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Description=Home of IntroComp, an annual interactive fiction competition where participants develop excerpts of interactive fiction, gain feedback from audience reactions, and hopefully use this feedback to release a final product.;
Keywords=interactive fiction, interactive narrative, interactive non-fiction, interactive nonfiction, competition, introcomp, programming competition, minicomp;
Author=Jacqueline Ashwell, Xalavier Nelson, and Eric W. Brown;

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introcomp introcomp introduce your narrative game idea to the world what is introcomp introcomp 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 this year s stories all the 2026 entries can be played here they are 1nterstellar conquest ao morning signal coreos made with real forest scouts onion hugs stories of stars and woods and city jungles the mermaid s mystery the veil if you prefer you can also download all entries vote it is now possible to login and vote so what are you waiting for this site uses your ifcomp credentials this year s schedule please note that we re addressing an upload issue right now voting is slightly delayed but we ve pushed the voting deadline out to compensate intents to enter accepted june 1 2026 intent to enter deadline june 30 2026 submission deadline aug 1 2026 voting deadline september 7 2026 posting of results september 12 2026 login to enter this year s contest how introcomp works entrants must submit an excerpt of a new never before seen work of interactive fiction that is not yet complete this excerpt can be a short or as long as the developer wishes as long as 1 the submission is a working playable game and 2 interactive fiction nonfiction projects submitted must not be intended promoted as a prelude to a commercial release introcomp is an opportunity to build an audience for your work gather feedback and improve as a creator not to promote a kickstarter for example what is interactive fiction we define interactive fiction as including any title where written narrative is the core of the experience however this narrative is communicated written storytelling needs to be the primary focus of your introcomp game same goes for game mechanics as long as the written word is the core of your title feel free to wrap it in any glorious layer you can imagine from shootybangs to kinetic hypertext to typing into a parser and beyond platform neutrality is strongly encouraged why enter once the competition is over we screen all the feedback submitted about your game to prevent abuse and send it your way want direct polite feedback on how you might improve an aspect of your game worried about how an experimental portion of your title might be received wonder whether folks would even want to pursue your story to its end introcomp is a welcoming environment to address all of these concerns and more if you finish your game within a year of the competition s close and tell us you might also be eligible to win a cash prize so there s that speaking of prizes prizes terms conditions 1st place 200 2nd place 150 3rd place 100 honorable 50 placement is determined by player votes during the voting period the game ranking highest overall receiving first place and so on all prizes valued in us funds minus any currency conversion fee that might be required void where prohibited by law do not remove this tag from your mattress some assembly may be required etc to win you not only have to state your intention to enter and submit your game by the deadline but finish it within a year of the competition by september 6 2026 as well you also have to let us know that you finished said game we re not omniscient yet if you complete your game outside of the deadline we will still be thrilled to shout it from the rooftops with you but it is unfortunately no longer eligible for a cash prize for those wondering what honorable means anyone who took the time to submit their game but didn t place in the top three entries falls into this category we really want to encourage folks to finish their games so the first honorable project to be released in a complete form will be granted the 50 honorable prize provided the title isn t buggy or just sort of slapped together we reserve the right to personally determine whether the completeness of an entry is adequate no questions asked no complaining submit your finished polished product in the spirit of the competition and if eligible whatever category you may fall within the money is yours prizes are funded by the iftf a charitable organization that exists with the help of your donations voting judging rules entering authors developers may not vote beta testers are allowed to vote but only for titles they did not test players are free to discuss entered titles in any reasonable form during the voting period authors must refrain from discussing any entries in a public forum during the voting period authors may not canvass for votes though they may announce their participation in introcomp and or the start of the competition itself no one may canvass for votes on a developer s behalf voters will be asked to vote with a rating reflecting how much they d like to see the game in question finished voters will also be asked to submit anonymous feedback with at least one positive thought and one constructive criticism for each title voted upon this feedback will be held screened and distributed to authors immediately following the conclusion of the competition meaningful feedback has always been considered the true prize of introcomp and we aim to keep it that way it goes without saying that we also hope all votes feedback submitted are done in good faith and on the individual excerpt s merit versus as a show of support for a particular author genre or framework contact information all official introcomp correspondence will be conducted through email though quick questions may be asked through twitter we re ifintrocomp or better yet reach out to eric directly on mastodon feneric mastodon social if you have any questions comments or concerns email us at introcomp at introcomp org this is the same email you ll need to use for submitting news of finished entries and or intriguing baking tips so keep that in mind faq wait what s this we business what have you done with jacqueline and xalavier are they safe does this mean no one is threatening to send us smelly fish this year worry not they are both safe eric w brown aka feneric has been at the helm since 2023 and hasn t yet completely destroyed things he has promised to uphold his solemn duties as the fourth introcomp organizer and to try and avoid steering it over a cliff sadly we can t promise that she won t still figure out a way to send smelly fish to people it s just that now it s more of a hobby than a sacred duty xalavier note there is no difference between those two things in this situation eric note once all the work has been done to ensure continued smelliness through slow long distance shipping it d be a waste just to give up on it how long short should an introcomp entry be introcomp doesn t have any particular length requirements you could submit a hefty portion of your game or a title screen alone just keep in mind the time voters may fairly or not take to judge your work as a result i already have a work in progress it s even had some beta testing can i still submit an intent to enter some people actually plan develop their excerpts far in advance of the competition as long as your game hasn t been released publicly in any form prior to introcomp you should be good to go what language can i use on which platforms can entries be released can i release a game that only runs online since you asked so many questions at once we ll break our answer into three parts 1 any language you wish however it is worth mentioning that the majority of introcomp s audience speaks english 2 can this platform for your interactive fiction be used by a human three dimensional being then feel free to release your title on it just remember to provide instructions requirements for play especially if you re releasing on a platform that is somewhat atypical 3 sure what s to stop me from just adding and then they all died the end to my entry and then claiming my prize bwahahaha in the darkest recesses of your eyelids just beyond the edge of your blackened vision there is a beast it has no name it has no needs it has only a purpose it will find you and deal with you accordingly oooooor you could just act in the spirit of the competition that sounds like a cool idea yeah let s do that when i finish writing my game can i submit it to ifcomp unfortunately if comp s similar no prior release rule makes taking this route impossible however you still might be able to enter other competitions check with each comp organizer as appropriate can i submit more than one entry you can submit as many entries as you wish keep it reasonable please but only the highest ranked title will be eligible for any cash prizes if you want to know which of your narrative ideas is most enticing to a wider audience introcomp is a great way to find out introcomp was conceived by neil demause in 2002 it was stewarded by jacqueline a lott from 2003 2017 by xalavier nelson from 2017 2021 and by eric w brown feneric starting in 2023 additional thanks to dave cornelson justin de visine and jacqueline a lott for site hosting to dan shiovitz for years upon years of behind the scenes awesomeness and to if comp and the iftf for system support introcomp is overseen by the introcomp committee introcomp is a service of the interactive fiction technology foundation it is supported by the donations of if supporters like you