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Game Releases

July 2009 Game Releases

• The King of Shreds and Patches (full version) (Jimmy Maher; 15-Jul; Glulx).
• My Uncle George (Filipe Salgado; publisher: Artsy Games Incubator; 14-Jul; Z-code). Toronto AGI Round 4 participant.

June 2009 Game Releases

• Jack Toresal and The Secret Letter (Michael Gentry and David A. Cornelson; publisher: Textfyre; 26-Jun).
• IF Progressive One (The IF Progressive Team: Doug Jones, Sarah Morayati, Rick Dague, Dan Shiovitz, Carl Muckenhoupt, "Taleslinger", Mark J. Musante, and Tom Blawgus; 23-Jun; Z-code). IF Progressive.
• 2009 AIF Mini-comp released 6 games on or just after June 8th:
  • BSG: Twenty Two (Madquest8; ADRIFT 4).
  • In Darkness (GoblinBoy; TADS 2).
  • The Mechano-Menace (A. Bomire; TADS 2).
  • Obedience (Rip_CPU; Z-code).
  • Prosperity of Cheaters (Rip_CPU; Z-code).
  • Sex is Mental (Rabbi; ADRIFT 4).
• Alabaster (John Cater, Rob Dubbin, Eric Eve, Elizabeth Heller, Jayzee, Kazuki Mishima, Sarah Morayati, Mark Musante, Emily Short, Adam Thornton, and Ziv Wities; 05-Jun; Glulx). Illustrated by Daniel Allington-Krzysztofiak.

May 2009 Game Releases

• 11 ADRIFT games were released on May 31, 2009:
  • Apokalupsis (James Webb as "revgiblet").
  • Dead Race (Justahack).
  • Dish Duty (Duncan Bowsman).
  • Donuts (The Dominant Species as "Mr. TDS").
  • Dung Beetles Are Aliens (Duncan Bowsman).
  • Existence (Abbi Park).
  • The Magician’s Niece (Hensman Int'l).
  • The Merlin Bird of Prey (Mark Sarul).
  • Through Time (Finn Rosenløv).
  • To end all wars (Duncan Bowsman).
  • Ye Intro for Yon Astounding Castle! of Some Sort (Tiberius Thingamus).
• Shelter from the Storm (Eric Eve; 31-May; TADS 3).
• The Equivocal Ingredient (James Dingle; 18-May; Glulx).
• Sam Fortune - Private Investigator (Steve Blanding; 17-May; Glulx).
• Llama Adventure (John Cooney a.k.a. jmtb02; 15-May; Flash).
• AbilityComp released one game on May 11th:
  • Prison Break (Parham Doustdar; JACL).
• Inside Woman (Andy Phillips; 07-May; Z-code).
• Game Developers Conference 2009 (Jim Munroe; 05-May; Z-code 8).

April 2009 Game Releases

• Ghost Town (Finn Rosenløv; 22-Apr; ADRIFT 4).
• A View to a Home (Anjan Chakrabarti; 20-Apr; ADRIFT 4).
• Make It Good (Jon Ingold; 13-Apr; Z-code 8).
• Spring ting released 4 ADRIFT games on or shortly after April 1st:
  • ESS Chance: Reactor 1 (Justahack).
  • Homeless Harry (Burblesnot).
  • Mr. Fluffykin's Most Harrowing Misadventure (Justahack).
  • Sandy's Lost Doll (Sandy).
• The Bryant Collection (Gregory Weir; 01-Apr; Z-code).

(See also Games Released in 2009.)

News and Reviews

News and Reviews in July 2009

• Issue #55 of SPAG (July 15, 2009) - Articles by Chuck Schlaedlingsbekämpfungsmittel and Harry Kaplan; reviews of all the Spring Thing 2009 and EnvComp games; reviews for Game Developers Conference 2009, Inside Woman, Lydia's Heart, and Make It Good; and SPAG Specifics for Alabaster.
• Inside Erin: The AIF Newsletter Volume 5 Number 7 (July 2009) in pdf and text formats.
• Twine is a new wiki-based CYOA authoring system developed by Chris Klimas. See Twine.

News and Reviews in June 2009

• A TADS 3 study group was created by Conrad Cook. See RAIF thread.
• Textfyre is launching its first game, Jack Toresal and The Secret Letter by Michael Gentry and David A. Cornelson, on June 26th.
• There was an editorial about interactive fiction in the newspaper The Guardian (4 June 2009).
• Inside Erin: The AIF Newsletter Volume 5 Number 6 (June 2009) in pdf and text formats.
• The seventh PDF issue of SPAC 2.0, the Spanish IF newsletter, has been published.

News and Reviews in May 2009

• RuleFive '09 forum is a forum for people who intend to enter the IF Comp 2009. See RAIF thread.
• if.game-testing.org is a new IF betatesting site (which includes an RSS feed) created by Juhana Leinonen.
• Rule-Based Programming in Interactive Fiction - article by Andrew Plotkin. (See also: RAIF thread.)
• Inside Erin: The AIF Newsletter Volume 5 Number 5 (May 2009) in pdf and text formats.

News and Reviews in April 2009

• Inform 7 now has a new website with a new section of resources for education users, a news blog, a screencast for new users, and many other new features. A new Inform 7 build (5Z71), with many changes, and a new design document were released. Also: the Inform 6 compiler is now under an open-source license. (See this RAIF thread for more details.)
• Inside Erin: The AIF Newsletter Volume 5 Number 4 (April 2009) in pdf and text formats.

(See also: News in 2009, Reviews, Category:Publications, and Category:Websites.)

Competitions & Contest News

What's Hot

No competitions are currently in their voting or judging stage.

Results of Recent Competitions

(Most recent comps are listed first.)

• NPCComp for games with convincing NPCs. No entries were submitted. Organizer: David Fisher.
• 2009 AIF Mini-comp. Winner: In Darkness (GoblinBoy; TADS 2). Organizer: Purple Dragon.
• ADRIFT IntroComp 2009. Competition for ADRIFT games which are just introductions. 11 games. Winner: Apokalupsis (James Webb as "revgiblet"). Organizer: Ken Franklin.
• Meta-Comp. Cancelled for lack of participation. Organizer: Conrad Cook.
• AbilityComp. 1 game: Prison Break (Parham Doustdar; JACL). Organizer: David Fisher.
• Spring Thing 2009. Four games. Winner: A Flustered Duck (Jim Aikin; Glulx). Organizer: Greg Boettcher.
• EnvComp for games with an unusual setting. Winner: Dead Like Ants (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3). Organizer: David Fisher.
• Spring ting. ADRIFT competition, for non-registered users of ADRIFT only. Organizer: Cowboy. Winner: ESS Chance: Reactor 1 (Justahack).
• MetaFilter Interactive Fiction Contest. Eight games were entered. The winner was Rockrider (David Mear as "Lucidium"; Z-code) with an average score of 3.73 from 11 votes.

Upcoming Competitions

Authors should be working on their entries for:

• Summer Ting (for non-registered users of ADRIFT). Submissions deadline: July 31, 2009, 23:59 GMT. Organizer: Cowboy.
• BreadComp. A minicomp about bread. Submission deadline: August 1, 2009. Organizer: James Wilson.
• SenseComp for games with a PC whose primary sense is not sight. Submissions deadline: August 1, 2009. Organizer: David Fisher.
• GunchoComp for multiplayer IF realms written in Inform 7 for Guncho. Realms will be judged for Best Use of Multiplayer and Best Replay Value. GunchoComp rules at GunchoWiki. Submission deadline: August 6, 2009. Organizer: Jesse McGrew.
• IntroComp 2009. Intent deadline: August 10, 2009, 23:59 EST. Submission deadline: August 29, 2009, 23:59 EST. Organizer: Jacqueline A. Lott.
• IF Comp 2009. Intents must be submitted by September 1, 2009, 11:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time. Game submission deadline: September 30, 2009, 11:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time. Organizer: Stephen Granade.
• GameplayComp for games with a non-traditional form of gameplay while still remaining IF. Submissions deadline: September 15, 2009. Organizer: David Fisher.

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