Let's Get Talking!

The Dialogue Jam is a month-long unranked jam all about communication between characters. Whether through verbal dialogue or written correspondence, this jam aims to bring discussions forward.

Constraints and Rules:

• Your Entry must be centered around an exchange between characters. No description allowed!
  • This could take the form of a dialogue (even monologue!), script, or letters.
  • Elements like stage direction or dialogue tags can be used, though they should be kept to a minimum.
• The Jam is open to any program/medium, as long as the piece can be considered Interactive Fiction (i.e. the game is interactive, and its focus is on the text).
• The Jam is open to any language.
• You can submit up to 3 entries!
• You should aim for 15-30 minutes maximum gameplay.
• Entries can have NSFW content, as long as you indicate it in your submission.
• Entries should not include any generated AI content.
• Spam or hateful content will not be accepted.
• During the duration of the jam and the two weeks following the deadline, the submissions should be free to play.

Possible software to create Interactive Fiction:

• Primarily HyperText/Choice-Based: Twine,  Ink, ChoiceScript, Dendry
• Primarily Parser/Input: Inform 6, Inform 7, PunyInform, Adventuron, ADRIFT
• Other: Bitsy, Binksi, Ren'Py
• and many more can be found listed in the IF Wiki.

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At the end of the Jam, we will create an IFDB page for every entry. The IFDB, or Interactive Fiction Database, is an IF game information catalogue, creating a historical record of the IF landscape. You can also create this page yourself before the end of the Jam! Contact the organisers for questions or if you'd rather not be included.

You can also opt-in to see your entry submitted to the IF Archive (the entry will be playable from its IFDB page) or submit it yourself!.