The third episode of Season One will feature Challenger FLACRabbit (@FLACRabbit), author of A Matter of Heist Urgency and A Smörgåsbord of Pain. The chosen platform is Adventuron, and the defending Iron Chef will be Dee Cooke (@dee_cooke).
The event will start at noon UTC on Friday, August 21st and last until noon UTC on Tuesday, September 1st.
The actual development period will be from noon Sunday, August 23rd through noon Friday, August 28th. 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, August 30th and noon Tuesday, September 1st.
The panel of judges will be
- IFComp winner and five-time XYZZY Award recipient Leon (fka Lynnea) Glasser (@lglasser)
- Five-time XYZZY Award winner J. Robinson Wheeler (@jrobinsonwheeler)
- Five-time IFDB Award winner Allyson Gray (@Ally)
- XYZZY Award winner Ivan Cockrum (@Ivan)
- returning judge and perpetual Challenger-in-Waiting J. J. McC (@jjmcc)
and the role of technical advisor will be fulfilled by Christopher Merriner (@ChristopherMerriner), author of The Faeries of Haelstowne and Custard & Mustard’s Big Adventure, the latter of which won the 2022 IFDB Award for Most Sequel-Worthy Game (Author’s Choice).
In addition, this episode will feature a guest chairman, Lucian P. Smith (@lpsmith). Although I’ll still be making all standardized posts (i.e. those that don’t change) and providing administrative support for the episode, lpsmith will be the master of ceremonies and will make any chairman rulings that may be required.