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

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asked Apr 10 in Playing by AndrewS (250 points)

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## 1 Answer

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answered Apr 10 by AndrewS (250 points)

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

commented May 21 by bg (692 points)
I'm assuming archive.org should be ifarchive.org?

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