The first episode of Season One will feature Challenger Lucian P. Smith (@lpsmith), author of The Edifice. The chosen platform is Inform 7, and the defending Iron Chef will be Ryan Veeder (@Afterward).
The event will start at noon UTC on Friday, February 20th and last until noon UTC on Tuesday, March 3rd.
The actual development period will be from noon Sunday, February 22nd through noon Friday, February 27th. Dishes will be released at the end of the development period, for audience play over the following weekend. Audience voting will take place between noon Sunday, March 1st and noon Tuesday, March 3rd.
The panel of judges will be
- IFComp and Spring Thing winner Chandler Groover (@CMG)
- Five-time XYZZY Award winner and Rosebush associate editor Victor Gijsbers (@VictorGijsbers)
- Uniquely exuberant #5 IFDB reviewer J. J. McC (@jjmcc)
- Record-holding player and two-time ParserComp winner Brian Rushton (@mathbrush)
- Co-winner of two XYZZY Awards and three IFDB Awards N. Cormier (@Encorm)
and the role of technical advisor will be fulfilled by the incomparable Zed Lopez (@Zed).