Question

How can I contribute to the community without writing a game?

Answer 1

There are several ways.

• Test a game. if.game-testing.org has people who need testing, as does the announcements subsection and intfiction.org.
• Give a transcript for a game, especially one an author says has a post-comp release
• judge in a competition, anywhere from a small game jam to IFComp
• put reviews on a blog. They don't have to be fancy or formal. They can even be "what I played." The blog doesn't have to be terribly visible.
• see if anything at http://www.ifwiki.org needs updating or expounding
• see if anything at http://ifdb.tads.org needs updating (e.g. recent competitions)
• write a walkthrough or map for a game and submit it to archive.org
• start a discussion about a game that confuses/intrigues you.
• write an extension, if you're technically proficient

Comments

I'm assuming archive.org should be ifarchive.org?