I’m delighted to announce that Interact-IF is officially back in business! I (Allie @allieebobo) will be taking the reins as the new mod, and I’m very excited to get this blog up and running again!
First, a heartfelt thank-you to the original mod team for everything they’ve built. Interact-if has become such an invaluable resource and hub for interactive fiction fans and authors alike. It’s a tough act to follow, but I’ll do my best to keep the spirit of this wonderful space alive :)
A little bit more about me: I’m the author of two WIP interactive fiction games, @collegetennisoriginstory and @merrycrisis-if. Interact-if was one of the first blogs/places that I discovered almost three years ago now, and it led me to so many amazing stories, authors, and resources.
When I saw that the blog was going into archive mode, with a call for a new generation of mods, I wanted to do my best to help out. I reached out to the original mod team and worked out a gameplan for the future of Interact-if, which I’d like to share with all of you today.
P.S. If you would like to join me, I’d love to have you on the team! Scroll down to the section on ‘open call for mods’.
Without further ado, here’s the plan!
My goal is to focus on retaining the aspects that made Interact-IF so special: spotlighting diverse authors, and creating a warm, inclusive space to talk about and share wonderful games.
🟢 Active:
Game Updates & Intros: If you’re an author with a new game or demo update, or if you’re organizing a game jam or event you’d like to share with the community, simply tag @interact-if in your posts, and I’ll reblog them. It would also be helpful if you added tags stating the IF's genre (e.g. horror, romance), has a demo/no demo.
Themed Author Features: I’ll continue the tradition of spotlighting authors and games based on monthly themes (e.g. Pride Month, Disability Month). These interviews are such a great way of celebrating diversity and inclusivity in the IF community, and I’d love to keep these going! Stay tuned for a detailed post on this soon!
Community Spotlight: Once every quarter, I’ll also do a call for reader recs around certain categories/themes (e.g. Fave RO, Fave Worldbuilding/setting, Fave plot-twist etc.) and compile these recommendations to share. Think of it as a bulletin of crowdsourced faves and a way of sharing a little note about an IF you love!
🟡 Remain open/active, but not modded:
Game directory: The Interact-IF repository of games (excel) will remain open for authors to update/list their games and/or readers to discover their next read. (Feel free to continue to update/populate the repository, though do note it will remain completely crowd-sourced/author-updated).
Discord: The discord will remain open and active for discussions, resource sharing, and casual chats, though again, this will not be officially modded (though I, and some of the original mods like roast, may be active from time to time)
🔴 Not active:
Asks: I will not be answering asks except for specific submissions (e.g. for author features, reader recommendations etc.). If you would like to ask for specific game recommendations, or have questions/just wanna chat, the discord channel is a great place to do just that! :)
Keeping track of events/game updates: As mentioned, I’ll rely on authors / readers to tag me in updates posts and/or flag any games with questionable content/anything that might need my attention, as I won't be able to search out update posts or do any extensive vetting.
Open call for mods:
Finally, I’d love to have some company! If you’re interested in helping out—whether with reblogs, interviews, or brainstorming new features—please reach out. Having a small team would make this space even more vibrant!
Thank you for your support, your enthusiasm, and for being part of what makes Interact-IF such a special corner of the internet! :)
If you have any suggestions or ideas on how Interact-If can be improved, feel free also to drop the blog a direct message or an ask. I look forward to getting to know all of you better. Here's to an awesome year of interactive fiction (and many more!)
The GBB is a blog focused completely around appreciating the archangel Gabriel from the CW TV show Supernatural. We’ve run some Gabriel Bangs in the past and we’re going to continue to and in addition to trying to add some smaller low pressure events throughout the year when there isn’t a bang happening. The world just needs more Gabriel.
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Shout out to everyone who participated in the Resonant Echoes Remix this summer! And to everyone else, thanks for tuning in. We hope you had as much fun as we did with this event! The Mod Team loved all the creative ideas you started us off with as well as your super creative takes on each others original works!
We had 27 participants for this event resulting in 54 total works!
Links to each work can be found below the cut.
Stay tuned for more information on our next event later in the fall! We're once again, trying something new. If you're having as much fun as we are be sure to encourage your friends to tune in next time too!
Original Work: The End of It by @aceymcspacey
Remixed Work: The End Into the Beginning by @rottensearose
Original Work: Connection Lost by almost-caviar
Remixed Work: Alone at the end of everything by @dropsdraws
Original Work: Altered Trajectory by @arahul-abyssia
Remixed Work: Spiral by @pink--lemonadee
Original Work: Favorite Moment by @buggbott
Remixed Work: Momentary Eternity by arahul-abyssia
Original Work: The Only Star I Ever Cared About by @burning-basil
Remixed Work: Someday I'd Like to Show You the World by @stardusttshowers
Original Work: Doshpuluur [Snapped String] by @cosmic-escapist
Remixed Work: Elegy by @theabyssfsh
Original Work: "Are You Still There?" by @cosmicdandelidae
Remixed Work: Skipped Frame by cosmic-escapist
Original Work: To The Stars! by @cosmosogler
Remixed Work: BLAMMO! by @craniumknight
Original Work: That's Tuff by craniumknight
Remixed Work: How did we get here? by @muddonium
Original Work: Timber Hearth From Space by @deckof-dragons
Remixed Work: HEARTHRISE by aceymcspacey
Original Work: Marshmallow Nights by @desisthegame
Remixed Work: Late Night Jam by @rayrachquit
Original Work: now we come to a place we call a common ground by @dragon-madeline
Remixed Work: Making First Contact by desisthegame
Original Work: Picnic Dream by dropsdraws
Remixed Work: A Digital Lazy River (no title) by deckof-dragons
Original Work: Cycad's Refuge by muddonium
Remixed Work: weird pond visitor! by dragon-madeline
Original Work: Post-Predicaments by @munchkin1156
Remixed Work: Post-Predicaments by @rainyhaven
Original Work: Turn Up That Dial, It's Time for Outer Wilds by @mushwhimmortem
Remixed Work: Hatchling brings home a handful of rocks from space ::) by dropsdraws
Original Work: third-wheeling by @pancakemolybdenum
Remixed Work: Just the Three of Us! by burning-basil
Original Work: Moonbound by pink--lemonadee
Remixed Work: I am Ready by @the-blaze-empress
Original Work: Marshmallow Break by rainyhaven
Remixed Work: marshmallow memories by comosogler
Original Work: Hanging out in the Woods by rayrachquit
Remixed Work: napping in the green by @verycoolfirefly
Original Work: Strange World, Stranger Skies by rottensearose
Remixed Work: Hello Little Friends by rayrachquit
Original Work: Lantern's Fury by @sapwine-and-starcharts
Remixed Work: Brave at the end of everything by almost-caviar
Original Work: Space Fantasy by stardusttshowers
Remixed Work: Here With Me by cosmicdandelidae
Original Work: Final Voyage by the-blaze-empress
Remixed Work: Rebirth by @vervainpetrichor
Original Work: Solanums Vocabulary Lessons by theabyssfsh
Remixed Work: Talk in the Woods by Munchkin1156
Original Work: Quantum Ink by vervainpetrichor
Remixed Work: Etched Into Skin by mushwhimmortem
Original Work: family game night by verycoolfirefly
Remixed Work: family game night 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO by pancakemolybdenum
We are happy to announce one of our long-time followers, and fan of the ship, has agreed to join the Admin team to help keep the blog active. Please join us all in a big welcome to @jinrosemoon!! Welcome Jin!
As some of you know our admin favorites post is full, so we're sharing some of Jin's faves here in the announcement post.
Absence by Ciule
E | Complete | 147k
She fed the green flash of silent death into the Time-Turner, willing it to go somewhere, to a time where she could change all that had happened, a time where she could stop this madness. A time where she could put an end to him too. But, as it happened, he had other ideas.
Peremo by virennia
Not Rated | Complete | 129k
When Hermione gets stuck in the 1950's, she has no choice but to live her life.
And then, she meets Tom.
*completed*
Infinite Spin by seollem
[also a Mod April fave!]
E | WIP | 114k
All the screens flashed black and white simultaneously, scoreboards blinking excitedly, the same glorious name at the top of each list.
LordVoldemort.
(90s Gamer AU)
Nothing Like the Sun by orphan_account
M | Abandoned but Worth it | 41K
Riddle was a model student, ostensibly, and most everyone could vouch for him being the nicest Slytherin that they knew, but Hermione had always felt that his polite demeanor was rather insincere. How
nice
could he be, really, if he cornered his friends in dodgy alleys and caused them inexplicable pain? (Or, Hermione follows the Muggle admonition that she keep her enemies closer a little too strictly to the letter.)
Soaked, Smoked, Freezing by backbiter
E | One shot | 7k
Tom Marvolo Riddle always gets what he wants.
He observes, he plots, he strikes.
And when destiny leads him to a mysterious woman surrounded by a cornucopia of treasures, he realizes that even setbacks tend to work in his favour.
Yes, nothing could ever go over his head or catch him by surprise.
Nothing at all
Tread softly, Fraulein by amatviktoriacuram
[Mod Haus also loves this one]
E | One Shot | 4K
“The Oberstleutnant likes his secretaries smart. You’ll do well, Fraulein Granger.”
Or the one in which Dumbledore is a Western agitator wanting to bring down the most infamous hunter of the Stasi, the Dark Lord. He sends in his best agent, Hermione Granger, but is she his agent, after all?
Announcement: A Wild DIPPLINSHIPPING HYPE WEEK appeared!
As you may know, the Indigo Disk DLC released on December 14th, 2023. In anticipation of the upcoming 1 year anniversary, we're banding together to celebrate the wonderful conclusion of the DLC storyline and all of the swoony & angsty moments of dipplinshipping as a whole!
This event and its prompts are based entirely on community ideas and voting. According to final responses, most dipplinshipping community members prefer to celebrate from Saturday, December 14th, 2024 (Indigo Disk Anniversary Date) to Friday, December 20th, 2024.
Event Guidelines:
Any art form is welcome. Whether you want to draw, paint, write, create music, or so on - we love and encourage it!
Participation is entirely up to the creator. While the official start and end dates of the celebration week are outlined, you are more than welcome to release submissions at your own pace and liking. If you only want to do 1 or 2 prompts, no worries! If you want to do all 7, have at it! Just make sure you're having fun. :)
Please mark your content accordingly and remain mindful of community safety and comfort. I plan to promote all content that is created for this event, but will not be promoting inappropriate themes (e.g., NSFW, violent/graphic content, inappropriate treatment of minors or pokemon, or any other related themes that may be questionable or discomforting). Off theme submissions will also not be promoted (e.g., OC shipping).
How to Submit:
Use the Tumblr hashtags: #dipplinshipping, #dipplinshippinghypeweek2024.
Submission Link for AO3 Collection.
Have fun!!! I can't wait to celebrate with you. <3
Special shoutouts to @mimilovesfurret for suggesting this event idea, and to @kekstala, @mandachuart, and @tuttiflutie for co-creating the lovely infographic above on short notice!
I honestly have given up hope for getting hostages back. It’s mentally eaisier for me I guess to give up hope and be proven wrong
Obviously I no longer think any occupation can do considering percise assasination were much more effective. Hamas is the occupying force of Gaza not the natural reaction to Israeli oppression.
still I’m not here to teach you geopolotics or bitch about other jumblr users. Receipts are reopened and published once a day oldest last.
Reminder: links of any kind, non receipts of any kind and cool jewish thing you found will not be published and repeat offenders may be blocked for what I arbitrarily deem as spam.
Drafts for both authors and artists are due tomorrow. The most important thing is that all projects are done by final due date, so if your draft is not 100% finished yet, it's okay. Just turn in what you have for now—and remember that rough drafts can be rough.
Submission forms were sent out last week, and we'll be sending out another reminder email tomorrow, but if you have not received the link please let us know!
