Template:Main Page News: Difference between revisions
From IFWiki
(→What's new in the IF scene:: +IFDB) |
|||
| Line 12: | Line 12: | ||
==== Still going strong: ==== | ==== Still going strong: ==== | ||
* Annual competitions like [[IF Comp]], [[Spring Thing]], and the [[XYZZY Awards]] | * Annual competitions like [[IF Comp]], [[Spring Thing]], and the [[XYZZY Awards]] | ||
* Experimentation in both [[parser]] | * Experimentation in both [[parser]]- and [[choice-based|choice]]-based IF | ||
* Popular [[ | * Popular [[choice-based]] authoring tools like [[Twine]], [[ChoiceScript]], [[ink]], [[Squiffy]] and [[Texture]] | ||
* Web-based authoring platforms for [[parser]] like [[Quest]] and, for [[Inform 7]], [[Playfic]] | * Web-based authoring platforms for [[parser]] like [[Quest]] and, for [[Inform 7]], [[Playfic]] | ||
* Meetup groups like Boston's [[People's Republic of Interactive Fiction]] and San Francisco's [[SF Bay Area Interactive Fiction Group]] | * Meetup groups like Boston's [[People's Republic of Interactive Fiction]] and San Francisco's [[SF Bay Area Interactive Fiction Group]] | ||
Revision as of 14:39, 8 December 2021
"IF is now being written by many types of people, for many reasons, as freeware or for sale, and distributed in a wide range of places. It is harder than ever to follow what is going on, and also there is a greater than ever variety to the works and players."
--Emily Short, "Brief Bibliography about IF History," April 2016.
What's new in the IF scene:
- IFDB's adoption by the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation.
- NarraScope, a games conference hosted by the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation.
- The Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation, a nonprofit created to support IF tools and services.
- Dialog, an authoring language developed by Linus Åkesson.
- CYOA platforms like Raconteur by Bruno Dias, ink by inkle, Squiffy by Alex Warren, and Texture by Juhana Leinonen and Jim Munroe.
- Lectrote, a Glulx interpreter app by Andrew Plotkin.
- Long-term jams like the TinyUtopias IF Jam, curated by Cat Manning, and The Year of Adventure, organized by Robin Douglas Johnson.
- Writing Interactive Fiction with Twine, a book by Melissa Ford on authoring Twine stories.
Still going strong:
- Annual competitions like IF Comp, Spring Thing, and the XYZZY Awards
- Experimentation in both parser- and choice-based IF
- Popular choice-based authoring tools like Twine, ChoiceScript, ink, Squiffy and Texture
- Web-based authoring platforms for parser like Quest and, for Inform 7, Playfic
- Meetup groups like Boston's People's Republic of Interactive Fiction and San Francisco's SF Bay Area Interactive Fiction Group