The People's Republic of Interactive Fiction

Dec 2024 Meeting Post Mortem

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Angela Chang
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The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024 in the MIT Trope Tank and over Zoom. Keltana, Hugh,  Josh Grams,  Doug Orleans,  Matt Griffin, and  Pinkunz, were online.  Zarf, Mike Stage, Andrew Stephens, Emery Joyce, Dana Freitas, Cidney Hamilton (not pictured), and Michael Hilborn, anjchang welcomed newcomers Kit Riemer and Dave Gilbert to the MIT Trope Tank. Warning: What follows is probably not proper English, but just my log of notes from the meeting to jog people’s memories.

Hybrid PR-IF meeting photo courtesy of Keltana, edited by anjchang.
Group photo at Cambridge Brewing Company courtesy of Emery Joyce (The Xenographer), edited by anjchang.

Celebrating the post PR-IF meeting dinner ritual to say farewell to the Cambridge Brewing Company.

EJ is working on the Short Games Showcase: https://itch.io/jam/if-short-games-showcase-2024. an exhibition of shorter interactive fiction works made in 2024. There’s still time to vote!

Andrew Stephens showed a working iPad demo of a game he’s working on.

Kit is working on a Translation Game https://slugzuki.itch.io/verses

Matt gave an update on Narrascope, happening at Drexel University June 20-22nd. NarraScope 2025 is accepting submissions for talks and papers until February 7, 2025. Also they’re looking for volunteers.