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Friday, January 17, 2025
IFWiki is an encyclopedia of interactive fiction, including IF history, theory, craft, tools, and people. IFWiki serves as both a historical record of community knowledge and a guide to resources for playing and creating interactive fiction.
Calendar
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Event News
Competitions and jams
- InkJam2024 (Results announced: 16 Nov 2024)
- ECTOCOMP 2024 (Results announced: 2 Dec 2024)
- PunyComp 2024 (Voting ends: 19 Jan 2025)
- IF Short Games Showcase 2024 (Voting ends: 25 Jan 2025)
- ShuffleComp 2024 (Submissions due: 25 Jan 2025)
- Smoochie Jam 2025 (Submissions begin: 1 Feb 2025)
- Russian Interactive Fiction Winter Jam 2025 (Submissions due: 22 Feb 2025)
- Spring Thing 2025 (Registration ends: 1 Mar 2025)
- Text Adventure Literacy Jam 2025 (Submissions begin: 1 Mar 2025)
- Grand Prix 2025 (Registration ends: 1 Mar 2025)
- SeedComp! 2025 (Submissions due: 1 Mar 2025)
- Concours de Fiction Interactive Francophone 2025 (Submissions due: 3 Mar 2025)
- Dialogue Jam 2025 (Submissions begin: 1 Apr 2025)
- Neo-Twiny Jam 2025 (Submissions begin: 1 Jun 2025)
- Single Choice Jam 2025 (Submissions begin: 15 Jul 2025)
- Bare-Bones Jam 2025 (Submissions begin: 1 Oct 2025)
- Interactive Fiction Showcase 2025 (Submissions due: 31 Dec 2025)
Meetings and conferences
- NarraScope 2025 (20–22 June 2025)
- ClubFloyd (weekly meeting)
- Jams hosted by the Neo-Interactives (monthly jam)
- People's Republic of Interactive Fiction (monthly meeting)
- Seattle IF Group (monthly meeting)
- SF Bay Area Interactive Fiction Group (monthly meeting)
Announcements
- 28 Dec 2024: IFWiki turns twenty! Twenty years ago today, on 28 Dec 2004, David Cornelson created the IFWiki:About page: "I’m fairly certain that’s the very first thing I did before publicizing it." See IFTF Service Birthdays for more detail.
- 9 Jun 2024: Each month we send a report about the wiki to the IFTF Board. You can help write it by going to: IFWiki reports to the IFTF Board.
- 2 Feb 2024: We added a Dark Mode toggle to the wiki. Just click on the "Dark mode" link in the Navigation menu (log in to see it).
- 2 Feb 2024: Automatic formatting of code is now possible on the wiki. Just use the
<syntaxhighlight>tag to enclose code. See the extension's page on the MediaWiki website for full details.
Feature of the Day
- April in Paris (Jim Aikin; 2008; TADS 3).
- Chicago (Mel S; 2001; ADRIFT 3.9).
- Downtown Tokyo, Present Day (John Kean; 1998; Z-code).
- Kurusu City (Kevin Venzke; 2004; TADS 2).
- Lost New York (Neil deMause; 1996; TADS 2).
- Melbourne Beach (DuoDave; 2001; ADRIFT 3.9).
- Pantsless in Seattle (David A. Cornelson; 2000; Z-code).
- Schatten über London (Martin Vincenz; 2006; TAG).
- Storm Over London (Juhana Leinonen; 2014; Hugo).
- Tinseltown Blues (Chip Hayes; 2002; Z-code).
- When in Rome 1: Accounting for Taste (Emily Short; 2006; Z-code).
FAQ
- What is "interactive fiction"?
- How can I download and play IF?
- Where can I find out what games I might enjoy?
- Where can I talk with other people who are into IF?
(See all frequently asked questions)
Check out these articles!
- See Craft for how-to articles.
- See Theory for articles on IF concepts.
- See Starters if you're new to IF.
- Annual competitions like IF Comp, Spring Thing, and the XYZZY Awards.
- Parser-based authoring tools like ADRIFT, Dialog, Inform 6, Inform 7 and TADS 3.
- Choice-based authoring tools like ChoiceScript, Ink and Twine.
- Hybrid authoring systems like Quest.
- Retro-style parser authoring tools like Adventuron, PunyInform and ZIL.
Software Updates
- 14 Jan 2025: Parchment version 2025.1.14
- 12 Jan 2025: Balladeer version 0.59.0
- 11 Jan 2025: Fabularium (F-Droid) version 1.5.1
- 7 Jan 2025: Moiki version 0.8.17
- 27 Dec 2024: UnZ version 0.13
- 20 Dec 2024: Decker version 1.53
- 14 Dec 2024: PunyInform version 5.11
- 14 Dec 2024: Emglken version 0.7.0
- 13 Dec 2024: Bamboozle version 0.8.0
- 3 Dec 2024: Lectrote version 1.5.2
(Browse the software database at Drilldown: Software)
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