IFComp 2011 Entries Now Available

By: Derek Yu

On: October 4th, 2011

Judging has begun for this year’s Interactive Fiction Competition, with 38 entries available for play, either online or as downloadable files. You can also download every entry in a big package. Voting, which is open to anyone, lasts until November 15th.

Emily Short is writing short summaries of all the (non-broken) entries on her website.

IF Competition 2008 Games Released

By: Derek Yu

On: October 7th, 2008

The entries for the 2008 Interactive Fiction Competition are now available for download, either individually, or as a torrent. The deadline for voting is November 15th.

(Thanks, Pacian!)

[edit] A number of bloggers in the Interactive Fiction community have been reviewing the games – courtesy of Emily Short, a list of people doing write-ups is available after the jump!

Emily Short
Peter Nepstad
Victor Gijsbers
Aric
Gemma Bristow
J. Robinson Wheeler
“Newlin”
Michael Martin
Skeet
ralphmerridew
“Another Mr Lizard”
Joshua H
Wesley Osam
Nick Bronson
Mike Rubin
Nitku
Sarah Morayati (Lucea)
Stephen Bond
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IF Comp 2007

By: Brandon McCartin (BMcC)

On: October 7th, 2007

Just a friendly reminder that the 13th Annual IF Competition is underway. As a recent convert to IF myself, I gotta say, I’m excited!

Now, if only I had enough time to play through all the games and vote before the November 15th deadline… Oh well — hopefully you loyal readers will pick up my slack!

Download all the games here.
View the complete list of entries (with individual downloads) here.

EDIT: Don’t know where to start?
IF author Emily Short is currently reviewing each entry on her blog. (Thanks Terry!)

IFComp ’06 & More!

By: Brandon McCartin (BMcC)

On: October 5th, 2006

This just in from our man who likes Japan, Shih Tzu:

The 12th annual Interactive Fiction Competition started October 1st and runs until November 15th. The IFComp is a community-driven competition of homebrew text adventures in the style of the old Infocom games (think Zork).

Everyone is encouraged to download the games and rate as many as possible.

Also! Defcon has been reviewed by The Onion A.V. Club, “proving
once again that they are totally deliciously indie.”

Thanks, Shih Tzu!