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The Interactive Fiction Competition (also known as IFComp) is one of several annual competitions for works of interactive fiction.It has been held since 1995. It is intended for fairly short games, as judges are only allowed to spend two hours playing a game before deciding how many points to award it, but longer games are allowed entry. [1]
Since 1997, the XYZZY Awards have become one of the most important events within the interactive fiction community. [4] Together with events like the Interactive Fiction Competition and Spring Thing , the XYZZY Awards provide opportunities for the community to encourage and reward the creation and development of new works within a genre that is ...
Since 2016, IFTF operates the Interactive Fiction Competition (IFComp), an annual competition for new works from independent creators which has been running since 1995. [4] [5] [6] Since 2017, IFTF operates the Interactive Fiction Archive (IF Archive), an archive preserving the history of interactive fiction which has been operating since 1992.
A couple weeks ago we brought you the winners of the annual Interactive Fiction competition, and now IF's scholarly superstar Nick Monfort has released a new work, Book and Volume.
Competitions such as the annual Interactive Fiction Competition for short works, the Spring Thing for longer works, and the XYZZY Awards, further helped to improve the quality and complexity of the games. Modern games go much further than the original "Adventure" style, improving upon Infocom games, which relied extensively on puzzle solving ...
Spring Thing is an annual competition to highlight works of text adventure games and other literary works, also known as Interactive Fiction.. Adam Cadre, author of several works of Interactive Fiction, including Photopia and Varicella, announced the Spring Thing in 2001, both to promote works that would be longer than those entered into the Interactive Fiction Competition, and to encourage ...
Earth and Sky is an interactive fiction trilogy written and produced by American author Paul O'Brian about the adventures of a brother and sister who gain superpowers while searching for their lost parents. Games in the series have won awards in the annual Interactive Fiction Competition and received an XYZZY Award.
A reviewer for Next Generation scored the compilation a perfect five out of five stars. He praised the "functionally comprehensive" selection of Infocom games and the six Interactive Fiction Competition games, estimated the total playtime at 1,200 hours minimum, and said the gameplay "represents the pinnacle of well written, interactive fiction."