Monthly Archives: October 2016

IF Comp ’16: Fair.

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Sam Kabo Ashwell

Fair (Hanon Ondricek, Inform) is a parser piece in which A.B. Astherton, a self-published science-fiction author, has been asked to judge an elementary-school science fair. A single playthrough is pretty short, but it really needs to be played through a few times … Continue reading →

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IF Comp ’16: Labyrinth of Loci

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Sam Kabo Ashwell

Labyrinth of Loci (anbrewk, Unity) is a choice-based dungeon-crawl, with atmospheric music and art design. It appears to be incomplete or buggy: my first two playthroughs both ended after a pretty short time with a big white rectangle in the middle of … Continue reading →

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IF Comp ’16: The Queen’s Menagerie

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Sam Kabo Ashwell

The Queen’s Menagerie (Chandler Groover, Texture) is a shortish piece about feeding monsters. It’s highly Gothic; the closest comparison I can think of is Mervyn Peake, although the thematics are very much in the same general territory as With Those We Love Alive. Menagerie … Continue reading →

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IF Comp ’16: Yes, my mother is…

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Sam Kabo Ashwell

Yes, my mother is… is a piece of near-future social SF, focused on n/a, a social movement with the impossible aspiration of completely sui generis identity and presentation. The protagonist, an n/a counselor and the daughter of a prominent figure in the early … Continue reading →

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IF Comp 2016: 16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Sam Kabo Ashwell

16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds (Abigail Corfman, Twine) is choice-based but designed in a very parser / adventure-game style: it’s heavily concerned with the acquisition and usage of medium size dry goods, it’s set in a consistent map of a handful of rooms, … Continue reading →

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IF Comp 2016: blurbs and cover art

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Sam Kabo Ashwell

IT’S COMP TIME. The Interactive Fiction Competition is the biggest IF event of the year. A huge variety of interactive fiction is released for the Comp, from weird experiments to finely-crafted standards, from accounts of harrowing trauma to doofy comedy. Its … Continue reading →

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