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Created by dozens of developers at @officialgdc.bsky.social 2026 - it's GDC Twine Adventure! Check out the exquisite corpse branching experience. Quality? Questionable! Coherence? Who needs it! Comedy? Dubious! Fun to make? You bet! Play the game(??) here: iftechfoundation.org/games/gdc-tw...

Last weekend to judge #IFComp games!

The judging period for the 32nd annual #IFComp is open until October 19th! You can support the authors by donating to The Colossal Fund that provides a cash prize pool for the top entries. Check them out at ifcomp.org!

Can't get enough interactive fiction, even with the 32nd annual IFComp opening today? It's the final week of voting for IntroComp! Don't forget to play a few games and vote! Voting is open through this coming Monday. introcomp.org

This month, five new people pledged on the IFTF Patreon (www.patreon.com/c/IFTF) at $10/month or less. Over a year their pledges fund about half of a grant (iftechfoundation.org/committees/g...). IFTF funds diverse education, history and engineering projects. Small numbers make a big difference!

IntFiction Users: The site has just completed maintenance to upgrade the servers. This means that the cost of running IntFiction has roughly doubled. If you can manage to support us, please check our Patreon (patreon.com/c/IFTF/) or other donation options (iftechfoundation.org/give/). Thank you!

Inspired by the great @kenney.nl, if you've been hit with one of the horrendous #gamedev #layoffs, we'd love to give you things. Offer ends when form is closed. 💚 lab.to/YSClaim

Last call for online-only participation in NarraScope! Tickets close at midnight tonight (ET).

New IFTF Blog Post! IFTF Seeking New Board Members The Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation is currently seeking applicants for its board of directors. If you are interested, please see the full details below: blog.iftechfoundation.org/2026-05-21-i...

IntroComp is underway for 2026! Do you have an idea you want to try out in a small way before a real audience? Do you need a helpful nudge to start on that interactive fiction project you've been thinking about? Here's your chance! Intents to enter are being accepted all this month. introcomp.org

New IFTF Blog Post! IFTF’s 2025 transparency report is online, summarizing the organization’s activity over the previous calendar year, including its financial income and outflow. blog.iftechfoundation.org/2026-05-25-I...

plano was partially funded by an @iftechfoundation.org microgrant ❤️ my biggest thanks to them, and everyone else who has supported me over the years. i hope you enjoy making a little game~ 🎀

Introducing Meredith Gran and Sharang Biswas as the Keynote Speakers for NarraScope 2026!

New IFTF Blog Post! Twine Version 2.12.0 Released Twine 2.12.0 released on 10 April 2026. Major highlights in this release include a new way to see tags in the story map, a better tag autocomplete, and native Japanese language support. blog.iftechfoundation.org/2026-04-12-t...

Twine 2.12.0 is now out! Major highlights include a new way to see tags in the story map and a better tag autocomplete. www.patreon.com/posts/155317...

Announcing the results of our microgrants program, class of 2026! Head over to blog.iftechfoundation.org/2026-04-08-a... to learn more about the 4 projects we are funding this year. And thank you to all applicants for the continued interest in the program, and to our lovely group of advisors!

New IFTF Blog Post! IFTF at GDC 2026 Recap Earlier this month, IFTF was delighted to participate in the GDC Festival of Gaming in San Francisco. You can read about our activities at the conference here: blog.iftechfoundation.org/2026-04-04-i...

New IFTF Blog Post! 2025 Grant Report: “Critical Essays On Interactive Fiction” (Grace Benfell) In 2025, as part of our micro-grants program, IFTF funded a project from Grace Benfell, co-editor in chief of The Imaginary Engine Review. Read about it here! blog.iftechfoundation.org/2026-04-03-2...

New IFTF Blog Post! 2025 Grant Report: “Interactive Fiction Workshop for Theatre Practitioners” (Katy Naylor) One of the projects in the 2025 class of IFTF grants awardees was led by Katy Naylor from the Voidspace. Learn about the project here! blog.iftechfoundation.org/2026-04-03-2...

Are you traveling to NarraScope? A fresh block of hotel rooms was released recently! Check out our website for a direct link and more info on travel to this year's NarraScope in Albany, NY. narrascope.org/travel/

The NarraScope 2026 schedule is out! Including our keynotes from @sharangbiswas.bsky.social and @meredithgran.com!

NarraScope 2026 registration is OPEN for in person and online only memberships narrascope.org/register/

Just a few weeks until IFTF lands at @officialgdc.bsky.social. We'll be set up in the Indie Arcade at GDC Commons, so please stop by, say hello, and try out the GDC Festival of Gaming Twine Adventure project! Looking forward to seeing you there!

All awardees for the IFTF x GDC Pass Scholarship Program have been notified. If you submitted please check your inbox; if you have an email from us, you were selected. Thank you to everybody who applied, and we wish we had more tickets to give out!

Announcing the IFTF x GDC Scholarship Program. We have a small number of passes to distribute amongst our community, so if you are interested, please visit this thread on IntFiction.org for details: intfiction.org/t/iftf-x-gdc...

We are aware that the Intfiction forums are currently down and are working on a fix. Thank you for the notifications!

We are delighted to announce that #NarraScope 2026 will take place this year from June 12th-14th at the University at Albany! We'll be collaborating w/ the @albany.edu #UAlbany Game Center, and its Director @jcorace.bsky.social 🎉 narrascope.org/blog/post/20...

The 2026 Narrascope website is live! narrascope.org

Two more weeks to apply to our microgrants program! We've received a few applications already (wooo!) but there is room left, so shoot your shot! Head over to blog.iftechfoundation.org/2025-10-12-2..., and ask us any lingering questions - we want to hear from you!

Just a few more days to play (and judge!) this year's batch of games in the annual Interactive Fiction competition!

Our microgrants program is back for a third year! This year again, IFTF is looking to disburse $3,000 to cool projects related to interactive fiction that could benefit from a little bit of cash. More details on our blog post!

We did it! The 2025 Colossal Fund hit $8K! 85 entries means more authors will share the prize pool. Let's stretch to $10K to boost the prizes a bit. If you are in a position to donate and haven't, consider heading to ifcomp.org to hit the big blue donation button.

🎉 The 31st Annual #IFComp is live! 85 new interactive fiction entries are ready for you to play and judge. (You only need to rate 5 to cast a ballot!) Read more about this year's competition at blog.ifcomp.org Or just dive straight in: ifcomp.org/ballot

Service has been restored to the intfiction.org forum following this week's Linode outage. Thank you to our tireless admins for getting everything repaired!

All IFTF services are now functional following yesterday's outage, with the exception of Intfiction, which will likely be offline for at least another 12 hours. We appreciate your patience as we try and resolve the lingering linode issues!

With the advent of the UK Online Safety Act, all games on the IF Archive are currently unavailable to users whose connections place them in the UK. This restriction is temporary as we review the IF Archive's holdings and flag works that are legally required to be restricted. Our apologies!

Just a few more days to register your intent to participate in the 2025 Interactive Fiction Competition!

IFTF's servers are affected by a linode outage this morning. Things are slowly beginning to come back online, but functionality may be limited until service is fully restored. More information: status.linode.com

Calling all artists on Bluesky! The IFComp is seeking an artists for our 2025 logo! Check this post for more info! blog.ifcomp.org/post/7855116... #interactivefiction #ifcomp #ifcomp2025 #artist #digitalart

The Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation has launched a Patreon! Now there's a new way to support us and all we do (Narrascope, Twine, IFComp, IFDB, IF Wiki, IntFiction, and so much more!)

The Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation has launched a Patreon! Now there's a new way to support us and all we do (Narrascope, Twine, IFComp, IFDB, IF Wiki, IntFiction, and so much more!)

Ready to support writers of games, interactive fiction, digital stories, visual novels, electronic lit, and the like? Even a small donation to parent non-profit org @iftechfoundation.org goes a long way to help IfComp, NarraScope, Twine carry on. Chip in here: iftechfoundation.org/give/

A message from IFTF's president about this year's event (don't panic!):

We've posted IFTF’s 2024 Transparency report, summarizing our activity over the previous calendar year, including financial figures. Narrascope! Twine! IFComp! Grants! And much more—it's all in there. Transparency is a core value at IFTF, and we encourage you to see what we were up to in 2024. 👀