48 games in 6 divisions; award date December 2, 2024
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...
48 games in 6 divisions; award date December 1, 2023
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...
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...
34 games in 4 divisions; award date November 26, 2021
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...
22 games in 4 divisions; award date November 16, 2020
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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,...
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,...
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...
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,...