{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Short Game","title":"45: Spring Thing 2015 – Interactive Fiction Festival","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4252,"description":"This week we talk about the entrants for this year’s Spring Thing interactive fiction festival. Spring Thing is an offshoot of IFComp that focuses on new works (they must debut as a part of the festival) that are freely available, and generally shorter and more experimental than IFComp entries. We collectively played all but one of this year’s entrants and talk about them in detail.\nWe recorded this on the evening that the voting closed for the Spring Thing Audience Choice ribbon. The winners have since been announced, and Toby’s Nose won both the Audience Choice and the Alumni Choice awards!\nWe also discuss the results of this year’s XYZZY awards, and some other interactive fiction. This is only the beginning of our coverage of the interactive fiction competition/festival scene, so stay tuned!\nLinks for this episode\n\nSpring Thing Festival of Interactive Fiction\nIFComp 2014\nThe XYZZY Awards\nThe Short Game – 31: Interactive Fiction\nThe Short Game – 36: 80 Days\nGDC video: Leading Players Astray: 80 Days & Unexpected Stories\nHadean Lands\nHadean Lands walkthrough from Key & Compass\nThe Uncle Who Works For Nintendo\nWith Those We Love Alive – By Porpentine\nCreatures Such as We\nCrystal Warrior Ke$ha\nToby’s Nose by Chandler Groover\n\nWinner of both the Audience Choice and the Alumni Choice ribbons for 2015\n\n\nSunrise by Lucky Sun Scribes\nA Trial by B Minus Seven\nRuiness by Porpentine\n\nPorpentine’s website\n\n\nMere Anarchy by Bruno Dias\nThe Short Game – 28: A Dark Room\nAspel by Emily Short\n\nWriting for Seltani: an Aspel Post-mortem | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling\n\n\nAaron Reed\nRyan North’s To Be or Not To Be\n\n\nYou can follow our show on Twitter at @_shortgame\nSee our list of upcoming games, and make suggestions..\nLike the show? Support us by writing a review on iTunes!\nYour hosts this week were:\n\nRaygan Kelly – @raygank\nLaura Nash – @laurajnash\nNate Heininger – @natestl\nShane Kelly – @8bitShane","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/CxYZwjjs_4iLjyLDzLnaaznbL5170eSsi-gM7hls96Q/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iYzFm/ZGZmOGU2NDYxOTZl/YzAzNTU2NWM4MzJk/NzBmNy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}