IFComp, the interactive fiction competition, is the longest running and most important event in the interactive fiction scene. Each year dozens of interactive fiction authors submit new work of all kinds, from hardcore parser puzzle games to experimental Twine games, and this year a record 55 games were submitted! With a timely assist from Emily Short we selected a few of this year’s most intriguing entires and bring you some brief impressions. With so many games to try, this is likely just the beginning of our IFComp coverage!
IFComp 2015 Games Covered in This Episode
– 5 Minutes to Burn Something! by Alex Butterfield
– Arcane Intern (Unpaid) by Astrid Dalmady
– Brain Guzzlers from Beyond! by Steph Cherrywell
– Laid Off from the Synesthesia Factory by Katherine Morayati
– Map by Ade
– Midnight. Swordfight. by Chandler Groover
– Sub Rosa by Joey Jones & Melvin Rangasamy
Click here for a ballot and download links for all of the 2015 IFComp entries
Planning on playing along or voting in this year’s IFComp? Let us know your impressions! Use our Contact form or contact us on Twitter at @_shortgame!
Links for this episode:

The Short Game | 45: Spring Thing 2015 – Interactive Fiction Festival
The Short Game | 31: Interactive Fiction
The Short Game | 59: Porpentine: Eczema Angel Orifice
The Interactive Fiction Competition
The Interactive Fiction Competition – Rules
Slouching Towards Bedlam
Floatpoint
Lost Pig
Leather Goddesses of Phobos – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
IFComp News – “Emily is Away” is withdrawn
emily is away – official site
inkle – 80 Days
inkle – New adventures in 80 DAYS!
New Release: Discernment (Emily Short’s subscriber story for Fallen London)
UNDERTALE
Read Only Memories: A New Cyberpunk Adventure • MidBoss


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