Past raif topics: Community
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This is a collection of Past raif topics to do with the RAIF (and broader IF) community.
If you add or change any of the sections on this page, remember to update the entry on the Past raif topics page as well.
New players
- Why newbies don't like IF (Jan 2006, RGIF)
- Why newcomers struggle with IF (Sep 2005)
- Making IF more accessible / frustrations with IF (Mar 2006)
- Analysis of 72 newbie transcripts (Feb 2006)
- Making newbie friendly games #1 (Dreamhold) (Dec 2004, RGIF)
- Making newbie friendly games #2 (Dreamhold) (Dec 2004, RGIF)
- Including things for new players in the text ("Maybe you should pick up the canteen") (Dec 1995)
- Using transcripts to help new players (Jan 2006)
- "Expertness" required for playing IF (Jul 2002, RGIF)
- Mindset for solving IF games / collaboration while playing IF (Jun 2004, RGIF)
Promoting IF
See also => Commercial IF
- Reaching a wider audience (Jul 2006)
- Promoting IF (donating to libraries) (Sep 2006, RGIF)
- Promoting IF in general (Nov 2005)
- IF and the iTunes paradigm (Aug 2006)
IF Competitions
See also => Upcoming Competitions .. Annual IF Competition .. IF Competitions and Events
- Purpose (and effects) of IF competitions (May 2005)
- About the IF Comp (number of voters, frequency, etc.) (Nov 2003, RGIF)
- IF Comp '99 stats (Nov 1999, RGIF)
- Hints for IF Comp entrants (Aug 2006)
- Five things I hate in IF Comp games (Aug 2006)
- Purposely bad IF Comp entries (Nov 2005, RGIF)
- The right to enter a bad game in the IF comp (Jan 1998, RGIF)
- Judging, voting etc. in the Annual IF Comp (Mar 1998)
- Problem with annual competition (Sep 1997, RGIF)
- IF Comp rule suggestions (Jan 1998, RGIF)
- Suggested changes to the annual IF competition (Nov 1999)
- Posting game reviews during the comp / "no discussion" rule (Oct 2006, RGIF)
- "IF Festival" instead of "IF Competition" ? (May 2005)
- IF Comp time limit / entering long games in the Comp (Jun 1998, RGIF)
- On finishing (playing) IF comp games (Nov 2006, RGIF)
- The two hour rule (Dec 2005)
- Raising the two hour limit (Nov 2004, RGIF)
- Reasons for entering the IF Comp (Oct 2006)
- Which Infocom games would do best in the IF comp ? (Sep 2004, RGIF)
- Spring Thing IF competition (May 2006, RGIF)
- "SpeedIF" competitions (Jul 2000, RGIF)
Judging IF
- Judging games (Oct 2004)
- IF comp predictions / judging (Aug 2003)
- Voting / rating techniques (Oct 2001)
- IF Comp - two stage voting idea (Oct 1996, RGIF)
- Alternate IF Comp voting system / author anonymity (Dec 2004, RGIF)
- IF Comp scoring (Nov 1997, RGIF)
- IF Comp scoring (Oct 2001, RGIF)
- IF Comp scoring guidelines (Aug 1999, RGIF)
- Judging every game in the IF comp (Oct 2006, RGIF)
- IF comp scoring guidelines / giving up on a game early (Oct 2006, RGIF)
Reviews / feedback
See also => Baf's Guide to the IF Archive .. IF Ratings page .. Emily Short's reviews .. Paul O'Brian's reviews .. J.R. Wheeler's reviews
See also => Non competition reviews at Non-Comp Review Project .. IF Review .. IF Review Conspiracy
See also => Reviews at Brass Lantern .. SPAG Game Reviews
See also => IF Gems (quotes from IF Comp reviews; also at the IF Archive)
See also => Reviews (IFWiki article)
- Writing IF reviews (May 2003)
- Reviewing / criticizing IF (May 1993)
- Reviewing IF / technical & general reviews (Mar 2000)
- PJ's game review criteria (Earth and Sky 3) + navigation (Jan 2005, RGIF)
- PJ's game review criteria - follow up post (Jan 2005, RGIF)
- IF criticism / giving constructive feedback (Apr 1996)
- Bug report etiquette (May 1996)
- Game criticism + is IF art ? (Oct 1995)
- Critical reviews + IF as an art form (Apr 1996)
- Need for reviews / "an embarassment of riches" (Mar 1996)
- IF Review Conspiracy page (Dec 1999)
- IF book club (reviews, etc) (Jan 2000)
- Quick responses to games (mini reviews) (Mar 2001, RGIF)
- Some comp 99 reviews (Nov 1998, RGIF)
- Review of Half Life (First Person Shooter) (Dec 1998)
- Characterization in "Christminster" (critical essay) (Mar 1996)
- Critique of writing style in "Uncle Zebulon's Will" (Oct 1995)
- Photopia review + when everything "clicks" during a game (Nov 1998)
- Comments on Photopia (Dec 1998)
- Interview with Thomas M. Disch ("Amnesia" game) (Oct 1993)
- Where IF authors can find support / encouragement (May 2007)
Collaboration
See also => IF Collaborator's list
- Roles in collaborative IF development (Sep 2005)
- Collaborations between programmers & non programmers (Dec 1998)
- Multiple authors / collaboration (Jun 2000)
- Story management (collaboration) (Apr 2003)
- IF collaboration notation (Nov 2002)
- Serial IF (quarterly etc) + team authorship (Jan 2002)
- Shared world between different authors (Jan 2006)
- Open source IF ? (Jul 2005)
- Open source IF development (Oct 2006)
- OpenFate experiment in open source IF development (May 2007)
- Player agency - response to "Co-authorship and Community" essay (Victor Gijsbers) (May 2007)
- Another response to "Co-authorship and Community" essay (May 2007)
International IF / non English languages
See also => Inform translations
See also => Rakontointeraktiva newsgroup (discussion about localization strategies for IF)
See also => Language .. Non-English_Games_at_IF_Comp (IFWiki articles)
- Foreign languages & IF (Jan 1998)
- TADS and foreign languages (Nov 1998)
- IF & non-English languages (May 1996)
- IF & non-English languages #2 (May 1996)
- Inform & non-English natural languages (Nov 1996)
- Parsing non-English languages (French, Spanish, Latin, etc) (Sep 1996)
- Command grammar in non-English IF (infinitive vs imperative) (Mar 2003, RGIF)
- Writing IF in a non-English language (Feb 2007)
- Non-english IF authoring (Mar 2002)
- Non-English IF (Dec 1995)
- Non-English adventure games (Feb 1993)
- About English & other languages (Aug 2001)
- English the ultimate language for IF ? (Aug 2001)
- French.h (Jan 2001)
- French IF authoring systems (Jun 2001)
- Swedish.h (Dec 2001)
- IF in Swedish / other languages (Aug 2001)
- Inform & German language (May 1998)
- Inform German translation (Jul 1998)
- "German IF is dead" (Jun 2007)
- Making Chinese / Japanese IF (Apr 1999)
- IF in Latin (Feb 1999)
- World friendly games / cultural differences (Aug 1999)
- American vs British English (Sep 2006, RGIF)
- American vs British spelling (Feb 2002)
- British vs American vocabulary (Sep 1995)
- British vs American vocabulary #2 (Sep 1995)
- Bathrooms / restrooms (May 1999)