News in 2011

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January

• XYZZY Awards 2010 begins its first round of voting. Four new awards have been added, two of them replacing Best Use of Medium.
• Interacting with Andrew Plotkin. Andrew Plotkin interview by Byron Alexander Campbell for Black Clock.

February

• Curveship, a new authoring system by Nick Montfort, was released.
• IF Theory Reader [1], a new book by Kevin Jackson-Mead and J. Robinson Wheeler is published.

April

• The eleventh PDF issue of SPAC 2.0, the Spanish IF newsletter, has been published.
• ADRIFT 5.0.16 Beta, the first ADRIFT 5 version available to everyone, was released.
• Issue #60 of SPAG (April 25, 2011) - includes a write-up of the IF Demo Fair 2011; SPAG Specifics for Gigantomania; interviews with Simon Christiansen, Jason McIntosh, Iain Merrick, C.E.J. Pacian, Colin Sandel & Carolyn VanEseltine, and Matt Wigdahl; the Action Flow Chart for Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home; and reviews of Death Off the Cuff, Gris et Jaune, The People's Glorious Revolutionary Text Adventure Game, Starborn, and the book Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform 7.

June

• Inside Erin: The AIF Newsletter Volume 7 Number 2 (June 2011) in pdf and text formats.

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Game Releases

December 2011 Game Releases

• Le Temple Nâga (Natrium; 11-Dec; Z-code; French).
• Jour de Chance (Natrium; 19-Dec; Z-code; French).

November 2011 Game Releases

Thanksgiving Speed-IF

Thanksgiving Speed-IF released 6 games on 27-Nov:

• The Crystal Palace (Peter Orme; Z-code).
• Dragon Flies Like Labradorite (Troy Jones III; Z-code).
• The extraordinary events of the last day of Professor Mangleworth ("Taleslinger"; Z-code).
• To Catch A Dragonfly (Andrew Metzger; TADS 3).
• You are a Turkey! (Jacqueline A. Lott; Z-code).
• Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it (Justin de Vesine; Glulx).

October 2011 Game Releases

IF Comp 2011

IF Comp 2011 released 38 games on 01-Oct:

• Andromeda Awakening (Marco Innocenti; Z-code).
• Awake the Mighty Dread (Lyle Skains; Glulx).
• Beet the Devil (Carolyn VanEseltine; Glulx).
• The Binary (Bloomengine; Web browser).
• Blind (Arman; TADS 2).
• Calm (Joey Jones and Melvin Rangasamy; Glulx).
• Cana According To Micah (Rev. Stephen Dawson; Z-code).
• Cold Iron (Lyman Clive Charles; Z-code).
• Cursed (Nick Rogers; ADRIFT).
• Dead Hotel (Comazombie; MS-Windows).
• Death of Schlig (Peter Timony; Glulx).
• The Elfen Maiden (Adam Le Doux; Z-code).
• Escape From Santaland (Jason Ermer; Z-code).
• Fan Interference (Andrew Schultz; Glulx).
• Fog Convict (Arman; TADS 2).
• The Guardian (Lutein Hawthorne; Z-code).
• The Hours (Robert Patten; Glulx).
• How Suzy Got Her Powers (David Whyld; ADRIFT).
• It (Emily Boegheim; TADS 3).
• Keepsake (Savaric; Z-code).
• Kerkerkruip (Victor Gijsbers; Glulx).
• Last Day of Summer (Cameron Fox; Z-code).
• The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M (Edmund Wells; Glulx).
• Luster (Jared Smith; Glulx).
• The Myothian Falcon (Andy Joel; Quest).
• Operation Extraction (Ming-Yee Iu; Web browser).
• PataNoir (Simon Christiansen; Glulx).
• The Play (Dietrich Squinkifer, writing as Deirdra Kiai; Web browser).
• Playing Games (Pam Comfite; Glulx).
• Professor Frank (Laurence Kilday; Z-code).
• Return to Camelot (Po. Prune; ADRIFT).
• Sentencing Mr Liddell (I-K. Huuhtanen; Glulx).
• The Ship of Whimsy (U. N. Owen; Z-code).
• Six (Wade Clarke; Glulx).
• Taco Fiction (Ryan Veeder; Glulx).
• Ted Paladin And The Case Of The Abandoned House (Anssi Raisanen; Alan).
• Tenth Plague (Lynnea Dally; Z-code).
• Vestiges (Josephine Wynter; Z-code).

July 2011 Game Releases

IntroComp 2011

IntroComp 2011 released 13 games on 01-Jul:

• Bender (Katz; Z-code).
• Choice of the Petal Throne (Danielle Goudeau; Web browser).
• Choice of Zombies (Heather Albano; Web browser).
• Chunky Blues (Scott Hammack and Jessamin Yu; Glulx).
• The Despondency Index (Ed Blair; Z-code).
• Exile (Simon; Web browser).
• Gargoyle (Simon; Web browser).
• Of Pots and Mushrooms (Devi and Maya; Web browser).
• Parthenon (Charles Wickersham; Z-code).
• Seasons (MT; Glulx).
• Speculative Fiction (Thomas Mack; Z-code).
• Stalling for Time (Dominic Delabruere; Z-code).
• The Z-Machine Matter (Zack Urlocker; Glulx).

May 2011 Game Releases

Non-competition games

• Cryptozookeeper (Robb Sherwin; Hugo).

2011 AIF Mini-comp

2011 AIF Mini-comp released 7 games on 19-May:

• Ashley's Story (Rip_CPU; Z-code).
• Buffy: Before the Date (Archer; ADRIFT 3.9).
• Last Horizons (GoblinBoy; TADS 2).
• The Princess and the Dragon (RogueAIF; TADS 3).
• Redskirt II: Another Piece of the Action (Begferdeth; Z-code).
• SS Whore (The Blue Satyr; ADRIFT 4).
• The Wingman (Dark Horse; ADRIFT 3.9).

Indigo New Language Speed-IF

Indigo New Language Speed-IF released 10 games on 07-May:

• The Blue Death (Otto Grimwald; textallion and txt2cyoa; Web browser);
• The Cavity of Time (Sam Kabo Ashwell; Undum; Web browser);
• Haunted House (rockersuke; Z-code).
• In Memory (Jacqueline A. Lott; ADRIFT 4).
• IN-D-I-GO SOUL (Roody Yogurt; Alan 3).
• Indigo (Emily Short; TADS 3).
• The Matter of the Monster (Andrew Plotkin; Undum; Web browser);
• The Singular Adventure of the Indigo Violet (David Fletcher; Curveship).
• Painting the Rainbow (Royce Odle; TADS 3).
• The Price (ChrisC; ChoiceScript; Web browser).

April 2011 Game Releases

Non-competition games

• Trapped (Kate Barnard; 14-Apr; Z-code).
• A Quest Only For The Noble (Jakob Gleby; 12-Apr; Z-code).
• New Cat (Poster; 09-Apr; Z-code).
• Empty rooms (Kevin Lovegreen; 06-Apr; Z-code).
• Motel California (Doug Schwartz; 01-Apr; Z-code).

The Challenge

The Challenge released 3 games on April 24:

• Mangiasaur (DCBSupafly; ADRIFT 4).
• Suburban Prodigy (Mike Desert; ADRIFT 4).
• Whitterscap's Key (Duncan Bowsman; ADRIFT 4).

Speed-IF Jacket 4

Speed-IF Jacket 4 released 8 games on April 16:

• The Dream-Trap of Zzar (S. John Ross; Z-code 8).
• The Forests of Lachryma (Roger Carbol; Z-code 5).
• Light Of My Stomach (David Fletcher; TADS 3).
• Love, Hate and the Mysterious Ocean Tower (C.E.J. Pacian; Z-code).
• The man-eating, halitosic gorilla of Brazil (Marius Müller as "Leaner Gilts, 'Strangle' Lei, Gain Tellers and Slat Leering"; Z-code 8).
• Moondarkling: Elfboon (Sam Kabo Ashwell; Z-code).
• Smoochiepoodle and the Bastion of Science (Carolyn VanEseltine; Z-code).
• Spectrum (Colin Sandel; Z-code 5).

Spring Thing 2011

Spring Thing 2011 released 5 games on April 4:

• Bonehead (Sean M. Shore; Glulx).
• Hallow Eve (Michael Wayne Phipps Jr.; Glulx).
• The Lost Islands of Alabaz (Michael Gentry; Glulx).
• The Promise (Sean Huxter; Glulx).
• Wetlands (Clara Raubertas; Glulx).

March 2011 Game Releases

• My Girlfriend's An Evil Bitch (Divarin; 23-Mar; Glulx).
• Escape Room (JB; 02-Mar; Z-code 5; French).

PAX East 2011 Speed-IF

• Bored Ladders (Marius Müller as "Taleslinger"; 12-Mar; Z-code).
• Brain of the Night Guest (Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine; 12-Mar; Z-code 8).
• Delusions Again (Duncan Bowsman; 12-Mar; Z-code).
• Digging Time! (Rob Wheeler; 12-Mar; Z-code 5).
• Merk (Jesse McGrew and Kate Matthews; 12-Mar; Z-code).
• The Right Tool (Christopher Huang; 12-Mar; Z-code 5).
• A Scurvy of Wonders (Rob Dubbin, Courtney Stanton, and Darius Kazemi; 12-Mar; Z-code).
• A Shadow of Helpfulman (Clara Raubertas; 12-Mar; Z-code 5).
• Vault of Hugo II: Electric Boogaloo (Jon Blask as "Roody Yogurt"; 12-Mar; Hugo).