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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Get more from Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation on Patreon. Join for free or become a member for just $2/month. The Interactive Fiction…

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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!

Inspired by the great @kenney.nl, if you've been hit with one of the horrendous #gamedev #layoffs, we'd love to give you things. Offer ends when form is closed. 💚 lab.to/YSClaim

A gift from Yarn Spinner

To the game devs who have recently lost their jobs in the massive layoffs in the game industry, we would like to offer you free licenses for some of our paid products. Whether you want to polish up yo...

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

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🕚️ There's still time to register for a NarraScope 2026 remote membership, but the clock is ticking! Membership sales close at 11:59pm EDT tonight...

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...

IFTF Seeking New Board Members

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

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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

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...

IFTF 2025 Transparency Report Now Available

IFTF's 2025 transparency report is available.

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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...

IFTF Seeking New Board Members

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

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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~ 🎀

Introducing Meredith Gran and Sharang Biswas as the Keynote Speakers for NarraScope 2026!

NarraScope 2026 | Blog | Introducing Meredith Gran and Sharang Biswas as the Keynote Speakers for NarraScope 2026

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

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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...

Twine Version 2.12.0 Released

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

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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...

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!

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...

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...

IGF at GDC 2026 Recap

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

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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...

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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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...

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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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/

The NarraScope 2026 schedule is out! Including our keynotes from @sharangbiswas.bsky.social and @meredithgran.com!

NarraScope 2026 | Schedule

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

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

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!

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!

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...

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

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.

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...

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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The 2026 Narrascope website is live! narrascope.org

NarraScope 2026 | A Hybrid Conference on Interactive Narrative

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

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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!

2026 IFTF Microgrant Applications Now Open!

You can now apply to our third grant cycle!

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

The Interactive Fiction Competition@ifcomp.org · 10mo ago

It's the weekend! It's also the FINAL WEEKEND before IFComp 2025 wraps! Remember to get those final votes in. Also, if you are in a position to do so and have not yet contributed to this year's Colossal Fund, we're just a bit short of our stretch goal. Thank you! Have fun!

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!

2026 IFTF Microgrant Applications Now Open!

You can now apply to our third grant cycle!

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