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Ask HN: Great text based games to play?

A Dark Room Mudlet Playfic
  1. A Dark Room is an incremental clicker game with a minimalist interface and intriguing story.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    It's not quite what you're describing, but it's an amazing game built entirely in ASCII: http://adarkroom.doublespeakgames.com (not playable on mobile). The guy who built the mobile app did a really interesting recording about how the blind community picked up on it in a way that hadn't anticipated thanks to screen readers.

    #Games #Online Games #CMS 54 social mentions

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    Mudlet is a freshly-minted MUD client, designed to take mudding to a new level.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Check out the list on Mudlet (https://mudlet.org), it's a FOSS desktop app for playing online test games you describe. Comes with a selection of good games pre -configured.

    #Project Management #Task Management #Visual Novel Engine 8 social mentions

  3. Playfic is an online community that lets you write, remix, share, and play interactive text-based...
    Https://playfic.com/ * The Interactive Fiction Competition.

    #Visual Novel Engine #Project Management #IDE 1 social mentions

  4. An interactive text adventure by the creator of Minecraft
    Similar: http://game.notch.net/drowning/#.

    #Messaging #Communication #Instant Messaging 3 social mentions

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