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Games Like Dialogue: A Writer's Story

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Try out different conversation mechanics – Active, Exploratory or Written – in Dialogue: A Writer's Story. Play as the writer Lucille Hawthorne, exploring characters and events through a year in her life via mostly ordinary, and occasionally fantastical, conversations.

Reviews: 4 user reviews — 75% — of 4 reviews
Released: 2017-09-20
Developer: Tea-Powered Games
Genres: Indie, RPG, Simulation
Platforms: Windows, Mac

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    62% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    70% matchVery Positive85% of 94 reviews2019
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    Windows · Mac

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    73% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2017
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    74% matchNo user reviews2019
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    Windows

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    68% matchMixed60% of 1,287 reviews2018
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