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IF is no longer discussed solely by the members of ifMud and the r*if newsgroups. People are discovering -- and discussing -- IF in many venues, such as classrooms, literature groups, casual gaming groups, and more. One new development is the formation of IF groups that meet in person; check out the People's Republic of Interactive Fiction in Boston, the Chicago Interactive Fiction Group, the SF Bay Area Interactive Fiction Group, and the Seattle IF Group!

We're seeing more discussion about how to make IF more accessible for new players, and how best to promote IF. For example, Emily Short asks So, Do We Need This Parser Thing, Anyway? Andrew Plotkin and Lea Albaugh offer a handy How to Play Interactive Fiction card under the Creative Commons license. Juhana Leinonen continues to develop Neophyte's IF Trainer project.

Browser-based IF is getting some love too. The success of Jay is Games' Casual Gameplay Design Competition #7 showed how useful the Parchment and Flaxo interpreters were for presenting IF to the gaming public. Expect to see TADS 3 and Glulx games also make their ways onto your browser. For more TADS 3 news, see the TADS 3 System Development blog. For Glulx terps, check out Quixe and ZMPP.

And don't forget about PAX Prime 2010 in September in Seattle!

• Escape from a Planet Filled with Monkeys! (Randall M. Gee; 2001; TADS 2).
• Escape from Auriga (Florin Tomescu; 2004; Z-code).
• Escape from Crulistan (Alan Smithee; 2000; MS-Windows).
• Escape from Pulsar 7 (Brian Howarth; 1983; MS-DOS).
• Escape from the SS Borgarís (Kevan Davis; 2003; Z-code).
• Escape from the Starship Zenon (Andrew Gawthorpe; 2000; Z-code).
• Escape Pod (Love Letters to Love; 2004; ADRIFT).
• Escape to Freedom (Richard Otter; 2005; ADRIFT).
• Escape to New York (Richard Otter; 2005; ADRIFT).
• An Escape To Remember (2nd IF Whispers team; 2006; Z-code).

• InsideADRIFT Summer Competition 2010. Winner: Aegis (Jacqueline H. as "Lumin").
• IntroComp 2010. 9 games! Winner: Tourist Trap (Iain Merrick; Z-code).
• 2010 Spring Ting (for ADRIFT games). Winner: Wes Garden's Halting Nightmare (Jubell).
• MetaFilter Interactive Fiction Contest 2010. 3 games. Winner: Time For Tea (kaibutsu; Z-code).
• 2010 AIF Mini-comp. 4 games. Winner: Once Upon a Dream (Purple Dragon; Glulx).
• @party competition. 2 games. Winner: Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
• CYOA competition. Competition abandoned by its organizer.
• TWIFcomp. For tweet-sized interactive fiction. Winner: > by @ (Aaron A. Reed; Z-code).
• Grand Prix 2010 for (mostly) German games. Winner: Ares (Michael Baltes; Glulx).

Upcoming

• IF Comp 2010. Intent deadline: September 1, 11:59 P.M. EST. Submit by September 30, 11:59 P.M. EST.
• Spring Thing 2011. Intent deadline: March 1, 2011, noon, Eastern US Time.

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• See Craft for how-to articles.
• See Theory for articles on IF concepts.
• See Starters if you're new to IF.
• See Current events to keep up to date on what's happening in the IF world.

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