We threw a wing-ding, all right!
NarraScope 2019 came out better than we could have dreamed. No, strike that: NarraScope was exactly the conference I dreamed of. But you don't expect your dreams to work out perfectly.
This weekend, mine did. I'm still floating.
I have many thank-yous. Thanks to …
more ...With the end of conference registration only two weeks away, we want to make sure we have all of our volunteers lined up for NarraScope. Will you be one of the them?
What does a volunteer do?
Show up at MIT on the weekend of June 14-16 and help out …
more ...We are delighted to announce our keynote speaker! Natalia Martinsson of Killmonday Games will kick off NarraScope in June.
Natalia is an illustrator, animator, and the designer of indie hit Fran Bow and the upcoming Little Misfortune. Together with her partner Isak Martinsson, she creates adventure games with a sparkling …
more ...NarraScope registration is still open, but please be aware that Friday, May 17 will be the end of the registration period. You have four weeks left to sign up, or live with regret forever!
We will not have at-the-door registration.
We hope to work out late registration (and even at-the-door …
more ...Because I miss you all and want to see you.
Maybe that's not the whole reason. (Maybe it's just 27.5% of the reason.)
I've spent a lot of years in what I used to call "the interactive fiction community". It was never the only such community. A lot of …
more ...The IFTF Education Committee (EdCom), is excited to be hosting three workshops at NarraScope on Friday June 14. Early sign-in begins at 6:30 pm in MIT building 32 (the Stata Center). The hour-long sessions will start at 7:30 pm, also in building 32.
All workshops are free for …
more ...Some more tidbits from NarraScope's schedule...
Chris Klimas on "Twine: Past, Present, Future". Chris invented Twine, so he can talk about it.
Cat Manning on "Writing Within the Lines: Designing IF Without Scope Creep". How to write small; what to drop from your prototype.
Mike Spivey on "Mathematics Through Narrative …
We've outlined the schedule for NarraScope, but we haven't said much about what will be on the program.
Time to leak some more exciting rumors! Let me dig into our confirmed program list...
Ian Thomas (Talespinners) on "Making Horror: Hacking the Brain In Games". Getting into the player's head and …
The registration page for NarraScope 2019 is now open.
That’s the news! But there are a few more things you should know.
The event is limited to 500 attendees. The venue rooms only hold so many people.
We expect registration to sell out well before June. There will be …
more ...A quick note to say that registration isn't open yet! No, that's not interesting. But registration will be open later this week! See, that's interesting.
We have an amazing program coming together. Not to burble too much about our own event... but this is going to be a fantastic conference …
more ...The NarraScope planning process continues! We've just posted a call for proposals for talks and panels.
The details are all at the "Call for Proposals" link above. But to sum up: we're looking for cutting-edge discussions about adventure games, narrative design, interactive fiction, and anything else that falls under our …
more ...Six months ago, we waved around the idea of hosting an interactive fiction conference in Boston. Then -- six months of silence.
Surprise! We still exist!
...Apologies for the delay. Nailing down a venue turned out to be a more protracted and painful process than we expected. It's still not entirely …
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