's Night Out |
| 5th place, rec.arts.int-fiction competition 1997 Winner, Best Setting, Xyzzy Awards 1997
You play a teddy bear who comes to life when the people in the house are all asleep. Known to be both appealing and suitable for children, and no less so for adults.
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The Dreamhold |
| You wake up with amnesia in a very strange place. Written explicitly for beginners - the game will often suggest things to try, in order to teach the player how to play an IF game. Also has an 'expert mode' which makes it play like a regular game.
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The Edifice |
| 1st place, rec.arts.int-fiction competition 1997 Winner, Best Puzzles, Xyzzy Awards 1997 Winner, Best Individual Puzzle, Xyzzy Awards 1997
You start out as a prehistoric man who encounters a large, strange stone.
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Fallacy of Dawn |
| Winner, Best Individual NPC, Xyzzy Awards 2001 Winner, Best Writing, Xyzzy Awards 2001
You play a strange, brain damaged character, making a living in a video arcade in a near-future dystopian city. Has graphics.
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Film at Eleven |
| You play a television reporter on your first big assignment. Rather simple puzzles, and the game often allows for multiple different solutions.
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Fine-Tuned |
| You play Troy Sterling, a daredevil hero in the childhood of the automobile. Well written and with lots of humour.
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For a Change |
| Winner, Best Writing, Xyzzy Awards 1999 2nd place, rec.arts.int-fiction competition 1999
Imaginative and innovative game. Part of the problem-solving in the game is figuring out the very special language used. It's English, but a weird flavour.
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Galatea |
| Best of Show, 2000 IF Art Show Winner, Best Individual NPC, Xyzzy Awards 2000
Retells the myth of Pygmalion, the sculptor whose statue came to life. The game consists entirely of a conversation with the statue, who is certainly the most elaborate character ever put in an IF game.
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Masquerade |
| A romantic story set in the 19th century. The game is rather linear most of the time, but there are many different endings.
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Metamorphoses |
| 2nd place, rec.arts.int-fiction competition 2000 Winner, Best Writing, Xyzzy Awards 2000
You're a slave girl on a mission for your master. Rich story and good puzzles.
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My Angel |
| Winner, Best Story, Xyzzy Awards 2000
A complicated plot around a very special relationship. Nice puzzles, neatly intervowen with the story.
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Photopia |
| 1st place, rec.arts.int-fiction competition 1998 Winner, Best Writing, Xyzzy Awards 1998 Winner, Best Story, Xyzzy Awards 1998
Intriguing story without puzzles.
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Pytho's Mask |
| Winner, Best NPCs, Xyzzy Awards 2002
Intrigue. Romance. Magic. And a man in a dark mask.
Pytho's Mask tries to provide as many routes to success as possible.
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Rameses |
| Winner, Best Individual PC, Xyzzy Awards 2000
A puzzleless story about a silent, unhappy teenager at a board school.
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Shade |
| Winner, Best Setting, Xyzzy Awards 2000
A one-room game set in your apartment.
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She's Got a Thing for a Spring |
| 4th place, rec.arts.int-fiction competition 1997 Winner, Best Individual NPC, Xyzzy Awards 1997
You are to meet your husband at a hot spring in the Rocky Mountains. Great writing, easy puzzles.
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Shrapnel |
| Winner, Best Use of Medium, Xyzzy Awards 2000
A short, dark, violent and puzzleless story.
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Spur |
| Great writing in a Western setting. You start off in a gunfight, not knowing why you are there.
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Theatre |
| A horror story, set in an old theatre.
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Vacation Gone Awry |
| You wake up to find that your family is gone. Then it gets worse.
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Varicella |
| Winner, Best Game, Xyzzy Awards 1999 Winner, Best NPCs, Xyzzy Awards 1999 Winner, Best Individual NPC, Xyzzy Awards 1999 Winner, Best Individual PC, Xyzzy Awards 1999
A very dark and yet humorous story about intrigue around the throne following the king's death. Not particulary suitable for children.
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Winter Wonderland |
| 1st place, rec.arts.int-fiction competition 1999
About a little girl who stumbles into a fantasy world. Aimed at both kids and adults.
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YAGWAD ("Yes, Another Game with a Dragon!") |
| A spoof of Zork-like fantasy games. Well written and with a surprising air of freshness over it, considering it's in a somewhat over-populated genre.
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