Neo Interactives!

The Neo-Interactives is a hub for Interactive Fiction and IF-adjacent jams, moderated by Autumn Chen, Lapin Lunaire Games (Jinx), and Manonamora.

We organise small and unranked game jams throughout the year, each with different constraints, rules, and length!

We welcome any form of IF: from parser, to choice-based, to visual novels, and even kinetic pieces!
We do not restrict creators to any program or format, or language. If your entry is interactive and focuses on the text, come submit it!
We only ask that you include trigger warnings when relevant.

If you have any questions, shoot us an ask!

Join our Discord! - Join the current Jam!

At the end of each jam*, we will create an IFDB page for every entry. The IFDB, or Interactive Fiction Database, is an IF game information catalogue, creating a historical record of the IF landscape.
*Contact the mods for question or if you don’t want to be included.
BOYG is also excluded.

If you share your submission on Tumblr, tag @neointeractives or tag the relevant jam so we can find you!

List of Jams:

• Bare-Bones Jam, where creators must keep the basic UI of their chosen program.
• Bring Out Your Ghost, for abandoned or forgotten projects.
• Neo Twiny Jam, where creators can only write 500 words.
• Single Choice Jam, where creators can only give the player one choice.
• And more!

Past Events:

Keep reading

The Dialogue Jam starts today!

Let’s get talking!

We will track entries on Tumblr with the #dialoguejam, but you can also tag @neointeractives!

Join the Neo-Interactive Discord

Dialogue Jam

Let’s Get Talking!

The Dialogue Jam is a month-long unranked jam all about communication between characters. Whether through verbal dialogue or written correspondence, this jam aims to bring discussions forward.

Constraints and Rules:

• Your Entry must be centred around an exchange between characters. No description allowed!
• This could take the form of a dialogue (even monologue!), script, or letters.
• Elements like stage direction or dialogue tags can be used, though they should be kept to a minimum.
• The Jam is open to any program/medium, as long as the piece can be considered Interactive Fiction (i.e. the game is interactive, and its focus is on the text).
• The Jam is open to any language.
• You can submit up to 3 entries!
• You should aim for 15-30 minutes maximum gameplay.
• Entries can have NSFW content, as long as you indicate it in your submission.
• Games should not include any generated AI content (incl. Cover Image/Game Page). Entries using AI/LLM will be removed.
• Assets used must be properly credited.
• Spam or hateful content will not be accepted.

Come talk with us!

Join the Jam!

We will track entries on Tumblr with the #dialoguejam, but you can also tag @neointeractives!

Join the Neo-Interactive Discord

No More Kisses :(

The Smoochie Jam is now over!

So come check out the really cool entries submitted this year!

https://itch.io/jam/smoochie-jam-25/entries

Just one week left!

We’re getting closer to the end of the Smoochie Jam!
But there is still time to subvert kissing tropes: one more week before the submission period closes!

We will track entries on Tumblr with the #smoochiejam, but you can also tag @neointeractives!

Join the Neo-Interactive Discord

Smoochie Jam Has Begun!

It’s here! Celebrate Valentine’s day with us by having fun with kissing tropes!

Get your smooch on: from now through March 1, 2025, Smoochie Jam 2025 is open for submissions.

Want to make a game about kissing, romance, or turning those things on their heads? That’s what Smoochie Jam is all about!

Check out the full jam details and sign up on itch.io!

For more jams like this or to discuss Smoochie Jam, join the Neo-Interactives Discord | Tag #smoochiejam or @neointeractives so we can see your entry on tumblr!

Smoochie Jam!

A Valentine’s Interactive Fiction Jam

For this Valentine’s month, you can help make romance happen with a smooch!

The Smoochie Jam is a month-long unranked jam all about kisses, real or imagined, love and romance.  The name and concept of this jam were inspired the original SmoochieComp in 2001, hosted by Emily Short.

Games should be about romance, kissing, or the deliberate subversion thereof. Here is an optional list of story ideas and concepts:

♡ first kiss, last kiss
♡ kissing in the rain
♡ kiss of life (or kiss of death)
♡ sealed with a kiss
♡ kiss with a fist
♡ spaghetti kiss

Constraints and Rules:

• Your Entry should relate to romance, love, kisses, or the deliberate subversion thereof.
• The Jam is open to any program/medium, as long as the piece can be considered Interactive Fiction (i.e. the game is interactive, and its focus is on the text).
• The Jam is open to any language.
• You can submit up to 3 entries!
• You should aim for a 15-30min maximum gameplay.
• Entries can have NSFW content, as long as you indicate it in your submission.
• Games should not include any generated AI content (incl. Cover Image/Game Page). Entries using AI/LLM will be removed.
• Assets used must be properly credited.
• Spam or hateful content will not be accepted.

Join the Jam!

We will track entries on Tumblr with the #smoochiejam, but you can also tag @neointeractives!

Join the Neo-Interactive Discord

ShuffleComp 2024: Shuffle Harder

ShuffleComp is a musical interactive fiction competition where you make games based on songs, which are submitted by other entrants. Each entrant gets a random playlist of songs submitted by other entrants, and will make games based on these songs.

How it works:

1. Sign up for the game jam and/or submit a playlist of up to 8 songs Sign up for the game jam and/or submit a playlist of up to 8 songs here. This is due by December 15. You can make games without submitting songs, or submit songs without making games, but it is recommended that you do both. Songs from people not making games will only be used if there are not enough songs otherwise.
2. By December 20, if you indicated that you’re interested in the jam, you’ll receive a list of 8 songs by email, randomly selected from other participants’ submissions. Now, you’ll write a game (or up to 3 games) based on some of these songs. You can submit songs to this jam page.
3. Games are due by January 19, 2025. After which, you’ll be able to vote for the following two weeks.

Sign-ups and music submissions

You must sign up first before submitting; if you submit without signing up, your entry will be removed.

Rules for games:

• Games should be interactive fiction in some way.
• Games should be based on at least one of the songs you received, but can use any number of songs. You can interpret “based on a song” however you’d like.
• Games should not include any generated AI content (incl. Cover Image/Game Page). Entries using AI/LLM will be removed.
• You can submit up to 3 games, using different songs or the same songs.
• Voting will be based on the use of songs and the overall game goodness.

Join the Neo-Interactive Discord