Captain Verdeterre's Plunder vs Curses!

"Captain Verdeterre's Plunder" is a parser-based interactive fiction game written by Ryan Veeder, released as an entry in the 2013 Interactive Fiction Competition, where it won first place. The game is a comedic puzzle adventure centered on a pirate captain attempting to offload treasure from a rapidly sinking ship. Players must strategically evaluate which items to salvage, balancing their materi...

Curses is a text-based interactive fiction game written by Graham Nelson and released in 1993. It holds historical significance as the first game developed using the Inform programming language, which subsequently became a standard tool in the medium. The story begins with the player searching through a family attic for a map of Paris, which expands into a sprawling, puzzle-heavy narrative spannin...