#ifdb awards

[interact-if]

Results of the 2025 interactive fiction IFDB awards are out :)

Check the page out for some cool games!

[cyberpunklesbian]

I've been trying to add games from itch.io and Choice of Games to IFDB, so that they can qualify for the IFDB Awards. All of the CoGs are uploaded now, as well as some of the HGs, so the Outstanding Choicescript Game category should be more interesting now. The interact-if game jams are also good sources of games; I've uploaded some of them.

If anyone has any games they want to upload for the IFDB Awards, feel free to let me know, as I have a script that can automatically upload games to ifdb from itch or CoG.

[manonamora-if]

Results of the 2022 IFDB Awards!

The awards are in! There were some surprising changes even in the last day of voting, and many of the polls that had too few votes rocketed

The results are out!

Congratulations to everyone who received an award!

[lapinlunaire-games]

Congrats on winning underappreciated game at the idfb awards, jinx!! 💙💙💙

Ahhhh thank you, Arlo!!!! Best best best news to wake up to for sure 😊💜 So many awesome games nominated that are on my to play list!

[manonamora-if]

can you just stop talking about those dumb awards? it means absolutely nothing! you win nothing! awards are dumb

Sure, in the grand scheme of things, awards don't matter. Nothing really matter actually.

But these things are fun, even if they are meaningless.

I think it's fun to give some highlight to games that were published last year but might not have gotten the attention they maybe should have gotten. Or just push the game you really really like in other people's faces. Or get to find new games you might not have come across in this part of the IF Community. Or want to just be part of a poll...

And we should add more fun into our lives. Even if it's small and dumb and means nothing.

[IFDB Awards Poll List]

[manonamora-if]

Another week passed... I did things!

Patched some lil bugs (one that I had created trying to fix something else...), reformatted some pages, and fixed some typos.

Since the end of the Comp, the French IF community has been streaming the entries. Last Wednesday was my turn! It is not a full playthrough (as the game is really that long), but it solved all puzzles but one. The participants in the stream were also quite close in figuring out the story... :)

Two people on the IntFiction Forum are also reviewing the Comp entries. And I was among the first to get very lovely reviews from both of them!

I've also got someone lovely return from players in general, as well as more critical feedback/ideas for edits. When I have a bit more time, I will try to implement those and add an English translation to it...

Anyway, play DOL-OS here!

No one has figured out the Easter Egg or found the hidden meaning either yet... :(

I have finished reworking the UI. This include shuffling around some blocks, increasing the container size, simplifying the Interface code, adding some transitions between screens, fixing the animations (;-; finally), adding a new "screen", customising the Dialog boxes, etc...

AND ! The UI has been optimising for Mobile view too! To get the full experience, I'd still advise for a screen being at least 900x600, but smaller screen (portrait) will be able to play soon!

Before I upload the fix, I would like to add a tad more text (a small scene with Mr. E) and add a few extra settings, especially for timed/typed animated text (tested, need to add to the file), and font options.

Maybe next week update? Or the week after...

You know what I forgot last week? Recoding the searching through the room part of Scene 1 (because it's a sperate file)... That's done now. As well as the side destination options. I've done 1/3rd of Scene 2, not touched Scene 3, and half of Scene 4.

I thought I would have been further than I am now but I'm not... I forgot how big the chapter were. Each file is 1.3k - 2k lines of code/writing. That's a lot to go through.

On the plus side, since I've figured out a better way of coding the next animation, I got to optimise some stuff!

I am still not set on a title, but I do have the theme for my SeedComp! entry: Noir... but kind of a spoof?

Short pitch: you play as a down-on-your-luck P.I. waiting for your next case to pay your bills, when a Dame enters your office.

The whole thing is drafted, I've described the big actions/choices, and started writing it. Since I've also set myself on the One Page template as my UI, I won't need to spend too much time on that. Just the coding, when the writing is done.

Some repeat of last week:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~IFDB AWARDS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The IFDB Awards are almost over. Less than one week to vote!

Check out this post for more information.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SEEDCOMP !~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A bit more than 2 weeks left on the Sprouting Round of the @seedcomp-if ! Come join me and create a little game.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SPRING THING~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Spring Thing 2023 Edition is officially open. You can register your intent until March 1st !

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~FRENCH COMP~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You can vote for the comp entries until the start of March! Voting does not happen on itch, but a google form linked on the Comp Page.

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That's about it. Toodles~

[manonamora-if]

Until now, what has been a surprise to see in the IFDB polls?

That there are really very few non-English entries on the Database, compared to the amount of games released every year.

Well... It should not too surprising, since the IFDB is not the main source for IF games. And it is only available in English (possible language barrier). But yeah... that was something that stood out.

Maybe also there were not that many entries in the polls that were not part of some major comps (IF Comp, Spring Thing, Ecto, etc...). But outside of Tumblr, I'd wager most IF creators release games during comp rather than outside of it. So I guess not too surprising either?

Honestly, I have mainly glanced through the polls to cast my votes. We will see on result day!

[ok actual surprise, someone voted for TTTT as Outstanding Debut... even though it's like what... my 5th game? I had to flag that to the organisers...]

[manonamora-if]

Omg!!!

Someone voted for The Trials and Tribulations of Edward Harcourt in the Outstanding Debut (it being MelS's first game). This is so cool!

I am so glad people are enjoying his work this much :D