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.
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Screenshot of Twine 2.12.0 showing the new tag display, where they're shown as labels on passage cards.
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.
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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:
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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:
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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!
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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!
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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 registration is OPEN for in person and online only memberships narrascope.org/register/
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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!
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!
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.
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 🎉
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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!
Thanks for this info. Forwarding to the grants committee!
Just a few more days to play (and judge!) this year's batch of games in the annual Interactive Fiction competition!
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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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 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
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!
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!
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!
Just a few more days to register your intent to participate in the 2025 Interactive Fiction Competition!
