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Game Releases
July 2012 Game Releases
- IntroComp 2012 (18-Jul). 6 games by various authors.
- The Andromeda Legacy™ Competition (01-Jul). 2 games by various authors.
June 2012 Game Releases
- Cover Stories (11-Jun). 12 games by various authors.
April 2012 Game Releases
- Spring Thing 2012 (07-Apr). 4 games by various authors.
- Jay Is Ponies (JohnB, Kyh, Steve, Tricky, and Trinn; 01-Apr; Z-code 8).
March 2012 Game Releases
- Muggle Studies (M. Flourish Klink; 31-Mar; Glulx).
- Apollo 18+20: The IF Tribute Album (26-Mar). 38 games by various authors.
December 2011 Game Releases
- Le Temple Nâga (Natrium; 11-Dec; Z-code; French).
- Jour de Chance (Natrium; 19-Dec; Z-code; French).
November 2011 Game Releases
Thanksgiving Speed-IF
Thanksgiving Speed-IF released 6 games on 27-Nov:
- The Crystal Palace (Peter Orme; Z-code).
- Dragon Flies Like Labradorite (Troy Jones III; Z-code).
- The extraordinary events of the last day of Professor Mangleworth ("Taleslinger"; Z-code).
- To Catch A Dragonfly (Andrew Metzger; TADS 3).
- You are a Turkey! (Jacqueline A. Lott; Z-code).
- Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it (Justin de Vesine; Glulx).
October 2011 Game Releases
IF Comp 2011
IF Comp 2011 released 38 games on 01-Oct:
- Andromeda Awakening (Marco Innocenti; Z-code).
- Awake the Mighty Dread (Lyle Skains; Glulx).
- Beet the Devil (Carolyn VanEseltine; Glulx).
- The Binary (Bloomengine; Web browser).
- Blind (Arman; TADS 2).
- Calm (Joey Jones and Melvin Rangasamy; Glulx).
- Cana According To Micah (Rev. Stephen Dawson; Z-code).
- Cold Iron (Lyman Clive Charles; Z-code).
- Cursed (Nick Rogers; ADRIFT).
- Dead Hotel (Comazombie; MS-Windows).
- Death of Schlig (Peter Timony; Glulx).
- The Elfen Maiden (Adam Le Doux; Z-code).
- Escape From Santaland (Jason Ermer; Z-code).
- Fan Interference (Andrew Schultz; Glulx).
- Fog Convict (Arman; TADS 2).
- The Guardian (Lutein Hawthorne; Z-code).
- The Hours (Robert Patten; Glulx).
- How Suzy Got Her Powers (David Whyld; ADRIFT).
- It (Emily Boegheim; TADS 3).
- Keepsake (Savaric; Z-code).
- Kerkerkruip (Victor Gijsbers; Glulx).
- Last Day of Summer (Cameron Fox; Z-code).
- The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M (Edmund Wells; Glulx).
- Luster (Jared Smith; Glulx).
- The Myothian Falcon (Andy Joel; Quest).
- Operation Extraction (Ming-Yee Iu; Web browser).
- PataNoir (Simon Christiansen; Glulx).
- The Play (Deirdra Kiai; Web browser).
- Playing Games (Pam Comfite; Glulx).
- Professor Frank (Laurence Kilday; Z-code).
- Return to Camelot (Po. Prune; ADRIFT).
- Sentencing Mr Liddell (I-K. Huuhtanen; Glulx).
- The Ship of Whimsy (U. N. Owen; Z-code).
- Six (Wade Clarke; Glulx).
- Taco Fiction (Ryan Veeder; Glulx).
- Ted Paladin And The Case Of The Abandoned House (Anssi Raisanen; Alan).
- Tenth Plague (Lynnea Dally; Z-code).
- Vestiges (Josephine Wynter; Z-code).
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
Non-competition games
- Cryptozookeeper (Robb Sherwin; Hugo).
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).
(See also Games Released in 2012.)
News and Reviews
News and Reviews in February 2012
- Issue 41 of the InsideADRIFT newsletter. Download (zip file with a .pdf and 8 ADRIFT games).
News and Reviews in June 2011
- Inside Erin: The AIF Newsletter Volume 7 Number 2 (June 2011) in pdf and text formats.
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.
August 2022
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.)