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The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.
36 games in 2 divisions; award date November 15, 2005The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.
43 games in 2 divisions; award date November 15, 2006The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.
27 games in 2 divisions; award date November 15, 2007The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.
35 games in 2 divisions; award date November 15, 2008The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.
24 games in 2 divisions; award date November 16, 2009The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.
26 games in 2 divisions; award date November 16, 2010The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.
38 games in 2 divisions; award date November 16, 2011The annual competition for original IF with a maximum playing time of 2 hours.
28 games in 2 divisions; award date November 16, 2012The annual competition for original IF with a maximum playing time of 2 hours.
35 games in 2 divisions; award date November 16, 2013The annual competition for original IF with a maximum playing time of 2 hours.
42 games in 2 divisions; award date November 16, 2014The annual competition for original IF with a maximum playing time of 2 hours.
53 games in 2 divisions; award date November 16, 2015The annual competition for original IF with a maximum playing time of 2 hours.
58 games in 2 divisions; award date November 17, 2016The annual competition for original IF with a maximum playing time of 2 hours.
79 games in 2 divisions; award date November 17, 2017The annual competition for original IF with a maximum playing time of 2 hours.
77 games in 2 divisions; award date November 17, 2018The annual competition for original IF with a maximum playing time of 2 hours.
82 games in 3 divisions; award date November 17, 2019An annual celebration of new, text-driven digital games and stories from independent creators.
103 games in 2 divisions; award date December 5, 202071 games in 3 divisions; award date November 20, 202171 games in 3 divisions; award date November 19, 202275 games in 3 divisions; award date November 19, 202326 games; award date December 2, 1996The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.
34 games; award date January 10, 1998The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.
27 games in 2 divisions; award date November 15, 1998The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.
37 games in 2 divisions; award date November 15, 1999The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.
53 games in 2 divisions; award date November 15, 2000The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.
51 games in 2 divisions; award date November 15, 2001The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.
38 games in 2 divisions; award date November 15, 2002The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.
30 games in 2 divisions; award date November 15, 2003The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.
12 games in 2 divisions; award date November 15, 1995The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.
3 games; award date June 1, 2010Administered by Metafilter user Deathalicious, the Metafilter competition centered on creating a game in a single month and submitting it for peer review. The 2010 competition received three entries.
32 games in 4 divisions; award date December 1, 2017You shudder, walking through the night breeze. Lights are flickering off in the distance and your chance of reaching safety in time is slimming. A shadow moves swiftly to your left; your gaze darts towards it but it disappears. Suddenly...
30 games in 4 divisions; award date December 1, 2018Frail souls, foolish and blind, unable to see beyond what reason allows you, you deny everything that does not conform faithfully to your pitiful human logic. Here you will find chilling narratives, mournful events between everyday...
30 games in 4 divisions; award date December 1, 2019In a dark place. You open your eyes, and you are in a cold, dim, lonely place. Dark purple fog billowing all around. The stone floor has a faint purple glow too. The strange darkness reaches as far as the eye can see. But no, no,...
22 games in 4 divisions; award date November 16, 2020ECTOCOMP is an annual competition for interactive fiction written for the SPOOKY MONTH OF HALLOWEENTOBER. Whether you celebrate Halloween, Day of the Dead, All Saint's Eve, or just love ghost stories and creeping people out, this is your...
34 games in 4 divisions; award date November 26, 2021ECTOCOMP is an annual competition for interactive fiction written for the SPOOKY MONTH OF HALLOWEENTOBER. Whether you celebrate Halloween, Day of the Dead, All Saint's Eve, or just love ghost stories and creeping people out, this is your...
48 games in 6 divisions; award date November 20, 2022ECTOCOMP is an annual competition for interactive fiction written for the SPOOKY MONTH OF HALLOWEENTOBER. Whether you celebrate Halloween, Day of the Dead, All Saint's Eve, or just love ghost stories and creeping people out, this is your...
48 games in 6 divisionsECTOCOMP is an annual competition for interactive fiction celebrating the SPOOKY MONTH OF HALLOWEENTOBER. Whether you celebrate Halloween, Day of the Dead, All Saint's Eve, or just love ghost stories and creeping people out, this is your...
7 games; award date September 11, 2023IntroComp is an annual competition where participants develop excerpts of interactive fiction, gain feedback from audience reactions, and (hopefully!) use this feedback to release a fantastic final product.
39 games in 52 divisions; award date February 18, 2023The IFDB Awards is an annual competition designed to award excellence in creating interactive fiction. It is held from February 1st to the first weekend after February 15th each year on the Interactive Fiction Database, and take the form...
34 games in 44 divisions; award date February 17, 2024The IFDB Awards is an annual competition designed to award excellence in creating interactive fiction. It is held from February 1st to the first weekend after February 15th each year on the Interactive Fiction Database, and take the form...
1 game; award date June 19, 2011An interactive fiction competition at @party 2011, a computer art festival in Harvard, Massachusetts, USA.
2 gamesA competition of games written for the 2010 @party demoparty, judged by its attendees.
6 games; award date October 1, 1996A competition run by Acorn User (a UK computer magazine). Not every entrant is recorded (in IFDB, or at all).
6 games; award date July 1, 2019Six interactive fiction works were entered into this competition, which had a total of 56 entries: "Create an Adventure Game in Two Weeks! For the fifth year in a row, anyone with a computer, an idea, and an internet connection is...
30 games; award date February 22, 2010We are pleased to announce a very special Casual Gameplay Design Competition, one focused entirely on interactive fiction! For CGDC #7, we're calling on IF authors to craft one-room games incorporating the theme "escape". It's text-only...
4 gamesThe annual Adrift Hallowe'en (horror and sci-fi) themed competition. Entries must be completed in 3 hours. Here are the rules: * The theme is fairly general; ghost stories, horror, the supernatural, weird fiction, spine-chilling tales,...
7 gamesThe annual Adrift Hallowe'en (horror and sci-fi) themed competition. Entries must be completed in 3 hours. ULES: * The theme is fairly general; ghost stories, horror, the supernatural, weird fiction, spine-chilling tales, pulp magazine...
8 games; award date December 7, 2010The annual Adrift Hallowe'en (horror and sci-fi) themed competition. Entries must be completed in 3 hours. "The theme is fairly general; ghost stories, horror, the supernatural, weird fiction, spine-chilling tales, pulp magazine stories,...
18 games in 10 divisionsSeedComp! is a 2-round interactive fiction game jam, focusing on creativity and the growth of ideas. Join our Discord! SeedComp! is separated into 2 distinct rounds: Planting and Sprouting. You can take part in either or both. The first...
15 games in 2 divisions; award date January 22, 2024ShuffleComp 2023: The Re-Shuffling ShuffleComp is a musical interactive fiction competition where you make games based on songs, which are submitted by other entrants. The last ShuffleComp occurred in 2015. The rules here are largely...
9 games in 2 divisions; award date May 6, 2015Spring Thing, also known as the Fall Fooferall, was redesigned this year to make it a space where people working on all kinds of text games can come together to celebrate making, releasing, and playing new stuff. Formerly a "competition"...
20 games in 2 divisions; award date May 6, 2019The Spring Thing Interactive Festival is an annual online festival celebrating new works of interactive fiction; it takes place in the Spring, usually April-May. IF fans of all backgrounds are encouraged to enter their new works, or play...
7 games; award date January 1, 2020subQjam is an annual jam about making short interactive story games- fiction, art, or poetry that is enhanced by or can only be presented through interactivity. There's a limit of 1000 words of prose or 9 panels of sequential art. The...
16 games; award date May 22, 2022The Text Adventure Literacy Jam is a parser-based text adventure authoring competition that challenges entrants to "Create a parser-based TEXT ADVENTURE or INTERACTIVE FICTION game suitable for players with no prior experience".
2 gamesThe traditional New Year's Event celebrates the end of a year and the beginning of another with an informal game jam. There's no judging or scoring, only the pure joy of being creative. Write a game, story or make anything else following...
70 games in 6 divisionsThe Short Games Showcase is an opportunity to show off shorter interactive fiction works made in the past year (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023), regardless of whether they've been submitted to any previous jam or competition or not, and...
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...
2 games; award date January 5, 2012Like Spring Thing in the english speaking world, Herbstlaub is a competiton for longer, more ambitious works.
1 game; award date July 2, 2008The AIF Minicomp is an annual competition for small AIF games.
1 gameThe Niels Klim award is an annual Danish Science Fiction award.
9 games; award date April 3, 20202019 was a pretty good year for Adrift with 11 games released and a couple of them even entering the Annual IF Competition. The rules for being taken into consideration for the award are simple. 1: The game must be written using the...
5 gamesLe concours Moiki consiste à écrire une mini fiction interactive - en français uniquement ! Thème et contraintes Pour cette première édition le thème retenu est : Sous terre / Sous mer Vous êtes libre d'interpréter cela comme bon vous...
4 gamesLe concours Moiki consiste à écrire une mini fiction interactive - en français uniquement ! Thème et contraintes Pour cette seconde édition le thème retenu est : C'était mieux avant Vous êtes libre d'interpréter cela comme bon vous...
4 games; award date September 16, 2023Ce concours Moiki consiste à écrire une mini fiction interactive - en français uniquement ! Thème et contraintes Pour cette quatrième édition le thème retenu est : Le calme avant la tempête Vous êtes libre d'interpréter cela comme bon...
11 gamesCover Stories was a game jam / minicomp for artists and creators of interactive fiction. In the first stage, artists created or sourced images that they thought would make good covers for an IF game; in the second, authors chose covers...
3 games; award date November 17, 2009The annual Adrift Hallowe'en (horror and sci-fi) themed competition. Entries must be completed in 3 hours. "Ectocomp is a Speed IF Competition for Hallowe'en. Entries can be darn near anything (they don't always turn out to be horror,...
10 games; award date December 2, 2011The 5th annual Hallowe'en speed-IF competition. Entries are all written in 3 hours or less. Traditionally an ADRIFT-only event, 2011 is notable for being the first Ectocomp to allow non-ADRIFT entries.
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...
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.
5 games; award date October 26, 2005The first annual competition for IF games in French.
5 games; award date February 17, 2008The third annual competition for IF games in French.
2 games; award date September 15, 2020In April 2019, the world of interactive fiction was turned on its head when the source code to every Infocom text adventure was released to the general public. In honor of the games and the legacy of the Infocom implementors, this game...
48 games; award date October 1, 2011People were asked to send in a list of between 1 and 20 of their favourite IF games of all time (in no particular order). The number of points a game got was the number of lists on which it appeared. 35 participants cast a total of 437...
50 games; award date March 18, 2015People were asked to send in a list of between 1 and 20 of their favourite IF games of all time (in no particular order). The number of points a game got was the number of lists on which it appeared. 38 participants cast a total of 593...
68 games; award date August 2, 201970 games; award date September 15, 20237 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.
11 gamesAll IntroComp entrants must submit an excerpt of a new, never before seen work of interactive fiction that is not yet complete.
15 games; award date September 5, 2020All IntroComp entrants must submit an excerpt of a new, never before seen work of interactive fiction that is not yet complete.
8 gamesCréez une histoire interactive francophone à dominante textuelle ! (pouvant contenir quelques décorations visuelles ou sonores) Il peut s'agir : - d'une fiction interactive à analyseur syntaxique / parser (comme Zork, etc.) ; - d'une...
123 gamesCreate a tiny Interactive Fiction piece in 500 words or less! This jam is a commemoration of Porpentine's Twiny Jam, where creators were limited to making twine games with less than 300 words. Constraints and Rules: You are limited to... 7 gamesThis is primarily a French language interactive fiction jam. You may participate in a very poor French ;) or even in another language, but in this later case we won't garantee any feedback on your game. If you want to ask questions on an...
5 gamesLa NOUVIM 3000, 2e édition ! 1. Quoi ? Pour quand ? Un mois pour réaliser une toute petite aventure textuelle de 501 à 3000 mots ! On cherche ici avant tout des aventures hypertextes à la Twine (mais pouvant être réalisées avec d'autres...
6 gamesLa NOUVIM 3000, 3e édition ! 1. Quoi ? Pour quand ? Un mois pour réaliser une toute petite aventure textuelle de 501 à 3000 mots ! On cherche ici avant tout des aventures hypertextes à la Twine (mais pouvant être réalisées avec d'autres...
7 gamesThis is primarily a French language interactive fiction jam. You may participate in a very poor French ;) or even in another language, but in this later case we won't garantee any feedback on your game. If you want to ask questions on an...
3 gamesLa NOUVIM 3000, 5e édition ! 1. Quoi ? Pour quand ? Un mois pour réaliser une toute petite aventure textuelle de 501 à 3000 mots ! On cherche ici avant tout des aventures hypertextes à la Twine (mais pouvant être réalisées avec d'autres...
18 games; award date August 2, 2021An annual IF/Text Adventure competition with a focus on text input & output (parser) games. Graphics are allowed, sounds are allowed, clickable words are allowed, but the core method of control should be a keyboard (or voice if it...
3 games1. Quoi ? Pour quand ? Une semaine pour réaliser une toute petite aventure textuelle de 500 mots ! On cherche ici avant tout des aventures hypertextes à la Twine (mais pouvant être réalisées avec d'autres outils), ou éventuellement des...
6 games1. Quoi ? Pour quand ? Un peu plus d'une semaine pour réaliser une toute petite aventure textuelle de 500 mots ! On cherche ici avant tout des aventures hypertextes à la Twine (mais pouvant être réalisées avec d'autres outils), ou...
10 gamesSERVEUR DISCORD FRANCOPHONE : https://discord.gg/vrmGavw This is primarily a French language interactive fiction jam. You may participate in a very poor French ;) or even in another language, but in this later case we won't garantee any...
5 games1. Quoi ? Pour quand ? Un peu plus d'une semaine pour réaliser une toute petite aventure textuelle de 500 mots ! On cherche ici avant tout des aventures hypertextes à la Twine (mais pouvant être réalisées avec d'autres outils), ou...
13 gamesLa PARTIM 500, 4e édition pour 2019 ! 1. Quoi ? Pour quand ? Un peu plus d'une semaine pour réaliser une toute petite aventure textuelle de 500 mots ! On cherche ici avant tout des aventures hypertextes à la Twine (mais pouvant être...
9 gamesThis is primarily a French language interactive fiction jam. You may participate in a very poor French ;) or even in another language, but in this later case we won't garantee any feedback on your game. If you want to ask questions on an...
11 gamesThe Jam where you make your player hungry! The Recipe Jam is a short unranked jam where you must include a recipe. Stuff it inside a book, make the player cook it, or hide it through the text... Share your best (or worst) dish(es)!...
10 gamesThe Revival Jam is a short game jam about bringing back themes and constraints from older game jams to create small interactive fiction games.
3 games; award date October 31, 2009A yearly Halloween contest for ghost stories. It has been open to interactive fiction entries since 2002, but none were submitted until 2009.
1 game; award date October 31, 2002A yearly Halloween contest for ghost stories that started in 1998. This was the first year that it accepted interactive fiction entries.
1 game; award date October 31, 2003A yearly Halloween contest for ghost stories that started in 1998. This was the second year in which it accepted interactive fiction stories.
13 games in 3 divisions; award date March 10, 2020The Ryan Veeder Exposition for Good Interactive Fiction is a quadrennial event showcasing interactive fiction written for the specific purpose of pleasing Ryan Veeder.
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...
23 gamesThe Smoochie Jam is a month-long unranked jam for interactive fiction about kisses, love, and romance. Games should be about romance, kissing, or the deliberate subversion thereof. This jam exists in a deep and profoundly charged...
1 game; award date June 2, 2002The Spring Thing, also known as the Fall Fooferall, is an annual competition that was originally conceived and organized by Adam Cadre. The Spring Thing is designed to operate at the opposite time of year from the annual IF Comp in...
4 games; award date April 22, 2003The Spring Thing, also known as the Fall Fooferall, is an annual competition that was originally conceived and organized by Adam Cadre. The Spring Thing is designed to operate at the opposite time of year from the annual IF Comp in...
6 games; award date May 2, 2005The Spring Thing, also known as the Fall Fooferall, is an annual competition that was originally conceived and organized by Adam Cadre. The Spring Thing is designed to operate at the opposite time of year from the annual IF Comp in...
4 games; award date April 24, 2006The Spring Thing, also known as the Fall Fooferall, is an annual competition that was originally conceived and organized by Adam Cadre. The Spring Thing is designed to operate at the opposite time of year from the annual IF Comp in...
4 games; award date April 26, 2007The Spring Thing, also known as the Fall Fooferall, is an annual competition that was originally conceived and organized by Adam Cadre. The Spring Thing is designed to operate at the opposite time of year from the annual IF Comp in...
3 games; award date May 6, 2008The Spring Thing, also known as the Fall Fooferall, is an annual competition that was originally conceived and organized by Adam Cadre. The Spring Thing is designed to operate at the opposite time of year from the annual IF Comp in...
4 games; award date April 28, 2009The Spring Thing, also known as the Fall Fooferall, is an annual competition that was originally conceived and organized by Adam Cadre. The Spring Thing is designed to operate at the opposite time of year from the annual IF Comp in...
3 games; award date April 29, 2013The Spring Thing, also known as the Fall Fooferall, is an annual competition that was originally conceived and organized by Adam Cadre. The Spring Thing is designed to operate at the opposite time of year from the annual IF Comp in...
10 games; award date May 12, 2014The Spring Thing, also known as the Fall Fooferall, is an annual competition that was originally conceived and organized by Adam Cadre. The Spring Thing is designed to operate at the opposite time of year from the annual IF Comp in...
20 games in 2 divisions; award date May 8, 2018The 2018 Spring Thing Festival of Interactive Fiction features twenty new interactive stories submitted by authors working across the spectrum of text games. Participants choose to place their games in either the Main Festival, where...
3 games; award date December 31, 2018subQjam is a jam about making short interactive story games- fiction, art, or poetry that is enhanced by or can only be presented through interactivity. The subject for this jam is LOVE.
10 games; award date June 1, 2024This is the fourth annual Text Adventure Literacy Jam. The aim of the jam is to write a text adventure that is suitable for players with little or no prior experience of playing text adventures. The game must include an in-game tutorial....
2 games; award date July 13, 20121 game; award date July 16, 2013The 2nd annual Andromeda Legacy competition.
27 gamesThe Bare-Bones Jam Games Stripped to the Bone Have you ever wanted to create a game, but felt overwhelmed by the visual aspects? Or wished you didn't need to edit the UI? This jam is for you! The Bare-Bones Jam is a month-long game jam...
11 gamesAnother good year for IF draws to a close. So it's time for another New Year's Speed! The motivation behind it is to offer people a chance at writing a small work of IF at the end of the year. Traditionally, the rules have been very...
2 games2016 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...
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
6 games; award date May 2, 2022German language IF competition as announced on Nov 25, 2021 on if-de forum https://if-forum.org/topic.php?id=1269
4 games; award date May 2, 2023German language IF competition as announced on Nov 30, 2022 on if-de forum https://if-forum.org/topic.php?id=1288 https://ifwizz.de/grand-prix-2023.html https://ifwizz.de/grand-prix-2023-ergebnisse.html
5 games; award date May 2, 2024German language IF competition as announced on Oct 31, 2023 on if-de forum https://if-forum.org/topic.php?id=1311 https://ifwizz.de/grand-prix-2024.html
3 games in 2 divisions; award date May 7, 1999A competition for IF art pieces with minimal use of plots or puzzles. Entrants were expected to focus on objects (Still Life division), scenery (Landscape division), or NPCs (Portrait division).
2 games; award date September 8, 1999A competition for IF art pieces with minimal use of plots or puzzles. Entrants were expected to focus on objects (Still Life division), scenery (Landscape division), or NPCs (Portrait division).
8 games in 4 divisions; award date April 2, 2000A competition for IF art pieces with minimal use of plots or puzzles. Entrants were expected to focus on objects (Still Life division), scenery (Landscape division), or NPCs (Portrait division).
4 games in 2 divisions; award date April 17, 2001A competition for IF art pieces with minimal use of plots or puzzles. Entrants were expected to focus on objects (Still Life division), scenery (Landscape division), or NPCs (Portrait division).
6 games in 3 divisions; award date May 3, 2003A competition for IF art pieces with minimal use of plots or puzzles. Entrants were expected to focus on objects (Still Life division), scenery/rooms (Landscape division), NPCs (Portrait division), or activities (Event division).
5 games in 3 divisions; award date June 9, 2004A competition for IF art pieces with minimal use of plots or puzzles. Entrants were expected to focus on objects (Still Life division), scenery/rooms (Landscape division), NPCs (Portrait division), or activities (Event division).
3 games in 3 divisions; award date May 31, 2007A competition for IF art pieces with minimal use of plots or puzzles. Entrants were expected to focus on objects (Still Life division), scenery/rooms (Landscape division), NPCs (Portrait division), or activities (Event division).
2 gamesThe 2010 Spring ting was an ADRIFT competition organized by Po. Prune. The submission deadline was May 31, 2010. The voting deadline was June 30, 2010. Only non-registered users of ADRIFT could submit games. The prize for the winner was...
5 gamesHi! Look at the time, it's my pleasure to announce the 7th annual New Year's Minicomp! For those unfamiliar with this, a short explanation as to the motivation behind it. It's meant to offer people a chance at writing a small work of IF...
4 games; award date May 2, 2014German language IF competition announced on Dec 10, 2013 on if-de forum http://forum.ifzentrale.de/viewtopic.php?t=1267. Voting results from May 1, 2014: http://ifwizz.de/grand-prix-2014-ergebnisse.html
4 games; award date May 2, 2015German language IF competition announced on Dec 1, 2014 on if-de forum http://forum.ifzentrale.de/viewtopic.php?t=1338.
9 gamesTo create a game using Adrift in only one hour (or less). No voting took place for this competition.
2 games; award date September 30, 2012The V.5 has been out for quite a while now, and although there are some issues I believe that it’s good enough to use for writing a game. And since things have been quiet around here for too long now, I have decided to stir up the waters...
13 gamesThe Hourglass Competition, a.k.a. the 3rd Three Hour Games Competition, is a minicomp for new ADRIFT games written in three hours or less. Original voting deadline: 26th August 2006 and was extended to 31st August 2006. Organizer:...
8 gamesThe challenge is to come up with a brilliant beginning to an Adrift game that is in a working playable form. This must really make the player want to actually continue with the rest of the game, if it existed. So, it is a competition for...
4 games; award date June 15, 2009The ADRIFT IntroComp 2009 was a competition (organized by Ken Franklin) for ADRIFT games which are just introductions using no more than 3 locations. Judging was via a forum poll where the games could be discussed.
3 games; award date May 1, 2001A competition for new complete unreleased ADRIFT games. Judging took place in the 2 week period to 2 May 2001.
3 gamesThe Adrift Spring Competition is open for any unreleased, but complete, Adrift games. Competition entries must be in by 20 April 2003, with judging taking place in the following week.
4 gamesA competition for new complete unreleased ADRIFT games. Took place during April 2004.
2 games; award date August 28, 2001The ADRIFT Summer Competition was open for any unreleased, but complete, Adrift games. Competition entries were to be in by 21 August 2001 with judging taking place in the following week. The voting deadline was 28th August, 2001.
6 gamesRules for this competition Time limited. The game is must be written during the period 15-22 August 2004. To ensure compliance there will be required first and completion line for the game, as well as a compulsory object to be announced...
4 games; award date April 1, 2006The Writing Challenges Comp was open for any unreleased Adrift game based on one of five given locations. The game should have no more than ten rooms as defined in the ADRIFT Generator. Competition entries are to be in by 18th March 2006...
1 game; award date May 29, 2023Arcjam is a game design event where you use Arcweave to design and publish a short game in 72 hours. The term “game” is to be taken in the most general sense, meaning any kind of interactive experience, story, puzzle, graphic novel, et... 1 gameNick's Dilemma was selected to be showcased at the 2017 annual Association of Educational and Communications Technology Design and Development Showcase in Jacksonville, Florida.
3 games; award date August 31, 2017Goal: To create a beginner’s game that will be suitable for IF newcomers and (hopefully) wet their appetite for playing other games, or maybe even create their own. Suggestion: Put yourself in the player’s shoes. This is your first ever...
19 games; award date November 24, 2014Annual Halloween-themed SpeedIF
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...
7 games5 games; award date October 15, 2005The object was to take the supplied incomplete game which has just six rooms (in Adrift v4.0 or v3.9) and turn it into a finished game. Items, NPCs, exits, etc, could be added to them but nothing could be taken away. Although you could...
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...
3 games in 4 divisions; award date March 4, 2015The Independent Games Festival (IGF) is an annual festival at the Game Developers Conference.
2 games in 2 divisions; award date March 1, 2017The Independent Games Festival (IGF) is an annual festival at the Game Developers Conference.
1 game in 2 divisions; award date March 22, 2018The Independent Games Festival (IGF) is an annual festival at the Game Developers Conference.
1 game in 2 divisions; award date March 18, 2020The Independent Games Festival (IGF) is an annual festival at the Game Developers Conference.
1 game; award date March 23, 2022The Independent Games Festival (IGF) is an annual festival at the Game Developers Conference.
1 game; award date March 20, 2024The Independent Games Festival (IGF) is an annual festival at the Game Developers Conference.
19 games; award date September 17, 2022Welcome to the fifth edition of inkJam! The inkJam is an annual community organised jam focused on storytelling and narrative games written in ink. What's the theme? Incredible, yet... When does it begin? The jam begins on Friday,...
24 games; award date October 4, 2023The inkJam is an annual community organized jam focused on storytelling and narrative games written in ink. When does it begin? The jam begins on Friday, October 20th, 9PM CEST. Who can enter? Everyone is more than welcome, either alone...
6 games; award date December 31, 2006This is a competition for any game made using ADRIFT that was either released during the calendar year 2006 or has not been previously released. The winners of mainstream ADRIFT competitions (eg: InsideADRIFT Summer Comp 2006, ADRIFT...
6 games; award date December 30, 2007This is a competition for any game made using ADRIFT that was either released during the calendar year 2007 or has not been previously released. The winners of mainstream ADRIFT competitions (eg: Ectocomp 2007) will automatically be...
5 games; award date May 1, 2005The InsideADRIFT Spring Competition was open for any unreleased, but complete, Adrift games. Competition entries were to be in by 17 April 2005 with judging taking place in the following 2 weeks. The voting deadline was 1500 GMT, Sunday,...
5 games; award date August 28, 2005The InsideADRIFT Summer Competition was open for any unreleased, but complete, Adrift games. Competition entries were to be in by 21 August 2005 with judging taking place in the following week. The voting deadline was 1500 GMT, Sunday,...
5 games; award date July 31, 2008A competition for any unreleased, but complete, ADRIFT games, organized by Ken Franklin.
6 games; award date August 22, 2010InsideADRIFT Summer Competition 2010 was a competition for previously unreleased ADRIFT games, organized by Ken Franklin.
1 game; award date September 17, 2012Global game design competition with the stipulation that games must be created from scratch in 48 hours. An extra day is allowed for a second category, "Jam" games which have relaxed rules.
1 game; award date January 7, 2013Global game design competition with the stipulation that games must be created from scratch in 48 hours. An extra day is allowed for a second category, "Jam" games which have relaxed rules.
6 games in 8 divisions; award date May 19, 2014Ludum Dare is an Online Game Jam event where people from around the world create a game in a weekend. It is divided into two parts: The Competition: the familiar “make a game in 48 hours solo competition” that Ludum Dare is known for....
1 game in 6 divisions; award date December 29, 2014Global game design competition with the stipulation that games must be created from scratch in 48 hours. An extra day is allowed for a second category, "Jam" games which have relaxed rules.
1 game; award date May 20, 2017The Nebula Awards® are voted on, and presented by, active members of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. Founded as the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1965 by Damon Knight, the organization began with a charter...
1 game; award date June 5, 2021The Nebula Awards® are voted on, and presented by, full members of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. Founded as the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1965 by Damon Knight, the organization began with a charter...
9 games; award date December 23, 2007Nine games in contest: 4 in italian, 5 in english. Authors: thanks very much to all, guys.
14 games in 7 divisionsParserComp 2015 is a ranked, long-form game jam for parser games only. The full rules are available at the competition website.
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...
10 games in 2 divisionsLa Partim 500, c'est quoi ? C'est une "game jam" durant laquelle vous aurez l'occasion de réaliser une histoire interactive très courte : pas plus de 500 mots !! (sans compter le code, juste l'histoire). Chaque année un thème est...
2 games; award date July 17, 2013Questcomp 2013 was the first IF Competition open exclusively to games created with Quest.
11 games; award date March 5, 19921 game; award date October 30, 2017Good evening, Ghoulies and Gentleghouls! Tonight we embark on a journey of exploration into the deepest and darkest corners of the mind. The world is not as it seems, and spirits haunt the shadows under the moon and stars. Here we will...
17 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...
22 games in 2 divisions; award date May 8, 2017Spring 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 were twenty-two games, spread across two categories. Authors chose whether to submit...
3 gamesThe Spring ting was an ADRIFT competition. The submission deadline was April 1, 2009, 23:59 GMT. Only non-registered users of ADRIFT could submit games. The prize for the winner (and also, if there had been five or more entries, for the...
4 games; award date January 5, 2017The annual New Year's Minicomp for 2017.
10 games in 2 divisions; award date May 4, 2021The Text Adventure Literacy Jam is a parser-based text adventure authoring competition that challenges entrants to "Create a TEXT ADVENTURE game suitable for children with no prior experience.".
9 games; award date July 1, 2023This is the third annual Text Adventure Literacy Jam. The aim of the jam is to write a text adventure that is suitable for players with little or no prior experience of playing text adventures. The game must include an in-game tutorial....
3 games; award date May 5, 2011An ADRIFT-only competition for games featuring: * 1 secret passage * 2 endings * 3 ways of dying * 3 NPCs * 5 objects essential for solving the game * 8 rooms
3 gamesThe Comp With No Name 2008 was an ADRIFT competition organized by Cowboy. The submission deadline was by June 1, 2008 (that is, the end of May 2008, UK time). Only non-registered users of ADRIFT could submit games. The prize was a free...
2 games; award date April 3, 2020To honor the enormous amount of high quality games, criticism, resources and support that Short has given the community over the last two decades, we’re running a tribute competition. You have from now until March 24th of 2020 to create...
3 games; award date February 22, 2010The Even Competition (a.k.a. EvenComp) is a competition for ADRIFT games. Dates Submission deadline: December 10, 2009. Voting deadline: January 10, 2010 (or once the poll reaches 10 votes, whichever comes last). Results were announced...
7 games; award date January 21, 2016The annual New Year's Minicomp for 2015.
10 gamesThe Odd Competition is a competition for ADRIFT games, organized by Abbi Park a.k.a. "alsnpk". For this competition, authors need to pair up each one of these numbers: 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11, with one of these: rooms, objects, tasks, events,...
5 gamesTHE ULTIMATE NOT NUMBERED NEW YEAR'S SPEED IF (Yes, I do realize it has become more of a Minicomp. Deal with it.) For those unfamiliar with this, the motivation behind it is to offer people a chance at writing a small work of IF at the...