Weekly Roundup, 27 September 2025
Cross-posted to my Neocities site.
IF Jams
- The 2025 Bare Bones Jam begins on October 1 and runs through 2025-11-01T06:59:00Z.
Other Jams
Jams that aren’t IF-specific, but are IF-friendly
- Yuri Game Jam 2025 is for any media, not just games, that focus on “queer relationships between women or the queer female experience.” Opens October 1 and runs for two months.
- Bara Jam 2025 invites submissions of games of all types that fit into the bara genre. Opens October 1 and runs for two months.
- Unpolished Jam #4 is “a space to make something you want to make… even if it’s not perfect.” Opens October 4, runs through 2025-10-12T03:59:00Z.
- The recently-released Game Poems Community Showcase #1 contains multiple IF works.
Other
- IFWiki has announced its new games database.
- Two more videos from Narrascope 2025 have been posted to the IFTF YouTube channel.
- InternetJanitor has shared a mockup demonstrating the implementation of a parser system in the engine Decker.
That’s what I’ve got for now! If you have any corrections or want to share anything relevant from this past week that I missed, please DM me! And as always, feel free to DM tips/suggestions for next week. 