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[notquitethere]

IFComp 2015 has begun!

What is it?
In its 21st year, it's probably the internet's longest running competition. Every year people release text-based games for the public to judge. This year there's a record-breaking 55 games in the competition. The games range from parser-based text adventures to hyperlink click-a-thons.

How do I play them?
All the games are free to play and most can be played in a web browser. Here's the link again.

How do I get involved?
If you'd like to be a judge, you only have to play six of them. You can register an account on the website and send in your ratings. If you want to write reviews, then the Interactive Fiction Database is a good place for posting them. If you'd like to make a game for next year, then there's a lot of good game-making software out there, including Inform, Twine, Quest and ChoiceScript. Their merits depend on what you want to do with them. If you want to learn more about this sort of thing, then the IntFiction forum is a good place to go.

[notquitethere]

Just a mid-comp bump for people who missed it the first time around. The competition is still on going. It contains some great games including:

- some well-polished text adventures
- some great choice-based games
- a lot of games involving burning things, duels, and cats

You can play most of the games in your browser.

[Graknorke]

Huh, pretty interesting. Unfortunately I'm no good at text adventure logic. Or typing words right apparently.

[notquitethere]

About half the entries are hyperlink games with no typing required (and much of the parser-based games have only pretty mild puzzles).