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"IF is now being written by many types of people, for many reasons, as freeware or for sale, and distributed in a wide range of places. It is harder than ever to follow what is going on, and also there is a greater than ever variety to the works and players." --Emily Short, "Brief Bibliography about IF History," April 2016. What's new in the IF scene: NarraScope, a games conference hosted by the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation. The Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation, a nonprofit created to support IF tools and services. Dialog, an authoring language developed by Linus Åkesson. CYOA platforms like Raconteur by Bruno Dias, ink by inkle, Squiffy by Alex Warren, and Texture by Juhana Leinonen and Jim Munroe. Lectrote, a Glulx interpreter app by Andrew Plotkin. Long-term jams like the TinyUtopias IF Jam, curated by Cat Manning, and The Year of Adventure, organized by Robin Douglas Johnson. Writing Interactive Fiction with Twine, a book by Melissa Ford on authoring Twine stories. Still going strong: Annual competitions like IF Comp, Spring Thing, and the XYZZY Awards. Experimentation in both parser IF and CYOA. Popular CYOA authoring tools like Twine and ChoiceScript. Web-based authoring platforms for parser like Quest and, for Inform 7, Playfic. Meetup groups like Boston's People's Republic of Interactive Fiction and San Francisco's SF Bay Area Interactive Fiction Group. Previous features: IF Outreach, IF Cover Art Drive, ClubFloyd, One Room Game Competition.		Time Measurements No Time To Squeal (Robb Sherwin and Mike Sousa; 2001; TADS 2), Four Seconds (Jason Reigstad; 1999; TADS 2). 3 Minutes to Live (Ren; 2006; ADRIFT 4). The Last Hour (Roberto Grassi; 2004; ADRIFT). Choose Your Own Three Hour Adventure (David Whyld; 2006; ADRIFT 4). Friday Afternoon (Mischa Schweitzer; 1997; Z-code). Weekend (Pierre; 2005; TADS 2). One Week (Papillon; 2001; TADS 2). Sabotage on the Century Cauldron (Thomas de Graaff; 2005; TADS 2). A Mind Forever Voyaging (publisher: Infocom; 1985; Z-code).
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Nick Montfort created the Frequently Asked Questions article licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license. There is another article by David Fisher that lists Past raif topics. Check these articles out if you have a question. It's probably already been asked or the topic already discussed.		See Craft for how-to articles. See Theory for articles on IF concepts. See Starters if you're new to IF.

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June 2020 3: IntroComp 2020 Intents to Enter Accepted. Organizer: Xalavier Nelson Jr. 5: The Next Adventure Jam Submissions open. Hosted by Adventuron. 8: NarraScope 2020 Game Jam Submissions due. 30: IntroComp 2020 Intent to Enter Deadline. July 2020 1: IF Comp 2020 Open for entry registration and prize donation. Open for authors to declare their intent to enter. Organizer: Jacqueline Ashwell. 4: The Next Adventure Jam Submissions due. 31: IntroComp 2020 Excerpt Submission Deadline. August 2020 31: IntroComp 2020 Voting Deadline. September 2020 1: IF Comp 2020 The last date that authors can register their intent to enter. 15: IntroComp 2020 Result Post Deadline. 28: IF Comp 2020 The last date that authors can upload their games to the competition site. October 2020 1: IF Comp 2020 The games are released to the public, and the judging period begins. November 2020 25: IF Comp 2020 All votes must be submitted by the end of the day. (more news at Competition news)			You want to help edit the IFWiki? Great! Check out the community portal for an overview. Visit our list of wanted pages. Read the Game reference (style guide) and other style guides. Read Help:Editing if you're new to editing wikis like ours.