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Interactive Fiction Database
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The database was founded by Michael J. Roberts in 2007.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p><p>The IFDB is currently (2023) maintained by the IFDB committee of the <a href="/facts/Interactive_Fiction_Technology_Foundation/fhYuEF8Y">Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation</a> (IFTF).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="top-games">Top games</h2> <p>In 2023, <a href="/facts/Emily_Short/CAkcnW3n">Emily Short</a>'s 2012 game <i><a href="/facts/Counterfeit_Monkey/PGgycPQq">Counterfeit Monkey</a></i> was listed as the #1 game on the IFDB Top 100 list.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> An additional five of Short's games were in the top 100.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p><p>The top 10 games on the IFDB Top 100 list, using an <a href="/facts/IMDb/uWrqVYVy">IMDb</a> style <a href="/facts/Bayes_estimator/BpFRxYBg">Bayes estimator</a> to calculate weighted ratings based on all IFDB ratings, were (as of 2023):<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <ol><li><i><a href="/facts/Counterfeit_Monkey/PGgycPQq">Counterfeit Monkey</a></i>, by <a href="/facts/Emily_Short/CAkcnW3n">Emily Short</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Anchorhead/eozuAM9d">Anchorhead</a></i>, by <a href="/facts/Michael_Gentry/eozuAM9d">Michael Gentry</a></li> <li><i>Hadean Lands</i>, by <a href="/facts/Andrew_Plotkin/xUUtlXwq">Andrew Plotkin</a></li> <li><i>Superluminal Vagrant Twin</i>, by C.E.J. Pacian</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/80_Days_(2014_video_game)/CSE7b13Q">80 Days</a></i>, by inkle and <a href="/facts/Meg_Jayanth/vaPWccLE">Meg Jayanth</a></li> <li><i>Open Sorcery</i>, by Abigail Corfman</li> <li><i>Worldsmith</i> by Ade McT</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Wizard_Sniffer/sj5bK6Xq">The Wizard Sniffer</a></i>, by <a href="/facts/Buster_Hudson/sj5bK6Xq">Buster Hudson</a></li> <li><i>Will Not Let Me Go</i>, by Stephen Granade</li> <li><i>Eat Me</i>, by Chandler Groover</li></ol> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Interactive_Fiction_Competition/I8xLJUlH">Interactive Fiction Competition</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Spring_Thing/BglT1cvn">Spring Thing</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/XYZZY_Awards/RghrPnxA">XYZZY Awards</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://ifdb.org/">https://ifdb.org/</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"IFDB the Interactive Fiction Database" (archived 23 November 2023), ifdb.org. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231123081553/https://ifdb.org/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20231123081553/https://ifdb.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"IFDB the Interactive Fiction Database" (archived 23 November 2023), ifdb.org. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231123081553/https://ifdb.org/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20231123081553/https://ifdb.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Programs", iftechfoundation.org. Retrieved 19 June 2022. <a href="https://iftechfoundation.org/programs/" target="_blank">https://iftechfoundation.org/programs/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Contacting Us", ifdb.org. Retrieved 19 June 2022. <a href="https://ifdb.org/contact" target="_blank">https://ifdb.org/contact</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"IFDB Top 100" (archived), ifdb.org, 13 November 2023. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231119084955/https://ifdb.org/viewlist?id=k7rrytlz3wihmx2o" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20231119084955/https://ifdb.org/viewlist?id=k7rrytlz3wihmx2o</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"IFDB Top 100" (archived), ifdb.org, 13 November 2023. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231119084955/https://ifdb.org/viewlist?id=k7rrytlz3wihmx2o" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20231119084955/https://ifdb.org/viewlist?id=k7rrytlz3wihmx2o</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"IFDB Top 100" (archived), ifdb.org, 13 November 2023. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231119084955/https://ifdb.org/viewlist?id=k7rrytlz3wihmx2o" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20231119084955/https://ifdb.org/viewlist?id=k7rrytlz3wihmx2o</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>