Manonamora

manonamora is a French interactive fiction author and community organiser.

Author Credits

Note: some of the works below are available in French (†) only, in English (‡) only, or both in English and French (§).

• Meeting the Parents (2021, Twine) §
  • Twine Survival Jam: 4th place
• Crimson Rose & White Lily (2021-ongoing, Twine) ‡
• Exquisite Cadaver (2021, Twine) ‡
  • Fortnightly Fiction Jam, 14th edition (unranked)
• SPS Iron Hammer (2022, Twine) ‡
  • Interact-if text-based story jam: 6th place Overall, 3rd place Visual Design, 4th place Gameplay
• The Thick Table Tavern (2022, Twine) ‡
  • IFComp 2022: 37th place
• The Trials and Tribulation of Edward Harcourt with MelS (2022-ongoing, Twine) ‡
  • ECTOCOMP 2022: 3rd place, Grand Guignol
• La Petite Mort (2022, Twine) §
  • ECTOCOMP 2022: 1st place, La Petite Mort (French)
  • Translated to English for the ECTOCOMP 2023 (5th place, Gran Guignol)
• Goncharov Escapes! (2022, Twine) §
  • Goncharov Jam (unranked)
• P-Rix - Space Trucker (2022, Twine) ‡
• Le Jeu de la Dévotion (2022, Twine) †
• DOL-OS (2023, Twine) §
  • Concours de Fiction Interactive Francophone 2023: 1st place, Best overall
  • Translated in English the same year.
  • IFDB Awards 2023: Winner, Outstanding French Game; Nominated in 5 categories.
• The Rye in the Dark City (2023, Twine) ‡
  • SeedComp! 2023 (unranked - organiser)
• The Roads not Taken (2023, Twine) ‡
  • Spring Thing 2023: Front Garden entrant
• À la Campagne (2023, Twine) ‡
  • Twine Server Wide Spring Jam: 2nd place
• Entre-d’œufs coquilles also known as An Eggcellent Preparation (2023, Adventuron) §
  • Text Adventure Literacy Jam 2023: 6th place
• Collision (2023, Twine) §
• Intersigne (2023, Ink) §
• Clarence Street, 14. (2023, Twine) §
• The Dinner (2023, Twine) ‡
• In the Blink of an Eye (2023, Ink) §
  • ECTOCOMP 2023: 2nd place, La Petite Mort (French); 6th place, La Petite Mort (English)
  • inkJam 2023: 10th place
  • Bare-Bones Jam (unranked)
• Dévoiement (2023, Twine) †
• (not so) strangers in the night (2024, Twine) ‡
  • ShuffleComp 2023: 1st place, Best Use of Songs
  • SeedComp! 2024 (unranked - organiser)
• Not Another Sad Meal (2024, Adventuron) ‡
  • Recipe Jam 2024 (unranked)
  • SeedComp! 2024 (unranked - organiser)
• Teatime with a Vampire (2024, Twine) ‡
• Les lettres du Docteur Jeangille (2024, Twine) §
  • Concours de Fiction Interactive Francophone 2024: 14th place
  • Translated in English the same year.
  • Spring Thing 2024
• Lysidice and the Minotaur (2024, Adventuron) ‡
  • Text Adventure Literacy Jam 2024: 3rd place
• I PROMISE I AM WORKING ON THE GAME (2024, Binksi) ‡
• the 500 rooms (2024, Inform) ‡
• The Lady with the Camelias (2024, Inform) ‡
• L'Incombustible 3000 (2024, Twine) †
• machina caerulea (2024, Twine) ‡
• Bon Dieu ! Et une lessive aussi ? (2024, Moiki) †
• Untitled Relationship Project (with Sophia de Augustine, Charm Chochran, Drew Cook, Matt Devins, Piergiorgio d’Errico, Max Fog, Hanon Ondricek, Hidnook, Joey Jones, Kastel, Mathbrush, Mike Russo, and Tabitha; 2024; Inform)

Porting Credits

• Cloak of Darkness to Adventuron, ChoiceScript, Moiki, Twine (Chapbook, Harlowe, SugarCube), and Ink

Multimedia Credits

The following games used prompts or code submitted to the SeedComp!:

• Cozy Simulation 2999 (KADW, 2023, Twine): Space UI, which became a free-to-use SugarCube template
• All The Games I Would Have Made For Seedcomp If I Had The Time (Which I Did Not) (Oh Well There's Always Next Year) (KADW, 2024, Custom): the Nunz With Gunz and Meta Comp prompts
• The Film (studiothree, LoniBlu, and precariousworld, 2024, Twine): the Nunz With Gunz prompt

Review and Article Credits

Articles

manonamora is a regular contributor to the IFiction-FR websites. You can find them here (in French).

• The 2023 Interactive Fiction Top 50 for the Rosebush (data processing)

Post-Mortems

• The Thick Table Tavern: IntFiction
• The Roads Not Taken: IntFiction
• Doctor Jeangille's Letters: IntFiction

Review Threads

• IFComp reviews: 2022 (Author section), 2023
• EctoComp reviews: 2023 (English + French), 2024
• Neo-Interactives reviews: Neo-Twiny 2023, Single Choice Jam 2023, Bare-Bones Jam 2023, ShuffleComp 2023, Recipe Jam 2024, Smoochie Jam 2024, Revival Jam 2024, Anti-Productivity Jam
• Concours Moiki reviews: 3-5 (one thread)
• Concours de Fiction Interactive Francophone reviews: 2024
• IF Short Games Showcase reviews: 2023
• inkJam reviews: 2023
• Other jams: Anti-Romance Jam 2023, Partim 500 2023, Goncharov Jam, Confiture de Parser, Nouvim 2024,

All the reviews mentioned above, as well as additional ones, can be found on the IFDB.

Organisation Credits

• IFComp 2024: Committee member, Forum moderator
• SeedComp! (2023-ongoing)
• Orifice Jam (2023)
• Anti-Romance Jam (2023-4)
• Founding member and current organiser of the Neo-Interactives group (2023-ongoing). See list of Jams hosted by the Neo-Interactives for a breakdown of events.
• Interactive Fiction Showcase (2024-ongoing)
• REALLY BAD IF (2024-ongoing)
• Confiture de Parser (2024-ongoing)

Testing Credits

• Super Mega Tournament Arc! (groggydog, 2022, Twine)
• The Familiar (groggydog, 2023, Adventuron)
• One King to Loot them All (Onno Brouwer, 2023, Inform 7)
• Antony & Cleopatra: Case IV: The Murder of Marlon Brando (Travis Moy, 2023, Twine)
• PROSPER.0 (groggydog, 2024, Twine)
• Turn Right (Dee Cooke, 2024, Adventuron)
• Verses (Kit Riemer, 2024, Twine)
• Mathphobia (Leon Lin, 2024, Twine)
• your life, and nothing else (Lionstooth, 2024, Twine)
• Dark and Deep (Amanda Walker, 2024, Inform 7)
• Dark Waters on the Night Shift (Deborah Sherwood, 2024, Twine)
• Familiar Problems (Daniel Stelzer & Ada Stelzer & Sarah Stelzer, 2024, Dialog)
• Rustjaw (mathbrush, 2024, Twine)

Links

• Personal Website
• itch.io Page
• IFDB Profile

Interviews

• IFictionFR: Entretien Avec manonamora, Gagnante du Concours 2023 (translated in English)
• Portage Magazine: À la Campagne, Interactive fiction
• The Rosebush: Game Jams’ Influence on Interactive Fiction - An Interview with manonamora