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- inkle studios announced a new project: Heaven's Vault
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.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 are coming up. It's time to fill IFDB with games from 2016.
- The Spring Thing is just around the corner. The deadline for intents is 9 March.
- Sub-q magazine still seeks submissions.
- SPAG is looking for authors too
New games
Textadventures.co.uk
- “Ham”
- “sandpit”
- “Escape - Crip Edition”
- “Fair.”
- “The Baker of Shireton”
- “Extinct”
- “Ewald Bal & Theodore "Ted" C. Lim”
IFDB
- “Utopian Jam” by Astrid Dalmady
A jam game about preserves. Made in Twine for the 2017 Utopia Jam.* [“A Chance for Destruction”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=qs6qk051dp3hlwq) by *Efi*
A short scifi story about violence in a space station.* [“Ms. Terwilliger's Ring”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=bi3jsjsiyaf9lrm) by *Henry Klotz*
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...
Itch.io
- “A Trip To The Park” by MrBumblepants
Visit a park in the Pacific Northwest using the magic of text adventure! Includes pictures and videos.* [“Prison Escape”](https://mhunter.itch.io/prison-escape) by *Mathieu Hunter* * [“L'Origine du monde”](https://chiffon.itch.io/lorigine-du-monde) by *Saori*
A pseudo-biographical text adventure about fucking up your sleep schedule!* [“Let's bake a cake”](https://mazhem.itch.io/lets-bake-a-cake) by *mazhem*
Choose your own cake recipe* [“Image Shift”](https://mazhem.itch.io/image-shift) by *mazhem*
Done for Ludum Dare 35* [“Utopian Jam”](https://dastridly.itch.io/utopian-jam) by *Astrid Dalmady*
A jam game about preserves.* [“Anthem Of A Spoon”](https://dml.itch.io/anthem-of-a-spoon) by *dml*
A short interactive narrative about the adventures of an out-of-place kitchen utensil.* [“Paradise Inc. (Utopia Jam)”](https://harderyoufools.itch.io/paradise-inc-utopia-jam) by *Harder You Fools*
building a better world* [“The Imprecise Blind Man's Maze”](https://adianosbe.itch.io/the-imprecise-blind-mans-maze)
A dungeon based puzzle game where no images are needed.* [“PYOGON”](https://colettepgm.itch.io/pyogon) by *ColettePgm*
Art Game/Game interface* [“Pick a hell”](https://p184.itch.io/pick-a-hell) by *p184*
short n nasty* [“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*
A nonfiction essay etched into the architecture of a virtual space.