Any #textadventure #ifiction #ifdb players that can recommend a casual text adventure game that I can download to my #frotz #ios mobile app, maybe #zmachine compatible, and has no need for maps. Something casual and simple but with fun puzzles to play on the go without having to switch between the app and a pen/paper?

A popular open source IF interpreter Gargoyle had no new Windows builds since 2015. There is no maintainer. The development goes on but only Linux and Mac users can see the progress.

https://github.com/garglk/garglk/issues/285

#gaming #gameing #ifiction

Russian IFComp is up for grabs. 😑

#ifiction

Ruber noticed that "Encyclopedia Fuck Me and the Case of the Vanishing Entree" by Anna Anthropy is lost 😟 all links lead to 404 and there's nothing but a teaser.

https://archive.li/bCcSK

Maybe someone has a copy?
#ifiction

Microsoft released an AI that writes and plays Inform 7 games:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/textworld/

#intfiction #ifiction #inform

XYZZY Award was boring this year.

http://xyzzyawards.org

All of the winners are IFComp games, top 3 got the most awards. It's like the community is obsessed with The One Competition.

#intfiction #ifiction