The Annual IF Competition
| The Annual IF Competition | |
|---|---|
| Browse by Year | 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 |
| Platforms | ADRIFT • Alan • Glulx • Hugo • TADS 2 • TADS 3 • Twine • Z-Code • Other |
| Features | Golden Banana of Discord • Miss Congeniality • Rising Star • Non-English • Prizes • Statistics • T-shirts • Two hour rule |
| See also | CompXX • IF Comp works |
The Annual IF Competition (also known as the rec.arts.int-fiction competition, IF Comp, or just the comp) was started by Kevin Wilson in 1995. The official website is at ifcomp.org. It was taken over by David Dyte for a couple of years and has been run for the last few years by Stephen Granade with the help of Lucian Smith and Mark Musante and many others. On 5th January 2014, Granade announced that Jason McIntosh had agreed to be the next organizer of the IF Comp, starting from the 2014 competition.
In 2016, operation of the competition was taken over by the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation.
One of the parallel arrangements to the competition is the IF Beta Website where authors can sign up to have other community members beta test their work.
See also
Links
- IF Comp Rules.
- Annual Interactive Fiction Competition at IFDB.
- The Hows and Whys of the Annual Interactive Fiction Competition - article by Stephen Granade at Brass Lantern.
- Links to each years' results:
1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014], 2015, 2016, 2017. - Interactive Fiction Competition at Wikipedia.
- Textual Pleasure: Parsing the Annual IF Competition - article by Lara Crigger for The Escapist, May 2007.