Current events

Game Releases

Adventurer's Consumer Guide (Øyvind Thorsby; 14-May; Glulx).
Mystery Locker (Yotam Lev; 06-May; Quest). Game page.
Perry's World (Jim Wilbur; 01-May; Z-code).
Figaro - an example (Victor Gijsbers; 01-May; Z-code). Entered as part of his entry for Innovation Comp.

Naughty Boy (Anonymous; 22-Apr; C64).
House Adventure (Jack Bromby; 21-Apr; Quest 4).
Les espions ne meurent jamais (Hugo Labrande; 17-Apr; Z-code; French).
Spring Thing 2007 released four games on 02-Apr:
- The Epic Origins of CamelGirl! (Brandi Wilcox; TADS 3).
- Fate (Victor Gijsbers; Z-code 8).
- The Reluctant Resurrectee (David Whyld; ADRIFT 4).
- Starship Volant: Stowaway (C. Henshaw; ADRIFT 4).
Sir Loin and the coming of age (CJ592; 01-Apr; Quest).

Mario is Missing 2: The Foes (Jay Comix Inc; 30-Mar; Quest).
Accuse (David A. Wheeler; 21-Mar; Z-code).
A Little Like Rogue (ifnyou; 14-Mar; Z-code).
Sunburst Contamination (Fredrik Ramsberg and Johan Berntsson, together as "Att Scoddams"; 09-Mar; Z-code 6). Inform port of same authors' 1982 C64 game.
Inheritance (Tina Beitcher; 07-Mar; RAGS). AIF.
PiggeryJokery (Philip Richmond; 13-Mar; T.A.B. Alpha 23. Text Games and Adventure Player). T.A.B. port of same author's 1996 Amiga/PC game.

Ring of Power (Tina Beitcher; 07-Feb; RAGS). AIF.
Terrified (Richard Otter as "Eric T. Dorrath"; 05-Feb; ADRIFT 4). Written for NaAdWriMo 2007.
Suprematism in IF (Andrey Grankin; 03-Feb; TADS 2). More an art piece than a game.
Crossworlds Part 4 - Scream For Me (BBBen; 02-Feb; ADRIFT 3.9). AIF. The final part of the Crossworlds series.
Escape from the House (CJ592; 01-Feb; Quest).
Nami Adventure (Matthew Jessup; 01-Feb; Quest).
Something 'Bout A Hex (Doug, at Paul Flum Games; 01-Feb; Quest).
Where's Annabel? (CJ592; 01-Feb; Quest).

AdventureCon 2007 has (apparently) been cancelled. But don't despair: planning for AdventureCon 2008 is underway. If you'd like to join the mailing list, visit the AdventureCon page. Also, there's gonna be a "Kicking Zork Party" this summer (details to be announced). AdventureCon is managed by Malinche Entertainment.
Zork Returns! Thanks to Open Source Asterisk PBX (internetnews.com article. Article reprinted at earthweb.com) - Asterisk developer Simon Ditner creates Zoip, a system that lets one play Zork on one's phone.
SPAG #48 - The latest issue of SPAG contains interviews with several members of the Russian IF community; reviews of The Ebb and Flow of the Tide, The Elysium Enigma, and The Traveling Swordsman; and a SPAG Specifics analysis of The Elysium Enigma.

Review by Emily Short of the AIF game Ron Weasley and the Quest for Hermione (captainc22; 2006; ADRIFT 3.9) for Trotting Krips.
AdventureCon 2007 is still running, but it changes its dates to September and moves from Las Vegas to Atlantic City. No, really. Catch up on the AdventureCon FAQ page which includes the helpful frequently asked question "First the dates changed from July to August then the prices went from $299 to $239 to $69 and now the whole $&#! event is changing. Any more drastic changes on the horizon?" AdventureCon is managed by Malinche Entertainment.
Inside Interactive Fiction: An Interview with Emily Short - April 10, 2007.
Douglas Adams: The First and Last Tapes by Ian Shircore, presents a previously unreleased interview from 1979.
AIF Newsletter April 2007 contains an interview with David Welbourn, and reviews of Crossworlds Part 4 - Scream For Me, Ring of Power, and Serving Your Country.
InsideADRIFT Issue 34 (View PDF), (taf Version) is published.

A Spoonful of Scotch - Emily Short reviews A Sugared Pill (Colin Borland; 2005; TADS 2) for IF-Review.
IF Ratings is back online as of March 21st. Same urls as before; new server.
SPAC 49 - The latest issue of SPAC, the Spanish IF newsletter, has been published.
bas2inf is a utility that converts BASIC source code into Inform 6 source code. It was written in Ruby by Johan Berntsson and tested with the Sunburst Contamination game. Download bas2inf.zip.
thinBASIC Adventure Builder is a new adventure creator project for Windows 98/2000/ME/XP/Vista currently at Alpha stage. Download a demo of the TAB Player and some games and demos. (1.8mb zip)
IF Ratings is moving to a new site, in case people have wondered what's up with the 404 errors. We don't have a new URL, and the new site unfortunately isn't quite working yet. Chrysoula is aware of the problem and is working on it.
AIF Newletter for March 2007 contains interviews with Michael J. Roberts (creator the TADS authoring system), and Knight Errant, a new AIF community member. Also announcing the 2007 AIF Mini-comp and the R.A.G.S. authoring system.

gamer.co.il magazine interviews Andrew Plotkin. Translated into Hebrew, February 2007. (Yes, it's in Hebrew. Really. No, we don't know what it says.)
AdventureCon 2007 is a new convention for adventure fans, to be held sometime this summer at the Mirage in Las Vegas. Check the AdventureCon page for upcoming details. Managed by Malinche Entertainment.
Second Person: Role-Playing and Story in Games and Playable Media is a new book about all sorts of games (including IF, RPGs, board games, and more). Edited by Pat Harrigan and Noah Wardrip-Fruin. See Second Person at The MIT Press.

No competitions are currently in their voting or judging stage.

(Most recent comps are listed first.)

Innovation Comp had a single entry from Victor Gijsbers, who is therefore the winner!
Spring Thing 2007. Four games; the winner is Fate (Victor Gijsbers; Z-code). Organizer: Greg Boettcher.
XYZZY Awards 2006 concludes! The online award ceremony was held on ifMUD on Sunday, March 4th. The winner of Best Game was The Elysium Enigma (Eric Eve; TADS 3). Host: Eileen Mullin. Emcee: Lucian P. Smith. Congrats to all the winners!

Authors should be working on their entries for:

2007 AIF Mini-comp is a mini-comp for small AIF games. Submission deadline: 9:00 a.m. CDT Friday, May 11, 2007. Organizer: A. Ninny.
2007 IF Art Show has returned (yay!). Rules are the same as in 2003/2004. Submission deadline is May 18th, 2007. Organizer: Marnie Parker.
HP Lovecraft: The Commonplace Book Project 2007 is for works based on notes from HP Lovecraft's Commonplace Book on the 70th anniversary of his death. Submission deadline: June 15, 2007. Organizer: Peter Nepstad.
InsideADRIFT Summer Comp 2007 is open for any unreleased, but complete, ADRIFT games. Submission deadline: June 30, 2007. Organizer: Ken Franklin.
Scott Adams' Ghost Town Redux is an event where Scott Adams has granted limited permission for authors to craft reworkings of his game Ghost Town. The permission is granted only for Ghost Town, and only for the purposes of entering the reworked game in this event. This event will have no voting or prizes. Submission deadline: July 30, 2007. Organizer: Greg Boettcher.
IF Comp 2007 will occur in the fall as usual. The deadline for intents to be submitted is September 1st, 2007. Game submission deadline is September 29, 2007. Organizer: Stephen Granade.
IF Dreams is a recurring monthly minicomp. Organizer: David Cornelson.