Welcome to IFComp 2005, the competition for short text adventures.
2 December: T-shirts! Get your t-shirts! Mike Snyder has kindly designed competition t-shirts for this year. If you want one (or more), order by Friday, December 16th.
16 November: The results are in! Congratulations to the top three games: Vespers, Beyond, and A New Life, as well as to all authors for entering and all judges for voting. The full results are available below.
1 Oct (a little later): The games are now available for downloading, and the game information and voting page is open.
1 Oct: Authors have uploaded their games, which are currently being processed. The games will be available in a bit.
2 May: The web site is open for business. Authors may sign up, while those who are interested can learn more about how to judge in the competition or can donate prizes.
The competition has ended, and the results are now available. The top three games are Vespers and (tied for second) Beyond and A New Life. The winners of the Miss Congeniality Contest, chosen by the authors themselves, are Vespers, A New Life, and The Plague (Redux).
For the last eleven years, the readers of the Usenet newsgroup rec.arts.int-fiction have held a yearly interactive fiction competition. For fans of the old Infocom games as well as for newcomers to the genre, the competition is a chance to enjoy some of the best short adventure games available anywhere.
The organizer for the 2005 competition is Stephen Granade. Thanks go to all who have volunteered their time and energy to make this competition happen over the years. Special thanks go to Geof Morris, Mark Musante, Lucian Smith, and Misty Granade.