Podcasts about ifcomp

Laura and Raygan talk about another handful of games from this year's interactive fiction competition. Thanks to the authors, and to all our patrons who are sharing their IFComp experiences on the Discord!

Surprise! The comp started early! Well we were surprised anyway. We're kicking off our coverage of this year's IFComp with impressions of the following games: As with all our IFComp coverage, we need your help to...

We continue our coverage of IFComp 2023 with a few more games AND THEN WE GET KICKED IN THE NUTS!!!!

Gordy and the Monster Moon is a bite-sized exploration-driven game about a pumpkin astronaut going on spooky adventures. It's also a tiny part of the Frog Fractions extended universe, brought to us by Jim Stormdancer....

This week we are kicking off our coverage of IFComp with coverage of a handful of games, including some new names and returning Short Game favorites. Looking forward to playing more over the coming month!

This week, we pick back up our coverage of IFComp 2022 with seven more games: Into The Sun by Dark Star The Absence of Miriam Lane by Abigail Corfman Admiration Point by Rachel Helps Star...

Happy 28th birthday to IFComp! We're thrilled to start our seventh year of competition coverage with discussions of seven brand-new interactive fiction games. Nate and Laura open with a brief overview of IFComp for the...

IFComp 2021 voting closes TODAY! Our third and final episode on IFComp 2021 just before the close of the comp covers four absolute bangers. We will return in a few weeks to discuss the results,...

IFComp 2021 voting closes TODAY! Our third and final episode on IFComp 2021 just before the close of the comp covers four absolute bangers. We will return in a few weeks to discuss the results,...

Continuing our coverage of the 2021 Interactive Fiction Competition, we're back with impressions of six more games, including some really incredible ones! 00:03:23: Closure by Sarah Wilson  00:12:26: Funicular Simulator 2021 by Mary Goodden and...

Continuing our coverage of the 2021 Interactive Fiction Competition, we're back with impressions of six more games, including some really incredible ones! 00:03:23: Closure by Sarah Wilson  00:12:26: Funicular Simulator 2021 by Mary Goodden and...

This is the start of our IFComp 2021 coverage, and it's looking like a good year! We discussed 9 games, and will be covering many more over the coming weeks. 00:13:09: Grandma Bethlinda's Remarkable Egg...

This is the start of our IFComp 2021 coverage, and it's looking like a good year! We discussed 9 games, and will be covering many more over the coming weeks. 00:13:09: Grandma Bethlinda's Remarkable Egg...

Better late than never! This week we are looping back to our promised IFComp 2020 wrap-up, and discussing the four games in the top 10 that we didn't cover during our colossal four-part coverage last...

Better late than never! This week we are looping back to our promised IFComp 2020 wrap-up, and discussing the four games in the top 10 that we didn't cover during our colossal four-part coverage last...

We're continuing our coverage of IFComp 2020 with nine more games. We plan to return after the close of the comp to discuss the winners. Thanks for joining us for this year's comp, and thanks...

We're continuing our coverage of IFComp 2020 with a new crop of games, and J.J. Guest, winner of IFComp 2018 for his game Alias: The Magpie, is joining us to discuss several of this year's...

Our IFComp coverage continues, this time with a guest! Long time interactive fiction author and first place 2016 IFComp winner Robin Johnson joins us to talk about a fresh crop of games! 00:00:00: Intro –...

It's fall, and that means IFComp is upon us again. This quick hit episode introduces our coverage of IFComp 2020, and covers the handful of games we were able to check out between the opening...

Jason McIntosh and Jacqueline Ashwell join the Titans to talk about the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation, IFComp, Narrascope and everything else Interactive Fiction. Find more about the IFTF online at https://iftechfoundation.org/ Special Guests: Jacqueline Ashwell and Jason McIntosh.

Our third and likely final episode on IFComp 2019 before the comp ends on November 15th. (Get your ratings in!) We covered the following games: 00:03:18: Chuk and the Arena by Agnieszka Trzaska 00:12:32: Remedial...

Our second episode covering IFComp 2019. This week we had a lively discussion of 13 games: 00:03:03: Skies Above By Arthur DiBianca 00:10:00: Limerick Heist By Pace Smith 00:17:32: The Legendary Hero Has Failed. by...

This is the 25th year of the competition (!!!) and there are a record breaking 82 entries! We're kicking off our coverage of IFComp 2019 with discussion of the first 8 games we've played. Due...

On navigue les oeuvres gangantes de l'édition 2018 de la IFComp : Alias "The Magpie", Bogieman et Animalia.

On navigue les oeuvres gangantes de l'édition 2018 de la IFComp : Alias "The Magpie", Bogieman et Animalia.

Quelques oeuvres en compétition lors du Interactive Fiction Competition 2018.

Quelques oeuvres en compétition lors du Interactive Fiction Competition 2018.

IFComp 2018 is nearing its conclusion, so it's time for a few last games! On this episode we discussed: 00:02:09 The Origin of Madame Time by Mathbrush 00:12:01 Terminal Interface for Models RCM301-303 by VigiMech...

IFComp 2018 is nearly done, and we're closing the comp talking about some really strong games! This is the first part of a two part episode rounding out our coverage of IFComp 2018. I was...

And we are back with more IFComp 2018! We discuss nine more of the games on this year's ballot. Horror, mystery, and extended IFComp in-jokes abound! If you play something in the comp you think...

On présente le Intractive Fiction Competition et certains des organismes connexes.

On présente le Intractive Fiction Competition et certains des organismes connexes.

The leaves are changing, folks are putting up Halloween decorations… that's right it's IFComp season once again. Long time listeners to this show already know how passionate we are about the Interactive Fiction Competition. Now...

No idea how this episode got so long... Featured(tm): reselling my HP3455A DMM to the person I bought it from, a meeting of the HCC computer-club (.nl) Retro-section, reverse-engineering a overflow-valve for a laundry-machine, making quick electronics-prototypes by manually engraving copper-clad PCB, and making an enclosure for the DPS5005 power-supply module. Links: the HCC computer-club (.nl) and their Retro-section Awesome Space in Utrecht (.nl) a video about quickly prototyping electronics by manual milling of copper-clad PCB DPS5005 power-supply module CSDb-entries for cartridge-adapter demos (click "Attract-screen for...") Hackalot hackerspace in Eindhoven (.nl) INDIGO indie-game event in Utrecht (.nl) IFComp interactive fiction competition Here's the overflow-valve and a schematic: ...and the DPS5005 in its smudgy anti-theft enclosure:

This episode covers one more PCB-failure (see previous episode for more fail), a LED that would still emit light at a rediculously low current, shortcomings of DIY lasercut stencils from a previous episode, my entry for the upcoming IFComp, disassembly of an old bread-toaster, the RC2018/04 Retro Challenge which will start tomorrow, and some more upcoming events. IFComp - Interactive Fiction Competition Retro Challenge RC2018/04 in April... ...and my entry for the RC2018/04 Outline demo-party (10-13 May) Hackalot: upcoming hackerspace in NL For the upcoming IFComp, I want to make an interactive cassette-tape, where the tape-reel is replaced by software driving a magnetic element to emit sound/speech, where the user interacts with the game by pressing fast-forward/rewind/play/stop on the tape-player.  The project will thus consist of a reworked cassette-tape adapter (fitted with electronics) implementing an adventure-game. Let's create the actual game within the IFComp contest-period, and make the hardware-platform in advance - as in, now.  Reed-switches and magnet forming a simple encoder, and the magnetic element to emit audio towards the tape-player's head:    Testing the tape inside a pretty tape-player:   Signals from both reeds-switches. By observing delays, frequency and phase-shift, the software can process game-input:   Tetris'ing electrical components within the tape's enclosure: Testing the toaster. Cold-spray, stopwatch and 2 thermocouples:   The actual "circuit". No idea what the pink wire was for. "M" is the heater specifically for the bimetallic strip, and "H" is the main bread-heater:

Only a short time between the last episode and this one, so I didn't do a whole lot of stuff: spent 1 day volunteering at a local Home Computer Museum, decided on a project for the upcoming Retro Challenge 2018/04, went through all PCB-design I've ever made and made a list of common failures, and fixed a headphone with built-in microphone (that is, removed the microphone-part). HomeComputerMuseum (Helmond, NL) Retro Challenge 2018/04... ...and my entry for that IFcomp: interactive fiction competition Here's a pic of the microphone/pushbutton thing on the mentioned headphone, with a circuit of what's actually going on:    (the cap is probably a 22 nF one though... Just blindly copied what the meter told me :-)

Maker Faire Ruhr (Dortmund, .de) came and went, so this is the last time you'll hear about my project for that - finally. Apart from that, this episode is about hot air soldering and upcoming events, local and remote, on- and offline. recent Maker Faire Ruhr (2018-03-10 & -11) IFcomp (submission for entries starts on June 1st) Retro Challenge (in April) HomeComputerMuseum (Helmond, .nl) opens on March 17th my Maker Faire entry: Qibec 1-bit 1-instruction transistor-CPU Hackalot hackerspace (Eindhoven, .nl) Electromagnetic Fields camp (Aug/Sept, England) Mithotronic's LEDmePlay game-platform Vintage Computer Festival Europe 19.0 (Muenchen, .de, end of April) Some pics of my Maker Faire Ruhr project:  

We're a little late getting this out, but we're wrapping up our IFComp 2017 coverage with a discussion of the comp as a whole, the top 10 games, and discussions of a few games that...

Continuing our coverage of IFComp 2017, we've played a dozen more games. Check out past two episodes for an intro to IFComp and our first batch of this year's games. Let us know what caught...

Our coverage of IFComp 2017 finally begins in earnest, with impressions of a dozen of the incredible 79 games entered this year. If you're new to IFComp or interactive fiction, check out our previous episode...

In this short episode we're introducing our upcoming coverage of IFComp 2017 with an introduction to the competition and to interactive fiction for new players. We covered IFComp in both 2015 and 2016, and this...

IFComp, the annual interactive fiction competition, has come to a close and we're discussing the results. How did your favorites do? We covered many of the games in this year's competition in our two earlier...

We continue our coverage of 2016's IFComp, the Interactive Fiction Competition. This continues on from The Short Game episode 102, so if you're just joining you may prefer starting there. This week we've picked and...

Now in its 22nd year, IFComp (The Interactive Fiction Competition) is an annual celebration of new text-based games. We covered last year's competition in a pair of episodes last October, and this year we're back...

The Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation (IFTF) is a new non-profit charged with supporting the tools, infrastructure, and legal needs of the interactive fiction community. Also known as text adventures, interactive fiction is one of digital entertainment’s oldest storytelling media, and one that is enjoying a renewed interest, thanks to the annual competition IFComp and the […] The post Polygamer #50: Chris Klimas of the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation first appeared on Polygamer - A Podcast of Equality & Diversity in Gaming & Video Games.

The Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation (IFTF) is a new non-profit charged with supporting the tools, infrastructure, and legal needs of the interactive fiction community. Also known as text adventures, interactive fiction is one of digital entertainment’s oldest storytelling media, and one that is enjoying a renewed interest, thanks to the annual competition IFComp and the […]

Continuing on with our coverage of IFComp (the Interactive Fiction Competition) we're back with brief impressions of 11 more games from this year's whopping 55 entries. Be sure to check out Episode 61 for more...

IFComp, the interactive fiction competition, is the longest running and most important event in the interactive fiction scene. Each year dozens of interactive fiction authors submit new work of all kinds, from hardcore parser puzzle...

This week we talk about the entrants for this year's Spring Thing interactive fiction festival. Spring Thing is an offshoot of IFComp that focuses on new works (they must debut as a part of the...

This month on the Open Apple podcast, Mike and Ken are joined by Rob Kenyon, a two-time KansasFest attendee as well as a professional programmer and 30-year veteran of the Apple II. We talk about how great it is to be a part of the international community of Apple II users, even if none of […]