Interact-if text-based story jam

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Interact-if text-based story jam
Jam
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Part of series
Website https://interact-if.tumblr.com/post/6721...
Organiser interact-if
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IFDB series page Series
Total entries
Event dates
Submissions begin 1 Jan 2022
Submissions due 31 Jan 2022
Voting begins 1 Feb 2022
Voting ends 28 Feb 2022
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The Interact-if text-based story jam was a interactive-fiction game jam event organised by the interact-if team, running in January 2022. The stated purpose of this jam was to "encourage our community to branch out, interact with other works, experience what else the IF community has to offer, and possibly start creating themselves!"

The event was separated into two sub-jams, each with their own theme:

  • ranked, with the theme cliffhanger
  • unranked, with the theme red herring

Ranked Jam

The ranked side of the event proposed the theme of cliffhanger, where authors competed for the winning spot. The top three placements, as well as the winner of each category, were then interviewed by interact-if. Judges included the moderation team of interact-if as well as the participating authors.

Rules

  • Games must be at least 50% complete to be considered for placement.
  • Games must maintain the given theme somewhere within the story.
  • Only complete games will be considered for 1st place placement.
  • No game-breaking bugs
  • Must be legible and not break any of the community rules and guidelines

Voting Categories

The average score of the following categories determined the Overall ranking.

  • Usage of Theme
  • Story & Plot
  • UI Design
  • Gameplay/Usage of the medium

Entries

There were 22 entries.

  • In Auctorem Credimus (Franzinyte; Twine)
  • Chloe Is Home (KhairikaSinani)
  • Evanescent Eclipse (nikkefort)
  • the hanging heart (wilderlingdev)
  • SPS Iron Hammer (manonamora, Twine)
  • Haven (DuckDuckGrem)
  • Old-fashioned way to die (ana.merzlaya)
  • Reclamation (groggydog)
  • Logical Choices (yousayrandy)
  • Clash: Steel Barista (Drone Garden Studios)
  • Obsidian Azure (Game_emaG)
  • Morgan and Alex's Dark Home Dinner (PianoRose, Twine)
  • No Fourth Leaf (DIn0ziK)
  • A Conspiracy in Narravor (Adel Adam)
  • 写真 - Replicate Reality (jam edition) (ghostchibi)
  • Wasteland Journey (Tariri)
  • How Will You Survive? (Foolish Roger)
  • Absolute (Azara Nya)
  • The Legend of The Bell (Lyndon Street)
  • Mousetrap (albie, Twine)
  • A.M.I. 2.0: PRESSED. (Subliminal Mind Games)
  • 2:22 AM (FracturedFlight)

Results

Best Overall:

  1. The Hanging Heart (raindev)
  2. (tie) Mousetrap (albie) and Reclamation (groggydog)
  3. In Auctorem Credimus (Franzinyte)

Category Results:

  • Story & Plot: In Auctorem Credimus (Franzinyte)
  • UI Design: Mousetrap (albie)
  • Gameplay/Usage of Medium: Reclamation (groggydog)
  • Usage of Theme: Chloe is Home (KhairikaSinani)

Unranked Jam

The ranked side of the event proposed the theme of red herring'. Honorable mentions of the entries were included in the results announcements.

Rules

  • The game’s story is mostly complete (50%+) with no game-breaking bugs
  • The game must maintain the given theme somewhere within the story.
  • Must be legible and not break any of the community rules and guidelines

Entries

There were 4 entries:

  • I’m the Echo when You call (PDRRook)
  • Rougi (Lapin Lunaire Games, Twine)
  • Better Off (Oscar Arcane)
  • Red Herring RPG (companionwolf)

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