Sophia de Augustine is a Canadian interactive fiction writer from Toronto. Their creative focus is LGBT gothic romance and horror. Their body of work includes Vespertine, Origin of Love, and Sweetpea — for which they won the 2022 IFDB award for Outstanding Horror. They are a founding member of the Neo-Interactives, a creative collective for choice-based and parser interactive fiction creation. They are also prominently known for persistent community-building and an enduring love for felines (meows) of all types.
Sophia and Manon chat about running game jams to foster creativity and experimentation, and to build bridges between different IF communities and forms.