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Monday, January 29, 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.
Calendar
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Event News
Competitions and jams
- ECTOCOMP 2023 (Results announced: 1 Dec 2023)
- PunyJam 4 (Results announced: 2 Jan 2024)
- XYZZY Awards 2022 (Results announced: 8 Jan 2024)
- ShuffleComp 2023 (Results announced: 22 Jan 2024)
- Smoochie Jam (Submissions begin: 1 Feb 2024)
- IFDB Awards 2023 (Voting begins: 1 Feb 2024)
- Text Adventure Literacy Jam 2024 (Submissions begin: 29 Feb 2024)
- SeedComp! 2024 (Submissions due: 1 Mar 2024)
- Spring Thing 2024 (Registration ends: 1 Mar 2024)
- Concours de Fiction Interactive Francophone 2024 (Submissions due: 4 Mar 2024)
- IFComp 2024 (Registration begins: 1 Jul 2024)
Meetings and conferences
- NarraScope 2024 (21–23 June 2024)
- ClubFloyd (weekly meeting)
- People's Republic of Interactive Fiction (monthly meeting)
- Seattle IF Group (monthly meeting)
- SF Bay Area Interactive Fiction Group (monthly meeting)
Feature of the Day
Xyzzy
A magic word implemented by Will Crowther in the original text adventure, known as "Advent" or "Colossal Cave Adventure", among other names.
(Read more at Xyzzy)
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
- 27 Jan 2024: Balladeer version 0.45.0
- 11 Jan 2024: Rez version 1.1.4
- 5 Jan 2024: PunyInform version 5.3.1
- 3 Jan 2024: Twine version 2.8.1
- 27 Dec 2023: Parchment version 2023.12.27
- 9 Dec 2023: Bisquixe version 1
- 2 Dec 2023: Windows Frotz version 1.24
- 17 Nov 2023: Ozmoo version 13.6
- 14 Oct 2023: Emglken version 0.5.3
- 12 Oct 2023: Git version 1.3.8
(Browse the software database at Drilldown: Software)
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