Spring Thing 2016

The fourteenth Spring Thing was organized by Aaron A. Reed.

Dates

• March 8, 2016: Deadline for authors' intents to enter.
• April 1, 2016: Deadline for games to be submitted.
• April 6, 2016: Entries released.
• May 7, 2016: Ribbon nomination deadline.
• May 8, 2016: Results announced.

Entries

Seventeen games were released on April 6, 2016: ten in the Main Festival, and seven in the Back Garden.

Main Festival

Recipient of the Audience Choice ribbon:

• Tangaroa Deep (Astrid Dalmady; Twine).

Recipient of the Alumni's Choice ribbon:

• The Xylophoniad (Robin Johnson; HTML/Javascript).

Other entries (in alphabetical order):

• Evita Sempai (Florencia Rumpel Rodriguez a.k.a Rumpelcita; Twine).
• Harmonic Time-Bind Ritual Symphony (Ben Kidwell and Maevele Straw; Z-code).
• Ms. Lojka (Jordan Magnuson; Twine).
• Rough Draft (Erica Kleinman; Ren'Py).
• Shipwrecked (Andrew G. Schneider; Twine).
• Sisters of Claro Largo (David T. Marchand; Twine).
• Superhero Stress (Michael Yadvish; Twine).
• Three-Card Trick (Chandler Groover; Glulx).

Back Garden

• Dead Man's Hill (Arno von Borries; Glulx).
• Dr. Sourpuss Is Not A Choice-Based Game (P.B. Parjeter; Twine).
• Famous Baby (N.C. Kerklaan; Twine).
• Foo Foo (Buster Hudson; Glulx).
• Fourdiopolis (Andrew Schultz; Glulx).
• Nocked! True Tales of Robin Hood (Andrew G. Schneider; Twine).
• Standoff (Matthew R.F. Balousek; PDF).

Links

• Spring Thing Festival of Interactive Fiction - The official Spring Thing 2016 site.
• IF forum threads:
  • The 2016 Spring Thing Festival is now open! - April 6, 2016.
  • Spring Thing '16 Results! - May 8, 2016.

Reviews

• Reviews at IFDB.
• Reviews (in Italian) [1] [2] at oldgamesitalia.net.
• Reviews by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
• Reviews by Brendan Caldwell at Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Sisters of Claro Largo, Tangaroa Deep
• Reviews by Wade Clarke.
• Reviews by Christopher Huang.
• Writeups by Robin Douglas Johnson.
• Reviews by Emily Short.
• Reviews by snowblood.
• Reviews by verityvirtue.
• Reviews by Caleb Wilson.

Author Commentary

• Harmonic Time-Bind Ritual Symphony postmortem by mycroftiv.
• Three-Card Trick postmortem by Chandler Groover.