IFComp 2018

Competition Schedule

As per the "about the Competition" webpage:

• July 1, 2018: Competition website opens for intents to enter.
• September 1, 2018: Last day to submit intents.
• September 28, 2018: Last day to submit entries.
• October 1, 2018: Games are released to the public, and voting begins.
• November 15, 2018: Voting deadline. Competition results are announced shortly afterwards.

All deadlines are at 11:59 PM Eastern time on the given dates.

Entries

77 entries were released on October 1st, 2018. Results to be announced in November!

• + = x (Chandler Groover).
• Abbess Otillia's Life and Death (A.B.).
• The Addicott Manor (Intudia).
• Adventures with Fido (Lucas C. Wheeler).
• Ailihphilia (N. Y. Llewellyn).
• Alias 'The Magpie' (J. J. Guest).
• And You May Find Yourself (VPC).
• Animalia (Ian Michael Waddell).
• Anno 1700 (Finn Rosenløv).
• Awake (Soham Sevak).
• Basilica de Sangre (Bitter Karella).
• Bi Lines (Norbez).
• Birmingham IV (Peter Emery).
• Bogeyman (Elizabeth Smyth).
• Border Reivers (Vivienne Dunstan).
• The Broken Bottle (The Affinity Forge team with lead author John Irvin).
• Bullhockey! (B F Lindsay).
• Campfire Tales (Matthew Deline).
• Cannery Vale (Keanhid Connor).
• Careless Talk (Diana Rider).
• Charming (Kaylah Facey).
• Dead Man's Fiesta (Ed Sibley).
• DEVOTIONALIA (G. Grimoire).
• Diddlebucker! (J. Michael).
• Dilemma (Leonora).
• Dream Pieces 2 (Iam Curio).
• Dreamland (eejitlikeme).
• Dungeon Detective (Wongalot with art by Caitlin Mulvihill).
• Dynamite Powers vs. the Ray of Night! (Mike Carletta).
• En Garde (Jack Welch).
• Erstwhile (Maddie Fialla and Marijke Perry).
• Escape from Dinosaur Island (Richard Pettigrew).
• Eunice (Gita Ryaboy).
• A Final Grind (nrsm_ha).
• Flowers of Mysteria (David Sweeney).
• The Forgotten Tavern (Peter M.J. Gross).
• Grimnoir (ProP).
• H.M.S. Spaceman (Nat Quayle Nelson and Diane Cai).
• Haywire (Wade).
• I Should Have Been That I Am (E. K. Wagner).
• I.A.G. Alpha (Serhii Mozhaiskyi).
• Instruction Set (Jared Jackson).
• Intelmission (Martyna Wasiluk).
• Into the Lair (Kenna).
• Junior Arithmancer (Mike Spivey).
• The King of the World (G.A. Millsteed).
• Let's Explore Geography! Canadian Commodities Trader Simulation Exercise (Carter Sande).
• LET'S ROB A BANK (Bethany Nolan).
• Linear Love (Tom Delanoy).
• Lux (Agnieszka Trzaska).
• The master of the land (Pseudavid).
• The Mouse Who Woke Up For Christmas (Luke A. Jones).
• Murder at the Manor (Obter9).
• Nightmare Adventure (Laurence Emms and Vibha Laljani).
• The Origin of Madame Time (Mathbrush).
• Ostrich (Jonathan Laury).
• Pegasus (Michael Kielstra).
• Polish the Glass (Keltie Wright).
• Railways of Love (Provodnik Games).
• Re: Dragon (Jack Welch).
• Shackles of Control (Sly Merc).
• Six Silver Bullets (William Dooling).
• smooch.click (Devon Guinn).
• Space Punk Moon Tour (J_J).
• Stone of Wisdom (Kenneth Pedersen).
• StupidRPG (Steven Richards).
• The Temple of Shorgil (Arthur DiBianca).
• Terminal Interface for Models RCM301-303 (Victor Gijsbers as VigiMech Corporation).
• Tethered (Linus Åkesson).
• They Will Not Return (John Ayliff).
• Time Passed (Davis G. See).
• Tohu wa Bohu (Alex Wesley Moore).
• Tower (Ryan Tan).
• Ürs (Christopher Hayes and Daniel Talsky of Rabbit, Rabbit).
• Within a circle of water and sand (Romain).
• A Woman's Choice (Katie Benson).
• Writers Are Not Strangers (Lynda Clark).

Links

• IF Comp website.

Reviews

See also: IFcomp 2018 reviews at intfiction.org, and 24th Annual IF Competition Reviews by Reviewer.

• IfComp 2018 Individual Game Discussion at intfiction.org.
• Reviews - at IFDB.
• Reviews by Anonymous.
• Reviews by antimony.
• Reviews by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
• Reviews by Dark Star.
• Reviews (video) by Thomas Dwyer.
• Reviews by Doug Egan.
• Reviews by Elizabeth.
• Reviews by Enrique.
• Reviews by fumiko666.
• Reviews by Victor Gijsbers.
• Reviews by Herr M.
• Reviews by Christopher Huang.
• Reviews by E. Joyce (The Xenographer).
• Reviews by Celine Kalante Love.
• Reviews by Thomas Mack.
• Reviews by Cat Manning.
• Reviews by McTavish.
• Reviews by Odious.
• Reviews by Michael Wayne Phipps Jr.
• Reviews (podcast) by The Short Game.
• IF Comp Roundup by Emily Short.
• Reviews (in Finnish) by Julius Smed.
• Reviews by swordianmaster.
• Reviews by Jake Wildstrom.
• Reviews by Marshal Tenner Winter.
• Reviews by Brett Witty.
• Reviews by xyzzysqrl.

Author Commentary

• Tethered post-mortem by Linus Åkesson.
• Writers Are Not Strangers Mini Post Mortem by Lynda Clark.
• Border Reivers post-mortem by Vivienne Dunstan.
• Erstwhile Postmortem by Maddie Fialla.
• Plus equals x by Chandler Groover.
• Bullhockey! postmortem by B F Lindsay.
• The Origin of Madame Time postmortem by Mathbrush.
• Diddlebucker! postmortem by J. Michael.
• Grimnoir postmortem by ProP.
• Ailihphilia Postmortem by Andrew Schultz.
• Bogeyman postmortem by Elizabeth Smyth.
• Junior Arithmancer postmortem by Mike Spivey.
• En Garde and Re: Dragon (post-mortem) by Jack Welch.