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Game Releases

July 2011 Game Releases

IntroComp 2011

IntroComp 2011 released 13 games on 01-Jul:

• Bender (Katz; Z-code).
• Choice of the Petal Throne (Danielle Goudeau; Web browser).
• Choice of Zombies (Heather Albano; Web browser).
• Chunky Blues (Scott Hammack and Jessamin Yu; Glulx).
• The Despondency Index (Ed Blair; Z-code).
• Exile (Simon; Web browser).
• Gargoyle (Simon; Web browser).
• Of Pots and Mushrooms (Devi and Maya; Web browser).
• Parthenon (Charles Wickersham; Z-code).
• Seasons (MT; Glulx).
• Speculative Fiction (Thomas Mack; Z-code).
• Stalling for Time (Dominic Delabruere; Z-code).
• The Z-Machine Matter (Zack Urlocker; Glulx).

May 2011 Game Releases

2011 AIF Mini-comp

2011 AIF Mini-comp released 7 games on 19-May:

• Ashley's Story (Rip_CPU; Z-code).
• Buffy: Before the Date (Archer; ADRIFT 3.9).
• Last Horizons (GoblinBoy; TADS 2).
• The Princess and the Dragon (RogueAIF; TADS 3).
• Redskirt II: Another Piece of the Action (Begferdeth; Z-code).
• SS Whore (The Blue Satyr; ADRIFT 4).
• The Wingman (Dark Horse; ADRIFT 3.9).

Indigo New Language Speed-IF

Indigo New Language Speed-IF released 10 games on 07-May:

• The Blue Death (Otto Grimwald; textallion and txt2cyoa; Web browser);
• The Cavity of Time (Sam Kabo Ashwell; Undum; Web browser);
• Haunted House (rockersuke; Z-code).
• In Memory (Jacqueline A. Lott; ADRIFT 4).
• IN-D-I-GO SOUL (Roody Yogurt; Alan 3).
• Indigo (Emily Short; TADS 3).
• The Matter of the Monster (Andrew Plotkin; Undum; Web browser);
• The Singular Adventure of the Indigo Violet (David Fletcher; Curveship).
• Painting the Rainbow (Royce Odle; TADS 3).
• The Price (ChrisC; ChoiceScript; Web browser).

April 2011 Game Releases

Non-competition games

• 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).

The Challenge

The Challenge released 3 games on April 24:

• Mangiasaur (DCBSupafly; ADRIFT 4).
• Suburban Prodigy (Mike Desert; ADRIFT 4).
• Whitterscap's Key (Duncan Bowsman; ADRIFT 4).

Speed-IF Jacket 4

Speed-IF Jacket 4 released 8 games on April 16:

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

Spring Thing 2011

Spring Thing 2011 released 5 games on April 4:

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

July 2022

• 1: IFComp 2022: Open for authors to declare their intent to enter.
• 31: ParserComp 2022: Voting closes; results announced.

September 2022

• 1: IFComp 2022: Deadline for authors to declare their intent to enter.
• 28: IFComp 2022: Deadline for authors to submit their games.

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