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2016 is the fortieth anniversary year of Crowther and Woods' original Adventure (also known as ADVENT, Colossal Cave, or Colossal Cave Adventure) – possibly the first work of computer interactive fiction. To commemorate this anniversary...
7 games in 2 divisionsC'était sur le thème "Déraison" Les jeux sont disponibles. twitter : #partim500 Une semaine pour réaliser une toute petite aventure de 500 mots, ça devrait aller !! Pourquoi un tel délai ? Pour que tout le monde puisse trouver un moment...
21 games in 2 divisions; award date December 1, 2016This year the competition is divided into two parts. La Petite Mort is for games written in three hours or under. Le Grand Guignol is for those who prefer to linger over their masterpieces, or just didn't manage to finish in under three...
58 games in 2 divisions; award date November 17, 2016The annual competition for original IF with a maximum playing time of 2 hours.
7 games; award date September 11, 2016All IntroComp entrants must submit the beginning of a new, never before seen work of interactive fiction that is not yet complete and for which the ending is somewhat uncertain.
27 games in 12 divisions; award date May 28, 201617 games in 2 divisions; award date May 8, 2016Spring Thing is an annual festival celebrating new text-based computer games of all kinds, by all kinds of people. Everyone is welcome! This year, there are seventeen games, spread across two categories. Authors chose whether to submit...
4 games; award date May 2, 2016German language IF competition as announced on Nov 21, 2015 on if-de forum http://forum.ifzentrale.de/viewtopic.php?t=1375
9 games; award date March 14, 2016The Ryan Veeder Exposition for Good Interactive Fiction is a quadrennial event showcasing interactive fiction written for the specific purpose of pleasing Ryan Veeder.
16 gamesPremise: The authors received a randomized list of five imaginary games created by other participants in the jam. They were to pick one (or more) and make: a sequel, a prequel, a fan fiction, a critical response game, a sidequel, a...
4 games; award date February 16, 201610th edition of the French Comp ! Send your votes before February 15th; you'll be asked to rate each game in 3 categories : Overall Enjoyment, Writing, and Technical Quality. Use our Google Form to vote, which you can find on our website...
7 games; award date January 21, 2016The annual New Year's Minicomp for 2015.
13 games in 2 divisions; award date December 1, 2015Annual Halloween-themed SpeedIF. This year the competition is divided into two parts. La Petite Mort is for games written in three hours or under. Le Grand Guignol is for those who prefer to linger over their masterpieces, or just didn't...
1 game; award date November 21, 2015"It is the intention of the Windhammer Prize to promote the gamebook genre, and in doing so deliver to readers new and original adventures that express the innovation and creativity that can be found in authors of interactive gamebook...
53 games in 2 divisions; award date November 16, 2015The annual competition for original IF with a maximum playing time of 2 hours.
1 game; award date October 31, 2015Since 1998 Saugus.net has been offering this popular free contest. While it started off fairly local in scope, today we get entries from all over the world, and winners can expect to have their stories read by hundreds of thousands.
3 games; award date September 8, 2015The Write A Game Challenge! A game jam about game writing! The « WAG challenge » is a friendly contest officially supported by the IGDA Game Writing SIG. Entries will be judged on their writing by a jury of pro writers in the video game...
1 game; award date July 27, 2015http://ygd.bafta.org/ An award for upcoming young game developers
17 games; award date May 27, 2015ShuffleComp is an event for interactive fiction, both parser and hypertext, in which entrants write games based on music tracks. Entrants and other participants submit a list of songs and pseudonyms, and the organizer shuffles up all the...
1 game in 2 divisions; award date May 12, 2015Probably the biggest Game Jam available...