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The Interactive Fiction Database (IFDB) is a database of metadata and reviews of
The top 10 games on the IFDB Top 100 list, using an IMDb style 
In a September 2023 vote among members, the following were voted the best games:
IFDB Top 100
(archived), ifdb.org, 13 November 2023. Interactive Fiction Top 50 of All Time (2023 edition)
, ifdb.org, 15 September 2023. IFDB the Interactive Fiction Database
(archived 23 November 2023), ifdb.org. Programs
, iftechfoundation.org. Retrieved 19 June 2022. Contacting Us
, ifdb.org. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
interactive fiction
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Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, is software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literary narratives, either in the ...
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In November 2023, the database contained 12,969 game listings, 12,784 member reviews, 51,762 member ratings, and 17,040 registered members. Some games can be played in the web browser using links on the IFDB web site.
History
The database was founded by Michael J. Roberts in 2007. The IFDB is currently (2023) maintained by the IFDB committee of the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation (IFTF).Top games
The top 10 games on the IFDB Top 100 list, using an IMDb style Bayes estimator
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to calculate weighted ratings based on all IFDB ratings, are (2023):
# ''Counterfeit Monkey ''Counterfeit Monkey'' is a 2012 interactive fiction espionage game by Emily Short.
Plot and gameplay
Set in Anglophone Atlantis, the world's greatest center for linguistic manipulation, the player has been merged with another person. They are eq ...
'', by Emily Short
# ''Anchorhead
''Anchorhead'' is a Lovecraftian horror interactive fiction game, originally written and published by Michael S. Gentry in 1998. The game is heavily inspired by the works and writing style of H.P. Lovecraft, particularly the Cthulhu mythos.
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'', by Michael Gentry
''Anchorhead'' is a Lovecraftian horror interactive fiction game, originally written and published by Michael S. Gentry in 1998. The game is heavily inspired by the works and writing style of H.P. Lovecraft, particularly the Cthulhu mythos.
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# '' Hadean Lands'', by Andrew Plotkin
# ''Superluminal Vagrant Twin'', by C.E.J. Pacian
# '' 80 Days'', by inkle and Meg Jayanth
# ''Open Sorcery'', by Abigail Corfman
# ''Worldsmith'' by Ade McT
# '' The Wizard Sniffer'', by Buster Hudson
# ''Will Not Let Me Go'', by Stephen Granade
# ''Eat Me'', by Chandler Groover
Emily Short has six entries among the top 100. Andrew Plotkin, Buster Hudson, Chandler Groover, Steve Meretzky, inkle, Brendan Patrick Hennessy, mathbrush, Steph Cherrywell, Jon Ingold has 3 entries each.
In a September 2023 vote among members, the following were voted the best games:
- ''Counterfeit Monkey'', by Emily Short
- ''Anchorhead'', by Michael Gentry
- ''Spider and Web ''Spider and Web'' is a piece of interactive fiction written by Andrew Plotkin. ''Spider and Web'' begins innocuously enough: the player's character, an apparent tourist, has wandered into a blind alley. Upon trying to leave the alley, however, ...'', by Andrew Plotkin
- ''Hadean Lands'', by Andrew Plotkin
- ''The Impossible Bottle'', by Linus Åkesson
- '' The Gostak'', by Carl Muckenhoupt
- '' Photopia'', by Adam Cadre
- ''Eat Me'', by Chandler Groover
- '' Lost Pig'', by Admiral Jota
- ''80 Days'', by inkle, Meg Jayanth
- '' Adventure'', by William Crowther and Don Woods
- ''Blue Lacuna'', by Aaron A. Reed
- '' Curses'', by Graham Nelson
- ''The Wizard Sniffer'', by Buster Hudson
See also
* Interactive Fiction Competition *Spring Thing
Spring Thing is an annual competition to highlight works of text adventure games and other literary works, also known as Interactive Fiction.
Adam Cadre, author of several works of Interactive Fiction, including ''Photopia'' and '' Varicella'', ...
* XYZZY Awards
References
(archived), ifdb.org, 13 November 2023. Interactive Fiction Top 50 of All Time (2023 edition)
, ifdb.org, 15 September 2023. IFDB the Interactive Fiction Database
(archived 23 November 2023), ifdb.org. Programs
, iftechfoundation.org. Retrieved 19 June 2022. Contacting Us
, ifdb.org. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
External links
* https://ifdb.org/ 2007 establishments Internet properties established in 2007 Online game databases Recommender systems