We’ll have the next virtual meetup on Sunday, September 13th at 2 PM PDT. We’ll be finishing Lynnea Glasser’s Coloratura, followed by a discussion of the game’s narrative techniques, unique color-based mechanics, and other topics of interest.
I’ll send out the Google Meet link via email; please contact me if you need the link.
We’ll be holding a special online meeting for IFComp this year on Sunday, October 11th from 2 PM to 4:30 PM via Google Meet. Five authors - Brian, Jared, Lance, Pace, and Paul - have signed up to present their entries in this year’s competition; we’ll play a sample of each game and take questions as we go.
I’ll send out the Google Meet link by email; please contact me if you need the link.
Since the competition judging period is extended this year, we’ll hold a special second IFComp online meeting on Sunday, November 15th from 2 PM to 4 PM via Google Meet. We’ll play samples of several more games from the competition and discuss them with the group.
As always, we’ll send out the Google Meet link by email. If you are not already on the email list, please contact Greg for a link.
We’ll have the next virtual meetup on Sunday, December 13th from 2 PM to 4 PM PST via Google Meet. Nick Montfort will talk about his game Amazing Quest, and Lance will lead a group discussion about classifying the different types of puzzles in interactive fiction.
I’ll send out the Google Meet link by email; please contact me if you are not on the mailing list and need the link. If you have not already played Amazing Quest, please do so before the meeting in order to be ready to discuss it with the group.
The next virtual meetup of the Seattle/Tacoma IF group will be Sunday, January 10, from 2pm to 4pm PST via Google Meet. Mike Russo (@DeusIrae) will be joining us for a playthrough and discussion of his game The Eleusinian Miseries.
Greg Frost (@okushimo) will be sending out the Google Meet link by email, so please contact him if you’re not on our mailing list.
And, since we’re remote, feel free to join us even if you don’t live in the Seattle area!
The next virtual meetup of the Seattle/Tacoma IF group will be Sunday, February 21, from 2pm to 4pm PST via Google Meet. Mike Russo will be joining us again to continue playing and discussing his game The Eleusinian Miseries.
I’ll send out the meeting link in a calendar event. Please let me know if you’re not on the mailing list and need the link.
The next virtual meetup of the Seattle/Tacoma IF group will be Sunday, March 21, from 2pm to 4pm PDT via Google Meet. This month, Hanon Ondricek (@HanonO) will be joining us to play and discuss his 2016 game Fair.
I’ll send out the Google Meet link by email; please contact me if you’re not on our mailing list. As always, you’re welcome to join us even if you’re not in the Seattle area.
Hi, I’d like to join the meet on 3/21. I’m new to intfiction.org and don’t yet seem to be able to contact you using the site’s system. Can you send me a private message so that I can reply with my email address?
Thanks!
Oh me too—I’m in the same boat as Liz, I am new here and would love to join the Meetup on 3/21, but can’t figure out how to send you a message, Greg. Apologies for that, please advise 
No problem. I’ll send you the meeting link via PM. You can reply with your email address if you want to be put on the mailing list for future events as well.
This was a total blast! Reading IF with a group was so much fun and not as terrifying as I was anticipating. Thanks to Greg and everyone for inviting me and participating!
Thanks very much for joining us! I’m glad that you had a good experience; we really appreciated hearing you read and talk about your game.
The next virtual meetup of the Seattle/Tacoma IF group will be on Sunday, April 18, from 2 PM to 4 PM PDT via Google Meet. We’ll play and discuss samples of several different entries in this year’s Spring Thing festival.
As always, I’ll send out the Google Meet link to the email list. Please send me a message if you’d like the link or want to join the mailing list for future events. Feel free to join us even if you’re not in the Seattle area; it’s been great to be able to have people from all over join us for these meetings!
The next virtual meetup of the Seattle/Tacoma IF group will be on Sunday, May 16, from 2-4 PM PDT via Google Meet. Abigail Corfman (@AbigailCorfman) will be joining us to discuss and play a demo of her new game Open Sorcery: Sea++ (available on Steam).
Hi Greg, I am yet another new member who can’t figure out how to send a PM . Can you please send me a link for the next meetup? Thanks!
One thing you can do in messages is “at” someone (like @okushimo ) which will put the message in a user’s notifications since you mentioned them.
The next virtual meetup of the Seattle/Tacoma IF group will be on Sunday, June 13 from 2 PM to 4 PM PDT via Google Meet. We’ll play part of the Adventuron port of Brian’s 2017 game Swigian, then Brian will discuss working with the Adventuron system and give a short tutorial.
I’ll send out a calendar event with the Google Meet link by the end of this week. Send me a message if you’d like to attend but are not on our mailing list. As always, you’re welcome to join us even if you’re not in the Seattle area.
The next virtual meetup of the Seattle/Tacoma IF group will be on Sunday, July 11 from 2 PM to 4 PM PDT via Google Meet. This month we’ll sample a few games from ParserComp 2021, which is open for judging until July 31.
If you’re not on the email list, please send me a message for the Google Meet link.
Apologies to everyone for the new and unexpected one-hour limitation of Google Meet.
We’ll plan to have the next virtual meetup of the Seattle/Tacoma IF group on Sunday, August 22 from 2 PM to 4 PM PDT via Discord. This month we’ll have Astrid Dalmady as a special guest to present her game Tangaroa Deep. If time allows, we’ll also look at a sample of Arcane Intern (Unpaid).
Special thanks to Angelique for setting up our Discord server; I’ll send out the meeting invite to the email list once I figure out how to do that. If you’re not on the list, please send me a message for the link.