IFComp 2025, around since 1995, is (likely) the longest-running videogame creation contest.
Text adventures contests go back to near the beginning: what about Comp 1983?
I start into the games of the Falsoft contest, and the conditions which led to their creation.
bluerenga.blog/2025/11/01/p...
Text adventures contests go back to near the beginning: what about Comp 1983?
I start into the games of the Falsoft contest, and the conditions which led to their creation.
bluerenga.blog/2025/11/01/p...
Polynesian Adventure (1983)
This continues the story, more or less, from Rainbow Adventure (1982). I knew I had this particular set of games looming, and since the results of IFComp 2025 were announced a few weeks ago it seem…
bluerenga.blog
November 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
IFComp 2025, around since 1995, is (likely) the longest-running videogame creation contest.
Text adventures contests go back to near the beginning: what about Comp 1983?
I start into the games of the Falsoft contest, and the conditions which led to their creation.
bluerenga.blog/2025/11/01/p...
Text adventures contests go back to near the beginning: what about Comp 1983?
I start into the games of the Falsoft contest, and the conditions which led to their creation.
bluerenga.blog/2025/11/01/p...
The 31st Annual IFComp has wrapped! 🎉
Results drop tonight at 7pm Eastern on ifcomp.org
If you missed the stream, check it out at www.twitch.tv/interactivef...
We’re already planning for IFComp 2026, and your feedback is critical! forms.gle/uzCX1MUQ8mUS...
Results drop tonight at 7pm Eastern on ifcomp.org
If you missed the stream, check it out at www.twitch.tv/interactivef...
We’re already planning for IFComp 2026, and your feedback is critical! forms.gle/uzCX1MUQ8mUS...
2025 IFComp Post-Competition Survey
Hello! Thanks for taking this survey. It's a bit longer this year as we seek detailed information about future approaches to the UK Online Safety Act and the use of generative artificial intelligence ...
forms.gle
October 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The 31st Annual IFComp has wrapped! 🎉
Results drop tonight at 7pm Eastern on ifcomp.org
If you missed the stream, check it out at www.twitch.tv/interactivef...
We’re already planning for IFComp 2026, and your feedback is critical! forms.gle/uzCX1MUQ8mUS...
Results drop tonight at 7pm Eastern on ifcomp.org
If you missed the stream, check it out at www.twitch.tv/interactivef...
We’re already planning for IFComp 2026, and your feedback is critical! forms.gle/uzCX1MUQ8mUS...
Anyway I should say this again now that the competition is over, but my favorite game out of the 30 or so I played in this year's IFComp was @amesyflo.bsky.social 's 'The Witch Girls' ifdb.org/viewgame?id=...
The Witch Girls
A boyfriend was all you ever wanted, or thought you wanted, at least. But when your love spell goes wrong, you find yourself face-to-face with soulless husks, perfect parasites and jellyfish that grow...
ifdb.org
October 19, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Anyway I should say this again now that the competition is over, but my favorite game out of the 30 or so I played in this year's IFComp was @amesyflo.bsky.social 's 'The Witch Girls' ifdb.org/viewgame?id=...
Blah blah anecdata blah blah bias but also: IFComp is over and as far as I can tell (the results page doesn't show the disclaimers, frustratingly) not one game that used an LLM for writing cracked the top half of the standings. Most are clustered towards the bottom.
October 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Blah blah anecdata blah blah bias but also: IFComp is over and as far as I can tell (the results page doesn't show the disclaimers, frustratingly) not one game that used an LLM for writing cracked the top half of the standings. Most are clustered towards the bottom.
3XXX: NAKED HUMAN BOMBS got 30th place in ifcomp, which isn’t bad at all for a pretty out there title.
it was the second largest competition with a lot of good entries: ifdb.org/viewcomp?id=...
and i got positive emails and responses to the game, so i’m cool with that. that was fun.
it was the second largest competition with a lot of good entries: ifdb.org/viewcomp?id=...
and i got positive emails and responses to the game, so i’m cool with that. that was fun.
31st Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2025) - Details
IFDB is a game catalog and recommendation engine for Interactive Fiction, also known as Text Adventures. IFDB is a collaborative, wiki-style community project. Members can contribute game listings, r...
ifdb.org
October 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
3XXX: NAKED HUMAN BOMBS got 30th place in ifcomp, which isn’t bad at all for a pretty out there title.
it was the second largest competition with a lot of good entries: ifdb.org/viewcomp?id=...
and i got positive emails and responses to the game, so i’m cool with that. that was fun.
it was the second largest competition with a lot of good entries: ifdb.org/viewcomp?id=...
and i got positive emails and responses to the game, so i’m cool with that. that was fun.
The 2025 IFComp Awards will stream live on Saturday, Oct 18, at 4 PM Eastern. Please join us to celebrate this year’s authors!
Stream: www.twitch.tv/interactivef...
Time zone help: everytimezone.com/s/4849cb8d
Can’t join live? Results will appear on the IFComp website at 7:00 PM Eastern.
Stream: www.twitch.tv/interactivef...
Time zone help: everytimezone.com/s/4849cb8d
Can’t join live? Results will appear on the IFComp website at 7:00 PM Eastern.
October 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The 2025 IFComp Awards will stream live on Saturday, Oct 18, at 4 PM Eastern. Please join us to celebrate this year’s authors!
Stream: www.twitch.tv/interactivef...
Time zone help: everytimezone.com/s/4849cb8d
Can’t join live? Results will appear on the IFComp website at 7:00 PM Eastern.
Stream: www.twitch.tv/interactivef...
Time zone help: everytimezone.com/s/4849cb8d
Can’t join live? Results will appear on the IFComp website at 7:00 PM Eastern.
IFComp allow ChatGPT-generated entries?
For a supposed celebration of an artistic form comprised so heavily of the written word, that's, mm,
I think the word I'm reluctantly circling is "suicide"
For a supposed celebration of an artistic form comprised so heavily of the written word, that's, mm,
I think the word I'm reluctantly circling is "suicide"
September 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
IFComp allow ChatGPT-generated entries?
For a supposed celebration of an artistic form comprised so heavily of the written word, that's, mm,
I think the word I'm reluctantly circling is "suicide"
For a supposed celebration of an artistic form comprised so heavily of the written word, that's, mm,
I think the word I'm reluctantly circling is "suicide"
My games are personal. People usually don't get them. And yet, I submit them in IFComp, where a lot of people will play them. Then I hear from the people who don't get them, and what they say is usually unintentionally hurtful. Because they are talking about personal things.
September 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
My games are personal. People usually don't get them. And yet, I submit them in IFComp, where a lot of people will play them. Then I hear from the people who don't get them, and what they say is usually unintentionally hurtful. Because they are talking about personal things.
>walk into ifcomp
>drop 4h+ of the most horrible thing i've ever written
>do not elaborate
>get paid 200 dollars
>leave
>drop 4h+ of the most horrible thing i've ever written
>do not elaborate
>get paid 200 dollars
>leave
October 20, 2024 at 8:40 PM
>walk into ifcomp
>drop 4h+ of the most horrible thing i've ever written
>do not elaborate
>get paid 200 dollars
>leave
>drop 4h+ of the most horrible thing i've ever written
>do not elaborate
>get paid 200 dollars
>leave
More belated updates to my personal/professional website, now updating the interactive fiction section, to add my 2024 IFComp game, and mention - but not give the title yet - my next game due for release, which will also target IFComp, hopefully later this year. vivdunstan.co.uk/interactive-...
February 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
More belated updates to my personal/professional website, now updating the interactive fiction section, to add my 2024 IFComp game, and mention - but not give the title yet - my next game due for release, which will also target IFComp, hopefully later this year. vivdunstan.co.uk/interactive-...
Reminded of April 1 Source Code Amnesty Day for interactive fiction games, I've just uploaded Inform source code for my IFComp 2024 entry Bad Beer. Source uploaded to IFArchive, and will take some days to process. Maybe ready by April 1st or soon after? Fab initiative. www.ifwiki.org/Source_Code_...
Source Code Amnesty Day - IFWiki
www.ifwiki.org
March 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Reminded of April 1 Source Code Amnesty Day for interactive fiction games, I've just uploaded Inform source code for my IFComp 2024 entry Bad Beer. Source uploaded to IFArchive, and will take some days to process. Maybe ready by April 1st or soon after? Fab initiative. www.ifwiki.org/Source_Code_...
ok i gotta do IFComp next year
October 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
ok i gotta do IFComp next year
I'm enjoying this interactive fiction, Slated for Demolition, from the 2025 IFComp: ifdb.org/viewgame?id=...
October 22, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I'm enjoying this interactive fiction, Slated for Demolition, from the 2025 IFComp: ifdb.org/viewgame?id=...
Some brief musings on "Parser versus choice-based interactive fiction" with reference to my games Border Reivers (IFComp 2018), Napier's Cache (SpringThing 2020) and my upcoming IFComp 2024 game Bad Beer. With thoughts on which model an author should choose. vivdunstan.dreamwidth.org/525756.html
May 7, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Some brief musings on "Parser versus choice-based interactive fiction" with reference to my games Border Reivers (IFComp 2018), Napier's Cache (SpringThing 2020) and my upcoming IFComp 2024 game Bad Beer. With thoughts on which model an author should choose. vivdunstan.dreamwidth.org/525756.html
fun weekend activity: playing the games from this year's IFComp! ifcomp.org
The Interactive Fiction Competition
ifcomp.org
September 14, 2024 at 7:09 PM
fun weekend activity: playing the games from this year's IFComp! ifcomp.org
Entrevista con Chandler Groover, ganador de este año del concurso IFComp.
IFComp es el evento más importante de la comunidad de Ficción Interactiva.
Entrevista publicada en The Rosebush, publicación online dedicada al análisis crítico de obras interactivas.
the-rosebush.com/2024/12/chan...
IFComp es el evento más importante de la comunidad de Ficción Interactiva.
Entrevista publicada en The Rosebush, publicación online dedicada al análisis crítico de obras interactivas.
the-rosebush.com/2024/12/chan...
An Interview with Chandler Groover – The Rosebush
the-rosebush.com
December 17, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Entrevista con Chandler Groover, ganador de este año del concurso IFComp.
IFComp es el evento más importante de la comunidad de Ficción Interactiva.
Entrevista publicada en The Rosebush, publicación online dedicada al análisis crítico de obras interactivas.
the-rosebush.com/2024/12/chan...
IFComp es el evento más importante de la comunidad de Ficción Interactiva.
Entrevista publicada en The Rosebush, publicación online dedicada al análisis crítico de obras interactivas.
the-rosebush.com/2024/12/chan...
“inspired by” recent events in the uk and on itch, i’m currently working on a short IF game (ink) that’s a cross between nukitashi and onimai for IFComp.
i don’t expect to place highly in this competition, but i hope it makes a clear statement about what i think on adult media expression.
i don’t expect to place highly in this competition, but i hope it makes a clear statement about what i think on adult media expression.
August 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“inspired by” recent events in the uk and on itch, i’m currently working on a short IF game (ink) that’s a cross between nukitashi and onimai for IFComp.
i don’t expect to place highly in this competition, but i hope it makes a clear statement about what i think on adult media expression.
i don’t expect to place highly in this competition, but i hope it makes a clear statement about what i think on adult media expression.
Quedan unas pocas semanas para que se publiquen todos los juegos participantes en @ifcomp 2025.
Mientras tanto, puedes colaborar donando para financiar los premios del concurso más importante de Ficción Interactiva. Sigue leyendo para más información:
blog.ifcomp.org/post/7921651...
Mientras tanto, puedes colaborar donando para financiar los premios del concurso más importante de Ficción Interactiva. Sigue leyendo para más información:
blog.ifcomp.org/post/7921651...
The 2025 Colossal Fundraiser has begun!
Hello, friends.
We are just a couple of weeks away from this year’s IFComp games being released. Are you looking forward to them as much as we are?? IT'S SO EXCITING!!
(Unless you’re an author who.....
blog.ifcomp.org
August 22, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Quedan unas pocas semanas para que se publiquen todos los juegos participantes en @ifcomp 2025.
Mientras tanto, puedes colaborar donando para financiar los premios del concurso más importante de Ficción Interactiva. Sigue leyendo para más información:
blog.ifcomp.org/post/7921651...
Mientras tanto, puedes colaborar donando para financiar los premios del concurso más importante de Ficción Interactiva. Sigue leyendo para más información:
blog.ifcomp.org/post/7921651...
Continuing my play through IFComp 2025 interactive fiction games, and just got to a traditional parser text adventure game where you play Captain Hastings in a game with Hercule Poirot ... ifcomp.org/ballot#entry...
The Interactive Fiction Competition
ifcomp.org
September 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Continuing my play through IFComp 2025 interactive fiction games, and just got to a traditional parser text adventure game where you play Captain Hastings in a game with Hercule Poirot ... ifcomp.org/ballot#entry...
Check out this #IFComp entry!
Milliways: the Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Play the game online here:
2755.play.ifcomp.org/content/inde...
Science fiction comedy • Longer than two hours • Parser-based #InteractiveFiction
Milliways: the Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Play the game online here:
2755.play.ifcomp.org/content/inde...
Science fiction comedy • Longer than two hours • Parser-based #InteractiveFiction
October 16, 2023 at 9:55 PM
Check out this #IFComp entry!
Milliways: the Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Play the game online here:
2755.play.ifcomp.org/content/inde...
Science fiction comedy • Longer than two hours • Parser-based #InteractiveFiction
Milliways: the Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Play the game online here:
2755.play.ifcomp.org/content/inde...
Science fiction comedy • Longer than two hours • Parser-based #InteractiveFiction
Delighted to fire up Inform interactive fiction writing system for first time in too many weeks (neuro illness plus covid) and work again on my intended entry for IFComp this year. I love coding in Inform - it's a ridiculously fun IDE, more like playing a text adventure game than traditional coding.
January 24, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Delighted to fire up Inform interactive fiction writing system for first time in too many weeks (neuro illness plus covid) and work again on my intended entry for IFComp this year. I love coding in Inform - it's a ridiculously fun IDE, more like playing a text adventure game than traditional coding.
IFComp liveblogging containment thread:
September 2, 2024 at 12:06 AM
IFComp liveblogging containment thread:
Yo: no escribo nada, tengo que ponerme YA.
Also yo: en los últimos 2 meses has hecho IFComp, NiaD, #SdlA y otra frikada top secret. Relax.
Also yo: en los últimos 2 meses has hecho IFComp, NiaD, #SdlA y otra frikada top secret. Relax.
February 4, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Yo: no escribo nada, tengo que ponerme YA.
Also yo: en los últimos 2 meses has hecho IFComp, NiaD, #SdlA y otra frikada top secret. Relax.
Also yo: en los últimos 2 meses has hecho IFComp, NiaD, #SdlA y otra frikada top secret. Relax.
Two days left to vote in the 2025 IFComp! Skootch on over to ifcomp.org and make sure that you've voted on at least five entries. We appreciate you, and our authors do, too!
October 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Two days left to vote in the 2025 IFComp! Skootch on over to ifcomp.org and make sure that you've voted on at least five entries. We appreciate you, and our authors do, too!
"@richardgoodness: And my IFComp entry is done." I got to play through this multiple times the other night and all of those times were rad
November 21, 2024 at 11:02 AM
"@richardgoodness: And my IFComp entry is done." I got to play through this multiple times the other night and all of those times were rad