Origins is a short two-protagonist story, in which the outcome depends on what both characters decide to do. The player can control one protagonist at a time (while still seeing what the other character does), or can instead leave both option sets visible and swap control.
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Unform is a choice-based story concerning an amnesiac prisoner being “rehabilitated” and facing a series of surreal puzzles. I played it to completion.
One Night Stand is a parser-based puzzle game in Quest, about a woman who wakes up in an unfamiliar apartment and needs to figure out the name of her date before leaving. I did not complete it.
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Hunger Daemon is a parser-based comedy puzzle game, themed around Lovecraftian cults. I played it to the end, and this took me much though not quite all of the two-hour judging period.
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Sigmund’s Quest is a game based on classic Norse stories, with retro-styled art and a hybrid choice engine. I played through what was there, but the game is not finished as it stands.
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The Secret Vaults of Kas the Betrayer is a puzzly Twine dungeon-crawl with fantasy dwarf lore. I played it to an ending, though it was not a very happy ending, and I suspect that qualifies as an early death rather than the intended finish.
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Emily Short's Interactive Storytelling 