Interactive Fiction Competition

The Interactive Fiction Competition is an annual competition for works of interactive fiction that has been held since 1995.

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Interactive fiction - 1995

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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.

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The first competition had separate sections for Inform and TADS games.

Related Topics:
Inform - TADS

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Subsequent competitions have not been divided into sections and are open to games produced by any method, provided that the software used to play the game is freely available.

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Anyone can judge the games, and anyone can donate a prize. Almost always, there are enough prizes donated that anyone who enters will get one.

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Entries are required to be released as freeware or public domain, reflecting the general non-profit ethos of the IF community.

Related Topics:
Freeware - Public domain

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The following is a list of winners to date:

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• 1995:
• Inform category: A Change in the Weather by Andrew Plotkin
• TADS category: Uncle Zebulon's Will by Magnus Olsson
• 1996: The Meteor, The Stone, And A Long Glass Of Sherbet by Graham Nelson
• 1997: The Edifice by Lucian P. Smith
• 1998: Photopia by Adam Cadre
• 1999: Winter Wonderland by Laura A. Knauth
• 2000: Kaged by Ian Finley
• 2001: All Roads by Jon Ingold
• 2002: Another Earth, Another Sky by Paul O'Brian
• 2003: Slouching Towards Bedlam by Star Foster and Daniel Ravipinto
• 2004: Luminous Horizon by Paul O'Brian
 
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