The 2009 Interactive Fiction Competition is Underway
Stephen Granade
games, that's what! All information is available at
http://ifcomp.org/. You may download the games from
http://ifcomp.org/comp09/download.html and record your votes at
http://ifcomp.org/vote/
Stephen
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Stephen Granade
stephen...@granades.com
Boluc Papuccuoglu
<stephen...@granades.com> wrote:
>You know what would enliven this October? Playing the IF Competition
>games, that's what! All information is available at
>http://ifcomp.org/. You may download the games from
>http://ifcomp.org/comp09/download.html and record your votes at
>http://ifcomp.org/vote/
>
>Stephen
Is the Comp09 and the ifarchive page incomplete or are there NO TADS
games this year? Was there a boycott? A strike? Did I miss something?
(haven't been reading the newsgroups the past few months)
Boluc
Stephen Granade
writes:
There were no TADS games entered. There were several planned, judging
from the information entered ahead of time, but none were uploaded
before the deadline.
Conrad
wrote:
> Boluc Papuccuoglu <bolucPERIODpapuccuo...@REMOVETHISaknet.com.tr>
> writes:
>
> > On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:59:43 -0500, Stephen Granade
> > <stephen-use...@granades.com> wrote:
>
> >>You know what would enliven this October? Playing the IF Competition
> >>games, that's what! All information is available at
> >>http://ifcomp.org/. You may download the games from
> >>http://ifcomp.org/vote/
>
> >>Stephen
>
> > Is the Comp09 and the ifarchive page incomplete or are there NO TADS
> > games this year? Was there a boycott? A strike? Did I miss something?
> > (haven't been reading the newsgroups the past few months)
>
> There were no TADS games entered. There were several planned, judging
> from the information entered ahead of time, but none were uploaded
> before the deadline.
Yeah, it's a tricky language. I like it; but it's not simple.
Conrad.
kabusho_mus...@hotmail.com
> You know what would enliven this October? Playing the IF Competition
>
> Stephen
>
> --
> Stephen Granade
> stephen-use...@granades.com
Interestingly, there are only 24 games this year, the lowest since the
first competition in '95. Doesn't seem like a good sign.
Conrad
>
> Interestingly, there are only 24 games this year, the lowest since the
> first competition in '95. Doesn't seem like a good sign.
480 hours of IF isnt enough for you?
Ye-Gods..
C.
Mike Snyder
news:6b85cc50-13f9-4e28...@s21g2000prm.googlegroups.com...
> C.
I think you mean 48. :)
And that assumes every game pushes the limit. I'm finding, so far, that many
don't.
--- Mike.
dott.Piergiorgio
> Interestingly, there are only 24 games this year, the lowest since the
> first competition in '95. Doesn't seem like a good sign.
Well, IMVHO what really count is the average vote, not the numbers of IF
in competition (sadly some earlier IFComp has their fair share of shoddy
& badly designed IF, and I can count at least a pair of cases of
intentionally bad IF and surely an illegal abuse (that .z5 whose print
the source code of a DRM crack)
Personally, I have chosen to not partecipate to the IFComp in all these
years, at least not until I have at least publicly released something
outside the various Comps.
my 2 �c, of course, and
Best regards from Italy,
Dott. Piergiorgio.
Poster
"dott.Piergiorgio" <dott.Pierg...@KAIGUN.fastwebnet.it> wrote:
> chephren...@googlemail.com ha scritto:
>
> > Interestingly, there are only 24 games this year, the lowest since the
> > first competition in '95. Doesn't seem like a good sign.
>
> Well, IMVHO what really count is the average vote, not the numbers of IF
> in competition (sadly some earlier IFComp has their fair share of shoddy
> & badly designed IF, and I can count at least a pair of cases of
> intentionally bad IF and surely an illegal abuse (that .z5 whose print
> the source code of a DRM crack)
I agree with the above statement. The IF Comp has been a magnet for all
kinds of trash IF. That we see less of it is a good thing.
Also, quite a few major games have been released outside of the comp,
such as Blue Lacuna, Inside Woman, and so on. There was a thread about
this a few months ago. I don't think it's true that interest in IF
itself has decreased, but if it had, # of games submitted to the IF Comp
isn't enough to conclude that.
The IF Comp is largely a popularity contest for short to medium-sized
games. Maybe people got tired of trying to win a popularity contest?
--
Poster
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Conrad
> "Conrad" <conradc...@gmail.com> wrote in message
Yes indeed.
C.
Conrad
> In article <E1_xm.4875$Rt2.2...@tornado.fastwebnet.it>,
>
> "dott.Piergiorgio" <dott.PiergiorgioNI...@KAIGUN.fastwebnet.it> wrote:
> > chephren.mans...@googlemail.com ha scritto:
>
> > > Interestingly, there are only 24 games this year, the lowest since the
> > > first competition in '95. Doesn't seem like a good sign.
>
> > Well, IMVHO what really count is the average vote, not the numbers of IF
> > in competition (sadly some earlier IFComp has their fair share of shoddy
> > & badly designed IF, and I can count at least a pair of cases of
> > intentionally bad IF and surely an illegal abuse (that .z5 whose print
> > the source code of a DRM crack)
>
> I agree with the above statement. The IF Comp has been a magnet for all
> kinds of trash IF. That we see less of it is a good thing.
As the proud author of one of last year's trash entries in the IF
Comp, I take great exception to your tone.
Conrad.