My first @twinethreads game / #IF, American Angst, an interactive horror story released Oct 2017, is now playable online at https://t.co/SOgJPAVD0x via @TextAdv \o/
Also the finalists for @XYZZYawards 2017 have been announced. The XYZZY Awards are the Oscars of Text Adventures. The popular jury selected the nominees for this year and the second round is open through May 31. Congratulations to all nominees!
https://t.co/SVMvid1uf1
Ok, so there's a lot of news that we failed to catch on time. Let's start with @SpringThingFest absolute winner of this year edition. Illuminismo Iniziato by Michael J. Coyne got both the Audience Choice and Alumni's Choice awards.
https://t.co/hFoJ8SFqVS
Friendly reminder. You can actually save your games at https://t.co/7TnZ9Ydky1 It is completely safe to play text adventures there:
https://t.co/XGbwBdXyzy
Emulation continues to be a fun thing at the Internet Archive. I've mentioned the following interesting feature, which has now been there for years, and it continues to be the greatest social experiment ever: If you use a DOSBOX-emulated item at the Internet Archive, it persists.
Type-in adventures for the #ZxSpectrum by Level 9. Haven't got a full set but I'm only really interested in the earlier titles so just keeping an eye out for a few more for myself #retrogaming
Winners of the 2018 Choice of Games Contest for Interactive Novels organised by @choiceofgames has been announced yesterday. Congratulations to the winners!
https://t.co/lbO9Iy7LxC
The guys at @inkleStudios has a Patreon for the development of Ink. The popular system behind their games: Sorcery!, 80 Days, even the new and shiny Heaven's Vault.
https://t.co/7HUVGL0ecB
The Xyzzy Awards 2017 are here. The anual event as the "Oscars of Interactive Fiction" has its first round open to nominate the best games of 2017. Check the details, you will need an IF Comp account to cast your vote. Participe today!
https://t.co/8l81QQJhb6
Beckett by @TheSecretExp is a surreal noir graphical game that feels like an adventure. Environments could be explored like in an adventure, but with a superb surreal style.
https://t.co/x4rKs8R7dG
Konstantinos Dinopoulos has a website specialised in games urbanism. Ideal to learn about fictional cities and how to create them. Follow him at twitter @gnomeslair
https://t.co/e28HIWxCkY