## Competitions and events

## Ongoing
* The annual [XYZZY Awards](http://xyzzyawards.org/) are coming up. It's time to fill IMDB with 2016 games.
* 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.

## New games

### IFDB

* [«El Archipélago»](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=itbz82mwebzqjfvm) — 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

* [«Prison Text-Adventure (Demo Game)»](https://loworbitgames.itch.io/prison-text-adventure-demo-game) —   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) —   	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) —   Interactive Fables
Strategic card game in the Worldsmith universe