21st Annual Interactive Fiction Competition

Browse The Annual IF Competition 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

Or by platform:

• ADRIFT | Alan | Glulx | Hugo | TADS 2 | TADS 3 | Twine | Z-Code | Other

Or by other features:

• Golden Banana of Discord | Miss Congeniality | Non-English | Prizes | Statistics | T-shirts | Two hour rule

See also:

• CompXX | IF Comp works

Competition Schedule

As per the "about the Competition" webpage:

• July 1: The web site is open for authors to declare their intents.
• September 1: Deadline for submission of intents.
• September 28: Deadline for entries.
• October 1: Entries released to the public.
• November 15: Voting deadline.

Deadlines are at 11:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time on the dates listed above.

2015 IF Comp Results

55 games were released on October 1, 2015. Results were announced on November 16, 2015:

1. Brain Guzzlers from Beyond! (Steph Cherrywell; Glulx).
2. Map (Ade; Glulx).
3. Midnight. Swordfight. (Chandler Groover; Glulx).
4. Birdland (Brendan Patrick Hennessy; Twine).
5. Cape (Bruno Dias; Raconteur).
6. Sub Rosa (Joey Jones, Melvin Rangasamy; Glulx).
7. Scarlet Sails (Felicity Banks; ChoiceScript).
8. Untold Riches (Jason Ermer; Glulx).
9. Final Exam (Jack Whitham; Z-code).
10. Ether (Mathbrush; Glulx).
11. Arcane Intern (Unpaid) (Astrid Dalmady; Twine).
12. Darkiss - Chapter 1: the Awakening (Marco Vallarino; Z-code).
13. Life On Mars? (Hugo Labrande; Z-code).
14. Nowhere Near Single (kaleidofish; Twine).
15. Koustrea's Contentment (Jeremy Pflasterer; TADS).
16. Onaar (Robert DeFord; Alan).
17. The Sueño (Marshal Tenner Winter; Glulx).
18. Summit (Phantom Williams; Twine).
19. The Baker of Shireton (Hanon Ondricek; Glulx).
20. Gotomomi (Arno von Borries; Glulx).
21. TOMBs of Reschette (Richard Goodness; Twine), tied with
    Grandma Bethlinda's Variety Box (Arthur DiBianca; Z-code).
23. Kane County (Michael Sterling, Tia Orisney; Web browser).
24. The Problems Compound (Andrew Schultz; Glulx).
25. Switcheroo (The Marino Family; Undum).
26. Duel (piato; Twine), tied with
    Crossroads (Cat Manning; Twine).
28. Unbeknown (Alan DeNiro; Twine).
29. SPY INTRIGUE (furkle; Twine).
30. Laid Off from the Synesthesia Factory (Katherine Morayati; Glulx).
31. I Think The Waves Are Watching Me (Bob McCabe; Web browser).
32. 5 Minutes to Burn Something! (Alex Butterfield; Z-code).
33. To Burn in Memory (Orihaus; Web browser).
34. Forever Meow (Moe Zilla; Web browser).
35. Capsule II - The 11th Sandman (PaperBlurt; Twine).
36. Second Story (Fred Snyder; Gamefic).
37. The Insect Massacre (Tom Delanoy; Twine).
38. In The Friend Zone (Brendan Vance; Web browser).
39. Seeking Ataraxia (Glass Rat Media; Twine).
40. GROWBOTICS (Cha Holland; Twine).
41. A Figure Met in a Shaded Wood (Michael Thomét; Twine).
42. The King and the Crown (Wes Lesley; Z-code).
43. The Speaker (Norbez; Twine), tied with
    Pilgrimage (Víctor Ojuel; Glulx).
45. Pit of the Condemned (Matthew Holland; Z-code).
46. Taghairm (Chandler Groover; Twine).
47. Cat Scratch (Allyn (Yilling) Chen, Hannah Turner, Laura Weber, Shirley Park; Unity).
48. Much Love, BJP (Megan Stevens; Twine), tied with
    Questor's Quest (Mark Stahl; Web browser).
50. Grimm's Godfather (WaffleShuai; Ren'Py).
51. Recorded (Nick Junius; Glulx).
52. The Man Who Killed Time (Claudia Doppioslash; Inklewriter).
53. The War of the Willows (Adam Bredenberg; Python).

Withdrawn:

• Emily is Away (Kyle Seeley; Web browser).
• Paradise (Devine Lu Linvega; Web browser).

2015 Miss Congeniality Awards

These awards were voted by the authors of the entries.

1. Midnight. Swordfight. (Chandler Groover; Glulx).
2. Sub Rosa (Joey Jones, Melvin Rangasamy; Glulx).
3. Summit (Phantom Williams; Twine).

Links

• IF Comp website.
  • Emily is Away is Withdrawn
  • Paradise is Withdrawn
• IF Comp 2015 Game Discussion - at the Interactive Fiction Community Forum.

Reviews

See also: "IF Comp 2015 Reviews" thread at intfiction.org.

• Reviews - at IFDB.
• Reviews - at Jay is Games.
• IF Comp 2015 review collective.
• Reviews by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
• Reviews by Chelsea.
• Reviews by Wade Clarke.
• Reviews by Ben Dixon.
• Reviews by Jason Dyer.
• Reviews by Doug Egan.
• Reviews by Elizabeth.
• Reviews by FutureLibrarian.
• Reviews by Molly G.
• Reviews by Joseph Geipel.
• Video reviews by GlassRat.
• Review by Matt Goh.
• Reviews (in Italian) by Gwenelan.
• Reviews by Herr M. and Mr Creosote.
• Reviews by Hipolito.
• Reviews by Christopher Huang.
• Reviews by E. Joyce (The Xenographer).
• Reviews by Kivie.
• Reviews by Konstantinos.
• Reviews by Paul Lee.
• Reviews by Juhana Leinonen.
• Reviews by Linus.
• Reviews by Michael Martin.
• Reviews by mindbling.
• Reviews by Gabriel Murray.
• Reviews by Paul O'Brian.
• Reviews by PaulS.
• Reviews by Michael Wayne Phipps Jr. (Jizaboz).
• Reviews by Jenni Polodna.
• Reviews by Emily Short.
• Reviews by Emanuil Tomov.
• Reviews by verityvirtue.
• Reviews by Jake Wildstrom.
• Opinions by Alexander Yakovlev.
• Reviews by Reiko Yukawa.

Author Commentary

• Post-mortem discussion from the IF room at Euphoria.

• Ade on Map.
• Felicity Banks on Scarlet Sails.
• Steph Cherrywell on Brain Guzzlers From Beyond!.
• Astrid Dalmady on Arcane Intern (Unpaid).
• Alan DeNiro on Unbeknown.
• Bruno Dias on Cape.
• GlassRat on Seeking Ataraxia.
• Chandler Groover on Taghairm and Midnight. Swordfight..
• An interview with Chandler Groover about Taghairm.
• Brendan Patrick Hennessey on Birdland.
• Cha Holland on Growbotics.
• Joey Jones on Sub Rosa:
  • 1 - Plans & Work Flow.
  • 2 - Puzzles.
  • 3 - The Puzzles That Didn't Make The Grade.
  • 4 - Setting.
  • 5 - Missed Opportunities / Wrapup.
• Cat Manning on Crossroads.
• Mathbrush on Ether.
• Katherine Morayati on Laid Off from the Synesthesia Factory.
• Victor Ojuel on Pilgrimage.
• Tia Orisney on Kane County.
• Jeremy Pflasterer on Koustrea's Contentment.
• piato on Duel.
• Andrew Schultz on The Problems Compound:
  • Part 1.
  • A pop quiz on testing.
  • Part 2: testing.
  • Part 3: what was it about?.
• Arno von Borries on Gotomomi.