Cover Stories

Cover Stories is an unjudged minicomp organized by Sam Kabo Ashwell. Artists create cover art, after which authors choose covers and write games to fit them.

Status

• The first round, during which artists submitted cover art, is closed. The deadline was May 4, 2012.
• The second round, during which authors chose covers and wrote games to fit them, ended on May 26, 2012.
• The third round, for betatesting, ended June 10, 2012, and the games were released on June 11.

Game Entries

Montage of Cover Stories art submissions.

Twelve games were released on June 11, 2012:

• Antifascista (Greg Farough; Z-code). Cover art by Duncan Bowsman.
• Darkness in Daytime (Reina Adair; Z-code). Cover art by Daniel Zanetti; selected by Rowan Lipkovits.
• The Feather Grange Job (David Fletcher; TADS 3). Cover art by Carl Muckenhoupt.
• Home Sweetie-Bot Home (Jacques Frechet; Web browser). Cover art by Duncan Bowsman.
• IFDB Spelunking (Joey Jones; Glulx). Cover art by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
• leaves (Ed Blair; Z-code). Cover art by Jacqueline A. Lott.
• The Legend of the Missing Hat (Adri; Z-code). Cover art by Justin de Vesine.
• Monkey Business (Benjamin Sokal; Z-code). Cover art selected by Rowan Lipkovits.
• Offering (Richard Smyth; Z-code). Cover art by Marco Innocenti.
• Olivia's Orphanorium (Sam Kabo Ashwell; Glulx). Cover art selected by Rowan Lipkovits.
• Sloth on a Stroller (Juhana Leinonen; Z-code). Cover art by Duncan Bowsman.
• The Subtropical Server Room (Andrew Schultz; Z-code). Cover art by Sam Kabo Ashwell.

Links

• Webpage announcing the release of the games.
• intfiction.org thread.
• Available images.
• Cover Stories - at IFDB.