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Here, you will find anything related to the SeedComp! competition, a yearly two-round Interactive Fiction competition focusing on creativity and the growth of ideas.

What is the SeedComp! ?

The SeedComp! is a 2-round interactive fiction game jam, focusing on creativity and the growth of ideas, and runs yearly.

In the first round, Planting, participants can 'plant seeds', to inspire other participants to create a game. In the second round, Sprouting, participants will use any seed submitted to the previous round, and transform it into a game!

Interested users can participate in either or both rounds, or simply browse the entries and vote for them!

At the end of the Voting period, seeds and games are presented with Awards* and Stickers** !

*Game entries can opt-out from voting. **Stickers are unique acknowledgement of an entry by a voter.

The Rules

For the Planting Round

For the Sprouting Round

For the Voting Period

Where to find the SeedComp! ?

Official Website

Itch Account

Forum Threads

@seedcomp-if

IFWiki

Discord

How to Contact us for questions?

Send us an ask on this blog

Join our Discord

Create a post on the Community Tab of the Currently Active Round

Send us an email at [ TBA ]

Editions of the SeedComp!

2023-2024 [Current] : Planting - Sprouting

2022-2023: Planting - Sprouting - IFDB

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SeedComp! - Voting Round !

From today until April 4th, you will be able to vote for this year's batch of sprouted games !

Play the games on itch:

Find the Voting Form here:

AND THE FORM IS LIVE!! Technically two forms, but the Seed Voting one has been open for two months already: Vote for the Seeds of the Plan

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LAST DAY TO VOTE!!

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SeedComp! - Voting Round !

From today until April 4th, you will be able to vote for this year's batch of sprouted games !

Play the games on itch:

Find the Voting Form here:

AND THE FORM IS LIVE!! Technically two forms, but the Seed Voting one has been open for two months already: Vote for the Seeds of the Plan

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Only a few days to vote!!

The deadline is April 4th!

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SeedComp! - Voting Round !

From today until April 4th, you will be able to vote for this year's batch of sprouted games !

Play the games on itch:

Find the Voting Form here:

AND THE FORM IS LIVE!! Technically two forms, but the Seed Voting one has been open for two months already: Vote for the Seeds of the Plan

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Sprouting Deadline Extended!

The deadline to submit a game to the SeedComp! has been extended to Sunday 4th (midnight AoE Zone). You can find the time for your timezone on itch.

A game jam from 2023-12-01 to 2024-03-04 hosted by manonamora, Dercomai, luciansmith, pinkunz & MiloMesdag. SeedComp! is a 2-round interacti

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Vote for your favourite seed(s)!

The Planting round having started for a few weeks already, we thought we would change things up a bit and open the Voting Period for the Seeds NOW!

Welcome to the Voting Form for the Planting Round of the SeedComp! SeedComp! is a 2-round interactive fiction game jam, focusing on creativ

The form will stay open until March 31st!

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1 week left to Plant a seed!

Submit your seed here!

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Last few hours!!

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1 week left to Plant a seed!

Submit your seed here!

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SeedComp! - The Re-Planting!

Welcome to this new edition of the Seedcomp! SeedComp! is a 2-round interactive fiction game jam, run on itch.io, focusing on creativity and the growth of ideas.

While some parts of the world are participating in harvest festivals, here at SeedComp! HQ, we've gotten the ground ready for the planting of new seeds!

Come join us and plant a seed yourself, or maybe sprout a game from one of those seeds. Or maybe both! Or maybe look from afar and vote for your favourite entry!

Learn more about the SeedComp! game jam at @seedcomp-if !

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Relevant links:

Register for the Planting round

Register for the Sprouting round

Join our Discord

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Some little changes:

-> Round length

SeedComp! starts a bit longer this year, allowing participants a bit more time to submit both seeds and games:

Planting Round: Oct 1st to Dec, 1st

Sprouting Round: Dec 1st to March 1st

Voting Period: March 3rd to March 31st

All indicated deadlines are still set to midnight (00:00 - 12am) UTC -10/HST time, and Itch still translates it to your local time automatically.

-> Rules and Guidelines

Please note that we've tweaked the rules and guidelines for the competition. Before submitting a seed or an entry, please ensure to review them.

You can find the updated rules on both the Planting round and the Sprouting round itch pages, as well as the links on the pinned post of this account.

If you have any question about the rules or the competition, please send us an ask!

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The Voting Period - Rules

Forenote: the rules of the SeedComp! have been revised as of the 2023-2024 edition. Please read these rules before submitting to a round.

All Sprouting entries will be made available to play shortly after that round ends. We encourage every creator from each round to play the entries and vote for them :)

Unless opted-out or disqualified, every entry is eligible for Awards. Awards are titles set by the organisers (such as Best Overall, Best UI, Best Puzzle, etc..).

While Award eligibility is limited, every entry can also be nominated for Stickers, which are unique acknowledgements submitted by voters for specific entries (note: all stickers will be screened by the organisers).

Seeds will also be eligible for Awards. Awards will depend on sign-ups and use (e.g.: Most signed-up Seed, Most Finished Entries for a Seed), as well as votes (e.g. Most Innovative). If you have an idea for a Seed Award, please contact the organisers.

From the end of the Planting round until March 31st, you will be able to vote for your favourite Seed!

From March 4th to March 31st, through this form, you will be able to vote for Awards and submit stickers for the games.

The results will be posted in early April.

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The Sprouting Round - Rules

Forenote: the rules of the SeedComp! have been revised as of the 2023-2024 edition. Please read these rules before submitting to a round.

In this 2nd Round, the Sprouting round, we welcome you to submit your IF game, based on one or more seeds from the Planting round.

A sign-up sheet will be made available for participants to indicate their intent to use a particular seed in their entry at the start of each Sprouting round. This is optional.

Submission Guidelines:

All entries must be Interactive Fictions. -> SeedComp! embraces a permissive definition of Interactive Fiction (i.e. it's focused on text, and it's interactive).

All entries must be completed games. -> While there is no requirement in length, a reasonable target should be about 15-30 minutes to play.

All entries must be based on at least one seed from this year's Planting round. -> You may choose to incorporate more or all seeds if you wish to. Including from past editions of the Comp. -> The entries must follow the licensing type of the most restrictively licensed seed used (indicated on the seed page).

All entries must indicate the seeds used in their submission form.

Seed use is not exclusive to one person, multiple people can sign up for the same seed. There is no 'dibs'.

You may use your own seed from Round 1. -> While you may use only your own seed, this does go against the spirit of SeedComp! and thus your submission won’t be eligible for awards. To remain eligible, you must use a seed created by someone else in conjunction with your own.

Content Warnings must be indicated when submitting the entry.

The entries must follow any and all restrictions placed by the license of the seeds used. -> Attribution of the author of the seed must be clearly indicated in your game/game page if the seed is under CC-BY. -> The entry must be non-commercial if one seed is under the CC-BY-NC license, and attribution to the author should be clear.

The entries must be freely available to play at least during the Voting Period.

We encourage you to provide a downloadable copy of your entry in your game page, for accessibility purposes.

Unranked Submissions

While the competition is ranked, with a voting period after the end of the Sprouting round, you can opt-out from receiving awards for your entry when submitting. You can still receive stickers but your entry won't be part of of any ranking.

Organisers can submit entries, but are not eligible to receive awards.

Archiving of entries:

An IFDB page will be created for each entry at the end of the round. The IFDB, or Interactive Fiction Database, is an IF game information catalogue, creating a historical record of the IF landscape. You are more than welcome to create it yourself beforehand.

You can also opt-in to see your entry submitted to the IF Archive (the entry will be playable from its IFDB page and archived) or submit it yourself! -> If you opt-in to archive your entry, please provide a downloadable copy of your entry.

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The Planting Round - Rules

Forenote: the rules of the SeedComp! have been revised as of the 2023-2024 edition. Please read these rules before submitting to a round.

In this 1st Round, the Planting round, we welcome you to submit 'seeds' into the competition, to inspire authors in the next round to create their entries!

These seeds can be absolutely anything! From game introductions, visual pieces, blurbs, design drafts, full puzzles, poems, music, characters, I7 extensions, settings, feelies, or even code... we will take anything you have!

You can submit:

As many 'seeds' as you'd wish.

Seeds in any format you wish to use. -> Unfinished IF projects, only if you are the author of said entries.

NSFW seeds as long as content warnings are included.

Other guidelines:

Submitted Seeds must be your own creation.

Seeds must be submitted with a license as or less restrictive than CC BY-NC. -> You can also submit seeds under a CC-BY license or equivalent, or a less restrictive license (ex: public domain).

All seeds must be downloadable.

While there is no minimum word count for static text seeds (like blurbs/intros), we encourage you to submit more than just one sentence.

All seeds will be screened by the organisers for trolling/abuse.

Auto Re-enrollment:

When submitting a seed, there is a chance that it might not be among the selected ones to help sprout a game this year. This is to be expected, as more seeds have been submitted than games in any given year (which is why we encourage the use of multiple seeds in game development).

So, when submitting a seed, you will be asked, if your seed is unused in this year's SeedComp!, whether you would like it to be resubmitted on your behalf every year until it is either used or 5 years have elapsed, whichever happens first.

This allows seeds a better chance of finding the right creator without leaving them in the active competition forever.

The Seedbank:

The SeedBank is a database of past seeds created during SeedComp!

The individual licensing requirements of seeds found in the SeedBank, like Author attribution or restrictions against commercial works, remain in force into perpetuity. When submitting a seed, you will be asked whether you would like to have it added to the database when no longer active (i.e. used in a previous SeedComp!). If you opted for auto re-enrollement, being added to the database would occur either after your entry is finally used or the auto re-enrollment period ends after 5 years.

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SeedComp is coming back!