IF Vault is the public-facing gateway for TerpVault: RetroRealm’s curated interactive fiction catalog, metadata library, and eventually browser-play launchpad.
The dream is simple: make IF approachable without stripping away its history.
What IF Vault should do
- Present curated game entries with friendly descriptions.
- Track source, author, year, format, IFID, and rights/provenance.
- Offer browser play where legally and technically appropriate.
- Link to IFDB, IF Archive, IFWiki, author pages, and walkthrough/hint resources.
- Provide beginner notes for historically important but less beginner-friendly games.
- Support package metadata through a human-friendly
game.yaml, while staying compatible with IF ecosystem standards such as Treaty of Babel/iFiction metadata.
Suggested entry fields
YAML
title:
author:
year:
format:
ifids: []
series:
genre:
difficulty:
estimated_play_time:
source_url:
ifdb_url:
ifwiki_url:
ifarchive_path:
rights_status:
playable_in_browser:
recommended_interpreter:
summary:
beginner_notes:
hints_available:
walkthrough_available:
provenance_notes:
Starter vault shelves
- Beginner Friendly
- Classic Cave Lineage
- Infocom-Era Context
- Modern Parser Favorites
- Fantasy & Mythic IF
- Short Works
- Games With Built-In Hints
- RetroRealm Featured
Page integration idea
When TerpVault is ready, this page can become a landing page that pulls from the plugin. Until then, it works as a polished placeholder and concept page.