{"id":246336,"date":"2010-01-29T11:47:59","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T16:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2010\/01\/29\/game-competition-puts-indies-interactive-fiction-in-focus\/"},"modified":"2010-01-29T11:47:59","modified_gmt":"2010-01-29T16:47:59","slug":"game-competition-puts-indies-interactive-fiction-in-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/246336","title":{"rendered":"Game competition puts indies, interactive fiction in focus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/news\/2010\/01\/game-competition-puts-indies-interactive-fiction-in-focus.ars?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss\"><br \/>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"4\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/static.arstechnica.com\/assets\/2010\/01\/cgdc-thumb-230x130-11658-f.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n        <!--body--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jayisgames.com\/\">Jay Is Games<\/a> is a great place to find some of the best that the casual game genre has to offer, but it&#8217;s also a good for discovering new developers. Since 2006, the website has hosted several game design competitions, giving indie developers a chance to win a cash prize and, more importantly, exposure.<\/p>\n<p>The seventh edition of the Casual Gameplay Design Competition, where developers have been tasked with creating an interactive fiction game focused on the theme of &#8220;escape,&#8221; is currently underway, and entries have been flooding in since November. Ars spoke with Jay Bibby, founder of both Jay Is Games and the CGDC, to learn more about the competition and why interactive fiction may be primed for a comeback.<\/p>\n<p>          <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/news\/2010\/01\/game-competition-puts-indies-interactive-fiction-in-focus.ars?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss\" title=\"Click here to continue reading this article\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.arstechnica.com\/mt-static\/plugins\/ArsTheme\/images\/read-more.jpg\" alt=\"Read the rest of this article...\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/V8GfnF-h8zhQFVpJPLabhZMbJI4\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/V8GfnF-h8zhQFVpJPLabhZMbJI4\/0\/di\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/V8GfnF-h8zhQFVpJPLabhZMbJI4\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/V8GfnF-h8zhQFVpJPLabhZMbJI4\/1\/di\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.arstechnica.com\/~ff\/arstechnica\/index?a=ik8EkbLtXrU:I9XeRSoyUuk:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/arstechnica\/index?i=ik8EkbLtXrU:I9XeRSoyUuk:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.arstechnica.com\/~ff\/arstechnica\/index?a=ik8EkbLtXrU:I9XeRSoyUuk:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/arstechnica\/index?i=ik8EkbLtXrU:I9XeRSoyUuk:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.arstechnica.com\/~ff\/arstechnica\/index?a=ik8EkbLtXrU:I9XeRSoyUuk:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/arstechnica\/index?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.arstechnica.com\/~ff\/arstechnica\/index?a=ik8EkbLtXrU:I9XeRSoyUuk:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/arstechnica\/index?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/arstechnica\/index\/~4\/ik8EkbLtXrU\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Buy This Item: <a class=\"buy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/buy.php\" ><span style=\"color: #33bc03\">[Click here to buy this item]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.arstechnica.com\/~r\/arstechnica\/index\/~3\/ik8EkbLtXrU\/game-competition-puts-indies-interactive-fiction-in-focus.ars\" >Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jay Is Games is a great place to find some of the best that the casual game genre has to offer, but it&#8217;s also a good for discovering new developers. 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