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Beta Testing Requests and Discussion If you’ve completed a story or game, or wish to get beta testers for one, let us know here! Getting Started Playing IF Here you can find out information on what it takes to start playing Interactive Fiction and what programs you need. Forum Games, Wordplay, and Challenges Have a great riddle, forum game, or challenge to the community? This is the place to do it. Ideally the purpose is to motivate conversation about games, but feel free to play Mornington Crescent, challenge people to find every IF that contains a lizard, tell running jokes, run a low-stakes local speed-IF challenge, or run your own bracketed showdowns between IF games and characters. IF Reviews and Essays Post your reviews or long-form writing about IF titles, or links to blogs, articles, and news for discussion. Have favorites? Let us know what you’re playing! Game Hints Hints about specific games. Beware! Spoilers! Project Announcements Have you just released a new work? A game? A book? A utility? A development system? Tell us all about it and where to find it here!

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Playing category Playing	7	1517	January 3, 2025
Iron ChIF: Pilot Episode (Pacian vs. Draconis, using Dialog) Forum Games, Wordplay, and Challenges iron-chef	11	423	November 8, 2025
Iron ChIF: Pilot Episode (Audience Commentary) Forum Games, Wordplay, and Challenges iron-chef	10	174	November 8, 2025
Hint request for Prince Quisborne (in regions of the eternal night) Game Hints	9	103	November 7, 2025
Ralph source code now on Codeberg Project Announcements	2	66	November 6, 2025
Deluxe version of Never Gives Up Her Dead Project Announcements	25	678	November 6, 2025
PunyComp Beta Testers Needed Beta Testing Requests and Discussion punyinform , punyjam	0	57	November 5, 2025
I, Thief development diary: a pre/se-quel Project Announcements	7	168	November 4, 2025
Announcing Storyfall - a new IF authoring tool and publishing platform! Project Announcements publishing , editor , ai	45	516	November 4, 2025
Do you like smelling and listening? Please beta test my nightmare! Beta Testing Requests and Discussion	0	84	November 3, 2025
Warborn (Demo) Project Announcements fantasy , rpg , harlowe , twine2	4	88	November 2, 2025
Which languages have extant parser games? Playing language , community , parser	25	403	November 1, 2025
Announcing Bael’s Rock - My passion project, a Zork-Inspired traditional parser adventure (and a bit about its development) Project Announcements	4	161	November 2, 2025
Captain Verdeterre’s Plunder High Score Update (July 2020) Playing	11	641	November 2, 2025
Captain Verdeterre’s Plunder high score research [spoilers!] Playing	14	86	October 31, 2025
Advent of Code on the Z-machine IF Reviews and Essays	16	189	October 31, 2025
Looking for feedback and testers for a new interactive story platform Project Announcements	43	550	October 30, 2025
Parser adventure conventions in different languages Playing	53	433	October 30, 2025
Seeking testers for EctoComp Petite Mort entry 'Ghost Hunt II' - TESTERS FOUND, thank you! Beta Testing Requests and Discussion	0	46	October 29, 2025
Seeking testers for ectocomp entry Beta Testing Requests and Discussion harlowe , twine2	2	62	October 29, 2025
Announcing The BDB Project Project Announcements	9	422	October 28, 2025
ACMI Game Worlds Exhibit and collectible Zork booklet IF Reviews and Essays	1	131	October 28, 2025
Porpentine's Beautiful Frog Playing	3	112	October 27, 2025
Seeking testers for theatrical ECTOCOMP game Beta Testing Requests and Discussion ectocomp2025	0	73	October 27, 2025
Looking for Twine or text-based games for research for a project Playing twine2	3	102	October 26, 2025
the Wizard's Quarters (Zork II) Playing	7	103	October 26, 2025
mini-map extension Project Announcements	8	105	October 26, 2025
Let’s play: Time all things come to an end by Andy Phillips. Playing lets-play	6	198	October 25, 2025
Edge Valley Bigfoot Society rereleased! Project Announcements	2	90	October 25, 2025
Any fully text based games recommendations like Suzerain or Disco Elysium ?? Playing	6	243	October 25, 2025