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The idea of this competition is to describe something that could potentially be done in IF, but requires a foundation that does not exist in current IF systems to do fully / properly.
The idea of this competition was to describe something that could potentially be done in IF, but requires a foundation that does not exist in current IF systems to do fully / properly.
The competition is currently running during March and April of 2007. The organizer is [[David Fisher]].
The competition ran during March and April of 2007. The organizer is [[David Fisher]].
 
There was a single entry from [[Victor Gijsbers]]; see the '''Results''' section below.


==Format==
==Format==
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An alternative format to a transcript would be a small essay describing your innovations for IF; or if you are really feeling brave, a short IF game demonstrating your ideas. A combination of these formats is OK (eg. an essay along with a transcript).
An alternative format to a transcript would be a small essay describing your innovations for IF; or if you are really feeling brave, a short IF game demonstrating your ideas. A combination of these formats is OK (eg. an essay along with a transcript).


==Scoring Criteria==
==Results==
Points will be awarded for feasibility, usefulness and originality.
 
==Submissions==
Submissions should be sent to [mailto:david@hsa.com.au david@hsa.com.au] by April 30th, 2007 (with "Innovation Comp" in the subject line).


Intents to enter are appreciated but not required.
There was a single entry from [[Victor Gijsbers]], who is therefore the winner!


Multiple submissions are permitted, and may be a good idea if you have several different innovations to describe.
His entry consists of an essay entitled
[http://lilith.gotdns.org/~victor/innovationcomp/Innovation.pdf Co-authorship and community]
and a short [http://lilith.gotdns.org/~victor/innovationcomp/Figaro.z5 game] demonstrating
the idea.


==Judging==
He is currently testing out these concepts in [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/browse_thread/thread/f420c89b1e6cceb1 this RAIF thread].
There will be a two week judging period, during which anyone may vote.


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[[Category:Competitions]] [[Category:2007]]

Revision as of 23:43, 1 May 2007

The idea of this competition was to describe something that could potentially be done in IF, but requires a foundation that does not exist in current IF systems to do fully / properly. The competition ran during March and April of 2007. The organizer is David Fisher.

There was a single entry from Victor Gijsbers; see the Results section below.

Format

The suggested format is a transcript for a potential game, annotated with footnotes.

For example (see the original announcement on RAIF for discussion):


Forest Clearing
You find yourself in another [1] small clearing, surrounded by stout looking oak trees.

>break off a branch [2]

...

Footnotes

[1] The parser is aware of the number of similar locations that have been visited, and inserts "another" etc. in the description as appropriate (see Dynamic Text Generation for details). The player can also use words like "other" to refer to things, eg. "go back to the other clearing".

[2] There is no explicit "branch" object here, but the parser's world model tells it that branches are parts of trees (and can be broken off). The world model also just says there are "trees" here, but after a branch is broken off, a new tree object (with a broken branch) is created and placed in this location.


An alternative format to a transcript would be a small essay describing your innovations for IF; or if you are really feeling brave, a short IF game demonstrating your ideas. A combination of these formats is OK (eg. an essay along with a transcript).

Results

There was a single entry from Victor Gijsbers, who is therefore the winner!

His entry consists of an essay entitled Co-authorship and community and a short game demonstrating the idea.

He is currently testing out these concepts in this RAIF thread.