Resources

The Interactive Fiction Database. Browse, search, rate, and play thousands of games.

Massive archive of IF games, tools, and documents since 1992.

Modern IF releases. Many playable in-browser, some paid.

Quarterly magazine publishing new interactive fiction.

Browser interpreter. Paste a URL or upload a game file.

Plays nearly every format. Windows, Mac, Linux.

Clean, modern interpreter for Glulx and Z-machine games.

Classic Z-machine interpreter. Terminal and GUI versions.

Mac-native interpreter with a beautiful interface.

The main community hub. Friendly discussions, game announcements, help.

Reddit community. Good for recommendations.

Encyclopedia of interactive fiction history and craft.

Annual awards celebrating the best in IF.

Real-time chat with the community.

The oldest annual competition, running since 1995. Free to enter and play.

Spring festival for longer and experimental works.

Dedicated to parser-based games.

Competition for game introductions — start your project here.

Visual tool for choice-based IF. No coding required. Free.

Natural language system for parser games. Powerful but complex.

Scripting language for branching narratives. Powers 80 Days.

Simple scripting for choice games. Used by Choice of Games.

Prose-first IF authoring with visual editor. Made by NextRoom.

Traditional parser system with powerful world modeling.

Deep dives into IF design from a leading author.

Classic articles on IF history and design.

Foundational essay on parser game design.

Taxonomy of choice game structures.