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August 2010 Game Releases

InsideADRIFT Summer Competition 2010

InsideADRIFT Summer Competition 2010 released 7 ADRIFT 4.0 games on August 2nd:

• Aegis (Jacqueline H. as "Lumin").
• Ba'Roo! (Eric Anderson as "Hensman Int'l").
• Camelot (Finn Rosenløv).
• Just Another Day (Simply Ryan).
• Light Up (TDS).
• Motion (Abbi Park).
• Pirate's Plunder! (Duncan Bowsman as "Tiberius Thingamus").

July 2010 Game Releases

Other July releases

• Being There (Jordan Magnuson; 28-Jul-2010; Glulx).

IntroComp 2010

IntroComp 2010 released 9 games on July 7th:

• Closed Circles (M. M. Kathrel; TADS 3).
• Cryptozookeeper (Robb Sherwin; Hugo).
• Fang Vs. Claw a.k.a. The Duel That Spanned the Ages Episode 2 (Oliver Ullmann; Glulx).
• A Fleeting Case of Self-Possession, or, Memento Moratori (Lea Albaugh; Z-code).
• For the Love Of Ornery Blue Yaks (Doug Jones; TADS 2).
• Peanut Orchestra (Mikhail Fiadotau and Evgeny Bychkov; MS-Windows). Written in URQ.
• Plan 6 from Inner Earth (Adrien Saurat; Z-code 5).
• Tourist Trap (Iain Merrick; Z-code 8).
• Waker (Kevin Jackson-Mead; Z-code).

June 2010 Game Releases

• @party competition released 2 games on June 19th:
  • Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
  • Every Day the Same Dream (Luis Gonzalez; Z-code).
• 2010 AIF Mini-comp released 4 games on June 11th:
  • Entrancing Sin (Anonymous; TADS 3).
  • Once Upon a Dream (Purple Dragon; Glulx).
  • Redskirt (Begferdeth; Z-code).
  • Sibling Seduction (LordYoni; ADRIFT 3.9).
• 2010 Spring Ting released two ADRIFT games on June 1st:
  • Wes Garden's Halting Nightmare (Jubell).
  • Easter Egg Hunt (Ian Thomson).

May 2010 Game Releases

• Morne Lune (BALROG; 25-May; Z-code; French).
• A Pinch in Saint Petersburg (Howard A. Sherman; publisher: Malinche Entertainment; 24-May; Z-code). Commercial.
• Speed-IF Wrist Exercise released 2 games on 16-May:
  • Explore! ("Taleslinger"; Z-code).
  • Silent Colony (Royce Odle; Hugo).
• Works of Fiction (JB; 15-May; Glulx).

April 2010 Game Releases

• 43 (Jack Welch; 09-Apr; Z-code 5). The first Twitter IF?

• Grand Prix 2010 released 7 German IF games on April 5th:
  • Absturzmomente (Jörg Rosenbauer; Z-code).
  • Ares (Michael Baltes; Glulx).
  • Das drakonische Grinsen (Maik Beta; MS-DOS).
  • Das Erbe (Raimund Seisenberger; Floyd).
  • Ein Fall in Jashpur (Oliver Berse; Floyd).
  • Die Hausaufgabe (Mischa Magyar; Z-code).
  • Mondbasis Palindrom II (Christian Blümke; T.A.G.).

• PAXLess (Gerynar; 03-Apr; Hugo). Late entry to PAX Speed-IF.

March 2010 Game Releases

• Ten PAX Speed-IF games released on March 27th:
  • Apoptosis (Kate McKee; Z-code).
  • Food Magic (Paul Hughes, Caolan Madden, Rory Madden, and Laura Hughes, with a little help from Carl Muckenhoupt; Z-code).
  • Lobsters On A Plane (Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman; Z-code).
  • Mango (Aaron Reed, Alexei Othenin-Girald, and Duncan Bowsman; Z-code).
  • Midair Madness (Paul J. Furio; Z-code).
  • PAX East 2010 Speed-IF (Jesse McGrew and Kate Matthews; Z-code).
  • Queuelty (Sarah Morayati; Z-code).
  • Safehouse (Benjamin Sokal; Z-code).
  • Vortex 2305 (Jacqueline A. Lott; Z-code).
  • A Wizard Goes Shopping (Kevin Jackson-Mead; Z-code).

• JINXTRON (Duncan Bowsman; 19-Mar; ADRIFT 4) for the March Writing Spiel.
• Find Andy Part 1 (Little Britain) (Ian Thomson; 09-Mar; ADRIFT 4).
• Igor (Ian Thomson; 07-Mar; ADRIFT 4). Winner and sole entrant to One Room Game Competition 2010.

February 2010 Game Releases

• Digital: A Love Story (Christine Love; MS-Windows, Macintosh, and Linux). Written in Ren'Py.

Casual Gameplay Design Competition #7 released 30 Z-code games on 02-Feb:

• Basic Train-ing (bpsp).
• The Blueprint (Thaidaree).
• Containment (Kevin Mintmier).
• Couch of Doom (Megan Moser and Margaret Moser).
• Critical Breach (Grey).
• The Cube (Simon Smart and Eleanor Gang).
• Drama Queen 7 - Mother knows best (HermDog).
• Dual Transform (Andrew Plotkin as "Nigel Smith").
• Escape In The Dark (Owen Parish).
• Escape Into Fiction (M27).
• Fragile Shells (Stephen Granade).
• Golden Shadow (The Technomancer).
• Heavenly (Jim Aikin).
• Hoosegow (Ben Collins-Sussman and Jack Welch).
• I Expect You To Die (Anthony Schuster).
• Into the Open Sky (Matthew Lindquist).
• Ka (Dan Efran).
• Lurid Dreams (Torgrim Mellum Stene).
• The Manor at Whitby (L. E. Hall).
• Monday, 16:30 (Alexander "Mordred" Andonov).
• An Open Field (Chris Daniels).
• Paint (Paul VanKoughnett).
• Party Foul (Brooks Reeves).
• Roofed (Jim Munroe).
• Survive (Baltasar).
• Terminal (C. Everett).
• The Usher (Branden Rishel and Daphne Gabrieli).
• Virtuality (Mark).
• Zegrothenus ((one man plus lots of caffeine)).
• A Zeroeth Dimension (Dewey Mowris).

January 2010 Game Releases

• Aquila Station (Portmaneau; TADS 3). AIF. (listed on Delron's AIF page)
• The Quaking of WarCrysis 3: Resistance of Black Doom (Shamus Young; 18-Jan; Z-code 8).

• French Minicomp 2009 released 3 French games between 12-Jan and 17-Jan:
  • Catapole (Adrien Saurat as "Noireaud"; Z-code 5).
  • La chambre de Syrion (Benjamin Roux as "Nemesis"; Z-code 8).
  • Les méchants meurent au moins deux fois (Eric Forgeot as "Yann Flemmard"; Z-code 8).

• Big Red Button (Mister Nose; 17-Jan; Z-code 5).
• Dulle Griet and the Antenorian Icebox (Sam Kabo Ashwell; 16-Jan; Z-code). Late submission to Newer New Year's Speed IF.
• Figueres in my Basement (Kazuki Mishima; 15-Jan; Z-code).
• Magic Travels (Mister Nose; 14-Jan; Z-code 5).

• Newer New Year's Speed IF will release 2 games at the 09-Jan session of ClubFloyd:
  • The Day I stabbed ... ("Taleslinger"; Z-code 5).
  • Raising the Flag on Mount Yo Momma (Juhana Leinonen; Z-code 8).

• Supermarket Robbery (Mister Nose a.k.a. NosesAreAlive; 02-Jan).

(See also Games Released in 2010.)

News and Reviews

News and Reviews in August 2010

• Get Lamp, a documentary by Jason Scott about IF, is released.
• Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform 7, a book by Aaron A. Reed, will be released this month.
• The first issue of The Parser, an IF newsletter in German, will be released this month.

News and Reviews in July 2010

• Inside Erin: The AIF Newsletter Volume 6 Number 7 (July 2010) in pdf and text formats.

News and Reviews in June 2010

• Inside Erin: The AIF Newsletter Volume 6 Number 6 (June 2010) in pdf and text formats.

News and Reviews in May 2010

• Issue #58 of SPAG (May 29, 2010) - includes articles about IF at PAX East 2010, other articles by Adam Atkinson, Jimmy Maher, Stuart Allen, Fabien Vidal, Al, and Michael Whittington, and reviews of the Jay is Games Casual IF Competition and TWIFcomp games, Crobe, and Raising the Flag on Mount Yo Momma.
• The new version of CASA, the website about 8-bit text adventures, was launched. Now with not only solutions and maps but also more information about the games, ratings, reviews, etc.
• Inside Erin: The AIF Newsletter Volume 6 Number 5 (May 2010) in pdf and text formats.

News and Reviews in April 2010

• The ninth PDF issue of SPAC 2.0, the Spanish IF newsletter, has been published.
• Inside Erin: The AIF Newsletter Volume 6 Number 4 (April 2010) in pdf and text formats.

(See also: News in 2010, Reviews, Category:Publications, and Category:Websites.)

Competitions & Contest News

What's Hot

• InsideADRIFT Summer Competition 2010 (for ADRIFT games). Vote by August 22, 2010, 10:00 BST. Organizer: Ken Franklin.

Results of Recent Competitions

(Most recent comps are listed first.)

• IntroComp 2010 had nine games! The winner? Tourist Trap (Iain Merrick; Z-code). Organizer: Jacqueline A. Lott.
• 2010 Spring Ting (for ADRIFT games by non-registered users of ADRIFT). Two games entered. Winner: Wes Garden’s Halting Nightmare (Jubell). Organizer: Po. Prune.
• MetaFilter Interactive Fiction Contest 2010 released 3 games. Winner: Time For Tea (kaibutsu; Z-code). Organizer: Deathalicious.
• 2010 AIF Mini-comp. Four games entered. Winner: Once Upon a Dream (Purple Dragon; Glulx). Organizer: A. Bomire.
• @party competition. Two games entered. Winner: Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
• CYOA competition. For CYOA games. No games released; competition was abandoned. Organizer: Aina Grey.
• TWIFcomp: A competition for tweet-sized interactive fiction (up to 140 characters). Winner: > by @ (Aaron A. Reed; Z-code). Organizer: Jack Welch.
• Grand Prix 2010 for short German IF games. Winner: Ares (Michael Baltes; Glulx). Organizer: Maximilian Kalus.

Upcoming Competitions

Authors should be working on their entries for:

• 16th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition a.k.a. IF Comp 2010. Intent deadline: September 1, 11:59 P.M. EST. Submission deadline: September 30, 11:59 P.M. EST. Organizer: Stephen Granade.
• Spring Thing 2011. Intent deadline: March 1, 2011, noon, Eastern US Time. Submission deadline: April 4, 2011, noon, Eastern US Time. Organizer: Greg Boettcher.

(See also: Category:Competitions and Category:Minicomp.)