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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 02/09/2026

Can't get enough interactive fiction, even with the 32nd annual IFComp opening today? It's the final week of voting for IntroComp! Don't forget to play a few games and vote! Voting is open through this coming Monday. introcomp.org

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 25/07/2026

This month, five new people pledged on the IFTF Patreon (www.patreon.com/c/IFTF) at $10/month or less. Over a year their pledges fund about half of a grant (iftechfoundation.org/committees/g...). IFTF funds diverse education, history and engineering projects. Small numbers make a big difference!

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 18/07/2026

IntFiction Users: The site has just completed maintenance to upgrade the servers. This means that the cost of running IntFiction has roughly doubled. If you can manage to support us, please check our Patreon (patreon.com/c/IFTF/) or other donation options (iftechfoundation.org/give/). Thank you!

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 10/07/2026

Applications will close on July 31 at 11:59 PM Eastern - if you are interested in applying for a board position, please submit your material before that date. We look forward to reading everybody's applications!

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 10/06/2026

Last call for online-only participation in NarraScope! Tickets close at midnight tonight (ET).

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 23/05/2026

New IFTF Blog Post! IFTF Seeking New Board Members The Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation is currently seeking applicants for its board of directors. If you are interested, please see the full details below: blog.iftechfoundation.org/2026-05-21-i...

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IFTF Seeking New Board Members

The Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation is currently seeking applicants for its board of directors.

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 02/06/2026

IntroComp is underway for 2026! Do you have an idea you want to try out in a small way before a real audience? Do you need a helpful nudge to start on that interactive fiction project you've been thinking about? Here's your chance! Intents to enter are being accepted all this month. introcomp.org

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 25/05/2026

New IFTF Blog Post! IFTF’s 2025 transparency report is online, summarizing the organization’s activity over the previous calendar year, including its financial income and outflow. blog.iftechfoundation.org/2026-05-25-I...

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IFTF 2025 Transparency Report Now Available

IFTF's 2025 transparency report is available.

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 23/05/2026

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IFTF Seeking New Board Members

The Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation is currently seeking applicants for its board of directors.

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🎀 i'm katey! @bagenzos.house · 02/04/2026

plano was partially funded by an @iftechfoundation.org microgrant ❤️ my biggest thanks to them, and everyone else who has supported me over the years. i hope you enjoy making a little game~ 🎀

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 12/04/2026

New IFTF Blog Post! Twine Version 2.12.0 Released Twine 2.12.0 released on 10 April 2026. Major highlights in this release include a new way to see tags in the story map, a better tag autocomplete, and native Japanese language support. blog.iftechfoundation.org/2026-04-12-t...

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Twine Version 2.12.0 Released

Version 2.12.0 of Twine has released. Here are the details.

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Chris Klimas @chrisklimas.com · 11/04/2026

Twine 2.12.0 is now out! Major highlights include a new way to see tags in the story map and a better tag autocomplete. www.patreon.com/posts/155317...

Screenshot of Twine 2.12.0 showing the new tag display, where they're shown as labels on passage cards.

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 09/04/2026

Announcing the results of our microgrants program, class of 2026! Head over to blog.iftechfoundation.org/2026-04-08-a... to learn more about the 4 projects we are funding this year. And thank you to all applicants for the continued interest in the program, and to our lovely group of advisors!

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Announcing the 2026 IFTF Grant Recipients

Revealing the 4 projects that IFTF is funding this year with its microgrants program!

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 04/04/2026

Created by dozens of developers at @officialgdc.bsky.social 2026 - it's GDC Twine Adventure! Check out the exquisite corpse branching experience. Quality? Questionable! Coherence? Who needs it! Comedy? Dubious! Fun to make? You bet! Play the game(??) here: iftechfoundation.org/games/gdc-tw...

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GDC Twine Adventure

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 04/04/2026

New IFTF Blog Post! IFTF at GDC 2026 Recap Earlier this month, IFTF was delighted to participate in the GDC Festival of Gaming in San Francisco. You can read about our activities at the conference here: blog.iftechfoundation.org/2026-04-04-i...

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IGF at GDC 2026 Recap

IFTF was at the Game Developers Conference in March 2026 - here's what went down.

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 04/04/2026

New IFTF Blog Post! 2025 Grant Report: “Critical Essays On Interactive Fiction” (Grace Benfell) In 2025, as part of our micro-grants program, IFTF funded a project from Grace Benfell, co-editor in chief of The Imaginary Engine Review. Read about it here! blog.iftechfoundation.org/2026-04-03-2...

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2025 Grant Report: “Critical Essays On Interactive Fiction” (Grace Benfell)<br />

Grace Benfell and the TIER journal published 6 essays based on IF, supported by a IFTF micro-grant!

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 04/04/2026

New IFTF Blog Post! 2025 Grant Report: “Interactive Fiction Workshop for Theatre Practitioners” (Katy Naylor) One of the projects in the 2025 class of IFTF grants awardees was led by Katy Naylor from the Voidspace. Learn about the project here! blog.iftechfoundation.org/2026-04-03-2...

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2025 Grant Report: “Interactive Fiction Workshop for Theatre Practitioners” (Katy Naylor)<br />

The Voidspace organized workshops showcasing the power of IF to theatre writers, supported by a IFTF micro-grant!

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NarraScope @narrascope.org · 31/03/2026

Are you traveling to NarraScope? A fresh block of hotel rooms was released recently! Check out our website for a direct link and more info on travel to this year's NarraScope in Albany, NY. narrascope.org/travel/

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NarraScope @narrascope.org · 09/03/2026

NarraScope 2026 registration is OPEN for in person and online only memberships narrascope.org/register/

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 22/02/2026

Just a few weeks until IFTF lands at @officialgdc.bsky.social. We'll be set up in the Indie Arcade at GDC Commons, so please stop by, say hello, and try out the GDC Festival of Gaming Twine Adventure project! Looking forward to seeing you there!

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 09/02/2026

All awardees for the IFTF x GDC Pass Scholarship Program have been notified. If you submitted please check your inbox; if you have an email from us, you were selected. Thank you to everybody who applied, and we wish we had more tickets to give out!

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 29/01/2026

Announcing the IFTF x GDC Scholarship Program. We have a small number of passes to distribute amongst our community, so if you are interested, please visit this thread on IntFiction.org for details: intfiction.org/t/iftf-x-gdc...

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 21/01/2026

We are aware that the Intfiction forums are currently down and are working on a fix. Thank you for the notifications!

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 06/01/2026

Stay tuned for more updates as we get closer to the event date. We will have additional news, further details and (we hope) maybe a few badges to give away. We're looking forward to seeing you there!

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 06/01/2026

Additionally, on Monday, IFTF in partnership with Informa will kick off the GDC Twine Adventure, a new conference-spanning interactive fiction activity! In the spirit of an exquisite corpse, any attendee may add a node to an ever-expanding Twine story.

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 06/01/2026

This year's Game Developer's Conference, GDC Festival of Gaming, will be held March 9-13, 206 at Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA. For the first time ever, the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation will be represented! IFTF will have a booth on the show floor Wed-Fri so please stop by.

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NarraScope @narrascope.org · 02/01/2026

We are delighted to announce that #NarraScope 2026 will take place this year from June 12th-14th at the University at Albany! We'll be collaborating w/ the @albany.edu #UAlbany Game Center, and its Director @jcorace.bsky.social 🎉 narrascope.org/blog/post/20...

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NarraScope 2026 | Blog | Welcome to Albany

NarraScope is a conference that brings together the writers, developers, scholars, and players of interactive narrative.

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 05/11/2025

Two more weeks to apply to our microgrants program! We've received a few applications already (wooo!) but there is room left, so shoot your shot! Head over to blog.iftechfoundation.org/2025-10-12-2..., and ask us any lingering questions - we want to hear from you!

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2026 IFTF Microgrant Applications Now Open!

You can now apply to our third grant cycle!

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 15/10/2025

Thanks for this info. Forwarding to the grants committee!

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 12/10/2025

Just a few more days to play (and judge!) this year's batch of games in the annual Interactive Fiction competition!

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 12/10/2025

Our microgrants program is back for a third year! This year again, IFTF is looking to disburse $3,000 to cool projects related to interactive fiction that could benefit from a little bit of cash. More details on our blog post!

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2026 IFTF Microgrant Applications Now Open!

You can now apply to our third grant cycle!

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The Interactive Fiction Competition @ifcomp.org · 13/09/2025

We did it! The 2025 Colossal Fund hit $8K! 85 entries means more authors will share the prize pool. Let's stretch to $10K to boost the prizes a bit. If you are in a position to donate and haven't, consider heading to ifcomp.org to hit the big blue donation button.

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The Interactive Fiction Competition @ifcomp.org · 01/09/2025

🎉 The 31st Annual #IFComp is live! 85 new interactive fiction entries are ready for you to play and judge. (You only need to rate 5 to cast a ballot!) Read more about this year's competition at blog.ifcomp.org Or just dive straight in: ifcomp.org/ballot

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 30/07/2025

Service has been restored to the intfiction.org forum following this week's Linode outage. Thank you to our tireless admins for getting everything repaired!

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 28/07/2025

All IFTF services are now functional following yesterday's outage, with the exception of Intfiction, which will likely be offline for at least another 12 hours. We appreciate your patience as we try and resolve the lingering linode issues!

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 28/07/2025

With the advent of the UK Online Safety Act, all games on the IF Archive are currently unavailable to users whose connections place them in the UK. This restriction is temporary as we review the IF Archive's holdings and flag works that are legally required to be restricted. Our apologies!

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 28/07/2025

Just a few more days to register your intent to participate in the 2025 Interactive Fiction Competition!

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 27/07/2025

IFTF's servers are affected by a linode outage this morning. Things are slowly beginning to come back online, but functionality may be limited until service is fully restored. More information: status.linode.com

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Linode Status

Welcome to Linode's home for real-time and historical data on system performance.

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 02/06/2025

The Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation has launched a Patreon! Now there's a new way to support us and all we do (Narrascope, Twine, IFComp, IFDB, IF Wiki, IntFiction, and so much more!)

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Announcing the IFTF Patreon

IFTF has joined Patreon, a new way to support the organization!

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 02/06/2025

The Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation has launched a Patreon! Now there's a new way to support us and all we do (Narrascope, Twine, IFComp, IFDB, IF Wiki, IntFiction, and so much more!)

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Announcing the IFTF Patreon

IFTF has joined Patreon, a new way to support the organization!

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Lorri Hopping ✍🏼 📚🕹️ 🎲 🔜 NYC @hoppingfun.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Ready to support writers of games, interactive fiction, digital stories, visual novels, electronic lit, and the like? Even a small donation to parent non-profit org @iftechfoundation.org goes a long way to help IfComp, NarraScope, Twine carry on. Chip in here: iftechfoundation.org/give/

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NarraScope @narrascope.org · 29/05/2025

A message from IFTF's president about this year's event (don't panic!):

Hello fellow IF fans, game writers, players and story enjoyers!

Our annual conference on narrative games, NarraScope, is less than a month away. As the event draws closer, I wanted to turn your attention to the trademark Big Thermometer on narrascope.org, which tracks fundraising for the event. We are currently at $15,005, which is 60% of our $25,000 goal.

To be clear: NarraScope is not in danger of going under or being canceled. However, we rely on donations from both sponsors and individuals to make sure that we don't need to dig so deep into IFTF's treasury that it could impact our other programs you love – things like IFComp, IFDB, the Twine committee, and more. This year, contributions from both individuals and institutions have been lower than in the past, for reasons we can likely deduce by looking at the world around us. These contributions are what allow us to offer attendance at a significantly lower price point than many other conferences.

The conference team is working as always to continue to fundraise, but we wanted to ask that if you have the stability and ability to do so, to consider sending IFTF a small donation. You can do so at iftechfoundation.org/give/, and if you want, put a note indicating that it is directed at NarraScope and how you would like to be credited, if you so desire. Additionally, if you know any institutions that may be interested in a sponsorship, please email sponsorship@narrascope.org with the details.

This year's event looks to be our largest yet, with more programming, attendees and events than any in the past! Your support helps keep NarraScope and IFTF sustainable and ensures that the event goes off without a hitch. Our in-person tickets have totally sold out, but passes to stream talks live are still available through 18 June 2025. As always, we appreciate your support, and I’m excited to see many of you next month in Philadelphia!

- Justin Bortnick, President, Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 26/05/2025

We've posted IFTF’s 2024 Transparency report, summarizing our activity over the previous calendar year, including financial figures. Narrascope! Twine! IFComp! Grants! And much more—it's all in there. Transparency is a core value at IFTF, and we encourage you to see what we were up to in 2024. 👀

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IFTF 2024 Transparency report now available

IFTF 2024 Transparency Report is now available

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NarraScope @narrascope.org · 23/05/2025

🚨NarraScope 2025 tickets are on track to sell out! 🚨 At last count, there are ONLY 10 IN-PERSON MEMBERSHIPS LEFT. Claim yours before 11:59PM tonight, and join us in June at Drexel University: www.eventbrite.com/e/narrascope... #NarraScope

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NarraScope 2025

NarraScope brings together writers, developers, and players in support of adventure/narrative games and interactive fiction.

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