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[manonamora-if]

Interactive Fiction Showcase 2024

Showcase your Game!

The Interactive Fiction Showcase is a year-long "jam" meant to collect and showcase Interactive Fiction games completed in 2024, and show how diverse the Interactive Fiction scene is! And maybe: build more bridges between the community, help people finding their new favourite game/author...

Whether it is long or short, an easy adventure or a complicated puzzle, a strange experiment, a quick creation, or a years-in-the-making game, come show off what you've made!

Are you more of a player? Then, come check this page regularly for new submissions! Maybe leave a rating or a comment too :)

This is an unranked event.

Rules:

The Showcase is open to IF games in all of its forms: kinetic, choice-based, hyperlinks, parser, visual novels... As long as it is Interactive Fiction (there is interactivity and the focus of the game is on the text), the entry will be accepted.

The Showcase is open to IF games in any language.

Entries must be playable and in its complete form when submitted. Completed games in 2024, whose demo was previously public, are welcome. Games submitted to other events (jams/competitions) are welcome.

Entries can include NSFW content, as long as it is indicated in the submission.

Entries should not include any generated AI content - or it will be removed.

Spam or hateful content will be removed.

Creating Interactive Fiction:

Interactive Fiction is a text-based narrative medium, where players can interact with the story in some fashion (input commands, click a link/button, press key). There are many different ways of creating IF, and many different programs to do so. You can find some mentioned below:

Primarily HyperText/Choice-Based: Twine,  Ink, ChoiceScript, Dendry

Primarily Parser/Input: Inform 6, Inform 7, PunyInform, Adventuron, ADRIFT

Other: Bitsy, Binksi, Ren'Py

and many more can be found listed in the IF Wiki.

If you are looking for other Interactive Fiction Events, discuss general IF, or ask question, you can visit the IntFiction Forum. (we also have monthly IF events over at @neointeractives)

Interactive Fiction Database and Archive:

IFDB

The IFDB, or Interactive Fiction Database, is an IF game information catalogue, creating a historical record of the IF landscape. The database is a community project, updated by its members, by adding titles to the directory, ratings games, writing reviews... If a listing has not yet been created for your game, please consider making one!

IF Archive

The IF Archive is an archive of Interactive Fiction games, and IF-related elements (walkthroughs, interpreters, articles, collections...). The Archive’s mission is to preserve the history and practice of interactive fiction and make it freely available to the public. If you wish to, you can upload a copy of your game to the IFArchive, through the IFDB listing of your game (recommended) or directly to the archive.

The IFDB and IFArchive, as well as the IntFiction Forum and Twine, are managed by the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation. These programs are funded through individual donations.

Visual Novel Database

The VNDB, or Visual Novel Database, is a community project that strives to be a comprehensive database for information about visual novels. The database is updated by its members, by adding titles to the directory, ratings games, writing reviews... If a listing has not yet been created for your visual novel, please consider making one!

#interactive fiction showcase #itch io #interactive games #interactive fiction #interactive story #visual novel #IF #VN #IFDB #IFArhive #Sidenote: the real reason was wanting to better keep up with independent releases #(outside of competition/jams) and itch is not great at finding stuff…

[daka-d3monb0y]

*SLAMS HAND ON TABLE*

I LOVE THIS MAN-

LOOK AT HIM! AHHHH!

How did I only recently hear about this game?!?!

HE'A COOL AND SCARY!!!

(Thing is he's basically Darkiplier- ;-;)

BUT YOOOO HE'S COOL!

Gotta love this completely Normal Guy

He doesn't fit my description of a void demon 1 to 1 at all...

(Seriously how is he literally 1-1 my exact definition of a void demon!? That's fascinating.)

Anyways have a nice day. :>

#elevator hitch #itch io #horror game #elevator hitch art #elevator hitch fanart #elevator hitch game #dead plate dev #void #void demon #darkiplier #normal guy #interviewer

[elequinoa]

Go play Andromeda Six if you haven’t it’s free on itch io 🥰 here’s my traveller Ivy with her major crush on Vexx hehehe 🤭

#andromeda six #vexx serif #wanderlust games #visual novel #fanart #my art #elequinoa #itch io #otome #amare

[beanmochiii]

halOPE

#seriously good game. there will b spoilers in the tags cuz im gonna talk abt it #so to start off the charactee design in both appearance and like personality is phenomenal #im so interested in every single character i interacted with!!!! #and the art is sooooo pretty and the music is sooo good #the game inspires so much art from me. this is not the last art of halope u will be seeing from me #ive only gotten one ending so far. idk how to present what ending i got cuz idk how the others r different but hope (me?) killed Mother and #saved regret and got the eye in my stomach instead of the hole. and the hopeful workd didnt happen #i do have some light criticisms but i plan on writing an indepth itch io review so. those can go there along with other details i loved #my art #halope #halope fanart #eye contact

[bismuth-209]

what i want to play in Solo But Not Alone 4

So, there's a charity bundle on itch.io right now, Solo But Not Alone 4 is a bundle of 125 solo ttrpg-type games.

By ttrpg-type I mean that they aren't played on the computer, they usually have pdfs to download and then you need to bring the things like playing cards, tarot cards, dice and something to write with yourself (and very occasionally a jenga tower). They're usually rather focused on journaling.

If you want to know which games need which supplies, or what genres the games are, there's a handy dandy spreadsheet you can get here.

now, I've not really played any of the games yet, but there's ones I really want to play, and maybe I can make some of you excited enough to buy the bundle and support the charity Take This too. Take This is a non-profit to benefit mental health in the gaming community, but a little look on their website gives me the idea that their resources are useful broader as well, for example they have links to mental health resources for particular ethnic groups. It does seem pretty English-speaking country centric, but still a worthy charity to support I think.

without further ado! the games

Project ECCO is a game you play in a PLANNER. I've scrounged up an old planner I barely used and I'll be using it to play this game. It's a time travel game and you write your answers to the prompts on the pages of the planner you've "travelled" to. There's different ways to "travel through time" in the game, so you use dice, playing cards, tarot cards and a coin to determine what day you're writing on and what prompt you're fulfilling. I like the variety in methods, and i like that i'll be having limited space to write (although it's VERY little on the weekends. we'll see what i can manage on 3 lines)

If you want to play just this game you should definitely buy the bundle, it's usually 15 USD, while the bundle is just 10.

Corporate Onboarding is here mostly because of the formatting, I'll admit. But the formatting is so cool! It's AVAILABLE AS A POWERPOINT FILE. Also pdf, handy if you don't have the ms office suite. It fits on just 19 slides, but it claims that the average session is about an hour, which sounds about right. It doesn't have a lot of introspection far as I can tell, you need to find all your bosses to report to them without going over 5 warnings, and you have some stats for your character and all that.

Fox Curio's Floating Bookshop is another game worth getting the whole bundle for, normally 16 USD and it does seem worth that.

The game has such cool worldbuilding, you've got different towns and seasons and events throughout the year. I can see myself dedicating a whole notebook to this. And it's got a beautiful pdf (that's kind of formatted for print, but the print book's sold out). Also a fishing mini game you play by dealing a deck of cards.

5 act play is a game that gives you some guidance for the plotting of a play. It uses tarot, but also gives an alternative using dice and playing cards. It really USES tarot, you are expected to have a guidebook or look one up for the meanings of the cards and use them to inform characters and themes, but it does have tables for what you do with some of the cards. It's Shakespeare inspired, using examples from Much Ado and Romeo and Juliet to help you, and you're expected to write a tragedy or a comedy.

The Peace Engine is a game you use a jenga tower to play, which I don't currently have access to, but it looks incredible and I'm considering asking around if I can borrow one. You have to pull bricks from the tower when your scientist gains "burnout" and if your tower falls you fail. It has a complex system and it seems very cool.

Again a game more expensive on its own, so get it in the bundle!

Glyph is a sort of guide where you make sigils, it has a beautiful pdf as well. I like the method it provides. It recommends to be used for enrichment of other games, or just as a fun creative exercise

This bundle runs until the 9th of March 2024!

#solo but not alone 4 #itch.io #itch io charity bundle #game recommendations #game recs #solo ttrpg #solo journaling rpg #solo rpg #the peace engine #fox curio's floating bookshop #game sale #bis speaks #indie ttrpgs #indie games #indie rpg

[rpdeshaies]

Itch Reviews

Review: Good

Me: I'll take it

#ttrpg #ttrpg community #itch io #itchio #reviews #rpgs #indie games

[fortooate]

magic the gathering sucks + is bad + is strangerthingscore + fuck wotc + die but i do love to tap a forest pay one green mana cast mystic elf and end my turn

#it's apparently 'not feasible' to download a collectible card game off of itch dot io so i'm left with deckmaster bullshit

[atlantisladymystery]

mouse freeware game post

on the request of @lexiloulou24u here are free mice game you can download and play; most are from glorious trainwrecks because I totally did host a game jam about mouse in the maze a few years back.

MY MOUSE GAMES:

A Muddle of Mice

abc2mouse

Trans Mousegirl Adventure

COMING EVENTUALLY; Magnificent Mouse Misadventure

OTHER PERSON'S MOUSE GAMES:

mouse sector by fotocopiadora

mouse returns and little mouse maze by sylvie

micesweeper by alissa

GREAT! Mouse Friends and Space Mouse by thecatamites Also part of ($$$) 50 short games

Mouse Corp by thecatamites

Mice While It Lasted by Fizzhog

Mouse Box by Everythingstaken Idle Edition Hack without predation by cats

OTHER FREEWARE:

Genius Greedy Mouse

Postmouse (You probably need a good computer to be able to play thing one)

Purrgatory

#mouse #mouseblr #itch io #free games #mouseposting

[nazathelivingcorpse]

I FINISHED MY FIRST GAME DOWNLOAD IT FOR FREEEEEE NOWWWWW

#indie game #indie dev #gamedev #itch io

[constant-humorliation]

NEW GAME I FUCKING LOVE ALERT

ATLYSS it is SO CHARMING and SO FUN and I HAVE DIED MULTIPLE TIMES

anyways i forgot i have to show i can art here as well so

that one is because i keep trading rocks and slime ears with her for money its basically infinite money glitch xD

and heres my drawing of my lil guy! not too shabby if i say so myself

heres the game btw https://kiseff.itch.io/atlyss

#shindigdoesdraw #ATLYSS #game drawing #saw a post that told me to make my own art tag so. yeah #also i just rlly love this game so much and i would do anythign in the world for it #to fully come out #fully suggest the itch io beta show some support ova dere

[parkerlyn]

Hi all!

Still alive! ajdfkla And hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are excited for what 2023 has to offer! Wishing everyone an overflowing amount of joy this new year 🧡

So! We're back at it again! This update covers:

Story Progress and Update Goal

Commission/Prize Updates

January Patreon Schedule

Donation Screenshots

Story Progress and Update Goal

Writing is progressing along and managed to pack in another 20k into Chap 4 in December before taking a bit of a break for the holidays. The rest of Chapter 4 is... turning into a bit of a monstrosity as they have wont to do haha. The good news is Chapter 5 will be relatively straightforward, which will allow me to focus more on the big reveal at the end. 👀

I don't want to give a definitive update day for you again because I feel intensely super shit about the last time I did that in Oct/Nov. 😫 I think I should be able to have this chapter to betas by the end of this month, but I'll be sure to keep y'all updated.

Commission/Prize Updates

Still working on one Patreon writing commission and the two prizes from the giveaway, and thank you to everyone for being my test round of what-can-Parker-handle-all-at-once. The answer turned out to be they-overloaded-themself-like-usual, but I'll be reaching out to y'all with a status/final pieces in the next couple weeks!

January Patreon Schedule

Jan 4 - Public Progress Update | Monthly Preview Screenshot

Jan 11 - Bonus Art (18+) : Figure study with the Magesmith

Jan 18 - Biweekly Update | Bonus Art: The Magesmith's family

Jan 25 - Bonus Story: In Another Life (ft. The Sage, the Magesmith, the Healer, Jac & Cerise)

And just a reminder that the Patreon has now switched to subscription billing vs 1st of the month. Any new patrons will now be charged on the same day of the month that they signed up!

End of Year Donation Screenshots

Lastly, accountability screenshots for my donations are below. Differing amounts are to cover their individual processing fees, and this was for October, November, and December earnings given the two-month charge pause!

Thank you again for all your support and patience <3 Stay safe!

xoxo Parker 🧡

#interactive fiction #the nameless #tnif #progress update #the nameless progress update #fantasy #fey #romance #indie dev #indie games #itch io #twine #twine game

[manonamora-if]

After a difficult breakup, and a long night of drinking, you decide to take your life back and put things back in order. Starting with a simple meal. Treat yourself!

Not Another Sad Meal is a parser cooking sim where you can make 1 out of 3 meals, and set yourself back on the right path! 

[ Sad Spice DLC now included ]

Not Another Sad Meal was made for the Recipe Jam, an Interactive Fiction game jam centred around recipes.

The parser is considered merciful (you will not reach a bad end) and uses a limited verb list (available in-game). Interactive elements are highlighted and clickable (for a special action). A mini-walkthrough for each recipe is included in-game and is downloadable.

A rough recipe of the mentioned dishes can be downloaded on the game page.

PLAY GAME | REVIEW GAME | RATE GAME | SOURCE CODE

#not another sad meal #interactive game #interactive fiction #parser #cooking sim #cooking #recipe #food #adventuron #indie game dev #itch io #manonamora #lol I almost forgot to post this #it's been out for a few days

[broodygaming]

Grab a friend you don't mind gaslighting and come play my game

So I binged sims players playing among us for like a month and wanted to make a two player game where you lie. Only one can win! who is gonna be, *drumrooollll* HEADS OR TAILS?

#game development #itch io #indie games #pixel game #mine #Also the title is in fact a reference to the Merlin bbc show but it is in no way related to that. Hmm. #with rpg maker when you make a new game the very FIRST thing you do is name the file haha so i just picked that as a joke #and it stuck #this is like the whole The DA setting fiasco

[rainslices]

long time no update!! (what i've been up to, new project, etc)

hellaur tumblr people... it has been a while since i've written a proper update on things I MEAN, WELL, if you follow me on twitter, you would probably already have heard! but before i get into that, i first want to welcome all ye who recently followed. congrats for finding my tumblr!!! either that or you probably came from twitter. whichever route you took, be careful... because once you check in, you can never check out muahahahaha!!!

ON [JACKHAMMERED]...

first, look at this, i recently made a placeholder icon for jackham's itch io page!!! (it's currently an unpublished draft though)

this isn't even the final thing, but it still somehow slaps. why did i make a placeholder icon? it's to replace the old one, which was this

BLEGGH. i went ahead and made a better one, even if i'm the only person who can see it in its unpublished state LMAO. anyways. where am i now with [JACKHAMMERED], you may ask! good question over these past couple months, i've managed to draft a bunch of documents consisting mostly of worldbuilding and character essays. the jackham google drive has a total of (counts my fingers and toes) twelve docs, that's right, TWELVE, currently marinating in the drive. i didn't even know i had it in me! though here lies the problem- out of all these charming character profiles and location docs, only two of them are a 'plot doc'. two, 'cause the first one became half-finished and the vibes were just off whenever i came back to it, and the second one went a lil farther than half, but still suffered a similar fate.

in shorter words, i'm stumped. and i can certainly pinpoint it to not being able to narrow down jackham's scope. i know i want this game to be something great, something that is a culmination of all its wonderful inspirations, but my mind is in a constant tug of war between wanting it to be a chapter-by-chapter thing, or just one full game. it leaves me feeling scatterbrained and unfocused. and even if i DID know what i want, it still feels... well, big. my general plans for jackham feel ambitious for someone who's swan diving into renpy with 0 knowledge. im just one guy ! and so my solution to that is...

i'm making [In The Middle]

NOW I KNOW HOW IT LOOKS LIKE "another VN? but chaurchey ur already stumped writing for jackhammered, how can you possibly write for this one?!" the difference is that i feel comfortable in narrowing things down if i start fresh. i still want to work with the initial ideas i have for jackhammered, but i'm putting it away for now until i feel ready. at least with In The Middle, i hope to apply the experience i've gained and tackle jackham again. i'm sure boel, olned, and kade can wait for me in a couple of months. maybe more. so what exactly is [In The Middle]? picture this: the sun is slowly sinking, with you finally reaching the gate of your house after a long day. your plans upon touchdown consist of only two things: microwave dinner, and a well-deserved nap. but you would quickly forget them when a flash of light temporary blinds you- and now there’s a hooded stranger on your lawn; you have but four days to find out who they are and where they came from, before the inert copper megaminx in their possession becomes active once more. a newfound friend, a stranger, or perhaps something more; only you get to decide. "In The Middle" is a test game that's precedent to the production of [JACKHAMMERED]. the story will be separate, short, and non-canon (maybe! who knows!). it's mostly for me to test the waters so i can properly bite off what i can chew for jackham, while also having the freedom of experimenting! two characters and one outcome, but the choices you make affect the way it's delivered (nods nods). this feels like a scale i can work with, and i've already pumped out a bunch of concepts in a separate drive which makes me really excited to do this!! it just occurred to me how much the isekai concept keeps bouncing around in my head rent free, but with In The Middle, the opposite more or less happens. Pieve gets isekai'd to you

who the hell is Pieve

TADAAAA!!! meet Pieve, that very stranger whom that portal puked out into your lawn. naked and afraid, so to speak. and oh, the beauty of concept art... i take pride in the fact that their design isn't even final yet as i've got more things in mind i want to tweak before i give this chochi spawn the Chochi Seal of Approval. aaaaand i'm gonna leave it at that so i don't spoil stuff. after all, learning about them is the goal. writing sure is HARD. but god, so is reading. so if you sped-run and skimmed through the entire update post up to here, well done!!! i would've done the same!!! this took hours to write but i'm glad to just get this out of the way because my followers on here deserve an update too. in closing, i'd like to mention just how much i am proud of myself. not just with the progress i've made for this idea so far, but with just. everything. if you told the me from 11 months ago that i would all of a sudden be into making games, i would have not believed you. but here we are, trajectory of life changed and all! i hope you can look forward to [In The Middle], and soon enough, [JACKHAMMERED].

#not art #jackhammered vn #in the middle vn #game dev #i thought i would write more but tbh this is as short and sweet as it can get #i was working on my carrd and updating my socials #it kind of snowballed into making this update post after realising midway through updating my itch io page #which is all good for viewing btw! rainslices dot itch dot io #in other news im glad In The Middle and Jackham are getting warm reception on twitter #it's all the motivation i need to keep going cuz you know my mama all about raising a people pleaser!!!!!!!!! /lh

[neointeractives]

Shufflecomp 2023 Playlists Out Now!

It's time! Your song submissions have been received, shuffled, and sent out to everyone who signed up to make a game for the jam.

Check your email for your personal mix and start jamming!

Quick housekeeping reminders:

Games are due by January 5, 2024

If you didn't receive your mix, please contact us here on tumblr or on Discord

#shufflecomp #game jam #itch jam #interactive fiction #neointeractives #itch.io #itch io #gamedev

[automatonknight]

you inspired me to play lisa the hopeful :3 im not very far but the characters are cool

YESSS!!! I'M SO HAPPY TO HEAR THAT IT'S SUCH AN AWESOME GAME....HOPE YOU HAVE FUN!!! :D

#ask #as much fun as you can have in a lisa fangame but you get me #genuinely it's so amazing how big and complex it is for a free itch io game. so so awesome