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Game Releases

April 2011 Game Releases

• Trapped (Kate Barnard; 14-Apr; Z-code).
• A Quest Only For The Noble (Jakob Gleby; 12-Apr; Z-code).
• New Cat (Poster; 09-Apr; Z-code).
• Empty rooms (Kevin Lovegreen; 06-Apr; Z-code).
• Motel California (Doug Schwartz; 01-Apr; Z-code).

Speed-IF Jacket 4

• The Dream-Trap of Zzar (S. John Ross; 16-Apr; Z-code 8).
• The Forests of Lachryma (Roger Carbol; 16-Apr; Z-code 5).
• Light Of My Stomach (David Fletcher; 16-Apr; TADS 3).
• Love, Hate and the Mysterious Ocean Tower (C.E.J. Pacian; 16-Apr; Z-code).
• The man-eating, halitosic gorilla of Brazil (Marius Müller as Leaner Gilts, "Strangle" Lei, Gain Tellers and Slat Leering; 16-Apr; Z-code 8).
• Moondarkling: Elfboon (Sam Kabo Ashwell; 16-Apr; Z-code).
• Smoochiepoodle and the Bastion of Science (Carolyn VanEseltine; 16-Apr; Z-code).
• Spectrum (Colin Sandel; 16-Apr; Z-code 5).

Spring Thing 2011

• Bonehead (Sean M. Shore; 04-Apr; Glulx).
• Hallow Eve (Michael Wayne Phipps Jr.; 04-Apr; Glulx).
• The Lost Islands of Alabaz (Michael Gentry; 04-Apr; Glulx).
• The Promise (Sean Huxter; 04-Apr; Glulx).
• Wetlands (Clara Raubertas; 04-Apr; Glulx).

March 2011 Game Releases

• My Girlfriend's An Evil Bitch (Divarin; 23-Mar; Glulx).
• Escape Room (JB; 02-Mar; Z-code 5; French).

PAX East 2011 Speed-IF

• Bored Ladders (Marius Müller as "Taleslinger"; 12-Mar; Z-code).
• Brain of the Night Guest (Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine; 12-Mar; Z-code 8).
• Delusions Again (Duncan Bowsman; 12-Mar; Z-code).
• Digging Time! (Rob Wheeler; 12-Mar; Z-code 5).
• Merk (Jesse McGrew and Kate Matthews; 12-Mar; Z-code).
• The Right Tool (Christopher Huang; 12-Mar; Z-code 5).
• A Scurvy of Wonders (Rob Dubbin, Courtney Stanton, and Darius Kazemi; 12-Mar; Z-code).
• A Shadow of Helpfulman (Clara Raubertas; 12-Mar; Z-code 5).
• Vault of Hugo II: Electric Boogaloo (Jon Blask as "Roody Yogurt"; 12-Mar; Hugo).

January 2011 Game Releases

• The Green Mountains (Clark Radwin; 16-Jan; Glulx).
• Safe (Benjamin Wochinski; 09-Jan; Glulx).
• Necron's Keep (Dan Welch; 01-Jan; Glulx).

Even Newer New Year's Speed IF

• Baby Uncle New Year (Jonathan Blask as "Roody Yogurt"; 29-Jan; Hugo).
• The day I hugged Ghandi! (Taleslinger; 08-Jan; Z-code).
• Starborn (Juhana Leinonen; 08-Jan; Z-code).

(See also Games Released in 2011.)

News and Reviews

News and Reviews in April 2011

• Issue #60 of SPAG (April 25, 2011) - includes a write-up of the IF Demo Fair 2011; SPAG Specifics for Gigantomania; interviews with Simon Christiansen, Jason McIntosh, Iain Merrick, C.E.J. Pacian, Colin Sandel & Carolyn VanEseltine, and Matt Wigdahl; the Action Flow Chart for Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home; and reviews of Death Off the Cuff, Gris et Jaune, The People's Glorious Revolutionary Text Adventure Game, Starborn, and the book Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform 7.
• ADRIFT 5.0.16 Beta, the first ADRIFT 5 version available to everyone, was released.
• The eleventh PDF issue of SPAC 2.0, the Spanish IF newsletter, has been published.

News and Reviews in February 2011

• IF Theory Reader [1], a new book by Kevin Jackson-Mead and J. Robinson Wheeler is published.
• Curveship, a new authoring system by Nick Montfort, was released.

News and Reviews in January 2011

• Interacting with Andrew Plotkin. Andrew Plotkin interview by Byron Alexander Campbell for Black Clock.
• XYZZY Awards 2010 begins its first round of voting. Four new awards have been added, two of them replacing Best Use of Medium.

(See also: News in 2011, Reviews, Publications, Websites, IF URLs, and Brass Lantern Game News.)

Competitions & Contest News

What's Hot

• The Challenge (for ADRIFT games). Voting deadline: April 30, 2011, 11:59 PM. Organizer: Finn Rosenløv.
• Grand Prix 2011. Voting deadline: May 1, 2011. Organizer: Maximilian Kalus.
• Spring Thing 2011. Six games! Voting deadline: Sunday May 15, 2011, 11:59 PM EDT. Organizer: Greg Boettcher.

Results of Recent Competitions

(Most recent comps are listed first.)

• XYZZY Awards 2010 (xyzzyawards.org) had its awards ceremony on ifmud on February 26th. A record seven awards including Best Game went to Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx). Congratulations, Matt!
• Inventure 2011. A mini-competition on inverting / subverting IF puzzles and tropes. No entries were submitted. Organizer: Christos Dimitrakakis.
• Ectocomp 2010, an ADRIFT 3-hour comp for Hallowe'en. Winner: Pete's Punkin Junkinator (DCBSupafly). Organizer: Jason Guest.
• 16th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition a.k.a. IF Comp 2010. 26 games! Winner: Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx). Organizer: Stephen Granade.
• InsideADRIFT Summer Competition 2010 (for ADRIFT games). Seven games. Winner: Aegis (Jacqueline H. as "Lumin"). Organizer: Ken Franklin.
• 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:

• 2011 AIF Mini-comp for short AIF games. Submission deadline: Monday, May 16, 2011, 9:00 a.m. CST.
• IntroComp 2011. Intent deadline: May 31, 2011, 23:59 EST. Submission deadline: June 30, 2011, 23:59 EST. Organizer: Jacqueline A. Lott.
• @party competition 2011. Remote entry deadline: June 13, 2011. Onsite entry deadline: June 18, 2011, 12:30 PM.

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