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Textfyre, Inc. is a new publisher of interactive fiction, founded by David A. Cornelson. Textfyre will publish new interactive fiction works targeting the youth market with shorter episodic games with reoccuring characters. Games will be available from the Textfyre website and eventually from other retail outlets.

Games

The first three games of the Miradania Series, co-designed by David A. Cornelson and Michael Gentry and written by Michael Gentry, will be:

Jack Toresal and The Secret Letter.
Jack Toresal and The Trial of the Vedd.
Untitled (episode III) (working).

The first game of the Klockwerk series, designed by Ian Finley and written by Jon Ingold, will be:

Klockwerk: The Shadow in the Cathedral.
Klockwerk: The Castle by the Sea (episode II)
Klockwerk: untitled (episode III)

Untitled series, designed by Paul O'Brian and written by Christopher Huang, will be:

Untitled (episode I)
Untitled (episode II)
Untitled (episode III)

Untitled series, designed by Mike Snyder and written by to be determined:

Untitled (episode I)
Untitled (episode II)
Untitled (episode III)

Untitled series, designed and written by Alexandre Owen Muñiz:

Untitled (episode I)
Untitled (episode II)
Untitled (episode III)

Links

Textfyre homepage.
Cognitive Ramblings a.k.a. The Textfyre Times (David Cornelson's blog).
FyreVM Shared Source - Textfyre's implementation of a Glulx Virtual Machine written in C# 2.0.
Jobs page.

News

News about Textfyre are in David Cornelson's blog, and also in these r*if threads:
- Westfield Chandler Publishing - December 2006 announcement.
- Westfield Chandler Publishing Status - February 15, 2007.
- Textfyre - March Update - March 13, 2007.
- Textfyre - Ownership - April 9, 2007.
- Textfyre - April Update - April 9, 2007.
- May Update - May 13, 2007.
- Textfyre - Undesigner - May 15, 2007.
- Textfyre June Update - June 5, 2007.
- Textfyre Announcement - June 24, 2007.
- Third Design/Writing Team - July 26, 2007. (Also in the blog.)
- Textfyre article on Gamasutra - September 17, 2007.
- Textfyre and Infocom - September 20, 2007. (Also in the blog.)
- Textfyre - The Time Nears - January 9, 2008.
- Textfyre - Comic/Chapter Book Writer - March 12, 2008.
- Announcement: FyreVM released as Shared Source - May 1, 2008.
- Textfyre and Dictionaries - May 6, 2008.
- FyreVM Shared Source - May 9, 2008. (Also blog post.)
David Cornelson: Build A Business For Interactive Fiction - article from SPAG #38, September 28, 2004.
Q&A: Textfyre's Cornelson On An IF Resurgence - September 17, 2007.
The SPAG Interview (joint interview with David Cornelson, Michael Gentry, and Graeme Jefferis) - SPAG #50, December 3, 2007.

Reactions

The Return Of Text? - Scorpia's Gaming Lair blog posting by Scorpia, September 19, 2007.
Textfyre - The second craziest thing I've heard today! - TIGSource blog posting by Xander, September 24, 2007.
Textfyre Interview on Gamasutra shows delusions of grandeur (no, Interactive Fiction is not Making a Comeback) - Gosu 7 blog posting by Nick H., September 24, 2007.

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 * [http://chicagodave.wordpress.com/jobs/ Jobs page].
 ===News===
-* Updates on r*if and in David Cornelson's blog:
+* News about Textfyre are in [http://wordpress.com/tag/textfyre/ David Cornelson's blog], and also in these r*if threads:
 ** [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/browse_frm/thread/4ec9faacf803366e/64f6c4748d1c9165#64f6c4748d1c9165 Westfield Chandler Publishing] - December 2006 announcement.
 ** [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/browse_thread/thread/5d72b1ea8578f8ba/4002e01bd7a77198 Westfield Chandler Publishing Status] - February 15, 2007.
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 ** [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/browse_thread/thread/4af8c027b759a93d/512509d57b3b5755 Textfyre June Update] - June 5, 2007.
 ** [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/browse_thread/thread/48188a5b4310dde0/17a33a9d2e4cbd16 Textfyre Announcement] - June 24, 2007.
-** [http://chicagodave.wordpress.com/2007/07/23/july-update/ July Update] - July 23, 2007.
+** [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/browse_thread/thread/64deef007833078f/b050cd552cbedc5b Third Design/Writing Team] - July 26, 2007. (Also [http://chicagodave.wordpress.com/2007/07/26/third-designwriting-team-announced/ in the blog].)
-** [http://chicagodave.wordpress.com/2007/07/26/third-designwriting-team-announced/ Third Design/Writing Team Announced] - July 26, 2007. (Also [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/browse_thread/thread/64deef007833078f/b050cd552cbedc5b r*if thread].)
 ** [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/browse_thread/thread/43ab8d702d9d0186/ca5c400d058ff215 Textfyre article on Gamasutra] - September 17, 2007.
-** [http://chicagodave.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/interacting-with-activision/ Interacting with Activision] - September 20, 2007. (Also [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/browse_thread/thread/30f6336a29f1277d raif thread].)
+** [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/browse_thread/thread/30f6336a29f1277d Textfyre and Infocom] - September 20, 2007. (Also [http://chicagodave.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/interacting-with-activision/ in the blog].)
-** [http://chicagodave.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/attention-from-the-blogosphere/ Attention from the Blogosphere] - September 27, 2007.
-** [http://chicagodave.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/october-progress/ October Progress] - October 16, 2007. (Also with [http://www.textfyre.com/images/fs1440x900tsl.jpg a screenshot] from the first game.)
-** [http://chicagodave.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/november-surprise/ November Surprise] - November 18, 2007.
-** [http://chicagodave.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/virtual-machines-designers-authors-and-the-end-of-2007/ Virtual Machines, Designers, Authors, and the End of 2007] - December 15, 2007.
 ** [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/browse_thread/thread/ee07a6f14d8c6c11 Textfyre - The Time Nears] - January 9, 2008.
-** [http://chicagodave.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/launch-year-begins/ Launch Year Begins] - January 13, 2008.
-** [http://chicagodave.wordpress.com/2008/02/12/ui-progress-and-cross-platform-news/ UI Progress and Cross-Platform News] - February 12, 2008.
 ** [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/browse_thread/thread/5163337ad7a5ee0e/faa8d5fd91be94c0 Textfyre - Comic/Chapter Book Writer] - March 12, 2008.
-** [http://chicagodave.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/closing-in-on-the-launch/ Closing in on The Launch] - March 14, 2008.
-** [http://chicagodave.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/transitions/ Transitions] - April 18, 2008.
 ** [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/browse_thread/thread/d1fa4a1c204f474b/3c25b107bf18dc4f Announcement: FyreVM released as Shared Source] - May 1, 2008.
 ** [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/browse_thread/thread/991b8cc2609c6a75 Textfyre and Dictionaries] - May 6, 2008.
 ** [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/browse_thread/thread/e6ce708fae40102e FyreVM Shared Source] - May 9, 2008. (Also [http://chicagodave.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/fyrevm-shared-source/ blog post].)
-** [http://chicagodave.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/proof-of-model/ Proof of Model] - May 21, 2008.
-** [http://chicagodave.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/meet-the-angels/ Meet the Angels] - June 16, 2008.
 * [http://www.sparkynet.com/spag/backissues/SPAG38 David Cornelson: Build A Business For Interactive Fiction] - article from [[SPAG]] #38, September 28, 2004.
 * [http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=15481 Q&A: Textfyre's Cornelson On An IF Resurgence] - September 17, 2007.