================= Spring Thing 2018 ================= The Spring Thing 2018 stories are now available for download. There are twenty entries this year: In the Main Festival (eligible for prizes and ribbons): Best Gopher Ever, by Arthur DiBianca (Inform/Z) A Bunch of Keys, by Mike Gerwat (Inform/Glulx) Confessions of an NPC, by Charles Hans Huang (Twine) Drumsticks, by Luke A. Jones (Quest) The Eyes That Look Back, by Leno (Twine) Guttersnipe: The Baleful Backwash, by Bitter Karella (Quest) House, by Karona (TADS 3) Illuminismo Iniziato, by Michael J. Coyne (Inform/Glulx) The Imposter, by Enrique Henestroza Anguiano (Windrift) Murder on the Big Nothing, by Tony Pisculli (Inform/Z) Roads in Tempest, by Adam Bredenberg (Twine) Sherlock Indomitable, by Brian Craig Rushton (Inform/Glulx) Spy EYE, by The Marino Family (Undum) Zeppelin Adventure, by Robin Johnson (Versificator 2) In the Back Garden: The 4th Break Up, by Papp RĂ³bert (O.H.R.RPG.C.E) Life in a Northern Town, by People + Places (Twine, inklewriter, Instagram, Medium Series, Wordpress) REALLY, IF / REALLY, ALWAYS, by Dawn Sueoka (Twine) Ultramarine: A Seapunk Adventure, by Seven Submarines (Ren'Py) Venience World, by Daniel Spitz (HTML/Javascript) We're All Fans Here, Chapter 1, by Naomi Norbez (Twine) The 2018 festival opens April 7, 2018 and closes May 7, 2018. You can find out everything you need to know at: http://www.springthing.net/2018/ You'll find the links to download the entries or play them online on that page. Some games may require an interpreter program to open. See the festival site at the link above for details on running a particular game. The deadline for submitting ribbon nominations is May 7, 2018. The details on how to submit nominations will be available soon. Check the Spring Thing home page for details. Feel free to contact me if there are any problems. ________springthing_dot_net aaron_at To all the players, and all the entrants, have fun! Aaron CHANGELOG Apr 7: "A Bunch of Keys" was updated to turn off a mistaken debug flag and fix an interpreter bug. Apr 7: "Drumsticks" was updated with fixes. Apr 10: "A Bunch of Keys" updated again to fix game-breaking bugs. Apr 10: "Spy EYE" was updated to fix typos and make other minor corrections. Apr 10: "Zeppelin Adventure" was updated with a minor bug fix. Apr 12: "A Bunch of Keys" updated. Apr 15: "Spy EYE" was updated with bug fixes. Apr 19: "Drumsticks" was updated. Apr 21: "Zeppelin Adventure" was updated with bug fixes. Apr 28: "Zeppelin Adventure" updated again with bug fixes. Apr 30: "Drumsticks" play online link updated to Quest JS version.