Alternatives

Products that do what Detective, a chat-based game, now open source does

1. 1DA
   Detective (a “chat” game)▲5

   2015 · fourtonfish.com

2. 2CA
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   2017 · github.com

3. 3WA
   WrittenRealms – a modern platform for text-based games▲200

   2021 · writtenrealms.com

4. 4
   Cursortag▲83

   Chatroulette meets Asteroids

   2015

5. 5AP
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   2019 · purdone.com

6. 6OS
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   2021 · airy.co

7. 7MA
   Miaou, an OS chat for developers and gamers▲58

   2016 · github.com

8. 8AA
   ArkScript, a small and fast language for scripting video games▲101

   2020 · github.com

9. 9AT
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   2014 · avausadventure.com

10. 10GO
    Gamification.org - Open Source Game Mechanics▲76

    2010 · gamification.org

11. 11LT
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    2013 · lechat.im

12. 12YA
    Yeah, a Ruby video game framework▲54

    2014 · github.com

13. 13AT
    A text-based programming game▲21

    2019 · jindosh.com

14. 14AO
    An open-source top-down action-adventure game▲6

    2015 · nicole.express

15. 15OS
    Open source Live Chat Engine for your own systems▲17

    2015 · github.com

16. 16IJ
    I Just Open Sourced a Game I Made a While Back▲37

    2011 · codebrief.com

17. 17CT
    Crown – The Flexible Game Engine▲20

    2017 · github.com

18. 18DC
    Doublespeak.chat, a text-based AI escape game▲8

    2023 · doublespeak.chat

19. 19OS
    Open source, JavaScript game▲5

    2014 · veerasundar.com

20. 20AU
    A UIKit Game Engine▲33

    2013 · github.com

21. 21SO
    Smooth open-source Tetris clone with a few surprises▲18

    2015 · toothris.org

22. 22JR
    Just released the Beta of CraftStudio, my coop game-making platform▲9

    2013 · craftstud.io

23. 23SM
    Software Manager, the Game▲26

    2019 · thesoftwaremanager.com

24. 24OS
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    2021 · github.com

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