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Welcome to the Interactive Fiction Wiki
Friday, July 18, 2025
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.
Calendar
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Event News
Competitions and jams
- Text Adventure Literacy Jam 2025 (Results announced: 1 June 2025)
- NarraScope 2025 Showcase (Results announced: 20 June 2025)
- Anti-Romance Jam 2025 (Submissions due: 21 July 2025)
- IntroComp 2025 (Submissions due: 1 August 2025)
- IFComp 2025 (Registration ends: 1 August 2025)
- ParserComp 2025 (Voting ends: 3 August 2025)
- Single Choice Jam 2025 (Submissions due: 16 August 2025)
- Bare-Bones Jam 2025 (Submissions begin: 1 October 2025)
- Interactive Fiction Showcase 2025 (Submissions due: 31 December 2025)
Meetings and conferences
- 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
- 27 Feb 2025: We have added a new Architecture database for storyfile formats and other specifications which can be implemented by items in the Software database. See Category:Architecture for existing pages, and use Form:Architecture to add more.
- 27 Feb 2025: We have added "Library" and "Other" to the Software database as potential software types, in addition to the existing "Authoring system", "Interpreter" and "Utility". See Category:Library and Category:Other software for existing pages, and use Form:Software to add more.
- 28 Dec 2024: IFWiki turns twenty! Twenty years ago today, on 28 Dec 2004, David Cornelson created the IFWiki:About page. See IFTF Service Birthdays for more detail.
- 9 Jun 2024: Each month we send a report about the wiki to the IFTF Board. You can help write it by going to: IFWiki reports to the IFTF Board.
- 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
- Basic Train-ing (bpsp; 2010; Z-code).
- Downtown Train (Owen Lockett; 2004; Z-code).
- The Ghost Train (Paul T. Johnson; 2003; Z-code).
- Late Train To Nowhere (Michael D. Hilborn; 2009; Z-code).
- Reality Railroad (Admiral Jota; 2003; Z-code).
- Ticket to No Where (Richard Otter; 2004; ADRIFT).
- Train (Sly Dog; 2005; ADRIFT 4).
- Trainstopping (Ben Collins-Sussman; 2007; Z-code).
- Tube Trouble (Richard Tucker; 1995; Z-code).
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
- 13 July 2025: Lectrote version 1.5.5
- 10 July 2025: UnZ version 0.16
- 1 July 2025: PunyInformES version 1.0
- 25 June 2025: PunyInform version 5.14.1
- 15 June 2025: GBlorbLib version r250615
- 13 June 2025: Adv3lite version 2.2.1
- 6 June 2025: Decker version 1.56
- 2 June 2025: RemGlk version 0.3.2
- 2 June 2025: Quixe version 2.2.6
- 25 May 2025: Level9 version 5.2
(Browse the software database at Drilldown: Software)
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