ParserComp 2024 is now open for submissions!
So far 24 intrepid authors have joined and one submission has already set the pace. What a great start!
It has been decided that authors will still have the option to opt out of automatic submission to the IF Archive. A poll on this topic was very nearly split 50/50.
I just received the award lanterns for ParserComp 2024. They were custom built by gremlins and will only display their aura when possessed by their rightful owners…
I love that this is still going!! Well done all, so very cool to see! 
Adam
Thank you, Adam. I appreciate your comments. 
Two more weeks for submissions.
So far we have 10 submissions that look great.
Thanks
The lamp for ParserComp 2024 game entries is getting dim.
One week left for submissions. The comp now has 15 entries.
Racing to get mine finished this week.
Very nice! Good luck.
Thanks. I’ve uploaded it now. Hopefully, I’ve done this right. Please let me know if there are any problems.
Will do. Thank you for entering!
PS. Your game is listed in the submissions but visiting the game page is restricted through the submissions page. All of the games are. They should be available beginning with the judging period.
Okay. I’ve got it restricted right now from public viewing until I get the go ahead to make it public. Is that right? Appreciate your patience.
Is AI-generated code, content or images permitted in ParserComp? I’m only asking because it’s not mentioned in the rules and it seems to be a hot topic.
Hi Julian,
You are OK to go ahead and make your entry public as long as it is not advertised. It will stay restricted in ParserComp until the judging period opens in a couple of days.
Thank you and good luck.
Hi Garry,
I did not think to address AI images in the rule this year so they would be OK this year. It will definitely be included in the rules next year.
I will throw it out for discussion in a thread after the comp is over this year.
Thank you for bringing it to my attention.
Got it. Thanks. I will wait until announce as I am dropping another IF short story tonight. Thanks for all the help.
When can games be made public? Remembering that we’re all in different time zones, would 24 hours before the submission deadline be okay?
At this point 13 games are listed in the submission page. There have been 17 entered. At this point, it is OK to make the games public. The ParserComp page will not allow ratings until July 1, 2024.
Only 2 days left for submissions. The lamp is getting very dim.
… A new player enters …
Adam
I’m totally asking for a friend, Randy Schwartz, who may or may not be running late, even though he has had SOME good testing, he swears … the rules say “end of day June 30” but the end time on Itch.io equates to noon June 30th central time.
Did you all mean to set it (a la IFComp) to 11:59 PM or whatever?
If you hover over the closing date, the tooltip tells you that the actual closing time is 17:00 on 30 June 2024 UTC, whereas the countdown timer shows it as the local time in your time zone. In my case, it’s 3:00 a.m. on 1 July 2024.