Interactive Fiction
This is a list of text-based IF’s (Interactive Fiction) that I and another user from itch.io, **[xSai](https://itch.io/profile/xsaikoticx)** or **Bladed-Barbwire** on Discord, made on itch.i*o*, and I thought I’d share this here with you guys in case anyone is interested. **All the credit goes to xSai for coming up with the idea. Also, note that, neither I nor xSai own the rights to any of these IF's; we are just recommending them to people as we believe they deserve more recognition and people might actually end up enjoying them**. The list was made on itch.i*o* and so, unfortunately, will have to be accessed from there for anyone wanting to access them from here. The list also had to be split into separate parts as we ran out of characters to use. All the IF’s are completely text-based, a few using some visuals and/or images, but none of them are full Visual Novels. Almost all of the IF's are made in Twine, with a few being made in ChoiceScript, Ren'py, or some other engine. Most of the IF's are free-to-play, some are pay-to-play, and some are free until they're completed and/or a price is decided. Some of the IF's have extra DLC's or bonus side content on their itch.i*o* page or on the author's patreon, which are either free-to-play or pay-to-play. Most of the IF's can be played in a browser (works best in the itch.i*o* app, Chrome, Firefox and some other browsers. Not guaranteed to work in every browser) with some also having a download option, but there are some IF's that only have a download option and no browser one. Most of the IF's can be played on PC and mobile, but some are not compatible for mobile. A lot of the IF's are also unfinished WIP's (Work In Progress); some of them are already completed, close to completion, just started, or may have been discontinued. Some of the links of the IF's also don't work, stop working for a while before working again, or ask for a password to access; perhaps due to being discontinued, shut down for maintenance, or for some other reason. We will continue to keep updating the list as we find more IF’s. We also have a discord server, a lemmy community, a subreddit, a tumblr blog, and a cohost page dedicated just for this. If you, or anyone else have any IF’s you want to recommend, feel free to share them on here, the three itch.i*o* topics, the discord server, the subreddit, the tumblr blog, or the cohost page **(They have to be text-based IF’s from itch.i*o* and need to have at least some kind of interactivity. IF’s from other sites, Visual Novels, or some other type of game will not be accepted)**. Or if you just want to talk, or ask me for some suggestions on which IF's to try, then feel free to do that as well. Anyway, thank you for your time, and I hope you have a good day, folks. Cheers! >**[Twine games with character customization - Part 1](https://itch.io/t/1763600/twine-games-with-character-customization-part-1)** >**[Twine games with character customization - Part 2](https://itch.io/t/1910939/twine-games-with-character-customization-part-2)** >**[Twine games with character customization - Part 3](https://itch.io/t/2424612/twine-games-with-character-customization-part-3)** >**[Twine/VN with Customization Discord Server](https://discord.gg/Tt8rkykQP3)** >**[r/TextbasedIFRecs](https://www.reddit.com/r/TextbasedIFRecs)** >**[Text-based Interactive Fiction Games Recommendations - Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/mcgclock)** >**[Text-based Interactive Fiction Games Recommendations - Cohost](https://cohost.org/McGclock)**
adeptus7.itch.io
"Dominion of Darkness” is an interactive fiction strategy/RPG text game in which the player takes on the role of a Sauron-style Lord of Darkness with the goal of conquering the world. He will carry out his plans by making various decisions. He will build his army and send it into battles, weave intrigues and deceptions, create secret spy networks and sectarian cults, recruit agents and commanders, corrupt representatives of Free Peoples and sow discord among them, collect magical artifacts and perform sinister plots. Note – one game takes about 1 hour, but the premise is that the game can be approached several times, each time making different decisions, getting different results and discovering something new. Game is avalaible for free, online: https://adeptus7.itch.io/dominion I am constantly improving the game, adding new content and mechanics, so Your feedback would matter. If you are hesitant to play the game, I invite you to watch/listen to the reviews: Indie Sampler (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM6f4UCEgWU [BOKC] BlancoKix (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgNpSKToOSg
Does anyone have recommendations for software for physical gamebooks? Most of the IF software (understandably) is focused online on computer based games, but I'm looking for something that will help organize links, has the ability to shuffle passages while maintaining links, and can export to text. Does such a program exist?
www.belloflostsouls.net
cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/2611351 > >Back in 1989, a game maker and author named Joe Dever had a wild idea. He had already set up a whole fantasy series set in the world of Magnamund from his Lone Wolf gamebook series. Ever the innovator, Dever concocted the idea of PhoneQuest. In PhoneQuest, people could dial a number on their phone and listen to, essentially, an interactive audio drama set in the Lone Wolf setting. > > > > I have loved the Lone Wolf series since I was naught but a wee lad, so imagine my excitement upon discovering the idea is making a triumphant return to Kickstarter under the Sound Realms platform. > > > > ... > > > > The game itself plays out something like a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure book. The narrator describes what’s going on as any good Dungeon Master would, until you reach a point where you need to make a decision. But what sets the Lone Wolf series above the rest is the depth of the RPG elements found within. In the Lone Wolf series, it’s not just choosing your own adventure path. There is character stats, equipment, items, quests, skill checks, and of course, combat!
There's just a week left to vote on the 7 entries in this year's IntroComp. You don't need to play all 7 to vote, so please feel free to just play a few and vote on a few (although please try and mix it up a little so the stories alphabetically at the front of the list don't get way more votes than the ones at the end of the list). These stories are little excerpts of works in progress by indie creators. Your votes and feedback will directly help encourage them to complete their projects. Is there a game you really want to see completed? Vote for it and let the author know! Is there a game you really like but which just needs a little tweaking or polishing? Vote for it and give some constructive feedback! Your inputs can directly help shape these future releases. [https://introcomp.org/](https://introcomp.org/)
There's just a week left to vote on the 7 entries in this year's IntroComp. You don't need to play all 7 to vote, so please feel free to just play a few and vote on a few (although please try and mix it up a little so the stories alphabetically at the front of the list don't get way more votes than the ones at the end of the list). These stories are little excerpts of works in progress by indie creators. Your votes and feedback will directly help encourage them to complete their projects. Is there a game you really want to see completed? Vote for it and let the author know! Is there a game you really like but which just needs a little tweaking or polishing? Vote for it and give some constructive feedback! Your inputs can directly help shape these future releases. [https://introcomp.org/](https://introcomp.org/)
www.polygon.com
cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/1552372 > > 2018’s Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and 2019’s You vs. Wild marked a new phase for Netflix’s interactive shows, which started off with relatively simple interactive experiments for kids in 2017, designed to test the waters for actual Netflix games down the road. These Choose Your Own Adventure-style stories became some of Netflix’s more distinctive offerings for a short while, but they’re getting rarer as Netflix’s focus shifts toward skill tests like Cat Burglar and Trivia Quest. > > > > Still, Netflix continues to drop the occasional interactive story, and we’re continuing to rank each one based on how interactive it actually is. The service’s latest interactive special, the ambitious We Lost Our Human, prompted a new update of our rankings. This list considers whether a given Netflix interactive special is fun to play, what kind of story it’s telling, and whether your choices actually have any effect on how that story unfolds.
Can be yours for a mere $155,000. (No, I'm not the seller, but I'm curious who is!)
This coder rigged up GPT to create IF games.
arstechnica.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/352729 > > Zork and MUD? Sure. But also Universal Paperclips, AI Dungeon, and Lifeline.
- VoiceOver support - Themes - Per-game settings - Download game info from Ifdb - Sounds, images, text colours - Glulxe autosave and autorestore-
From [WIkipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunnet_(video_game)) : > The game starts out with the player standing at the end of a dirt road, but it turns to the surreal when players realize that they are actually walking around inside a Unix system, and teleporting themselves around the Arpanet.
www.usgamer.net
> Happy 20th anniversary, Suikogaiden. You're a hyper-obscure text adventure with a hero named after a deep-fried pancake, but you let us observe Suikoden 2's beloved story and characters from another angle. You also gave us one of gaming's last great traditionally animated introductions.
> ...a Z-machine interpreter for the Commodore 64 written by Johan Berntsson and Fredrik Ramsberg in 2018... > Release 4: Configurable cursor, loadscreen, bugfixes > cursor shape, colour and blinking configuration settings
discoversj.neocities.org
This project comes across as a well-meaning satire of sites like [discoversaintjohn](https://www.discoversaintjohn.com) and exploits the limitations of the Twine platform to provide a particularly memorable aesthetic.  Edited: clarity
johnblood.itch.io
I created an interactive fiction game for a game jam.