ifiction-news/eng-9-2017.md

* [inkle studios](http://www.inklestudios.com) announced a new project: [Heaven's Vault](http://www.inklestudios.com/2017/03/03/announcing-heavens-vault.html)  
<blockquote>Heaven's Vault is a character-driven graphic novel crossed with an open-world adventure game <...> Meet Aliya Elasra, an archaeologist who studies the lost places and forgotten history of the strange Nebula where she lives.With her reluctant robot assistant, Six, she will piece together a complex past - and discover a secret that will change the future.</blockquote>
The game is written in ink and Unity and will hit several platforms at once, including gaming consoles.
* *George Buckenham* made a "very barebones" port of [Tracery tool to Unity.](https://github.com/v21/unity-tracery) (and by extension C# in general)
* [IF Book Club](http://dai5ychain.net/textclub/) starts on March 6.
* *Peregrine* started a new IF-friendly game jam ["Mysteries about Polar Wastelands".](https://itch.io/jam/polar)

## Ongoing
* The annual [XYZZY Awards](http://xyzzyawards.org/) are coming up. It's time to fill IFDB with games from 2016.
* The [Spring Thing](http://springthing.net/2017/) is just around the corner. The deadline for intents is 9 March.
* Sub-q magazine [still seeks submissions.](https://sub-q.com/about/submissions/)
* SPAG is [looking for authors](http://www.spagmag.org/issue-64/issue-64-letter-from-the-editor-and-call-for-submissions/) too

### New games

#### Textadventures.co.uk
* [“Ham”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/409i4fska0o6fj2yz5vdmw/ham)
* [“sandpit”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/f6emtebip0yjkjszqwpa5g/sandpit)
* [“Escape - Crip Edition”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/gljdc284g0ypv6gj0vnxxa/escape-crip-edition)
* [“Fair.”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/vwlneudef0snnarsqpj1gw/fair)
* [“The Baker of Shireton”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/vm2kpejmkemzwz18w2ehza/the-baker-of-shireton)
* [“Extinct”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/awrfrildgk2x66macm0eyg/extinct)
* [“Ewald Bal &amp; Theodore &quot;Ted&quot; C. Lim”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/j49tszrjw0_hfpa-evttpg/ewald-bal-theodore-ted-c-lim)

#### IFDB
* [“Utopian Jam”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=ewed5dlvcg75koqq) by *Astrid Dalmady*  
<blockquote>A jam game about preserves.    Made in Twine for the 2017 Utopia Jam.</blockquote>
* [“A Chance for Destruction”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=qs6qk051dp3hlwq) by *Efi*  
<blockquote>A short scifi story about violence in a space station.</blockquote>
* [“Ms. Terwilliger's Ring”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=bi3jsjsiyaf9lrm) by *Henry Klotz*  
<blockquote>You traverse through an old, abandoned middle school to find the body of Ms. Terwilliger- a 6th grade teacher who was known to have worn a diamond ring worth up in the millions. As you get further through...</blockquote>

#### Itch.io
* [“A Trip To The Park”](https://mrbumblepants.itch.io/a-trip-to-the-park) by *MrBumblepants*  
<blockquote>Visit a park in the Pacific Northwest using the magic of text adventure! Includes pictures and videos.</blockquote>
* [“Prison Escape”](https://mhunter.itch.io/prison-escape) by *Mathieu Hunter*  
* [“L'Origine du monde”](https://chiffon.itch.io/lorigine-du-monde) by *Saori*  
<blockquote>A pseudo-biographical text adventure about fucking up your sleep schedule!</blockquote>
* [“Let's bake a cake”](https://mazhem.itch.io/lets-bake-a-cake) by *mazhem*  
<blockquote>Choose your own cake recipe</blockquote>
* [“Image Shift”](https://mazhem.itch.io/image-shift) by *mazhem*  
<blockquote>Done for Ludum Dare 35</blockquote>
* [“Utopian Jam”](https://dastridly.itch.io/utopian-jam) by *Astrid Dalmady*  
<blockquote>A jam game about preserves.</blockquote>
* [“Anthem Of A Spoon”](https://dml.itch.io/anthem-of-a-spoon) by *dml*  
<blockquote>A short interactive narrative about the adventures of an out-of-place kitchen utensil.</blockquote>
* [“Paradise Inc. (Utopia Jam)”](https://harderyoufools.itch.io/paradise-inc-utopia-jam) by *Harder You Fools*  
<blockquote>building a better world</blockquote>
* [“The Imprecise Blind Man's Maze”](https://adianosbe.itch.io/the-imprecise-blind-mans-maze)  
<blockquote>A dungeon based puzzle game where no images are needed.</blockquote>
* [“PYOGON”](https://colettepgm.itch.io/pyogon) by *ColettePgm*  
<blockquote>Art Game/Game interface</blockquote>
* [“Pick a hell”](https://p184.itch.io/pick-a-hell) by *p184*  
<blockquote>short n nasty</blockquote>
* [“Island Of the Lizard King”](https://ignisdei.itch.io/lizard-island) by *ignisdei* and *ThefitzyG*  
* [“Utopia, an Essay”](https://bonsequitur.itch.io/utopia-an-essay) by *Bruno Dias*  
<blockquote>A nonfiction essay etched into the architecture of a virtual space.</blockquote>