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Contents 1 Game Releases 1.1 February 2010 Game Releases 1.2 January 2010 Game Releases 1.3 December 2009 Game Releases 1.3.1 AIF Christmas Micro-comp 2009 1.3.2 The Even Competition 1.4 November 2009 Game Releases 1.4.1 ECTOCOMP 2009 1.5 October 2009 Game Releases 1.5.1 Other October releases 1.5.2 The Twin Competition 1.5.3 IF Comp 2009 2 News and Reviews 2.1 News and Reviews in February 2010 2.2 News and Reviews in January 2010 2.3 News and Reviews in December 2009 2.4 News and Reviews in November 2009 2.5 News and Reviews in October 2009 3 Competitions & Contest News 3.1 What's Hot 3.2 Results of Recent Competitions 3.3 Upcoming Competitions

Game Releases

February 2010 Game Releases

Casual Gameplay Design Competition #7 released 30 Z-code games on 02-Feb:

• Basic Train-ing (bpsp).
• The Blueprint (Thaidaree).
• Containment (Kevin Mintmier).
• Couch of Doom (Megan Moser and Margaret Moser).
• Critical Breach (Grey).
• The Cube (Simon Smart and Eleanor Gang).
• Drama Queen 7 - Mother Knows Best (HermDog).
• Dual Transform (Nigel Smith).
• Escape In The Dark (Owen Parish).
• Escape Into Fiction (M27).
• Fragile Shells (Stephen Granade).
• Golden Shadow (The Technomancer).
• Heavenly (Jim Aikin).
• Hoosegow (Ben Collins-Sussman and Jack Welch).
• I Expect You To Die (Anthony Schuster).
• Into the Open Sky (Matthew Lindquist).
• Ka (Dan Efron).
• Lurid Dreams (Torgrim Mellum Stene).
• The Manor at Whitby (L. E. Hall).
• Monday, 16:30 (Alexander "Mordred" Andonov).
• An Open Field (Chris Daniels).
• Paint (Paul VanKoughnett).
• Party Foul (Brooks Reeves).
• Roofed (Jim Munroe).
• Survive (Baltasar).
• Terminal (C. Everett).
• The Usher (Branden Rishel and Daphne Gabrieli).
• Virtuality (Mark).
• Zegrothenus ((one man plus lots of caffeine)).
• A Zeroeth Dimension (Dewey Mowris).

January 2010 Game Releases

• Aquila Station (Portmaneau; TADS 3). AIF. (listed on Delron's AIF page)
• The Quaking of WarCrysis 3: Resistance of Black Doom (Shamus Young; 18-Jan; Z-code 8).

• French Minicomp 2009 released 3 French games between 12-Jan and 17-Jan:
  • Catapole (Anonymous as "Noireaud"; Z-code 5).
  • La chambre de Syrion (Anonymous as "Nemesis"; Z-code 8).
  • Les méchants meurent toujours deux fois (Anonymous as "Yann Flemmard"; Z-code 8).

• Big Red Button (Mister Nose; 17-Jan; Z-code 5).
• Dulle Griet and the Antenorian Icebox (Sam Kabo Ashwell; 16-Jan; Z-code). Late submission to Newer New Year's Speed IF.
• Figueres in my Basement (Kazuki Mishima; 15-Jan; Z-code).
• Magic Travels (Mister Nose; 14-Jan; Z-code 5).

• Newer New Year's Speed IF will release 2 games at the 09-Jan session of ClubFloyd:
  • The Day I stabbed ... ("Taleslinger"; Z-code 5).
  • Raising the Flag on Mount Yo Momma (Juhana Leinonen; Z-code 8).

• Supermarket Robbery (Mister Nose a.k.a. NosesAreAlive; 02-Jan).

December 2009 Game Releases

• Panne d'essence (Kilian; 20-Dec; Glulx; French).
• Backup (Gregory Weir; 12-Dec; Z-code).
• Walker & Silhouette (C.E.J. Pacian; 09-Dec; TADS 3).
• Rock Band: Revenge of Gigantor! (Rob Roy; 01-Dec; ADRIFT 4).

AIF Christmas Micro-comp 2009

Two AIF games released on December 19, 2009.

• Intimate Encounters (Purple Dragon; Z-code).
• My Special Gift (A. Bomire; TADS 2).

The Even Competition

ADRIFT games released on December 15, 2009.

• Attack of the Mutaydid Meat Monsters (Duncan Bowsman).
• Bringing the Rain (Lumin).
• Perspectives (Justahack).

November 2009 Game Releases

• Igor (Ian Thomson; 17-Nov; ADRIFT 4).
• Epyk (Ivan Mattie; 11-Nov; Z-code).
• Klockwerk: The Shadow in the Cathedral (Ian Finley and Jon Ingold, publisher: Textfyre; 06-Nov; FyreVM). First game of The Klockwerk series.
• Tic-Tac-Toe (Justahack; 02-Nov; ADRIFT 4).

ECTOCOMP 2009

ADRIFT games released on November 1, 2009.

• The Dangers of Driving at Night (Lumin).
• Patient 7 (Justahack).
• Way Out (Rob Roy).

October 2009 Game Releases

Other October releases

• Phantom of the Arcade 2: Shadows, Darkness, and Dread (Susan Arendt and John Moulton; 26-Oct; Z-code 8).
• Twenty-One! (Rob Roy; 23-Oct; ADRIFT 4).
• Give Me Your Lunch Money (DCBSupafly; 04-Oct; ADRIFT 4).
• Cumberbund (revgiblet; 02-Oct; ADRIFT 4).

The Twin Competition

Games were released on October 2nd, 2009.

• Crashland (!Rocky; ADRIFT 4).
• Melancholy Blood - Act 1 (DannyL7773; ADRIFT 3.9).

IF Comp 2009

Games were released on October 1st, 2009.

• The Ascot (Duncan Bowsman; ADRIFT 4).
• The Believable Adventures of an Invisible Man (Hannes Schueller; Z-code).
• Beta Tester (Darren Ingram; Z-code).
• Broken Legs (Sarah Morayati; Glulx).
• Byzantine Perspective (Lea; Z-code).
• Condemned (a Delusioned Teenager; Z-code).
• The Duel in the Snow (Utkonos; Z-code).
• The Duel That Spanned the Ages (Oliver Ullmann; Z-code).
• Earl Grey (Rob Dubbin and Adam Parrish; Glulx).
• Eruption (Richard Bos; Z-code).
• GATOR-ON, Friend to Wetlands! (Dave Horlick; Z-code).
• Gleaming the Verb (Kevin Jackson-Mead; Z-code).
• The Grand Quest (Owen Parish; Z-code).
• Grounded in Space (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
• The Hangover (Red Conine; ADRIFT 3.9).
• Interface (Ben Vegiard; Z-code).
• Resonance (Matt Scarpino; Glulx).
• Rover's Day Out (Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman; Glulx).
• Snowquest (Eric Eve; Z-code).
• Spelunker's Quest (Tom Murrin; Z-code).
• Star Hunter (Chris Kenworthy; Z-code).
• Trap Cave (Emilian Kowalewski; MS-Windows and Linux; English and German).
• Yon Astounding Castle! of some sort (Tiberius Thingamus; ADRIFT 4).
• zork, buried chaos (bloodbath; Z-code).

(See also Games Released in 2009, Games Released in 2010.)

News and Reviews

News and Reviews in February 2010

• Inside Erin: The AIF Newsletter Volume 6 Number 2 (February 2010) in pdf and text formats.

News and Reviews in January 2010

• GET LAMP Artwork and Poster. New artwork by Lukas Ketner for the GET LAMP documentary can be previewed and bought as a poster.
• The next issue of the SPAG webzine needs your submissions: reviews and articles about IF. Deadline: February 15, 2009. See also Call for Submissions for SPAG Issue #57 (RAIF thread).
• Inside Erin: The AIF Newsletter Volume 6 Number 1 (January 2010) in pdf and text formats.

News and Reviews in December 2009

• BBC News - AI aims to solve in-game chatter. Brief article on how games are making progress with conversing with NPCs and emergent behavior. 26 December 2009.
• Issue #40 of the InsideADRIFT newsletter. Download (zip file with .doc, .taf, and .pdf formats). Talk about it on the ADRIFT forum.
• Inside Erin: The AIF Newsletter Volume 5 Number 11 (December 2009) in pdf and text formats.

News and Reviews in November 2009

• Issue #56 of SPAG (November 16, 2009) - Articles by Dorte Lassen and Duncan Bowsman; reviews of Acheton, The Bryant Collection, Cacophony, Finding the Mouse, The Nemean Lion, Sam Fortune - Private Investigator, Shelter from the Storm, Spaceship!, Unscientific Fiction, and all the IF Comp 2009 and IntroComp 2009 games; and SPAG Specifics for The King of Shreds and Patches.
• (NOTE: this survey is now closed.) The players of IF Comp 2009 games were invited to take this survey by Conrad Cook about what they liked and didn't like about the games. (See also this RAIF thread and this blog post.)
• Klockwerk: The Shadow in the Cathedral (Ian Finley and Jon Ingold), the second game by Textfyre, is now available! More information at textfyre.com.
• Inside Erin: The AIF Newsletter Volume 5 Number 10 (November 2009) in pdf and text formats.

News and Reviews in October 2009

• The InsideADRIFT newsletter, now edited by Duncan Bowsman, is back! Download the new issue #39. Talk about it on the ADRIFT forum.
• The eighth PDF issue of SPAC 2.0, the Spanish IF newsletter, has been published.
• CASA, the Classic Adventures Solution Archive, will soon be replaced by a new website about 8-bit text adventures, with not only solutions and maps but also more information about the games, ratings, reviews, etc. Suggestions about this future website are welcome at this forum thread.
• Inside Erin: The AIF Newsletter Volume 5 Number 9 (October 2009) in pdf and text formats.

(See also: News in 2009, News in 2010, Reviews, Category:Publications, and Category:Websites.)

Competitions & Contest News

What's Hot

• Casual Gameplay Design Competition #7 for one-room Z-code "escape" games. Cash prizes! 30 games! Vote by ...February 23-ish? Give or take a day? Also, register to be a judge. Organizer: Jay is Games.
• Post-Comp-Comp 2009. A new juried competition for IF Comp 2009 authors, wherein post-comp versions of their games are judged on how well their games have improved. Voting deadline: February 28, 2010. Organizer: Sarah Morayati.
• The Even Competition (for ADRIFT games). Voting deadline: January 10, 2010 (or once the poll reaches 10 votes, whichever comes last). Organizer: Abbi Park.
• French Minicomp 2009. 3 games. Voting deadline: February 1, 2010. Organizer: Eric Forgeot.

Results of Recent Competitions

(Most recent comps are listed first.)

• InsideADRIFT Awards 2009. Game of the Year: Ghost Town. Organizer: Duncan Bowsman.
• AIF Christmas Micro-comp 2009. With only two games entered, voting was canceled.
• GameplayComp for games with a non-traditional form of gameplay while still remaining IF. Submissions deadline was September 15, 2009. Winner (only entry): Fantastic Finale IV (Derek Sutcliffe; Z-code). Organizer: David Fisher.
• ECTOCOMP 2009 (for ADRIFT games). Three games. Winner: The Dangers of Driving at Night (Lumin). Organizer: Duncan Bowsman.
• IF Comp 2009. 24 games were entered. The top three games were Rover's Day Out, Broken Legs, and Snowquest. Congratulations to all the winners! Organizer: Stephen Granade.
• Saugus.net Halloween Ghost Story Contest. Winners (tie): The Lighthouse (Marius Müller; Z-code) and Awakening (Pete Gardner; Z-Code).
• The Twin Competition. For ADRIFT games. Two games. Winner: Crashland (!Rocky; ADRIFT 4). Organizer: Cowboy.
• RetroComp 2009. Spanish IF minicomp dedicated to remakes, translations, sequels, prequels, etc. of older text adventures. Five games. Winner: Ke Rulen los Petas (Grendel and Eliuk Blau; Glulx). Organizer: Jenesis.
• IntroComp 2009. Three games were entered. The winner, by a very close margin, is Obituary (writer: Drew Mochak, programmer: Johnny Rivera; Z-code 5). Organizer: Jacqueline A. Lott.
• GunchoComp for multiplayer IF realms written in Inform 7 for Guncho. Realms would be judged for Best Use of Multiplayer and Best Replay Value. GunchoComp closed on August 8th with no submissions. Organizer: Jesse McGrew.
• SenseComp for games with a PC whose primary sense is not sight. Submissions deadline was August 1, 2009. There were no entries. Organizer: David Fisher.
• BreadComp. A minicomp about bread. Submission deadline was August 1, 2009. There has been no announcement, but there probably were no entries. Organizer: James Wilson.
• Summer Ting (for non-registered users of ADRIFT). Submissions deadline was July 31, 2009, 23:59 GMT. There has been no announcement, but there probably were no entries. Organizer: Cowboy.
• NPCComp for games with convincing NPCs. No entries were submitted. Organizer: David Fisher.
• 2009 AIF Mini-comp. Winner: In Darkness (GoblinBoy; TADS 2). Organizer: Purple Dragon.
• ADRIFT IntroComp 2009. Competition for ADRIFT games which are just introductions. 11 games. Winner: Apokalupsis (James Webb as "revgiblet"). Organizer: Ken Franklin.

Upcoming Competitions

Authors should be working on their entries for:

• Assemblee Competition. Competition in two parts. The first part was for art and music. The second part is for games of all kinds, including interactive fiction, which must use only art and music created for the first part. Submission deadline for the second part: January 10, 2010, around midnight.
• Spring Thing 2010. Intent deadline is March 1, 2010. Submit by March 31, 2010. Organizer: Greg Boettcher.
• Grand Prix 2010 for short German IF games. Intent deadline is March 1, 2010. Submit by March 31, 2010. Organizer: Maximilian Kalus.
• One Room Game Competition 2010. Submit by March 6, 2010, midnight (Italian time, GMT+1). Vote by April 10, 2010, midnight (Italian time, GMT+1). Organizer: Francesco Cordella.
• 2010 Spring Ting (for ADRIFT games by non-registered users of ADRIFT). Submit by April 1, 2010, 23:59. Organizer: Cowboy.

(See also: Category:Competitions, Category:Minicomp, and the Competition Calendar.)