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ECTOCOMP 2023

48 games in 6 divisions

ECTOCOMP is an annual competition for interactive fiction celebrating the SPOOKY MONTH OF HALLOWEENTOBER. Whether you celebrate Halloween, Day of the Dead, All Saint's Eve, or just love ghost stories and creeping people out, this is your...

ECTOCOMP 2022

48 games in 6 divisions; award date November 20, 2022

ECTOCOMP is an annual competition for interactive fiction written for the SPOOKY MONTH OF HALLOWEENTOBER. Whether you celebrate Halloween, Day of the Dead, All Saint's Eve, or just love ghost stories and creeping people out, this is your...

ECTOCOMP 2021

34 games in 4 divisions; award date November 26, 2021

ECTOCOMP 2020

22 games in 4 divisions; award date November 16, 2020

ECTOCOMP 2019

30 games in 4 divisions; award date December 1, 2019

In a dark place. You open your eyes, and you are in a cold, dim, lonely place. Dark purple fog billowing all around. The stone floor has a faint purple glow too. The strange darkness reaches as far as the eye can see. But no, no,...

EctoComp 2018

30 games in 4 divisions; award date December 1, 2018

Frail souls, foolish and blind, unable to see beyond what reason allows you, you deny everything that does not conform faithfully to your pitiful human logic. Here you will find chilling narratives, mournful events between everyday...

EctoComp 2017

32 games in 4 divisions; award date December 1, 2017

You shudder, walking through the night breeze. Lights are flickering off in the distance and your chance of reaching safety in time is slimming. A shadow moves swiftly to your left; your gaze darts towards it but it disappears. Suddenly...

EctoComp 2016

21 games in 2 divisions; award date December 1, 2016

This year the competition is divided into two parts. La Petite Mort is for games written in three hours or under. Le Grand Guignol is for those who prefer to linger over their masterpieces, or just didn't manage to finish in under three...

EctoComp 2015

13 games in 2 divisions; award date December 1, 2015

Annual Halloween-themed SpeedIF. This year the competition is divided into two parts. La Petite Mort is for games written in three hours or under. Le Grand Guignol is for those who prefer to linger over their masterpieces, or just didn't...

EctoComp 2014

19 games; award date November 24, 2014

Annual Halloween-themed SpeedIF

Ectocomp 2013

25 games; award date December 1, 2013

Participants have three hours to write a Halloween-themed game.

EctoComp 2012

6 games; award date November 21, 2012

Ectocomp 2011

10 games; award date December 2, 2011

The 5th annual Hallowe'en speed-IF competition. Entries are all written in 3 hours or less. Traditionally an ADRIFT-only event, 2011 is notable for being the first Ectocomp to allow non-ADRIFT entries.

Ectocomp 2010

8 games; award date December 7, 2010

The annual Adrift Hallowe'en (horror and sci-fi) themed competition. Entries must be completed in 3 hours. "The theme is fairly general; ghost stories, horror, the supernatural, weird fiction, spine-chilling tales, pulp magazine stories,...

Ectocomp 2009

3 games; award date November 17, 2009

The annual Adrift Hallowe'en (horror and sci-fi) themed competition. Entries must be completed in 3 hours. "Ectocomp is a Speed IF Competition for Hallowe'en. Entries can be darn near anything (they don't always turn out to be horror,...

ECTOCOMP 2008

7 games

The annual Adrift Hallowe'en (horror and sci-fi) themed competition. Entries must be completed in 3 hours. ULES: * The theme is fairly general; ghost stories, horror, the supernatural, weird fiction, spine-chilling tales, pulp magazine...

ECTOCOMP 2007

4 games

The annual Adrift Hallowe'en (horror and sci-fi) themed competition. Entries must be completed in 3 hours. Here are the rules: * The theme is fairly general; ghost stories, horror, the supernatural, weird fiction, spine-chilling tales,...