[Con-info] A long-expected announcement

[Andrew Plotkin]

Six months ago, we waved around the idea of hosting an interactive fiction 
conference in Boston. Then -- six months of silence. You probably forgot 
you even signed up for this mailing list.

Surprise! We still exist!

...Apologies for the delay. Nailing down a venue turned out to be a more 
protracted and painful process than we expected. It's still not entirely 
nailed down, I'm sorry to say. But it's solid enough for us to announce:

*NarraScope 2019*
Celebrating Narrative Games
June 14-16, 2019 -- Boston, MA
http://narrascope.org/

The focus of the conference is not just "interactive fiction". IF is a 
broad-ranging term these days, but not everyone uses it or thinks of 
themselves as "interactive fiction authors". NarraScope will aim to cover 
the spectrum of narrative-focused games and interactive design: adventure 
games, Twine, hypertext, choice-based and parser-based IF, visual novels, 
procedurally generated narrative... Each of these forms has evolved into a 
community of practice. We want to create a space for these communities to 
come together, talk, exchange ideas, and discover ways to collaborate.

We are still finalizing the details of the venue and schedule. We expect 
to be in Cambridge, in coordination with MIT's Comparative Media Studies 
and Writing department.

A call for speakers and talk proposals will be posted soon! Watch for news 
here and on our web site: http://narrascope.org/

Who are we? The Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation is a 501(c)(3) 
nonprofit organization which supports the tools, services, and community 
resources of interactive fiction and narrative games. NarraScope is IFTF's 
first major public event.
https://iftechfoundation.org/
https://iftechfoundation.org/committees/conference/

Questions? Contact narrascope at iftechfoundation.org .

Inclusivity statement: NarraScope celebrates the diverse voices of game 
design. We aim to create a safe, welcoming, and accountable space for all 
participants.

--Z

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"And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these were the borogoves..."
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