## Ongoing * The annual [XYZZY Awards](http://xyzzyawards.org/) are coming up. It's time to fill IMDB with games from 2016. * The [Spring Thing](http://springthing.net/) is just around the corner too * Sub-q magazine [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 ## Engines and tools * The [Interactive Fiction Virtual Machines Suite](https://github.com/curiousdannii/ifvms.js) (ifvms.js) got an update to [version 1.1.0](https://github.com/curiousdannii/ifvms.js/releases/tag/v1.1.0) * *technix* released [an INSTEAD.js playground.](https://technix.github.io/instead-playground/) The pre-defined game is in Russian and the playground doesn't save the code online but you can use it to play around with the engine without installing anything. * *oreolek* made a similar playground for [Salet](https://salet.su/try/index.html) * [Storealis](https://storealis.com/) is a new platform in closed beta, and you can play with it right on their front page. There's a limit of 500 characters on card's text and 30 characters for every choice option. ## New games #### Textadventures.co.uk * [“Titanfall 2 The 6-4: Demo”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/frrcgnion0qfj7rar-nmaw/titanfall-2-the-6-4-demo) * [“Find the USBs”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/to0igqoep0wnhwetk-pnqa/find-the-usbs) * [“The Murderer Episode 1”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/hur-vs4a8u2d8w_i0zlpaq/the-murderer-episode-1) * [“Chasing Dreams”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/iq3ujboj_us8c5ylylcwnq/chasing-dreams) * [“Travel”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/m0wpgbnb5022qkj1lw2cow/travel) * [“Change Your Life”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/ufirw_lukeiz06fzfyb0ha/change-your-life) * [“Escape the Punishers: A Star Wars Tale”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/ni_mjpszh0w3cbpcevpxgw/escape-the-punishers-a-star-wars-tale) * [“TENGAinang Pag-ibig”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/thms_gssdkmt-u66b4lobw/tengainang-pag-ibig) * [“Airborne - Reborn”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/q-v6ix0ickitcvl8iwnsca/airborne-reborn) #### IFDB * [“Goosebumps-ish : Escape the House!”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=usdmc3zn3m4yt6f4) by *snail*
A fun goosebumps-inspired interactive adventure for kids and adults who wish they were kids. This adventure sees you wake up in a sinister (haunted? Possibly...) house in the middle of nowhere, with nothing...
* [“Horror at Innsport”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=mkec8wsouzukyr2e) by *Karmic Shift Studios*
Horror at Innsport is an exploration adventure game inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft, where players explore and investigate a large open world map, progressing though an engaging and exciting story....
* [“Horror in the Darkness”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=bhb3puigaeurwemb) by *Karmic Shift Studios*
Horror in the Darkness is a short exploration and puzzle solving adventure game inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft, where players explore and investigate, putting together clues and solve puzzles to...
* [“Digital: A Love Story”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=1bwq5dgmy4vukzez) by *Christine Love*
A computer mystery/romance set five minutes into the future of 1988.
* [“Perishable”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=82j8qh4irc2q61q) by *Nina Freeman*
You can feel your presets tingling-
* [“Brooklyn Trash King”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=x81omffbe5net8t8) by *Ben Esposito*
Social media, crowdfunding, and raccoons.
* [“Nights in Boulder”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=9zvbx05cldkdv16b) by *Zane Fulton*
Nights in Boulder is an interactive story-based game set in the years of 2010 & 2016. You're Matthew, desperately searching for your missing girlfriend after she never returned home from a night out with...
* [«Take up the Crown RPG»](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=h5oxwgv9ynpj7xka) by *Noah Marshall*
It's your first day on the job. Your people are unhappy. Your neighbor is plotting against you. You're going to need either a lot of people or a lot of gold. How quickly can you unite the lands? Author's...
* [«El Archipélago»](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=itbz82mwebzqjfvm) by *Depresiv*
Release 2 de 'El Archipielago', ganadora de varios Premios Hispanos 2004 Tus cansados ojos recorren la isla, esa isla a la que recientemente has transportado tu torre y a ti mismo, con la esperanza de pasar...
### Itch.io * [“News Abuse”](https://esarkis.itch.io/news-abuse) by *esarkis*
A fake news management game
* [“Time Magic-User Vampire”](https://christina-nordlander.itch.io/time-magic-user-vampire) by *Christina Nordlander*
Parser game about a vampire trying to get revenge on a usurper
* [“Adventurer”](https://exodais.itch.io/adventurer) by *Exodaïs*
(The game is in French) Un jeu textuel de science fiction
* [“Wayfarer”](https://ikroth.itch.io/wayfarer) by *Cameron McHenry*, *Ratata* and *Nuthen*
Gather your allies and defeat the evil lich wizard. (2D top-down RPG)
* [«Prison Text-Adventure (Demo Game)»](https://loworbitgames.itch.io/prison-text-adventure-demo-game) by *Low Orbit Games*
A simple text-adventure game made in Unity 5
* [«Ninety Nine Bottles Of Beer»](https://99bottlesofbeer.itch.io/ninety-nine-bottles-of-beer-android-app) by *Kevin Loring*
Send SMS text message pranks! 99 Bottles of Beer App for Android!
* [«Worldsmith: Game of Worlds TOURNAMENT!»](https://interactivefables.itch.io/worldsmith-game-of-worlds-tournament) by *Interactive Fables*
Strategic card game in the Worldsmith universe