Current events

This page is no longer updated. All of the contents on this page are set out in News in 2011, News in 2012 and News in 2013.

Game Releases

September 2012 Game Releases

IF Comp 2012 (30-Sep). 28 games by various authors.

July 2012 Game Releases

IntroComp 2012 (18-Jul). 6 games by various authors.
The Andromeda Legacy™ Competition (01-Jul). 2 games by various authors.

June 2012 Game Releases

Cover Stories (11-Jun). 12 games by various authors.

April 2012 Game Releases

Spring Thing 2012 (07-Apr). 4 games by various authors.
Jay Is Ponies (JohnB, Kyh, Steve, Tricky, and Trinn; 01-Apr; Z-code 8).

March 2012 Game Releases

Muggle Studies (M. Flourish Klink; 31-Mar; Glulx).
Apollo 18+20: The IF Tribute Album (26-Mar). 38 games by various authors.

December 2011 Game Releases

Le Temple Nâga (Natrium; 11-Dec; Z-code; French).
Jour de Chance (Natrium; 19-Dec; Z-code; French).

November 2011 Game Releases

Thanksgiving Speed-IF

Thanksgiving Speed-IF released 6 games on 27-Nov:

The Crystal Palace (Peter Orme; Z-code).
Dragon Flies Like Labradorite (Troy Jones III; Z-code).
The extraordinary events of the last day of Professor Mangleworth ("Taleslinger"; Z-code).
To Catch A Dragonfly (Andrew Metzger; TADS 3).
You are a Turkey! (Jacqueline A. Lott; Z-code).
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it (Justin de Vesine; Glulx).

October 2011 Game Releases

IF Comp 2011

IF Comp 2011 released 38 games on 01-Oct:

Andromeda Awakening (Marco Innocenti; Z-code).
Awake the Mighty Dread (Lyle Skains; Glulx).
Beet the Devil (Carolyn VanEseltine; Glulx).
The Binary (Bloomengine; Web browser).
Blind (Arman; TADS 2).
Calm (Joey Jones and Melvin Rangasamy; Glulx).
Cana According To Micah (Rev. Stephen Dawson; Z-code).
Cold Iron (Lyman Clive Charles; Z-code).
Cursed (Nick Rogers; ADRIFT).
Dead Hotel (Comazombie; MS-Windows).
Death of Schlig (Peter Timony; Glulx).
The Elfen Maiden (Adam Le Doux; Z-code).
Escape From Santaland (Jason Ermer; Z-code).
Fan Interference (Andrew Schultz; Glulx).
Fog Convict (Arman; TADS 2).
The Guardian (Lutein Hawthorne; Z-code).
The Hours (Robert Patten; Glulx).
How Suzy Got Her Powers (David Whyld; ADRIFT).
It (Emily Boegheim; TADS 3).
Keepsake (Savaric; Z-code).
Kerkerkruip (Victor Gijsbers; Glulx).
Last Day of Summer (Cameron Fox; Z-code).
The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M (Edmund Wells; Glulx).
Luster (Jared Smith; Glulx).
The Myothian Falcon (Andy Joel; Quest).
Operation Extraction (Ming-Yee Iu; Web browser).
PataNoir (Simon Christiansen; Glulx).
The Play (Dietrich Squinkifer, writing as Deirdra Kiai; Web browser).
Playing Games (Pam Comfite; Glulx).
Professor Frank (Laurence Kilday; Z-code).
Return to Camelot (Po. Prune; ADRIFT).
Sentencing Mr Liddell (I-K. Huuhtanen; Glulx).
The Ship of Whimsy (U. N. Owen; Z-code).
Six (Wade Clarke; Glulx).
Taco Fiction (Ryan Veeder; Glulx).
Ted Paladin And The Case Of The Abandoned House (Anssi Raisanen; Alan).
Tenth Plague (Lynnea Dally; Z-code).
Vestiges (Josephine Wynter; Z-code).

July 2011 Game Releases

IntroComp 2011

IntroComp 2011 released 13 games on 01-Jul:

Bender (Katz; Z-code).
Choice of the Petal Throne (Danielle Goudeau; Web browser).
Choice of Zombies (Heather Albano; Web browser).
Chunky Blues (Scott Hammack and Jessamin Yu; Glulx).
The Despondency Index (Ed Blair; Z-code).
Exile (Simon; Web browser).
Gargoyle (Simon; Web browser).
Of Pots and Mushrooms (Devi and Maya; Web browser).
Parthenon (Charles Wickersham; Z-code).
Seasons (MT; Glulx).
Speculative Fiction (Thomas Mack; Z-code).
Stalling for Time (Dominic Delabruere; Z-code).
The Z-Machine Matter (Zack Urlocker; Glulx).

May 2011 Game Releases

Non-competition games

Cryptozookeeper (Robb Sherwin; Hugo).

2011 AIF Mini-comp

2011 AIF Mini-comp released 7 games on 19-May:

Ashley's Story (Rip_CPU; Z-code).
Buffy: Before the Date (Archer; ADRIFT 3.9).
Last Horizons (GoblinBoy; TADS 2).
The Princess and the Dragon (RogueAIF; TADS 3).
Redskirt II: Another Piece of the Action (Begferdeth; Z-code).
SS Whore (The Blue Satyr; ADRIFT 4).
The Wingman (Dark Horse; ADRIFT 3.9).

Indigo New Language Speed-IF

Indigo New Language Speed-IF released 10 games on 07-May:

The Blue Death (Otto Grimwald; textallion and txt2cyoa; Web browser);
The Cavity of Time (Sam Kabo Ashwell; Undum; Web browser);
Haunted House (rockersuke; Z-code).
In Memory (Jacqueline A. Lott; ADRIFT 4).
IN-D-I-GO SOUL (Roody Yogurt; Alan 3).
Indigo (Emily Short; TADS 3).
The Matter of the Monster (Andrew Plotkin; Undum; Web browser);
The Singular Adventure of the Indigo Violet (David Fletcher; Curveship).
Painting the Rainbow (Royce Odle; TADS 3).
The Price (ChrisC; ChoiceScript; Web browser).

April 2011 Game Releases

Non-competition games

Trapped (Kate Barnard; 14-Apr; Z-code).
A Quest Only For The Noble (Jakob Gleby; 12-Apr; Z-code).
New Cat (Poster; 09-Apr; Z-code).
Empty rooms (Kevin Lovegreen; 06-Apr; Z-code).
Motel California (Doug Schwartz; 01-Apr; Z-code).

The Challenge

The Challenge released 3 games on April 24:

Mangiasaur (DCBSupafly; ADRIFT 4).
Suburban Prodigy (Mike Desert; ADRIFT 4).
Whitterscap's Key (Duncan Bowsman; ADRIFT 4).

Speed-IF Jacket 4

Speed-IF Jacket 4 released 8 games on April 16:

The Dream-Trap of Zzar (S. John Ross; Z-code 8).
The Forests of Lachryma (Roger Carbol; Z-code 5).
Light Of My Stomach (David Fletcher; TADS 3).
Love, Hate and the Mysterious Ocean Tower (C.E.J. Pacian; Z-code).
The man-eating, halitosic gorilla of Brazil (Marius Müller as "Leaner Gilts, 'Strangle' Lei, Gain Tellers and Slat Leering"; Z-code 8).
Moondarkling: Elfboon (Sam Kabo Ashwell; Z-code).
Smoochiepoodle and the Bastion of Science (Carolyn VanEseltine; Z-code).
Spectrum (Colin Sandel; Z-code 5).

Spring Thing 2011

Spring Thing 2011 released 5 games on April 4:

Bonehead (Sean M. Shore; Glulx).
Hallow Eve (Michael Wayne Phipps Jr.; Glulx).
The Lost Islands of Alabaz (Michael Gentry; Glulx).
The Promise (Sean Huxter; Glulx).
Wetlands (Clara Raubertas; Glulx).

March 2011 Game Releases

My Girlfriend's An Evil Bitch (Divarin; 23-Mar; Glulx).
Escape Room (JB; 02-Mar; Z-code 5; French).

PAX East 2011 Speed-IF

Bored Ladders (Marius Müller as "Taleslinger"; 12-Mar; Z-code).
Brain of the Night Guest (Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine; 12-Mar; Z-code 8).
Delusions Again (Duncan Bowsman; 12-Mar; Z-code).
Digging Time! (Rob Wheeler; 12-Mar; Z-code 5).
Merk (Jesse McGrew and Kate Matthews; 12-Mar; Z-code).
The Right Tool (Christopher Huang; 12-Mar; Z-code 5).
A Scurvy of Wonders (Rob Dubbin, Courtney Stanton, and Darius Kazemi; 12-Mar; Z-code).
A Shadow of Helpfulman (Clara Raubertas; 12-Mar; Z-code 5).
Vault of Hugo II: Electric Boogaloo (Jon Blask as "Roody Yogurt"; 12-Mar; Hugo).

(See also Games Released in 2012.)

News and Reviews

News and Reviews in January 2013

Issue #61 of SPAG (January 2, 2013) - now edited by Dannii Willis. Includes interviews with Jim Munroe, Marco Innocenti, and the author of Eurydice; Shared Worlds — Collaboration in interactive fiction, an article by Joey Jones; and SPAG Specifics for Deadline and Make It Good.

News and Reviews in February 2012

Issue 41 of the InsideADRIFT newsletter. Download (zip file with a .pdf and 8 ADRIFT games).

News and Reviews in June 2011

Inside Erin: The AIF Newsletter Volume 7 Number 2 (June 2011) in pdf and text formats.

News and Reviews in April 2011

Issue #60 of SPAG (April 25, 2011) - includes a write-up of the IF Demo Fair 2011; SPAG Specifics for Gigantomania; interviews with Simon Christiansen, Jason McIntosh, Iain Merrick, C.E.J. Pacian, Colin Sandel & Carolyn VanEseltine, and Matt Wigdahl; the Action Flow Chart for Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home; and reviews of Death Off the Cuff, Gris et Jaune, The People's Glorious Revolutionary Text Adventure Game, Starborn, and the book Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform 7.
ADRIFT 5.0.16 Beta, the first ADRIFT 5 version available to everyone, was released.
The eleventh PDF issue of SPAC 2.0, the Spanish IF newsletter, has been published.

News and Reviews in February 2011

IF Theory Reader [1], a new book by Kevin Jackson-Mead and J. Robinson Wheeler is published.
Curveship, a new authoring system by Nick Montfort, was released.

News and Reviews in January 2011

Interacting with Andrew Plotkin. Andrew Plotkin interview by Byron Alexander Campbell for Black Clock.
XYZZY Awards 2010 begins its first round of voting. Four new awards have been added, two of them replacing Best Use of Medium.