“Interactive fiction, which once went by the name ‘text adventure,’ is having a moment.”
— New York Times (July 7, 2014)

WordPlay is our free one-day festival celebrating the most interesting uses of writing and words in contemporary games. Like last year, there will be a curated game showcase, talks by creators about the craft, and ways for the public to try their hand at making games.

Sat. Nov. 8, 12-5pm
Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge St. (Bloor-Yonge subway)
Free

Featuring international special guests!

• Andrew Plotkin (Shade, Spider and Web) will be talking about the just-released iPhone text game he Kickstarted, Hadean Lands: an alchemical interplanetary thriller.
• Deirdra “Squinky” Kiai (Dominique Pamplemousse) will be presenting their interactive play, Coffee: A Misunderstanding, where all the actors are audience members.

If you would like to submit or suggest a writerly game — a game with exceptional writing or uses writing in an integral way released in the last year — please do so via this form before midnight on Sunday October 12th. You can submit your own game, or a game you feel strongly about. No submission fee, Toronto and international games welcome.

If you would like to volunteer to help (10 volunteer hours earn you Hand Eye Society membership and voting rights in the January Annual General Meeting) please email us and we’ll loop you in on volunteer opportunities in the lead up to and on the day itself.

Our volunteer programming committee (Sarah Chu, David Fono, Will O’Neill, Filipe Salgado, Kaitlin Tremblay, Sagan Yee) will have a few exciting programming announcements to make down the line!

Dara Gold created the lovely tea-stained illustration above for WordPlay 2014.