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* The deadline for first-round voting is March 9, 2014. | * The deadline for first-round voting is March 9, 2014. | ||
* The deadline for second-round voting is April 4, 2014. | * The deadline for second-round voting is April 4, 2014. | ||
− | * The online award ceremony | + | * The online award ceremony was held on ifMUD on April 6, 2014, 1:30 PM Pacific time. |
==2013 XYZZY Awards Finalists== | ==2013 XYZZY Awards Finalists== | ||
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− | * '''[http://xyzzyawards.org/ XYZZY Awards]'''. The main site. | + | * '''[http://xyzzyawards.org/ XYZZY Awards]'''. The main site. With [http://xyzzyawards.org/?p=273 the results]. |
− | * [http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=11585 XYZZY Awards 2013: first round open] - | + | * Interactive Fiction Community Forum threads: |
+ | ** [http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=11585 XYZZY Awards 2013: first round open] - February 17, 2014. | ||
+ | ** [http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=11920 XYZZY Awards, Second Round / FLAWLESS VICTORY] - March 10, 2014. | ||
+ | ** [http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=12052 XYZZY Awards ceremony] - March 14, 2014. | ||
===Reviews=== | ===Reviews=== |
Revision as of 20:28, 28 April 2014
Browse the XYZZY Awards either by year:
- 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Or by category:
- Best Game | Best Writing | Best Story | Best Setting | Best Puzzles | Best NPCs | Best Individual Puzzle | Best Individual NPC | Best Individual PC | Best Use of Medium (1997–2009) | Best Implementation (2010–) | Best Use of Innovation (2010–) | Best Technological Development (2010–) | Best Supplemental Materials (2010–2013) | Best Use of Multimedia (2014–) | Other awards
See also:
Dates
- The deadline for first-round voting is March 9, 2014.
- The deadline for second-round voting is April 4, 2014.
- The online award ceremony was held on ifMUD on April 6, 2014, 1:30 PM Pacific time.
2013 XYZZY Awards Finalists
- Best Game:
- Finalist: Coloratura (Lynnea Glasser; Glulx)
- Finalist: Horse Master (Tom McHenry; Web browser)
- Finalist: Their angelical understanding (Porpentine; Web browser)
- Finalist: ULTRA BUSINESS TYCOON III (Porpentine; Web browser)
- Best Writing:
- Finalist: Coloratura (Lynnea Glasser; Glulx)
- Finalist: Their angelical understanding (Porpentine; Web browser)
- Finalist: You Will Select a Decision (Brendan Patrick Hennessy; Web browser)
- Best Story:
- Finalist: Coloratura (Lynnea Glasser; Glulx)
- Finalist: Horse Master (Tom McHenry; Web browser)
- Finalist: Solarium (Alan DeNiro; Web browser)
- Finalist: ULTRA BUSINESS TYCOON III (Porpentine; Web browser)
- Best Setting:
- Finalist: Choice of the Deathless (Max Gladstone; eReader)
- Finalist: Coloratura (Lynnea Glasser; Glulx)
- Finalist: Horse Master (Tom McHenry; Web browser)
- Finalist: Robin & Orchid (Ryan Veeder and Emily Boegheim; Glulx)
- Finalist: Their angelical understanding (Porpentine; Web browser)
- Best Puzzles:
- Finalist: Captain Verdeterre's Plunder (Ryan Veeder; Glulx)
- Finalist: Coloratura (Lynnea Glasser; Glulx)
- Finalist: Threediopolis (Andrew Schultz; Z-code)
- Best NPCs:
- Finalist: Bell Park, Youth Detective (Brendan Patrick Hennessy; Web browser)
- Finalist: Choice of the Deathless (Max Gladstone; eReader)
- Finalist: Ollie Ollie Oxen Free (Carolyn VanEseltine; Glulx)
- Finalist: ULTRA BUSINESS TYCOON III (Porpentine; Web browser)
- Finalist: Witch's Girl (Geoff Moore as "Mostly Useless"; Web browser)
- Best Individual Puzzle:
- Finalist: Maximizing your profit in Captain Verdeterre's Plunder (Ryan Veeder; Glulx)
- Finalist: Getting out of the lab in Chemistry and Physics (Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine; Web browser)
- Finalist: Creating the meat monster in Coloratura (Lynnea Glasser; Glulx)
- Finalist: Three-latch door in Faithful Companion (Matt Weiner; Z-code)
- Finalist: Discovering the type of route that works in Threediopolis (Andrew Schultz; Z-code)
- Finalist: Earning one million dollars in ULTRA BUSINESS TYCOON III (Porpentine; Web browser)
- Best Individual NPC:
- Finalist: -bitmap-zer0- in Bell Park, Youth Detective (Brendan Patrick Hennessy; Web browser)
- Finalist: Captain Verdeterre in Captain Verdeterre's Plunder (Ryan Veeder; Glulx)
- Finalist: Mercy in Coloratura (Lynnea Glasser; Glulx)
- Finalist: the ghost in Faithful Companion (Matt Weiner; Z-code)
- Finalist: Your horse in Horse Master (Tom McHenry; Web browser)
- Best Individual PC: Coloratura (Lynnea Glasser; Glulx)
- Best Implementation:
- Finalist: Coloratura (Lynnea Glasser; Glulx)
- Finalist: Depression Quest (Zoe Quinn, Patrick Lindsey, and Isaac Schankler; Web browser)
- Finalist: Robin & Orchid (Ryan Veeder and Emily Boegheim; Glulx)
- Finalist: Their angelical understanding (Porpentine; Web browser)
- Finalist: Trapped in Time (Simon Christiansen; PDF)
- Best Use of Innovation:
- Finalist: 18 Cadence (Aaron A. Reed; iPad and Web browser)
- Finalist: Castle of the Red Prince (C.E.J. Pacian; Z-code)
- Finalist: Ex Nihilo (Juhana Leinonen; Web browser)
- Finalist: Final Girl (Hanon Ondricek; Web browser)
- Finalist: Sorcery! (Steve Jackson and inkle; smartphone)
- Finalist: Trapped in Time (Simon Christiansen; PDF)
- Best Supplemental Materials:
- Finalist: Graphic environment in 18 Cadence (Aaron A. Reed; iPad and Web browser)
- Finalist: Ship plans in Coloratura (Lynnea Glasser; Glulx)
- Finalist: Trailer in Depression Quest (Zoe Quinn, Patrick Lindsey, and Isaac Schankler; Web browser)
- Finalist: Multimedia in Dominique Pamplemousse - It's All Over Once The Fat Lady Sings! (Deirdra Kiai; Web browser and MS-Windows, Macintosh, and iPad)
- Finalist: Cover art in Hill of Souls (Angela Shah; Z-code)
- Finalist: The Labyrinth's Lament (the comic that establishes the setting) in The Sixth Sleep (Sloane Leong; Web browser)
Links
- XYZZY Awards. The main site. With the results.
- Interactive Fiction Community Forum threads:
- XYZZY Awards 2013: first round open - February 17, 2014.
- XYZZY Awards, Second Round / FLAWLESS VICTORY - March 10, 2014.
- XYZZY Awards ceremony - March 14, 2014.
Reviews
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TODO: Finalists and winners, when they'll be announced
TODO: Finalists and winners, when they'll be announced