IFComp 2015

Competition Schedule

As per the "about the Competition" webpage:

• July 1: The web site is open for authors to declare their intents.
• September 1: Deadline for submission of intents.
• September 28: Deadline for entries.
• October 1: Entries released to the public.
• November 15: Voting deadline.

Deadlines are at 11:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time on the dates listed above.

2015 IF Comp Entries

55 games were released on October 1, 2015.

5 Minutes to Burn Something! (Alex Butterfield; Z-code).

A Figure Met in a Shaded Wood (Michael Thomet; Twine).

Arcane Intern (Unpaid) (Astrid Dalmady; Twine).

Birdland (Brendan Patrick Hennessy; Twine).

Brain Guzzlers from Beyond! (Steph Cherrywell; Glulx).

Cape (Bruno Dias; Raconteur).

Capsule II - The 11th Sandman (PaperBlurt; Twine).

Cat Scratch (Allyn (Yilling) Chen, Hannah Turner, Laura Weber, Shirley Park; Unity).

Crossroads (Cat Manning; Twine).

Darkiss - Chapter 1: the Awakening (Marco Vallarino; Z-code).

Duel (piato; Twine).

Emily is Away (Kyle Seeley; Platform Needed).

Ether (Mathbrush; Glulx).

Final Exam (Jack Whitham; Z-code).

Forever Meow (Moe Zilla; Platform Needed).

Gotomomi (Arno von Borries; Glulx).

Grandma Bethlinda's Variety Box (Arthur DiBianca; Z-code).

Grimm's Godfather (WaffleShuai; Ren'Py).

GROWBOTICS (Cha Holland; Twine).

I Think The Waves Are Watching Me (Bob McCabe; Platform Needed).

In The Friend Zone (Brendan Vance; Platform Needed).

Kane County (Michael Sterling, Tia Orisney; Platform Needed).

Koustrea's Contentment (Jeremy Pflasterer; TADS).

Laid Off from the Synesthesia Factory (Katherine Morayati; Glulx).

Life On Mars? (Hugo Labrande; Z-code).

Map (Ade; Glulx).

Midnight. Swordfight. (Chandler Groover; Glulx).

Much Love, BJP (Megan Stevens; Twine).

Nowhere Near Single (kaleidofish; Twine).

Onaar (Robert DeFord; Alan).

Paradise (Devine Lu Linvega; Platform Needed).

Pilgrimage (Víctor Ojuel; Glulx).

Pit of the Condemned (Matthew Holland; Z-code).

Questor's Quest (Mark Stahl; Platform Needed).

Recorded (Nick Junius; Glulx).

Scarlet Sails (Felicity Banks; ChoiceScript).

Second Story (Fred Snyder; Gamefic).

Seeking Ataraxia (Glass Rat Media; Twine).

SPY INTRIGUE (furkle; Twine).

Sub Rosa (Joey Jones, Melvin Rangasamy; Glulx).

Summit (Phantom Williams; Twine).

Switcheroo (The Marino Family; Undum).

Taghairm (Chandler Groover; Twine).

The Baker of Shireton (Hanon Ondricek; Glulx).

The Insect Massacre (Tom Delanoy; Twine).

The King and the Crown (Wes Lesley; Z-code).

The Man Who Killed Time (Claudia Doppioslash; Inklewriter).

The Problems Compound (Andrew Schultz; Glulx).

The Speaker (Norbez; Twine).

The Sueño (Marshal Tenner Winter; Glulx).

The War of the Willows (Adam Bredenberg; Python).

To Burn in Memory (Orihaus; Platform Needed).

TOMBs of Reschette (Richard Goodness; Twine).

Unbeknown (Alan DeNiro; Twine).

Untold Riches (Jason Ermer; Glulx).

2015 Miss Congeniality Awards

These awards were voted by the authors of the entries.

Links

• IF Comp website.
• IFComp 2015 Game Discussion - at the Interactive Fiction Community Forum.

Reviews

SPOILER WARNING: the following links contain (potentially spoilery) reviews of games from this IF Comp. You might prefer to wait until you've played the games before reading them, if you intend to judge the competition and don't want to be influenced.

See also: "IF Comp 2015 Reviews" thread at intfiction.org.

• Reviews - at IFDB.
• Reviews by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
• Reviews by Wade Clarke.
• Reviews by Jason Dyer.
• Reviews by Doug Egan.
• Reviews by Elizabeth.
• Reviews by Hipolito.
• Reviews by Molly G.
• Reviews by Joseph Geipel.
• Reviews by E. Joyce (The Xenographer)
• Reviews by Konstantinos.
• Reviews by Paul Lee.
• Reviews by Jenni Polodna.
• Reviews by Emily Short.
• Reviews by Emanuil Tomov.
• Opinions by Alexander Yakovlev.