#genres

for the next month we’re shining the spotlight on all things tumblr music: the artists y’all love, lyrics that hit that sweet spot, genres that bring us together, and what inspires some of tumblr’s musicians. you’ll also get reminders for all the fun music feature updates currently live. so stick around or you might miss out on something pretty exciting… 🎙️

to kick things off, we’re turning to the one, the only, the incomparable icon Halsey. dive into the introspective storytelling of her lyrics and let those emotions run free.

If a book has elements of multiple genres, pick the overall genre you feel fits best. For example, the Star Wars universe has fantasy elements but is primarily considered a science fiction setting.

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“Why isn’t there more hockey?” Hockey games are on ESPN. This is a romance. Hockey is the setting. Romance is the plot.

“They’re already fucking! Where is the tension?” You don’t see any tension in having a secret physical relationship while feelings haven’t been articulated? Tell me you haven’t read a contemporary romance in the last 25 years without telling me you haven’t read a contemporary romance in the last 25 years.

We're kicking off a month-long celebration of interactive fiction this May—and we want you to be part of it! 

Over the course of the month, we'll be building curated recommendation lists across a range of IF genres, highlighting standout games, and featuring interviews with the creators of these games.

Objectives: 

We hope that this will be a fun, community-driven way to:

Keep Interact-IF's recommendation lists up-to-date

Allow authors to share their work with a wider audience

Help everyone discover new, awesome interactive fiction games!

How to participate *Edited dates:

Now–May 14: Submit your own games or nominate others (multiple allowed) in each genre.

May 16–21: Community voting on submitted games by genre.

After voting: Winners get short feature interviews.

By May 24: Final showcase published with all submitted games + rolling interview features from May 25

Genres for this round^:

Fantasy

Sci-Fi

Action/Adventure

Modern/Slice-of-life

Historical Drama

^We might do other genres in the future!

WIP and completed games, twine, choicescript etc. games are all welcome, so long as they are 'interactive fiction'! Do try to tag the game as (WIP), (COMPLETED) when submitting if you can, though!