ifwiki: IFComp 2008
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The entries to the 14th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2008).
8 Subdirectories:
(DIR) adrift
(DIR) alan
(DIR) glulx
(DIR) java
(DIR) tads2
(DIR) tads3
(DIR) windows
(DIR) zcode
41 items:
(BIN) Comp08.z5
[3-Oct-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
The unofficial "front-end" game for the 2008
competition, providing information on all the
games and systems used to run them, plus the ability
to sort the games you can play into a random list.
Written by Lucian Paul Smith.
Release 2 / Serial number 081003.
(BIN) Comp08.zip
[1-Oct-2008]
All of the entries in the 2008 competition in one
package.
Unzip into a directory with the -d option to
preserve the original subdirectory structure.
This file is around 65MB in size.
(BIN) IFComp2008.exe
[1-Oct-2008]
All of the entries in the 2008 competition in
one Windows self extracting archive.
This file is around 63MB in size.
(BIN) WinInterpreters.exe
[1-Oct-2008]
All of the Windows interpreters needed to play
the competition games.
(DIR) adrift/datewithdeath
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
A Date With Death, by David Whyld.
Version 1.
(DIR) adrift/lair-of-the-cybercow
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
LAIR of the CyberCow, by Conrad Cook (writing as Harry Wilson).
(DIR) alan/forbidden
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
The Ngah Angah School of Forbidden Wisdom, by Anssi Raisanen.
(DIR) glulx/amo
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
A Martian Odyssey, a science fiction text adventure of
space exploration and interpersonal communication,
by Horatiu Romosan.
Release 2 / Serial number 080929.
Story file and walkthrough.
(DIR) glulx/chnlsurf
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Channel Surfing, by Mike Vollmer.
Release 1 / Serial number 080929.
Story file and walkthrough.
(a newer version is at
(HTM) /if-archive/games/glulx/#chnlsurf.ulx
(DIR) glulx/cry
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Cry Wolf, by Clare Parker.
Release 1 / Serial number 080929.
Story file and walkthrough.
(DIR) glulx/everybodydies
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Everybody Dies, by Jim Munroe, with illustrations by Michael Cho.
Release 1 / Serial number 080915.
Story file and walkthrough.
(a newer version is at
(HTM) /if-archive/games/glulx/#EverybodyDies.gblorb
(DIR) glulx/nightfall
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Nightfall, An Interactive Short Story by Eric Eve.
Release 1 / Serial number 080909.
Story file, map, and walkthrough.
(a newer version is in
(HTM) /if-archive/games/glulx/#Nightfall.zip
(DIR) glulx/recess
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Recess At Last, An Interactive Restlessness, by Gerald Aungst.
Release 1 / Serial number 080929.
Story file and walkthrough.
(DIR) java/nerdquest
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Nerd Quest, by Gabor de Mooij (writing as RagtimeNerd).
Story file, MechaniQue/J interpreter (version 2.0) and source code,
and walkthrough.
(TXT) readme.txt
[1-Oct-2008]
Stephen Granade's note about the 2008 competition.
Read this to find out where to get more information.
(TXT) results.txt
[16-Nov-2008]
The results of the 2008 competition.
(DIR) tads2/berrosts
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Berrost's Challenge, by Mark Hatfield.
Version 1.0.
Story file and hints.
(DIR) tads3/april_in_paris
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
April in Paris, by Jim Aikin.
Version 1.0.
Story file and map.
(DIR) tads3/magic
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Magic, by Geoff Fortytwo.
Version 1.01.
Story file and walkthrough.
(DIR) windows/fount
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
The Hall of the Fount of Artois, by Simon Ellis.
Version 080904.
Executable (Intel 32-bit) and walkthrough.
(DIR) windows/missingpiece
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
The Missing Piece, by C. Yong.
Installer (Intel 32-bit) and walkthrough.
(DIR) windows/projectdelta
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Project Delta, by Emilian Kowalewski (writing as Comazombie). Node-X.
Executable (Intel 32-bit) and walkthrough.
(DIR) windows/search
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Search for the Ultimate Weapon, by Sharon Lynn Chu Yew Yee
(writing as Sharilynn). SUDS.
Executable (Intel 32-bit), data files, and walkthrough.
(DIR) zcode/afflicted
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Afflicted, by Doug Egan.
Release 1 / Serial number 080906.
Story file and walkthrough.
(DIR) zcode/anachron
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Ananachronist, a puzzle in four dimensions, by Joseph Strom.
Release 1 / Serial number 080927.
Story file, hints, and walkthrough.
(DIR) zcode/badgame
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
The Absolute Worst IF Game in History, by Dean Menezes.
Release 1 / Serial number 080614.
(DIR) zcode/bishoes
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Buried In Shoes, by Kazuki Mishima.
Release 3 / Serial number 080912.
Story file and walkthrough.
(a newer version is at
(HTM) /if-archive/games/zcode/#bishoes.z5
(DIR) zcode/draculas
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Dracula's Underground Crypt, by Alex Whitington.
Release 1 / Serial number 080929.
(DIR) zcode/freedom
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Freedom, by Anonymous.
Release 0 / Serial number 080929.
(DIR) zcode/grief
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Grief, by Simon Christiansen.
Release 1 / Serial number 080929.
(DIR) zcode/lighthouse
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
The Lighthouse, by Eric Hickman and Nathan Chung.
Release 1 / Serial number 080921.
Story file and walkthrough.
(DIR) zcode/lucubrator
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
The Lucubrator, by Ricardo Dague.
Release 1 / Serial number 080928.
Story file and walkthrough.
(DIR) zcode/machines
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
wHen mAchines aTtack, A Technological Horror, by Mark Jones.
Release 1 / Serial number 080927.
Story file and walkthrough.
(DIR) zcode/openingnight
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Opening Night, by David Batterham.
Release 3 / Serial number 080920.
Story file and walkthrough.
(DIR) zcode/piracy
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Piracy 2.0, A Text Adventure in Space, by Sean Huxter.
Release 1 / Serial number 080926.
(a newer version is at
(HTM) /if-archive/games/zcode/#piracy_2.z5
(DIR) zcode/red
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Red Moon, by Jonathan Hay.
Release 1 / Serial number 080905.
Story file and walkthrough.
(DIR) zcode/riverside
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Riverside, by Jeremy Crockett and Victor Janmey.
Release 1 / Serial number 080903.
Story file and walkthrough.
(DIR) zcode/snack
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Snack Time! by Hardy the Bulldog and Renee Choba.
Release 1 / Serial number 080929.
In zblorb and bare z8 formats.
(DIR) zcode/trein
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Trein, by Leena Ganguli.
Release 2 / Serial number 080718.
Story file and walkthrough.
(DIR) zcode/underworld
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Escape from the Underworld, by Karl Beecher.
Release 1 / Serial number 080922.
Story file, hints, and walkthrough.
(DIR) zcode/violet
[30-Sep-2008]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Violet, A Distraction, by Jeremy Freese.
Release 1, September 2008.
Story file and walkthrough.
(a newer version is at
(HTM) /if-archive/games/zcode/#Violet.zblorb
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