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==Game Releases==
==Game Releases==
===October 2010 Game Releases===
===September 2012 Game Releases===
====Ectocomp 2010====
* '''[[IF Comp 2012]]''' (30-Sep). 28 games by various authors.
[[Ectocomp 2010]] released 8 ADRIFT games on October 31st:
* ''[[All Hallows Eve]]'' ([[Alvin Echeverria]]).
* ''[[The Fly Human]]'' ([[Eric Anderson]]).
* ''[[I Was a Teenage Headless Experiment]]'' ([[Duncan Bowsman]]).
* ''[[Pete's Punkin Junkinator]]'' ([[DCBSupafly]]).
* ''[[Renegade Brainwave]]'' ([[J.J. Guest]]).
* ''[[Steve Van Helsing: Process Server]]'' ([[Mel S]]).
* ''[[Tenebrae Semper]]'' ([[Seciden Mencarde]]).
* ''[[The Vault]]'' ([[BlueMaxima]]).


====IF Comp 2010====
===July 2012 Game Releases===
[[IF Comp 2010]] released 26 games on October 1st:
* '''[[IntroComp 2012]]''' (18-Jul). 6 games by various authors.
* ''[[The 12:54 to Asgard]]'' ([[J. Robinson Wheeler]]; Z-code).
* '''[[The Andromeda Legacy™ Competition]]''' (01-Jul). 2 games by various authors.
* ''[[Aotearoa]]'' ([[Matt Wigdahl]]; Glulx).
* ''[[The Bible Retold: Following a Star]]'' ([[Justin Morgan]]; Glulx).
* ''[[The Bible Retold: The Lost Sheep]]'' ([[Ben Pennington]]; Z-code).
* ''[[The Blind House]]'' ([[Maude Overton]]; Glulx).
* ''[[The Chronicler]]'' ([[John Evans]]; Z-code).
* ''[[Death Off the Cuff]]'' ([[Simon Christiansen]]; Z-code).
* ''[[Divis Mortis]]'' ([[Lynnea Dally]]; Glulx).
* ''[[East Grove Hills]]'' ([[XYZ]]; Z-code).
* ''[[Flight of the Hummingbird]]'' ([[Michael Martin]]; Z-code).
* ''[[Gigantomania]]'' ([[Michelle Tirto]]; Glulx).
* ''[[Gris et Jaune]]'' ([[Steve van Gaal]]; Z-code).
* ''[[Heated]]'' ([[Timothy Peers]]; Z-code).
* ''[[Leadlight]]'' ([[Wade Clarke]]; Web browser).
* ''[[Mite]]'' ([[Sara Dee]]; Z-code).
* ''[[Ninja's Fate]]'' ([[Hannes Schueller]]; Z-code).
* ''[[One Eye Open]]'' ([[Colin Sandel]] and [[Carolyn VanEseltine]]; Glulx).
* ''[[Oxygen]]'' ([[Benjamin Sokal]]; Glulx).
* ''[[Pen and Paint]]'' ([[Owen Parish]]; Z-code).
* ''[[The People's Glorious Revolutionary Text Adventure Game]]'' ([[Taylor Vaughan]]; Z-code).
* ''[[A Quiet Evening at Home]]'' (Anonymous; Z-code).
* ''[[R]]'' ([[therealeasterbunny]]; [[Scott Adams]] game format).
* ''[[Rogue of the Multiverse]]'' ([[C.E.J. Pacian]]; TADS 3).
* ''[[The Sons of the Cherry]]'' ([[Alex Livingston]]; Web browser).
* ''[[Under, In Erebus]]'' ([[Brian Rapp]]; Glulx).
* ''[[The Warbler's Nest]]'' ([[Jason McIntosh]]; Z-code).


===September 2010 Game Releases===
===June 2012 Game Releases===
* ''[['Mid the Sagebrush and the Cactus]]'' ([[Victor Gijsbers]]; 18-Sep; Glulx).
* '''[[Cover Stories]]''' (11-Jun). 12 games by various authors.
* ''[[The Art of Fugue]]'' ([[Victor Gijsbers]]; 11-Sep; Glulx).
* ''[[The Game Formerly Known as Hidden Nazi Mode]]'' ([[Victor Gijsbers]]; 11-Sep; Z-code).


===August 2010 Game Releases===
===April 2012 Game Releases===
====InsideADRIFT Summer Competition 2010====
* '''[[Spring Thing 2012]]''' (07-Apr). 4 games by various authors.
[[InsideADRIFT Summer Competition 2010]] released 7 ADRIFT 4.0 games on August 2nd:
* ''[[Jay Is Ponies]]'' ([[JohnB]], [[Kyh]], [[Steve]], [[Tricky]], and [[Trinn]]; 01-Apr; Z-code 8).
* ''[[Aegis]]'' ([[Jacqueline H.]] as "Lumin").
* ''[[Ba'Roo!]]'' ([[Eric Anderson]] as "Hensman Int'l").
* ''[[Camelot]]'' ([[Finn Rosenløv]]).
* ''[[Just Another Day]]'' ([[Simply Ryan]]).
* ''[[Light Up]]'' ([[TDS]]).
* ''[[Motion]]'' ([[Abbi Park]]).
* ''[[Pirate's Plunder!]]'' ([[Duncan Bowsman]] as "Tiberius Thingamus").


===July 2010 Game Releases===
===March 2012 Game Releases===
====Other July releases====
* ''[[Muggle Studies]]'' ([[M. Flourish Klink]]; 31-Mar; Glulx).
* ''[[Being There]]'' ([[Jordan Magnuson]]; 28-Jul; Glulx).
* '''[[Apollo 18+20: The IF Tribute Album]]''' (26-Mar). 38 games by various authors.


====IntroComp 2010====
===December 2011 Game Releases===
[[IntroComp 2010]] released 9 games on July 7th:
* ''[[Le Temple Nâga]]'' ([[Natrium]]; 11-Dec; Z-code; French).
* ''[[Closed Circles]]'' ([[M. M. Kathrel]]; TADS 3).
* ''[[Jour de Chance]]'' ([[Natrium]]; 19-Dec; Z-code; French).
* ''[[Cryptozookeeper]]'' ([[Robb Sherwin]]; Hugo).
 
* ''[[Fang Vs. Claw]]'' a.k.a. ''The Duel That Spanned the Ages Episode 2'' ([[Oliver Ullmann]]; Glulx).
===November 2011 Game Releases===
* ''[[A Fleeting Case of Self-Possession]]'', or, ''[[Memento Moratori]]'' ([[Lea Albaugh]]; Z-code).
====Thanksgiving Speed-IF====
* ''[[For the Love Of Ornery Blue Yaks]]'' ([[Doug Jones]]; TADS 2).
[[Thanksgiving Speed-IF]] released 6 games on 27-Nov:
* ''[[Peanut Orchestra]]'' ([[Mikhail Fiadotau]] and [[Evgeny Bychkov]]; MS-Windows). Written in [[URQ]].
* ''[[The Crystal Palace]]'' ([[Peter Orme]]; Z-code).
* ''[[Plan 6 from Inner Earth]]'' ([[Adrien Saurat]]; Z-code 5).
* ''[[Dragon Flies Like Labradorite]]'' ([[Troy Jones III]]; Z-code).
* ''[[Tourist Trap]]'' ([[Iain Merrick]]; Z-code 8).
* ''[[The extraordinary events of the last day of Professor Mangleworth]]'' ("[[Taleslinger]]"; Z-code).
* ''[[Waker]]'' ([[Kevin Jackson-Mead]]; Z-code).
* ''[[To Catch A Dragonfly]]'' ([[Andrew Metzger]]; TADS 3).
* ''[[You are a Turkey!]]'' ([[Jacqueline A. Lott]]; Z-code).
* ''[[Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it]]'' ([[Justin de Vesine]]; Glulx).


===June 2010 Game Releases===
===October 2011 Game Releases===
* [[@party competition]] released 2 games on June 19th:
====IF Comp 2011====
** ''[[Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
[[IF Comp 2011]] released 38 games on 01-Oct:
** ''[[Every Day the Same Dream]]'' ([[Luis Gonzalez]]; Z-code).
* ''[[Andromeda Awakening]]'' ([[Marco Innocenti]]; Z-code).
* [[2010 AIF Mini-comp]] released 4 games on June 11th:
* ''[[Awake the Mighty Dread]]'' ([[Lyle Skains]]; Glulx).
** ''[[Entrancing Sin]]'' (Anonymous; TADS 3).
* ''[[Beet the Devil]]'' ([[Carolyn VanEseltine]]; Glulx).
** ''[[Once Upon a Dream]]'' ([[Purple Dragon]]; Glulx).
* ''[[The Binary]]'' ([[Bloomengine]]; Web browser).
** ''[[Redskirt]]'' ([[Begferdeth]]; Z-code).
* ''[[Blind]]'' ([[Arman]]; TADS 2).
** ''[[Sibling Seduction]]'' ([[LordYoni]]; ADRIFT 3.9).
* ''[[Calm]]'' ([[Joey Jones]] and [[Melvin Rangasamy]]; Glulx).
* [[2010 Spring Ting]] released two ADRIFT games on June 1st:
* ''[[Cana According To Micah]]'' ([[Rev. Stephen Dawson]]; Z-code).
** ''[[Wes Garden's Halting Nightmare]]'' ([[Jubell]]).
* ''[[Cold Iron]]'' ([[Lyman Clive Charles]]; Z-code).
** ''[[Easter Egg Hunt]]'' ([[Ian Thomson]]).
* ''[[Cursed]]'' ([[Nick Rogers]]; ADRIFT).
* ''[[Dead Hotel]]'' ([[Comazombie]]; MS-Windows).
* ''[[Death of Schlig]]'' ([[Peter Timony]]; Glulx).
* ''[[The Elfen Maiden]]'' ([[Adam Le Doux]]; Z-code).
* ''[[Escape From Santaland]]'' ([[Jason Ermer]]; Z-code).
* ''[[Fan Interference]]'' ([[Andrew Schultz]]; Glulx).
* ''[[Fog Convict]]'' ([[Arman]]; TADS 2).
* ''[[The Guardian]]'' ([[Lutein Hawthorne]]; Z-code).
* ''[[The Hours]]'' ([[Robert Patten]]; Glulx).
* ''[[How Suzy Got Her Powers]]'' ([[David Whyld]]; ADRIFT).
* ''[[It (game)|It]]'' ([[Emily Boegheim]]; TADS 3).
* ''[[Keepsake]]'' ([[Savaric]]; Z-code).
* ''[[Kerkerkruip]]'' ([[Victor Gijsbers]]; Glulx).
* ''[[Last Day of Summer]]'' ([[Cameron Fox]]; Z-code).
* ''[[The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M]]'' ([[Edmund Wells]]; Glulx).
* ''[[Luster]]'' ([[Jared Smith]]; Glulx).
* ''[[The Myothian Falcon]]'' ([[Andy Joel]]; Quest).
* ''[[Operation Extraction]]'' ([[Ming-Yee Iu]]; Web browser).
* ''[[PataNoir]]'' ([[Simon Christiansen]]; Glulx).
* ''[[The Play]]'' ([[Dietrich Squinkifer]], writing as Deirdra Kiai; Web browser).
* ''[[Playing Games]]'' ([[Pam Comfite]]; Glulx).
* ''[[Professor Frank]]'' ([[Laurence Kilday]]; Z-code).
* ''[[Return to Camelot]]'' ([[Po. Prune]]; ADRIFT).
* ''[[Sentencing Mr Liddell]]'' ([[I-K. Huuhtanen]]; Glulx).
* ''[[The Ship of Whimsy]]'' ([[U. N. Owen]]; Z-code).
* ''[[Six]]'' ([[Wade Clarke]]; Glulx).
* ''[[Taco Fiction]]'' ([[Ryan Veeder]]; Glulx).
* ''[[Ted Paladin And The Case Of The Abandoned House]]'' ([[Anssi Raisanen]]; Alan).
* ''[[Tenth Plague]]'' ([[Lynnea Dally]]; Z-code).
* ''[[Vestiges]]'' ([[Josephine Wynter]]; Z-code).


===May 2010 Game Releases===
===July 2011 Game Releases===
* ''[[Morne Lune]]'' ([[BALROG]]; 25-May; Z-code; French).
====IntroComp 2011====
* ''[[A Pinch in Saint Petersburg]]'' ([[Howard A. Sherman]]; publisher: [[Malinche Entertainment]]; 24-May; Z-code). Commercial.
[[IntroComp 2011]] released 13 games on 01-Jul:
* [[Speed-IF Wrist Exercise]] released 2 games on 16-May:
* ''[[Bender]]'' ([[Katz]]; Z-code).
** ''[[Explore!]]'' ("[[Taleslinger]]"; Z-code).
* ''[[Choice of the Petal Throne]]'' ([[Danielle Goudeau]]; Web browser).
** ''[[Silent Colony]]'' ([[Royce Odle]]; Hugo).
* ''[[Choice of Zombies]]'' ([[Heather Albano]]; Web browser).
* ''[[Works of Fiction]]'' ([[JB]]; 15-May; Glulx).
* ''[[Chunky Blues]]'' ([[Scott Hammack]] and [[Jessamin Yu]]; Glulx).
* ''[[The Despondency Index]]'' ([[Ed Blair]]; Z-code).
* ''[[Exile]]'' ([[Simon]]; Web browser).
* ''[[Gargoyle (game)|Gargoyle]]'' ([[Simon]]; Web browser).
* ''[[Of Pots and Mushrooms]]'' ([[Devi]] and [[Maya]]; Web browser).
* ''[[Parthenon]]'' ([[Charles Wickersham]]; Z-code).
* ''[[Seasons]]'' ([[MT]]; Glulx).
* ''[[Speculative Fiction]]'' ([[Thomas Mack]]; Z-code).
* ''[[Stalling for Time]]'' ([[Dominic Delabruere]]; Z-code).
* ''[[The Z-Machine Matter]]'' ([[Zack Urlocker]]; Glulx).


===April 2010 Game Releases===
===May 2011 Game Releases===
* ''[[43]]'' ([[Jack Welch]]; 09-Apr; Z-code 5). The first Twitter IF?
====Non-competition games====
* ''[[Cryptozookeeper]]'' ([[Robb Sherwin]]; Hugo).


* [[Grand Prix 2010]] released 7 [[German]] IF games on April 5th:
====2011 AIF Mini-comp====
** ''[[Absturzmomente]]'' ([[Jörg Rosenbauer]]; Z-code).
[[2011 AIF Mini-comp]] released 7 games on 19-May:
** ''[[Ares]]'' ([[Michael Baltes]]; Glulx).
* ''[[Ashley's Story]]'' ([[Rip_CPU]]; Z-code).
** ''[[Das drakonische Grinsen]]'' ([[Maik Beta]]; MS-DOS).
* ''[[Buffy: Before the Date]]'' ([[Archer]]; ADRIFT 3.9).
** ''[[Das Erbe]]'' ([[Raimund Seisenberger]]; Floyd).
* ''[[Last Horizons]]'' ([[GoblinBoy]]; TADS 2).
** ''[[Ein Fall in Jashpur]]'' ([[Oliver Berse]]; Floyd).
* ''[[The Princess and the Dragon]]'' ([[RogueAIF]]; TADS 3).
** ''[[Die Hausaufgabe]]'' ([[Mischa Magyar]]; Z-code).
* ''[[Redskirt II: Another Piece of the Action]]'' ([[Begferdeth]]; Z-code).
** ''[[Mondbasis Palindrom II]]'' ([[Christian Blümke]]; T.A.G.).
* ''[[SS Whore]]'' ([[The Blue Satyr]]; ADRIFT 4).
* ''[[The Wingman]]'' ([[Dark Horse]]; ADRIFT 3.9).


* ''[[PAXLess]]'' ([[Gerynar]]; 03-Apr; Hugo). Late entry to [[PAX Speed-IF]].
====Indigo New Language Speed-IF====
[[Indigo New Language Speed-IF]] released 10 games on 07-May:
* ''[[The Blue Death]]''  ([[Eric Forgeot|Otto Grimwald]]; textallion and txt2cyoa; Web browser);
* ''[[The Cavity of Time]]'' ([[Sam Kabo Ashwell]]; Undum; Web browser);
* ''[[Haunted House]]'' ([[rockersuke]]; Z-code).
* ''[[In Memory]]'' ([[Jacqueline A. Lott]]; ADRIFT 4).
* ''[[IN-D-I-GO SOUL]]'' ([[Jonathan Blask|Roody Yogurt]]; Alan 3).
* ''[[Indigo]]'' ([[Emily Short]]; TADS 3).
* ''[[The Matter of the Monster]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Undum; Web browser);
* ''[[The Singular Adventure of the Indigo Violet]]'' ([[David Fletcher]]; Curveship).
* ''[[Painting the Rainbow]]'' ([[Royce Odle]]; TADS 3).
* ''[[The Price]]'' ([[ChrisC]]; ChoiceScript; Web browser).


''(See also [[Games Released in 2011]], [[Games Released in 2010]].)''
===April 2011 Game Releases===
====Non-competition games====
* ''[[Trapped]]'' ([[Kate Barnard]]; 14-Apr; Z-code).
* ''[[A Quest Only For The Noble]]'' ([[Jakob Gleby]]; 12-Apr; Z-code).
* ''[[New Cat]]'' ([[Poster]]; 09-Apr; Z-code).
* ''[[Empty rooms]]'' ([[Kevin Lovegreen]]; 06-Apr; Z-code).
* ''[[Motel California]]'' ([[Doug Schwartz]]; 01-Apr; Z-code).
====The Challenge====
[[The Challenge]] released 3 games on April 24:
* ''[[Mangiasaur]]'' ([[DCBSupafly]]; ADRIFT 4).
* ''[[Suburban Prodigy]]'' ([[Mike Desert]]; ADRIFT 4).
* ''[[Whitterscap's Key]]'' ([[Duncan Bowsman]]; ADRIFT 4).


==News and Reviews==
====Speed-IF Jacket 4====
===News and Reviews in January 2011===
[[Speed-IF Jacket 4]] released 8 games on April 16:
* [http://blackclock.org/blog/outside/2011/interacting-with-andrew-plotkin/ Interacting with Andrew Plotkin]. [[Andrew Plotkin]] interview by [[Byron Alexander Campbell]] for Black Clock.
* ''[[The Dream-Trap of Zzar]]'' ([[S. John Ross]]; Z-code 8).
* [[XYZZY Awards 2010]] begins its first round of voting. Four new awards have been added, two of them replacing Best Use of Medium.
* ''[[The Forests of Lachryma]]'' ([[Roger Carbol]]; Z-code 5).
* ''[[Light Of My Stomach]]'' ([[David Fletcher]]; TADS 3).
* ''[[Love, Hate and the Mysterious Ocean Tower]]'' ([[C.E.J. Pacian]]; Z-code).
* ''[[The man-eating, halitosic gorilla of Brazil]]'' ([[Marius M&uuml;ller]] as "Leaner Gilts, 'Strangle' Lei, Gain Tellers and Slat Leering"; Z-code 8).
* ''[[Moondarkling: Elfboon]]'' ([[Sam Kabo Ashwell]]; Z-code).
* ''[[Smoochiepoodle and the Bastion of Science]]'' ([[Carolyn VanEseltine]]; Z-code).
* ''[[Spectrum (by Sandel)|Spectrum]]'' ([[Colin Sandel]]; Z-code 5).
====Spring Thing 2011====
[[Spring Thing 2011]] released 5 games on April 4:
* ''[[Bonehead]]'' ([[Sean M. Shore]]; Glulx).
* ''[[Hallow Eve]]'' ([[Michael Wayne Phipps Jr.]]; Glulx).
* ''[[The Lost Islands of Alabaz]]'' ([[Michael Gentry]]; Glulx).
* ''[[The Promise]]'' ([[Sean Huxter]]; Glulx).
* ''[[Wetlands]]'' ([[Clara Raubertas]]; Glulx).


===News and Reviews in December 2010===
===March 2011 Game Releases===
* [http://www.sparkynet.com/spag/backissues/spag59.html Issue #59] of [[SPAG]] (December 15, 2010) - includes reviews of all the [[IF Comp 2010]] and [[IntroComp 2010]] games, ''[[Digital: A Love Story]]'', and ''[[Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home]]''.
* ''[[My Girlfriend's An Evil Bitch]]'' ([[Divarin]]; 23-Mar; Glulx).
* ''[[Escape (by JB)|Escape Room]]'' ([[JB]]; 02-Mar; Z-code 5; French).
====PAX East 2011 Speed-IF====
* ''[[Bored Ladders]]'' (Marius M&uuml;ller as "Taleslinger"; 12-Mar; Z-code).
* ''[[Brain of the Night Guest]]'' (Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine; 12-Mar; Z-code 8).
* ''[[Delusions Again]]'' ([[Duncan Bowsman]]; 12-Mar; Z-code).
* ''[[Digging Time!]]'' ([[J. Robinson Wheeler|Rob Wheeler]]; 12-Mar; Z-code 5).
* ''[[Merk (game)|Merk]]'' ([[Jesse McGrew]] and [[Kate Matthews]]; 12-Mar; Z-code).
* ''[[The Right Tool]]'' ([[Christopher Huang]]; 12-Mar; Z-code 5).
* ''[[A Scurvy of Wonders]]'' ([[Rob Dubbin]], [[Courtney Stanton]], and [[Darius Kazemi]]; 12-Mar; Z-code).
* ''[[A Shadow of Helpfulman]]'' ([[Clara Raubertas]]; 12-Mar; Z-code 5).
* ''[[Vault of Hugo II: Electric Boogaloo]]'' ([[Jon Blask]] as "Roody Yogurt"; 12-Mar; Hugo).


===News and Reviews in November 2010===
* The [http://ifwizz.de/2 second issue] of [[The Parser]], an IF newsletter in German, is released.


===News and Reviews in October 2010===
''(See also [[Games Released in 2012]].)''
* The [http://spac.caad.es/IMG/pdf/SPAC_10_web.pdf tenth PDF issue] of [[SPAC]] 2.0, the [[Spanish]] IF newsletter, has been published.


===News and Reviews in August 2010===
==News and Reviews==
* The [http://ifwizz.de/if-journal-the-parser-1.html first issue] of [[The Parser]], an IF newsletter in German, is released.
===News and Reviews in January 2013===
* [[Get Lamp]], a documentary by [[Jason Scott]] about IF, is released.
* [http://www.spagmag.org/issue-61/ Issue #61] of [[SPAG]] (January 2, 2013) - now edited by [[Dannii Willis]]. Includes interviews with [[Jim Munroe]], [[Marco Innocenti]], and the author of ''[[Eurydice]]''; ''Shared Worlds — Collaboration in interactive fiction'', an article by [[Joey Jones]]; and SPAG Specifics for ''[[Deadline]]'' and ''[[Make It Good]]''.
* [http://lacunagame.blogspot.com/2010/07/creating-interactive-fiction-with.html Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform 7], a book by [[Aaron A. Reed]], will be released this month.


''(See also: [[News in 2011]], [[News in 2010]], [[Reviews]], [[:Category:Publications|Publications]], [[:Category:Websites|Websites]], [http://ifurls.tumblr.com/ IF URLs], and [http://brasslantern.org/news/ Brass Lantern Game News].)''
===News and Reviews in February 2012===
* Issue 41 of the [[InsideADRIFT]] newsletter. [http://www.adrift.co/cgi/download.cgi?1330 Download] (zip file with a .pdf and 8 ADRIFT games).


==Competitions &amp; Contest News==
===News and Reviews in June 2011===
===What's Hot===
* [[AIF Newsletter|Inside Erin: The AIF Newsletter]] Volume 7 Number 2 (June 2011) in [http://newsletter.aifcommunity.org/2011-06-01.pdf pdf] and [http://newsletter.aifcommunity.org/2011-06-01.txt text] formats.
* [[XYZZY Awards 2010]] is currently open for its second round of voting. This round of voting closes Feb 23 2011 23:59 PST. Visit [http://xyzzyawards.org/ xyzzyawards.org] for more info.


===Results of Recent Competitions===
===News and Reviews in April 2011===
(Most recent comps are listed first.)
* [http://www.sparkynet.com/spag/backissues/spag60.html Issue #60] of [[SPAG]] (April 25, 2011) - includes a write-up of the [[PAX East 2011|IF Demo Fair 2011]]; SPAG Specifics for ''[[Gigantomania]]''; interviews with [[Simon Christiansen]], [[Jason McIntosh]], [[Iain Merrick]], [[C.E.J. Pacian]], [[Colin Sandel]] & [[Carolyn VanEseltine]], and [[Matt Wigdahl]]; the Action Flow Chart for ''[[Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home]]''; and reviews of ''[[Death Off the Cuff]]'', ''[[Gris et Jaune]]'', ''[[The People's Glorious Revolutionary Text Adventure Game]]'', ''[[Starborn]]'', and the book ''[[Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform 7]]''.
* [http://adrift5.blogspot.com/2011/04/adrift-5-goes-beta.html ADRIFT 5.0.16 Beta], the first ADRIFT 5 version available to everyone, was released.
* The [http://spac.caad.es/IMG/pdf/SPAC_11_web-2.pdf eleventh PDF issue] of [[SPAC]] 2.0, the [[Spanish]] IF newsletter, has been published.


* [[Ectocomp 2010]], an [[ADRIFT]] 3-hour comp for Hallowe'en. Winner: ''[[Pete's Punkin Junkinator]]'' ([[DCBSupafly]]). Organizer: [[Jason Guest]].
===News and Reviews in February 2011===
* [[16th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition]] a.k.a. [[IF Comp 2010]]. 26 games! Winner: ''[[Aotearoa]]'' ([[Matt Wigdahl]]; Glulx). Organizer: [[Stephen Granade]].
* [[IF Theory Reader]] [http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/if-theory-reader/15050861], a new book by [[Kevin Jackson-Mead]] and [[J. Robinson Wheeler]] is published.
* [[InsideADRIFT Summer Competition 2010]] (for ADRIFT games). Seven games. Winner: ''[[Aegis]]'' ([[Jacqueline H.]] as "Lumin"). Organizer: [[Ken Franklin]].
* [[Curveship]], a new [[authoring system]] by [[Nick Montfort]], was released.
* [[IntroComp 2010]] had nine games! The winner? ''[[Tourist Trap]]'' ([[Iain Merrick]]; Z-code). Organizer: [[Jacqueline A. Lott]].
* [[2010 Spring Ting]] (for ADRIFT games by non-registered users of ADRIFT). Two games entered. Winner: ''[[Wes Garden’s Halting Nightmare]]'' ([[Jubell]]). Organizer: [[Po. Prune]].
* [[MetaFilter Interactive Fiction Contest 2010]] released 3 games. Winner: ''[[Time For Tea]]'' ([[kaibutsu]]; Z-code). Organizer: [[Deathalicious]].
* [[2010 AIF Mini-comp]]. Four games entered. Winner: ''[[Once Upon a Dream]]'' ([[Purple Dragon]]; Glulx). Organizer: [[A. Bomire]].
* [[@party competition]]. Two games entered. Winner: ''[[Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
* [[CYOA competition]]. For [[CYOA]] games. No games released; competition was abandoned. Organizer: [[Aina Grey]].
* [[TWIFcomp]]: A competition for tweet-sized interactive fiction (up to 140 characters). Winner: ''[[GT by @|> by @]]'' ([[Aaron A. Reed]]; Z-code). Organizer: [[Jack Welch]].
* [[Grand Prix 2010]] for short German IF games.  Winner: ''[[Ares]]'' ([[Michael Baltes]]; Glulx). Organizer: [[Maximilian Kalus]].


===Upcoming Competitions===
===News and Reviews in January 2011===
Authors should be working on their entries for:
* [http://blackclock.org/blog/outside/2011/interacting-with-andrew-plotkin/ Interacting with Andrew Plotkin]. [[Andrew Plotkin]] interview by [[Byron Alexander Campbell]] for Black Clock.
* [[XYZZY Awards 2010]] begins its first round of voting. Four new awards have been added, two of them replacing Best Use of Medium.


* [[Inventure 2011]]. A mini-competition on inverting / subverting IF puzzles and tropes. Submission deadline: January 21, 2011. Voting deadline: February 21, 2011. Organizer: [[Christos Dimitrakakis]].
''(See also: [[News in 2011]], [[Reviews]], [[:Category:Publications|Publications]], [[:Category:Websites|Websites]], [http://ifurls.tumblr.com/ IF URLs], and [http://brasslantern.org/news/ Brass Lantern Game News].)''
* [[Spring Thing 2011]]. Intent deadline: March 1, 2011, noon, Eastern US Time. Submission deadline: April 4, 2011, noon, Eastern US Time. Organizer: [[Greg Boettcher]].
* [[Grand Prix 2011]]. Intent deadline: March 1, 2011. Submission deadline: April 1, 2011. Organizer: [[Maximilian Kalus]].


''(See also: [[:Category:Competitions]] and [[:Category:Minicomp]].)''


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Game Releases

September 2012 Game Releases

July 2012 Game Releases

June 2012 Game Releases

April 2012 Game Releases

March 2012 Game Releases

December 2011 Game Releases

November 2011 Game Releases

Thanksgiving Speed-IF

Thanksgiving Speed-IF released 6 games on 27-Nov:

October 2011 Game Releases

IF Comp 2011

IF Comp 2011 released 38 games on 01-Oct:

July 2011 Game Releases

IntroComp 2011

IntroComp 2011 released 13 games on 01-Jul:

May 2011 Game Releases

Non-competition games

2011 AIF Mini-comp

2011 AIF Mini-comp released 7 games on 19-May:

Indigo New Language Speed-IF

Indigo New Language Speed-IF released 10 games on 07-May:

April 2011 Game Releases

Non-competition games

The Challenge

The Challenge released 3 games on April 24:

Speed-IF Jacket 4

Speed-IF Jacket 4 released 8 games on April 16:

Spring Thing 2011

Spring Thing 2011 released 5 games on April 4:

March 2011 Game Releases

PAX East 2011 Speed-IF


(See also Games Released in 2012.)

News and Reviews

News and Reviews in January 2013

News and Reviews in February 2012

News and Reviews in June 2011

News and Reviews in April 2011

News and Reviews in February 2011

News and Reviews in January 2011

(See also: News in 2011, Reviews, Publications, Websites, IF URLs, and Brass Lantern Game News.)

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