Spring Thing 2015

The thirteenth Spring Thing, redesigned as the Spring Thing Festival of Interactive Fiction, was organized by Aaron A. Reed. Redesign changes include:

• no entry fee
• numerical rankings of games replaced by nominations for two "ribbons", Audience Choice and Alumni's Choice
• the "Back Garden", a non-competitive section
• no cash prizes, with non-cash prizes going into a general pool for all entrants in the main section

Dates

• November 3, 2014: Spring Thing 2015 was announced.
• March 1, 2015: Deadline for authors' intents to enter.
• April 1, 2015: Final games due.

Entries

Nine games were released on April 4, 2015: six in the Main Festival, and three in the Back Garden.

Main Festival

Recipient of the Audience Choice Ribbon and the Alumni's Choice Ribbon:

• Toby's Nose (Chandler Groover; Glulx).

Other entries (in alphabetical order):

• Doggerland (Alan DeNiro; Twine).
• Mere Anarchy (Bruno Dias; Undum).
• Ruiness (Porpentine Charity Heartscape; Twine).
• Sunrise (Lucky Sun Scribes; Ren'Py).
• A Trial (B Minus Seven; Twine).

Back Garden

• Aspel (Emily Short; Seltani).
• Dirk (Andrew Schultz; Z-code).
• Missing Since ’77 (Andrew Watt; Twine).

Links

• Spring Thing Festival of Interactive Fiction - The official Spring Thing 2015 site.
• IF forum threads:
  • Announce: the 2015 Spring Thing Festival! - November 3, 2014.

Reviews

• Reviews at IFDB.
• Reviews by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
• Reviews by Matthew Carey, Joey Jones, and Sean M. Shore in SPAG #62.
• Reviews by Christopher Huang.
• Reviews by Joseph Geipel.
• Reviews by Emily Short.
• Short Game podcast covering the games.