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September 2006 Game Releases

• Enquête à hauts risques (Loïc B.; c. Sep-2006; French).

August 2006 Game Releases

• Attack of the Yeti Robot Zombies (Øyvind Thorsby; 27-Aug-2006; Z-code).
• IF Dreams released three games on 17-Aug-2006; one re-release, two new ones:
  • Dreadwine (Eric Eve; Z-code). Re-release.
  • The Retreat (J. D. Clemens; Z-code).
  • No Famous (Erik Wennstrom; Z-code).
• The Camping Trip (GoblinBoy; 14-Aug-2006; TADS 2). AIF.
• ADRIFT Hourglass Comp 2006 released 13 games on 12-Aug-2006
  • 3 Minutes to Live (Ren; ADRIFT)
  • Boiled Eggs (Anna Fruen; ADRIFT)
  • Choose Your Own Three Hour Adventure (David Whyld; ADRIFT)
  • Dancing Even Him? (Richard Otter; ADRIFT)
  • Herr Doktor von Nördlingendinkelsbühlhündchen-am-Rhein (Mad Monk; ADRIFT)
  • The Long Barrow (Christy Henshaw; ADRIFT)
  • Over the Edge (Ren; ADRIFT)
  • Pilfers (Daniel Budle; ADRIFT)
  • Quest for Food (Lumin; ADRIFT)
  • The Road Leads to Nowhere (The Dominant Species; ADRIFT)
  • Rolling the Dough (Richard Otter; ADRIFT)
  • The Skydiver (Fenris; ADRIFT)
  • Smote (Robert Street; ADRIFT)

July 2006 Game Releases

• Dreadwine (Eric Eve; 23-Jul-2006; Z-code). Sole entry to McDream Minicomp.
• Spooked!: The Haunted Horror House (The Dominant Species; Adrift)
• IntroComp 2006 released 7 games on 17-Jul-2006:
  • The Art of Deception (she's long gone; Z-code).
  • Child's Play (Stephen Granade; Z-code).
  • Mechs (Allan Crain; Z-code).
  • Nothing But Mazes (Greg Boettcher; TADS 3).
  • Sabotage! (Felix Plesoianu; Z-code).
  • Southern Gothic (Mordechai Shinefield; Z-code).
  • Unyielding Fury (Michael Pruitt; Z-code).
• Professional (The Dominant Species; Adrift)
• Escape from the Crazy Place (Jason Guest; TADS 2). This is non-placing entry to LOTECH Comp 2006.
• Burglary! (Himself; Quest).
• Hungry Goblin (Boze; Quest).
• Lands of unknown (Jaret Martens; Quest).
• Lodus (Paul Gillen; Quest).
• Metal Sonic's Quest (Jay Comix Inc; Quest).
• One Robot (Michael; Quest).
• The Mansion II (Nick Dablin; Quest).
• An Escape To Remember (the IF Whispers Team: Dan Shiovitz, Sean Barrett, N. B. Horvath, Mark Musante, Roger Carbol, Mordechai Shinefield, Tom Blawgus, Lucian Smith, Ricardo Dague, Carl Muckenhoupt, Josh Giesbrecht, Karl Parakenings, John Cater, and Jeremy Douglass; 04-Jul-2006; Z-code). The 2nd IF Whispers. See the gamepage for the story file and the source text.
• InsideADRIFT Summer Competition 2006 released three games on 1st July:
  • The Reluctant Vampire (David Whyld; Adrift).
  • Spooked! The Wonders of Science (The Dominant Species; Adrift).
  • Pestilence (Richard Otter; Adrift).

June 2006 Game Releases

• The Ludicorp Mystery (Cal Henderson; Jun-2006; Z-code).
• 3Wishes (Nerd42; Jun-2006; HTML). A minimal CYOA; play it online at the Novelas fiction wikia.
• SERE - Survive, Evade, Resist, Escape (skypig; 10-Jun-2006; ADRIFT).
• Voices of Spoon River (Creative Learning Environments Lab; 01-Jun-2006; Z-code). VOSR Homepage.

(See also Games Released in 2006.)

Reviews and News

Reviews and News in September 2006

• Interview with Brian Moriarty - posted by Erik-André Vik Mamen for Adventure Classic Gaming, 15-Sept-2006.
• GeekList: Fond memories of nights spent typing (a look at Infocom's games) at BoardGameGeek.
• Lacunae - an article by Stephen Bond that reviews the IF-Review of The Ludicorp Mystery as much as it reviews the game itself.
• "Cyberthunk" - Geoff Gander reviews The Ludicorp Mystery (Cal 'Bees' Henderson; 2006; Z-code) for IF-Review.

Reviews and News in August 2006

• Text adventure games: from the front lines to behind the scenes - posted by Howard Sherman for Adventure Classic Gaming, 18-Aug-2006.
• Reviews Exchange closes. On 12 August 2006, Robert Street announced that he had to step back as editor. It was decided to incorporate new reviews in the bi-monthly InsideADRIFT newsletter.
• "Eragon Vs. Bygone Era" - Paul O'Brian reviews Eragon (author unknown; 2005; Z-code) for IF-Review.

Reviews and News in July 2006

• SPAG #45 issued on July 17th. Contains "A Look at IntroComp 200(?5?)" by Mordechai Shinefield, and reviews of The Amazing Interactive Turing Machine, Deadsville (IntroComp version), Finding Martin, Ghost Train, Glass, OMNIQuest, Swineback Ridge, There's a Snake in the Bathtub, and Voices of Spoon River.
• Reviews Exchange Issue 9 is out in both HTML and PDF versions. Games reviewed: For Love Of Digby; The Potter and the Mould; It's Easter, Peeps!, SERE - Survive, Evade, Resist, Escape; The Warlord, The Princess & The Bulldog; The Reliques of Tolti-Aph; Damnatio Memoriae; and Pantomime.

(See also: Reviews, Category:Publications, and Category:Websites.)

Competitions & Contest News

What's Hot

• ADRIFT Hourglass Comp 2006 a.k.a. the 3rd Three Hour Games Competition. For new ADRIFT games created in three hours or less. 13 entries. Voting deadline: extended to 31st August 2006. Organizer: Woodfish. The winning game is The Long Barrow by Christy Henshaw (as C. Henshaw).

Results of Recent Competitions

• IntroComp 2006—a comp for the beginnings of games, and sponsored by XYZZYnews—released seven games on July 17th. The winning entry, as announced in the awards ceremony on August 6th, is Southern Gothic (Mordechai Shinefield; Z-code).
• McDream Minicomp ended with one entry: Dreadwine (Eric Eve; 23-Jul-2006; Z-code).
• InsideADRIFT Summer Competition 2006 has three entries. The voting concluded on 21st July 2006. Organizer: Ken Franklin. The winning game is The Reluctant Vampire by David Whyld.
• LOTECH Comp 2006, a minicomp for low tech games, ended strangely. Only one game was entered, but because it was previously released, it was disqualified. The game is, however, available from the Lotech site.
• One Room Game Competition 2006 is a comp for one-room games and sponsored by L'avventura è l'avventura. Nine games were released on May 14th: 7 in Italian, and 2 in English. The winning game is Final Selection (Sam Gordon; Z-code) in English.

Upcoming Competitions

Authors should be working on their entries for:

• CreatureComp is a minicomp for games about creatures. Submission deadline: Friday, September 22nd, 2006. Organizer: David Fisher.
• 12th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition a.k.a. IF Comp 2006. The intent deadline has passed. The submission deadline is September 30, 2006, 11:59pm EST. Organizer: Stephen Granade.
• French Minicomp 2006 is a comp for games in French. Submission deadline: 21st october 2006. Organizer: Eric Forgeot.
• InsideADRIFT Game of the Year Comp 2006 for both new ADRIFT games and ADRIFT games previously released during the 2006 calendar year. Submission deadline: December 10, 2006, 15:00 GMT. Organizer: Ken Franklin.
• GESCH MiniComp is tentatively slated for January or February 2007. Details to come. Organizer: Radical Al.
• Spring Thing 2007 for longer and better-tested games. Intents-to-enter must be submitted to the organizer between noon EDT on September 30, 2006 and noon EST on March 1, 2007. Organizer: Greg Boettcher.
• InsideADRIFT Summer Comp 2007 is open for any unreleased, but complete, ADRIFT games. Submission deadline: June 30, 2007. Organizer: Ken Franklin.
• IF Dreams is a recurring monthly minicomp. Organizer: David Cornelson.

(See also: Category:Competitions, Category:Minicomp, and the Competition Calendar.)