IFTechFoundationAre you traveling to NarraScope? A fresh block of hotel rooms was released recently! Check out our website for a direct link and more info on travel to this year's NarraScope in Albany, NY.
The NarraScope 2026 schedule is out! Including our keynotes from Sharang Biswas and
Meredith Gran!
Andrew PlotkinThe NarraScope talk schedule and speaker list is up now:
NarraScope call for proposals is open! We're at the University at Albany, June 12-14.
Now accepting:
⁃ Talks
⁃ The Showcase (games)
⁃ The Experience (new this year!)
https://blog.zarfhome.com/2026/01/narrascope-call-for-stuff
Jess HaskinsFinally getting around to sharing the video of the talk Francisco and I gave at this year's #narrascope —all about how we prototyped and "telotyped" parts of Rosewater with tabletop RPG scenarios and a fully playable Twine model. (It includes a link to try the model for yourself!)
Could be a fun watch if you're curious about new ways to test out parts of your narrative at any stage in development—or if you just want a peek behind the scenes of Rosewater!
NarraScope 2025 - Tabletops and Twine: Adventures in Adventure Game Proto- and Telotyping
Dr Paris Buttfield-AddisonOk, so that was my second time at @narrascope.org, and I can confirm that it’s firmly cemented as my favourite games/games-adjacent event, by a lot. Loved it once again. I’ll be back. Thanks, all involved and attending! #NarraScope
Oh no, singing. #NarraScope
Space HoboToday is the last day of #NarraScope 2025, so after the conference you can listen to Jason Compton and me interviewing @zarfeblong about some of his earliest works of #InteractiveFiction.
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The Retro Adventurers (@retroadventurers.bsky.social)
A wry take on Infocom's Infidel helped set Andrew Plotkin on the course to become one of the major tastemakers in interactive fiction. We discuss Inhumane, the Inform language, IFTF, and much more on Episode 28 of The Retro Adventurers. Available on all podcast platforms or retroadventurers.com
Oh hey it’s @leena.reuben.games and @mike.reuben.games talking about @deadstaticdrive.com at @narrascope.org! Love to see it.
As the Australian on the ground here, I can confirm that I also feel like it’s morning.
#narrascope
First of my two @narrascope.org things done! #NarraScope
What a great crowd!
Need. Coffee.