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* [[Sub-Q]], a magazine edited by [[Tory Hoke]] that pays professional rates for IF. | * [[Sub-Q]], a magazine edited by [[Tory Hoke]] that pays professional rates for IF. | ||
* [[CYOA]] platforms like [[Raconteur]] by [[Bruno Dias]], [[Ink]] by [[inkle]], and [[Squiffy]] by [[Alex Warren]]. | * [[CYOA]] platforms like [[Raconteur]] by [[Bruno Dias]], [[Ink]] by [[inkle]], and [[Squiffy]] by [[Alex Warren]]. | ||
* Long-term jams like the [[TinyUtopias IF Jam]], curated by [[Cat Manning]], and [[ | * Long-term jams like the [[TinyUtopias IF Jam]], curated by [[Cat Manning]], and the [[Year of Adventure Jam]], organized by [[Robin Douglas Johnson]]. | ||
* [[Lectrote]], a [[Glulxe]] interpreter app by [[Andrew Plotkin]]. | * [[Lectrote]], a [[Glulxe]] interpreter app by [[Andrew Plotkin]]. | ||
* A book by [[Melissa Ford]] about authoring IF with [[Twine]]. | * A book by [[Melissa Ford]] about authoring IF with [[Twine]]. | ||
Revision as of 02:15, 25 May 2016
IF is now being written by many types of people, for many reasons, as freeware or for sale, and distributed in a wide range of places. It is harder than ever to follow what is going on, and also there is a greater than ever variety to the works and players."
--Emily Short, "Brief Bibliography about IF History", April 2016.
What's new in the IF scene:
- Sub-Q, a magazine edited by Tory Hoke that pays professional rates for IF.
- CYOA platforms like Raconteur by Bruno Dias, Ink by inkle, and Squiffy by Alex Warren.
- Long-term jams like the TinyUtopias IF Jam, curated by Cat Manning, and the Year of Adventure Jam, organized by Robin Douglas Johnson.
- Lectrote, a Glulxe interpreter app by Andrew Plotkin.
- A book by Melissa Ford about authoring IF with Twine.
Still going strong:
- Annual competitions like IF Comp, Spring Thing, IntroComp, and XYZZY Awards.
- Experimentation in both parser IF and CYOA.
- Popular CYOA authoring tools like Twine and ChoiceScript.
- Web-based authoring platforms for parser like Quest and, for Inform 7, Playfic.
- Meetup groups like Boston's People's Republic of Interactive Fiction and San Francisco's SF Bay Area Interactive Fiction Group.