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Sunday, September 1, 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

• IntroComp 2024 (Voting ends: 3 Sep 2024)
• Bring Out Your Ghosts 2024 (Submissions due: 9 Sep 2024)
• IFComp 2024 (Voting ends: 15 Oct 2024)
• Interactive Fiction Showcase 2024 (Submissions due: 31 Dec 2024)

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)

(See all future dates for each event | Add an event)

Announcements

• 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

Colors

• Fade to White (Devon Oratz; 2000; Quest).
• The Colour Pink (Robert Street; 2005; Z-code).
• Red Planet (Conrad Knopf; 1989; MS-DOS).
• Speed-IF Orange.
• Yellow Dog Running (Sam Kabo Ashwell; 2002; TADS 2).
• The Green Princess (Eric Mayer; 2002; ADRIFT).
• Blue Chairs (Chris Klimas; 2004; Z-code).
• Black Sheep's Gold (Driftingon; 2003; ADRIFT).
• Indigo (Emily Short; 2011; TADS 3).
• Purple (Stefan Blixt; 1998; Z-code).
• Violet (Jeremy Freese; 2008; Z-code).
• Shades of Gray (seven authors; 1992; AGT).
• Fade to Black (Jake Wildstrom; 2004; Z-code).
• Pale Blue Light (Kazuki Mishima; 2011; 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

• 25 Aug 2024: PunyInform version 5.6
• 23 Aug 2024: Snavig
• 13 Aug 2024: Spatterlight version 1.2.5
• 6 Jul 2024: Ozmoo version 14.36
• 16 Jun 2024: Twine version 2.9.0
• 18 May 2024: IfSpace.net version 1.0.0
• 27 Apr 2024: Rez version 1.2.7
• 19 Apr 2024: IF Framework version 0.1.0
• 16 Apr 2024: Balladeer version 0.49.0
• 4 Apr 2024: ChoiceScript

(Browse the software database at Drilldown: Software)

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• Check out the About IFWiki page for an overview.
• Read Help:Contents and How to edit IFWiki for detailed guidance.

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