Weekly Roundup, 27 September 2025

IF Jams

• The 2025 Bare Bones Jam begins on October 1 and runs through October 30.

Other Jams

Jams that aren’t IF-specific, but are IF-friendly

• Yuri Game Jam 2025 is for any media, not just games, that focus on “queer relationships between women or the queer female experience.” Opens October 1 and runs for two months.
• Bara Jam 2025 invites submissions of games of all types that fit into the bara genre. Opens October 1 and runs for two months.
• Unpolished Jam #4 is “a space to make something you want to make… even if it’s not perfect.” Opens October 4, runs through October 11.
• The recently-released Game Poems Community Showcase #1 contains multiple IF works.

Other

• IFWiki has announced its new games database.
• Two more videos from Narrascope 2025 have been posted to the IFTF YouTube channel.
• InternetJanitor has shared a mockup demonstrating the implementation of a parser system in the engine Decker.

That's what I’ve got for now! If you have any corrections or want to share anything relevant from this past week that I missed, please contact me! And as always, feel free to send in tips/suggestions for next week. 🐀