Varicella is amazing, too. (the game, not the infectious disease)

the_af · on Sept 12, 2022

Yes! I forgot. To be honest, there are too many cool and genre-breaking IF games to list.

Bakary · on Sept 12, 2022

There are two games I have really enjoyed but that I'm unable to find again

- A single room game where you have to get rid of your inventory (it's a lot more compelling than it sounds)

- Having to figure out a constructed language in a tribal setting to get medicine for your son

cenazoic · on Sept 13, 2022

I think the second one is The Gostak, by Carl Muckenhoupt:

https://www.ifwiki.org/The_Gostak

Bakary · on Sept 13, 2022

I definitely want to play the game you just linked and thanks for alerting me to it. However, in the game I was thinking of, the parser and descriptive text are in English, but characters speak in the constructed language and only respond to it

the_af · on Sept 13, 2022

Both sound interesting. I've played enough IF to know just "getting rid of your inventory" is a promising starting point!