Manonamora

manonamora is a French interactive fiction author and community organiser.

Author Credits

Note: some of the works below are available in French (†) only, in English (‡) only, or both in English and French (§).

• Meeting the Parents (2021, Twine) §
  • Twine Survival Jam: 4th place
• Crimson Rose & White Lily (2021-ongoing, Twine) ‡
• Exquisite Cadaver (2021, Twine) ‡
  • Fortnightly Fiction Jam, 14th edition (unranked)
• SPS Iron Hammer (2022, Twine) ‡
  • Interact-if text-based story jam: 6th place Overall, 3rd place Visual Design, 4th place Gameplay
• The Thick Table Tavern (2022, Twine) ‡
  • IFComp 2022: 37th place
• The Trials and Tribulation of Edward Harcourt with MelS (2022-ongoing, Twine) ‡
  • ECTOCOMP 2022: 1st place, Grand Guignol
• La Petite Mort (2022, Twine) §
  • ECTOCOMP 2022: 1st place, La Petite Mort (French)
  • Translated to English for the ECTOCOMP 2023 (5th place, Gran Guignol)
• Goncharov Escapes! (2022, Twine) §
  • Goncharov Jam (unranked)
• P-Rix - Space Trucker (2022, Twine) ‡
• Le Jeu de la Dévotion (2022, Twine) †
• DOL-OS (2023, Twine) §
  • Concours de Fiction Interactive Francophone 2023: 1st place, Best overall
  • Translated in English the same year.
  • IFDB Awards 2023: Winner, Outstanding French Game; Nominated in 5 categories.
• The Rye in the Dark City (2023, Twine) ‡
  • SeedComp! 2023 (unranked - organiser)
• The Roads not Taken (2023, Twine) ‡
  • Spring Thing 2023: Front Garden entrant
• À la Campagne (2023, Twine) ‡
  • Twine Server Wide Spring Jam: 2nd place
• Entre-d’œufs coquilles also known as An Eggcellent Preparation (2023, Adventuron) §
  • Text Adventure Literacy Jam 2023: 6th place
• Collision (2023, Twine) §
• Intersigne (2023, Ink) §
• Clarence Street, 14. (2023, Twine) §
• The Dinner (2023, Twine) ‡
• In the Blink of an Eye (2023, Ink) §
  • ECTOCOMP 2023: 2nd place, La Petite Mort (French); 6th place, La Petite Mort (English)
  • inkJam 2023: 10th place
  • Bare-Bones Jam (unranked)
• Dévoiement (2023, Twine) †
• (not so) strangers in the night (2024, Twine) ‡
  • ShuffleComp 2023: 1st place, Best Use of Songs
  • SeedComp! 2024 (unranked - organiser)
• Not Another Sad Meal (2024, Adventuron) ‡
  • Recipe Jam 2024 (unranked)
  • SeedComp! 2024 (unranked - organiser)
• Teatime with a Vampire (2024, Twine) ‡
• Les lettres du Docteur Jeangille (2024, Twine) §
  • Concours de Fiction Interactive Francophone 2024: 14th place
  • Translated in English the same year.
  • Spring Thing 2024: (ongoing)
• Lysidice and the Minotaur (2024, Adventuron) ‡
  • Text Adventure Literacy Jam 2024
• I PROMISE I AM WORKING ON THE GAME (2024, Binksi) ‡
• the 500 rooms (2024, Inform) ‡
• The Lady with the Camelias (2024, Inform) ‡
• L'Incombustible 3000 (2024, Twine) †
• machina caerulea (2024, Twine) ‡
• Bon Dieu ! Et une lessive aussi ? (2024, Moiki) †
• Untitled Relationship Project (with Sophia de Augustine, Charm Chochran, Drew Cook, Matt Devins, Piergiorgio d’Errico, Max Fog, Hanon Ondricek, Hidnook, Joey Jones, Kastel, Mathbrush, Mike Russo, and Tabitha; 2024; Inform)

Porting Credits

• Cloak of Darkness to Adventuron, ChoiceScript, Moiki, Twine (Chapbook, Harlowe, SugarCube), and Ink

Multimedia Credits

The following games used prompts or code submitted to the SeedComp!:

• Cozy Simulation 2999 (KADW, 2023, Twine): Space UI, which became a free-to-use SugarCube template
• All The Games I Would Have Made For Seedcomp If I Had The Time (Which I Did Not) (Oh Well There's Always Next Year) (KADW, 2024, Custom): the Nunz With Gunz and Meta Comp prompts
• The Film (studiothree, LoniBlu, and precariousworld, 2024, Twine): the Nunz With Gunz prompt

Review and Article Credits

Articles

manonamora is a regular contributor to the IFiction-FR websites. You can find them here (in French).

• The 2023 Interactive Fiction Top 50 for the Rosebush (data processing)

Post-Mortems

• The Thick Table Tavern: IntFiction
• The Roads Not Taken: IntFiction
• Doctor Jeangille's Letters: IntFiction

Review Threads

• IFComp reviews: 2022 (Author section), 2023
• EctoComp reviews: 2023 (English + French)
• Neo-Interactives reviews: Neo-Twiny 2023, Single Choice Jam 2023, Bare-Bones Jam 2023, ShuffleComp 2023, Recipe Jam 2024, Smoochie Jam 2024, Revival Jam 2024
• Concours Moiki reviews: 3-5 (one thread)
• Concours de Fiction Interactive Francophone reviews: 2024
• IF Short Games Showcase reviews: 2023
• inkJam reviews: 2023
• Other jams: Anti-Romance Jam 2023, Partim 500 2023, Goncharov Jam

All the reviews mentioned above, as well as additional ones, can be found on the IFDB.

Organisation Credits

• IFComp 2024: Committee member, Forum moderator
• SeedComp! (2023-ongoing)
• Orifice Jam (2023)
• Anti-Romance Jam (2023-4)
• Founding member and current organiser of the Neo-Interactives group. See list of Jams hosted by the Neo-Interactives for a breakdown of events.
• Interactive Fiction Showcase 2024
• REALLY BAD IF (2024)
• Confiture de Parser (2024)

Testing Credits

• Super Mega Tournament Arc! (groggydog, 2022, Twine)
• The Familiar (groggydog, 2023, Adventuron)
• One King to Loot them All (Onno Brouwer, 2023, Inform 7)
• Antony & Cleopatra: Case IV: The Murder of Marlon Brando (Travis Moy, 2023, Twine)
• PROSPER.0 (groggydog, 2024, Twine)
• Turn Right (Dee Cooke, 2024, Adventuron)
• Verses (Kit Riemer, 2024, Twine)

Links

• Personal Website
• itch.io Page
• IFDB Profile

Interviews

• IFictionFR: Entretien Avec manonamora, Gagnante du Concours 2023 (translated in English)
• Portage Magazine: À la Campagne, Interactive fiction
• The Rosebush: Game Jams’ Influence on Interactive Fiction - An Interview with manonamora