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[19-Jan-2025] if-archive/games/twine/Five Candles in the Meadow.zip
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Five Candles in the Meadow, by Harley D. Version 1.0.

[17-Jan-2025] if-archive/infocom/interpreters/old/itf/psion-manual.pdf
IFWiki: InfoZip

Scanned manual for the commercial (Lacegem/Interdata) release of Bryan Scattergood's Psion port of the ITF interpreter.

[16-Jan-2025] if-archive/games/pc/The Labyrinth of Time's Edge.zip
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The Labyrinth Of Time's Edge, by The Ventureweaver. Version 1.6. Windows executable (Intel 64-bit).

[14-Jan-2025] if-archive/unprocessed/The Soft Rumor of Spreading Weeds.zip
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[12-Jan-2025] if-archive/games/source/inform/mars2049ad.inf
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Inform 6 (PunyInform) source code for Mars, 2049 AD, by Fredrik Ramsberg. Release 7 / Serial number 250110. Use it to learn from and/or copy pieces into other programs. (a compiled version is at games/zcode/mars2049ad.z5)

[12-Jan-2025] if-archive/games/zcode/mars2049ad.z5
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Mars, 2049 AD, by Fredrik Ramsberg. Release 7 / Serial number 250110. (source code is at games/source/inform/mars2049ad.inf)

[03-Jan-2025] if-archive/games/zcode/thornfell_manor_1984.z5
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Thornfell Manor: 1984, a paranatural murder investigation by Tijn Kersjes. Release 2 / Serial number 241228.

[01-Jan-2025] if-archive/info/intficforum/intfic-archive-20250101.sql.gz
[31-Dec-2024] if-archive/games/zcode/old/thornfell_manor_1984-r1.z5
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Thornfell Manor: 1984, a paranatural murder investigation by Tijn Kersjes. Release 1 / Serial number 241228.

[30-Dec-2024] if-archive/infocom/tools/ztools/ztools731a.zip
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This is a version of the ztools source updated for modern C compilers. The functionality is the same as version 7/3.1 (ztools731.tar.gz); it's just easier to compile now.

(For older 1990s platforms, you may want ztools731.tar.gz instead.)

[29-Dec-2024] if-archive/games/html/blackcoffee.zip
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Black Coffee, by Naarel. Implemented in Decker.

[29-Dec-2024] if-archive/games/zcode/latenightmall.z5
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Late Night at the Mall, by Johan Berntsson. Release 1 / Serial number 241104.

[27-Dec-2024] if-archive/infocom/hints/invisiclues/infocom-hints-html.zip
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Hints for Infocom games, adapted (with permission) from Infocom's original Invisiclues hint books.

[27-Dec-2024] if-archive/games/twine/Vending Machine.zip
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The Vending Machine, by Edward Clark. Version 1.0.

[16-Dec-2024] if-archive/games/twine/Grocery game.zip
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Grocery Game, by GreenSkunk06. Version 2.

[15-Dec-2024] if-archive/games/c64/german/Die Bohrinsel.d64
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Die Bohrinsel, by Jürgen Popp. Version 1.1.

[14-Dec-2024] if-archive/games/twine/german/Weihnachtsgeschichte.zip
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Weihnachtsgeschichte, by HrZ.

[11-Dec-2024] if-archive/games/tads/savannah.gam
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IFWiki: Sunset Over Savannah

Sunset Over Savannah, An Existential Vacation, by Ivan Cockrum. Release 1.0.4, 8/2/98. (the original competition entry is in games/competition97/tads/savannah)

[10-Dec-2024] if-archive/games/pc/The Knight's Legend.zip
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The Knight's Legend, by The Ventureweaver. Version 1.0. Windows executable (Intel 64-bit).

[10-Dec-2024] if-archive/games/html/teratoma.zip
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te/ra/to/ma, by Naarel. Implemented in Decker.

[10-Dec-2024] if-archive/games/twine/your life and nothing else.zip
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your life, and nothing else, by Lionstooth.

[09-Dec-2024] if-archive/games/source/inform/spanish/estado-profundo.zip
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Estado Profundo, un thriller ocultista interactivo por n-n. Release 2 / Serial number 230428. Includes story file, HTML interpreter, and Inform 7 source code. Licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

[09-Dec-2024] if-archive/games/zcode/spanish/estado-profundo.zip
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Estado Profundo, un thriller ocultista interactivo por n-n. Release 2 / Serial number 230428. Includes story file, HTML interpreter, and Inform 7 source code. Licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

[09-Dec-2024] if-archive/games/html/SocialDemocracyAnAlternateHistory.zip
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Social Democracy: An Alternate History, by Autumn Chen. Implemented in DendryNexus. Version 1.0.1. Code/writing is MIT licensed, images are various forms of Creative Commons or Public Domain licensed (credits included in-game). (An older version was entered in Spring Thing 2024.)

[06-Dec-2024] if-archive/games/ink/Arkuwar.zip
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Arkuwar, by Daniel M. Stelzer. Release 1, Serial 241124. Released under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY-SA).

[05-Dec-2024] if-archive/games/pc/Christmas Adventure.zip
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Christmas Adventure, by The Ventureweaver. Version 1.0. Windows executable (Intel 64-bit).

[03-Dec-2024] if-archive/unprocessed/inheritance.d64
[01-Dec-2024] if-archive/info/ifdb/ifdb-archive-20241201.zip
[30-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/twine/german/SkywardSanctuary.zip
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Skyward Sanctuary, by Jennifer S. Lange (Make it a Triple Games). English and German (the German title is "Haus im Himmel").

[30-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/twine/SkywardSanctuary.zip
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Skyward Sanctuary, by Jennifer S. Lange (Make it a Triple Games). English and German (the German title is "Haus im Himmel").

[29-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/pc/Ravenwood Hill.zip
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Ravenwood Hill, by The Ventureweaver. Version 1.0. Windows executable (Intel 64-bit).

[25-Nov-2024] if-archive/programming/blorb/blorbtool.py

A Python script for examining and manipulating Blorb files, by Andrew Plotkin. Last updated: October 10, 2024.

[24-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/zcode/advent_punyinform.zip
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IFWiki: Adventure

PunyInform version of 350 point Adventure by Will Crowther and Don Woods. Release 1 / Serial number 241124. z3 and z5 versions. Adapted by Fredrik Ramsberg from the original Inform 6 version by Graham Nelson et al. (source code is at games/source/inform/advent_punyinform.inf)

[24-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/source/inform/advent_punyinform.inf
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IFWiki: Adventure

Inform 6 source code for the PunyInform version of 350 point Adventure by Will Crowther and Don Woods. Release 1 / Serial number 241124. Adapted by Fredrik Ramsberg from the original Inform 6 version by Graham Nelson et al. (a compiled version is in games/zcode/advent_punyinform.zip)

[23-Nov-2024] if-archive/programming/glulx/interpreters/quixe/quixe-225.tar.gz
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Glulx VM interpreter written in Javascript. Version 2.2.5, by Andrew Plotkin.

[23-Nov-2024] if-archive/programming/glk/implementations/glkote-236.tar.gz
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GlkOte 2.3.6, a Javascript library for creating interactive fiction, based on the Glk API, by Andrew Plotkin.

[23-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/pc/Caverns of the Forgotten.zip
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Caverns of the Forgotten, by The Ventureweaver. Version 1.0. Windows executable (Intel 64-bit).

[22-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/mini-comps/barebones/2024/Spermson.zip
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Spermson, by Xenogate. ChoiceScript. English and Brazilian Portuguese.

[22-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/mini-comps/barebones/2024/Sweet & Savory.zip
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Sweet & Savory, by Xenogate. ChoiceScript. English and Brazilian Portuguese.

[22-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/mini-comps/barebones/2024/yarry.zip
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Yarry, by Zachary Dillon. ChoiceScript.

[22-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/mini-comps/barebones/2024/As the Eye Can See.zip
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As the Eye Can See, by SkyShard. Twine.

[22-Nov-2024] if-archive/solutions/maps/russian/AllThingsDevoursMapRu.png
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Map of the game "Все в прошлом", drawn by Alexey Galkin. (the game itself is in games/glulx/russian/devoursR.zip; an English version of the map is at solutions/maps/AllThingsDevoursMap.png)

[22-Nov-2024] if-archive/solutions/maps/AllThingsDevoursMap.png
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IFWiki: All Things Devours

Map of All Things Devours, drawn by Alexey Galkin. (the game itself is at games/zcode/devours.z5; a Russian version of the map is at solutions/maps/russian/AllThingsDevoursMapRu.png)

[22-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/mini-comps/barebones/2024/Poptart Quest.zip
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Poptart Quest, by ambrolen. Ink.

[21-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/mini-comps/barebones/2024/gutted.zip
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SPILL YOUR GUT, by Coral Nulla. HTML/Decker.

[20-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/mini-comps/anti-productivity-jam/Productivity2000.xlsx
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Productivity2000, by yonixw. (Microsoft Excel export of Google Sheet. May not be fully functional.)

[20-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/mini-comps/anti-productivity-jam/I need to let it out.zip
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I need to let it out, by Naarel. Part of Passerine Hills. (Text files.)

[19-Nov-2024] if-archive/infocom/compilers/inform6/source/inform-6.42-r6.tar.gz
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Inform all-in-one Unix source package, put together by David Griffith. The package includes the following:

  • Inform 6.42 source
  • Inform library 6.12.7
  • PunyInform library 5.9
  • Demo games (Advent, Balances, Ruins, etc.)
  • Tutorials and useful include files
  • Other contributed material
[19-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/pc/Arctic Adventure.zip
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Arctic Adventure, by The Ventureweaver. Version 1.0. Windows executable (Intel 64-bit).

[18-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/mini-comps/anti-productivity-jam/love-and-java.zip
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Love and Java, by Biggus. (HTML/CSS, no Javascript.)

[18-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/mini-comps/anti-productivity-jam/CurseOfTheManor.xlsx
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CurseOfTheManor.xls, by Adam Biltcliffe.

[18-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/mini-comps/anti-productivity-jam/interred.txt
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Source code for

:-O _(._.)_ INTERRED _(._.)_ :-Q

by solipsistgames. (Written in the Emoticon esoteric programming language.)

[18-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/mini-comps/anti-productivity-jam/a conversation with a concerned cow.pdf
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a conversation with a concerned cow, by graymeditations. (Static export of a Google Docs document; lacks some of the interactivity of the original.)

[18-Nov-2024] if-archive/solutions/maps/CatchThatCatMap.png
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Map of Felix Pleșoianu's Catch That Cat (TADS version), drawn by Alexey Galkin.

[18-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/twine/german/Bananen-Zombie.zip
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Bananen-Zombie, by HrZ.

[17-Nov-2024] if-archive/infocom/compilers/inform6/source/old/inform-6.42-r5.tar.gz
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Inform all-in-one Unix source package, put together by David Griffith. The package includes the following:

  • Inform 6.42 source
  • Inform library 6.12.7
  • PunyInform library 5.8
  • Demo games (Advent, Balances, Ruins, etc.)
  • Tutorials and useful include files
  • Other contributed material
[17-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/twine/coral_labyrinth.zip
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The Coral Labyrinth, by Coral Nulla. Version 1.0.1.

[16-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/pc/Temple_Of_The_Sun.zip
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Temple Of The Sun, by The Ventureweaver. Version 1.0. Windows executable (Intel 64-bit).

[16-Nov-2024] if-archive/solutions/maps/russian/secret_of_the_starry_depths_ru_map.png
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Map of the game "Секрет звёздных глубин", drawn by Alexey Galkin. Includes spoilers. (the game itself is in games/glulx/russian/starry-depths-ru.zip)

[12-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/source/inform/why-pout.zip
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Why Pout?, by Andrew Schultz (as "Mick Stupp"). Release 5 / Serial number 241112. Contains story file, map, walkthrough, and Inform 7 source code. (the original competition entry is in games/competition2024/Games/why-pout.zip)

[12-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/zcode/why-pout.zip
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Why Pout?, by Andrew Schultz (as "Mick Stupp"). Release 5 / Serial number 241112. Contains story file, map, walkthrough, and Inform 7 source code. (the original competition entry is in games/competition2024/Games/why-pout.zip)

[12-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/twine/you are not goliath..zip
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you are not goliath. by Malachi Versus. Version 1. Public domain.

[07-Nov-2024] if-archive/infocom/media/blorb/Journey (with descriptions).blb
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IFWiki: Journey

The graphics files for Journey, with added image descriptions. The descriptions are taken from the placeholder text included in the prototype version of the game (release 46) found at https://eblong.com/infocom/sources/journey-r46.zip.

At the time of writing (Nov 2024), these descriptions are probably only supported by the macOS interpreter Spatterlight.

[06-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/ink/french/Cyberpunk1977.zip
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Cyberpunk 1977, by Antonin Demeilliez (Atozi).

[05-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/source/tads/AllHopeAbandonSource.zip
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IFWiki: All Hope Abandon

TADS 3 source files for All Hope Abandon, version 4, by Eric Eve.

[05-Nov-2024] if-archive/programming/tads3/library/contributions/DupDobj.t

An extension to allow author control over the handling of duplicate direct objects in the same command (e.g. EXAMINE LEAVES, TWIGS AND BRANCHES). Version 1.3, by Eric Eve.

[04-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/mini-comps/anti-productivity-jam/Campfire night.pptx
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The campfire is the beggining, by JustUseMind.

[04-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/mini-comps/anti-productivity-jam/yet another planning doc.zip
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yet another planning doc, by Naarel. Part of Passerine Hills. (The supplementary materials accompanying the online Google Docs, links to which are included.)

[04-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/mini-comps/anti-productivity-jam/This is what I need to tell you.zip
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This is what I need to tell you, by Max Fog. (Static export of views of the Interactive Fiction forum at intfiction.org.)

[04-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/twine/Alexis Unbound.zip
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Alexis, Unbound, an Interactive Sapphic Horror Novel by A. C. Eberhardt and K. Twomey.

[02-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/competitions/competitions-french/confituredeparser/2024/miroir.zip
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Le miroir d'Ozivior, by Samuel Verschelde (Stormi). Release 1 / Serial number 240915. Browser-playable HTML version.

[02-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/competitions/competitions-french/confituredeparser/2024/village-pecheurs.z8
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Au village du pêcheur, by Ju/smwhr.

[02-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/competitions/competitions-french/confituredeparser/2024/village-de-pecheurs.zip
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Au village du pêcheur, by Ju/smwhr. Browser-playable HTML version.

[02-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/competitions/competitions-french/confituredeparser/2024/miroir.z8
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Le miroir d'Ozivior, by Samuel Verschelde (Stormi). Release 1 / Serial number 240915.

[02-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/competitions/competitions-french/confituredeparser/2024/une_simulation.zip
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Une Simulation, by MythOnirie. Version 1.00. CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

[01-Nov-2024] if-archive/games/zcode/Everything, to a Computer.zblorb
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Everything, to a Computer..., by Wellington Owen. Release 1 / Serial number 241101.

[31-Oct-2024] if-archive/games/twine/do not let your left hand know.zip
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do not let your left hand know, by Naarel.

[31-Oct-2024] if-archive/games/zcode/Photograph.zblorb
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IFWiki: Photograph

Photograph, a Portrait of Reflection, by Steve Evans. Release 6 / Serial number 241030. (the original competition entry is in games/competition2002/zcode/photo/photo.z5)

[30-Oct-2024] if-archive/games/glulx/Never Gives Up Her Dead.gblorb
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Never Gives Up Her Dead, by Brian Rushton. Release 3 / Serial number 241029.

[29-Oct-2024] if-archive/games/twine/Starship Fabulous.zip
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Starship Fabulous: The Great Space Alien Dating Sim, by Emery Joyce, Ayse Gursoy, and Chris Johnston.

[29-Oct-2024] if-archive/unprocessed/towerofdoom.zip
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[27-Oct-2024] if-archive/games/zcode/traffic.z5
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Traffic, by D. S. Yu. Release 2 / Serial number 241027. (a walkthrough is at solutions/traffic-walkthrough.txt; the original competition entry is in games/competition2024/Games/traffic.zip)

[27-Oct-2024] if-archive/solutions/traffic-walkthrough.txt
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Walkthrough for release 2 of Traffic, by D. S. Yu. (the game itself is at games/zcode/traffic.z5)

[25-Oct-2024] if-archive/games/twine/axolotl.zip
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The Axolotl Project, by Samantha Vick.

[23-Oct-2024] if-archive/games/twine/The Darien Gap.zip
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The Darien Gap, by influencia indebida. MIT license (code) and Creative Commons CC-BY-4.0 (assets).

[23-Oct-2024] if-archive/games/source/inform/old/why-pout-r3.zip
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Why Pout?, by Andrew Schultz (as "Mick Stupp"). Release 3 / Serial number 241022. Contains story file, map, walkthrough, and Inform 7 source code. (the original competition entry is in games/competition2024/Games/why-pout.zip)

[23-Oct-2024] if-archive/games/zcode/old/why-pout-r3.zip
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Why Pout?, by Andrew Schultz (as "Mick Stupp"). Release 3 / Serial number 241022. Contains story file, map, walkthrough, and Inform 7 source code. (the original competition entry is in games/competition2024/Games/why-pout.zip)

[21-Oct-2024] if-archive/games/zcode/What Fuwa Bansaku Found.zip
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IFWiki: What Fuwa Bansaku Found

What Fuwa Bansaka Found, by Chandler Groover. Originally published in 2016 by sub-Q Magazine.

[21-Oct-2024] if-archive/games/twine/Tailypo.zip
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Tailypo, by Chandler Groover. Originally published in 2015 by sub-Q Magazine.

[21-Oct-2024] if-archive/utilities/babel-0.7.zip
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IFWiki: Babel (utility)

Treaty of Babel processing tool, version 0.7, by L. Ross Raszewski et al. Corresponds to revision 12 of the Treaty of Babel.

[19-Oct-2024] if-archive/games/html/gosling.zip
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Miss Gosling's Last Case, by Daniel M. Stelzer. Implemented in Dialog. Release 3. Serial number 241016. Contains story in Å-code (HTML; recommended) and Z-code formats, map, and hints. (the original competition entry is in games/competition2024/Games/gosling.zip)

[19-Oct-2024] if-archive/games/zcode/gosling.zip
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Miss Gosling's Last Case, by Daniel M. Stelzer. Implemented in Dialog. Release 3. Serial number 241016. Contains story in Å-code (HTML; recommended) and Z-code formats, map, and hints. (the original competition entry is in /games/competition2024/Games/gosling.zip)

[18-Oct-2024] if-archive/games/source/inform/old/why-pout-r2.zip
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Why Pout?, by Andrew Schultz (as "Mick Stupp"). Release 2 / Serial number 241018. Contains story file, map, walkthrough, and Inform 7 source code. (the original competition entry is in games/competition2024/Games/why-pout.zip)

[18-Oct-2024] if-archive/games/zcode/old/why-pout-r2.zip
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Why Pout?, by Andrew Schultz (as "Mick Stupp"). Release 2 / Serial number 241018. Contains story file, map, walkthrough, and Inform 7 source code. (the original competition entry is in games/competition2024/Games/why-pout.zip)

[18-Oct-2024] if-archive/games/twine/spanish/Gamer viejo.zip
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Gamer viejo primera parte, by Alzheimer Industries-Strollersoft. First edition. License is CC BY-NC-ND. Entry for the Rayuela de Arena Jam 2024.

[18-Oct-2024] if-archive/games/html/The Archivist and the Revolution.zip
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The Archivist and the Revolution, by Autumn Chen. Implemented in Dendry. Version 2.3. Music by Jim Aikin. Code/writing under MIT license. (the original competition version is in games/competition2022/Games/The Archivist and the Revolution.zip)