Interactive Fiction Database
The Interactive Fiction Database (IFDB) is a database of metadata and reviews of interactive fiction, founded in 2007.
In November 2023, the database contained 12,969 game listings, 12,784 member reviews, 51,762 member ratings, and 17,040 registered members.[1] Some games can be played in the web browser using links on the IFDB web site.[1]
History
[edit]The database was founded by Michael J. Roberts in 2007.[2][3] Previously, the interactive fiction community had relied on sites like Baf’s Guide, which was a website cataloguing wokrs in the interactive fiction archive, which did not include commercially produced games or games that the author had not uploaded to the archive.[4]: 8 IFDB expanded the number and diversity of works because users could contribute information about any interactive fiction, including out-of-print works, student projects and commercial games.[4]: 8 Features like an RSS feed, rankings and user-curated lists also made it easier to discover works by new authors.[4]: 8–9
The IFDB is currently (2023) maintained by the IFDB committee of the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation (IFTF).[5]
Top games
[edit]The top 10 games on the IFDB Top 100 list, using an IMDb style Bayes estimator to calculate weighted ratings based on all IFDB ratings, were (as of 2023):[6]
- Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short
- Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
- Hadean Lands, by Andrew Plotkin
- Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian
- 80 Days, by inkle and Meg Jayanth
- Open Sorcery, by Abigail Corfman
- Worldsmith by Ade McT
- The Wizard Sniffer, by Buster Hudson
- Will Not Let Me Go, by Stephen Granade
- Eat Me, by Chandler Groover
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "IFDB the Interactive Fiction Database" (archived 23 November 2023), ifdb.org.
- ^ "Programs", iftechfoundation.org. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ Allington, Daniel (2016-06-01). "Linguistic Capital and Development Capital in a Network of Cultural Producers: Mutually Valuing Peer Groups in the 'Interactive Fiction' Retrogaming Scene". Cultural Sociology. 10 (2): 267–286. doi:10.1177/1749975515598333. hdl:2381/41819. ISSN 1749-9755.
- ^ a b c Montfort, Nick; Short, Emily (2012). "Interactive Fiction Communities: From Preservation through Promotion and Beyond". Dichtung Digital (41).
- ^ "Contacting Us", ifdb.org. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ "IFDB Top 100" (archived), ifdb.org, 13 November 2023.
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