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Welcome to the Interactive Fiction Wiki
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
IFWiki is an encyclopedia of interactive fiction, including IF history, theory, craft, tools, and people. IFWiki serves as both a historical record of community knowledge and a guide to resources for playing and creating interactive fiction.
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Event News
Competitions and jams
- IFDB Awards 2023 (Results announced: 18 Feb 2024)
- Concours de Fiction Interactive Francophone 2024 (Results announced: 8 Apr 2024)
- SeedComp! 2024 (Results announced: 9 Apr 2024)
- ParserComp 2024 (Submissions begin: 28 Apr 2024)
- Text Adventure Literacy Jam 2024 (Submissions due: 30 Apr 2024)
- Dialogue Jam 2024 (Submissions due: 30 Apr 2024)
- REALLY BAD IF (Submissions begin: 1 May 2024)
- Grand Prix 2024 (Voting ends: 1 May 2024)
- Spring Thing 2024 (Voting ends: 11 May 2024)
- IFComp 2024 (Registration begins: 1 Jul 2024)
- Interactive Fiction Showcase 2024 (Submissions due: 31 Dec 2024)
Meetings and conferences
- NarraScope 2024 (21–23 June 2024)
- ClubFloyd (weekly meeting)
- Jams hosted by the Neo-Interactives (monthly jam)
- People's Republic of Interactive Fiction (monthly meeting)
- Seattle IF Group (monthly meeting)
- SF Bay Area Interactive Fiction Group (monthly meeting)
Announcements
- 14 Apr 2024: Please help us write the April 2024 report for the IFDB Board.
- 8 Mar 2024: This month we're asking you to help write the regular report on our activities: see March 2024 report. Any assistance will be welcomed!
- 2 Feb 2024: We added a Dark Mode toggle to the wiki. Just click on the "Dark mode" link in the Navigation menu (log in to see it).
- 2 Feb 2024: Automatic formatting of code is now possible on the wiki. Just use the
<syntaxhighlight>tag to enclose code. See the extension's page on the MediaWiki website for full details.
Feature of the Day
Invisiclues
Initially, a trademarked name for the hint booklets published by Infocom; now a generic term for a way of organizing a series of increasingly explicit hits that do not unnecessarily destroy the challenge of solving a puzzle.
Each of the Infocom Invisicules books included a series of questions that the player might ask about a particular puzzle (e.g. "How do I find the cave entrance?"), and a series of increasingly specific answers written in invisible ink.
(Read more at Invisiclues)
FAQ
- What is "interactive fiction"?
- How can I download and play IF?
- Where can I find out what games I might enjoy?
- Where can I talk with other people who are into IF?
(See all frequently asked questions)
Check out these articles!
- See Craft for how-to articles.
- See Theory for articles on IF concepts.
- See Starters if you're new to IF.
- Annual competitions like IF Comp, Spring Thing, and the XYZZY Awards.
- Parser-based authoring tools like ADRIFT, Dialog, Inform 6, Inform 7 and TADS 3.
- Choice-based authoring tools like ChoiceScript, Ink and Twine.
- Hybrid authoring systems like Quest.
- Retro-style parser authoring tools like Adventuron, PunyInform and ZIL.
Software Updates
- 10 Apr 2024: PunyInform version 5.4
- 10 Apr 2024: Ozmoo version 14.14
- 11 Mar 2024: Zawk
- 24 Feb 2024: UnZ version 0.12_240224
- 23 Feb 2024: Rez version 1.2.0
- 12 Feb 2024: Parchment version 2024.2.12
- 12 Feb 2024: Emglken version 0.6.0
- 10 Feb 2024: Inform 6 version 6.42
- 3 Feb 2024: Balladeer version 0.46.0
- 3 Jan 2024: Twine version 2.8.1
(Browse the software database at Drilldown: Software)
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- Check out the About IFWiki page for an overview.
- Read Help:Contents and How to edit IFWiki for detailed guidance.
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