IFComp 2011

IFComp 2011
Competition
Frequency
Part of series	The Annual IF Competition
Website	https://ifcomp.org/comp/2011
Organiser	Stephen Granade
IFDB event page	Event
IFDB series page	Series
Total entries	38
Event dates
Registration began	10 May 2011
Registration ended	1 September 2011
Submissions ended	30 September 2011
Voting began	1 October 2011
Voting ended	15 November 2011
Results announced	16 November 2011
Results
1	Taco Fiction
2	Six
3	The Play
4	Escape From Santaland
5	PataNoir
6	The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M
7	Beet the Devil
8	Kerkerkruip
9	Cana According To Micah
10	A Comedy of Error Messages
11	The Binary
12	Tenth Plague
13 (tie)	Cursed
13 (tie)	Ted Paladin And The Case Of The Abandoned House
15	Cold Iron
16	It (game)
17	Andromeda Awakening
18	Keepsake
19	Sentencing Mr Liddell
20	Calm
21	The Guardian
22	The Hours
23	Blind
24	The Myothian Falcon
25	Last Day of Summer
26	Death of Schlig
27	Fan Interference
28	Playing Games
29	How Suzy Got Her Powers
30	Return to Camelot
31	Awake the Mighty Dread
32	The Ship of Whimsy
33	Operation Extraction
34	Professor Frank
35	Dead Hotel
36	Fog Convict
37	Luster
38	Vestiges
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This was the first year that authors were routinely permitted to update games mid-competition, although a few mid-comp updates had been permitted by the organisers in previous years. (This occasioned much discussion, but the practice was ultimately kept in the following years.)

Competition Schedule

As per the competition schedule (archive) webpage.

• May 10: The web site is open for business.
• September 1: Deadline for submission of intents.
• September 30: Deadline for entries.
• October 1: Entries released to the public.
• November 15: Voting deadline.
• October 1: 38 games were released.
• October 6: The games Calm, Death of Schlig, The Hours, Fan Interference, Kerkerkruip, Sentencing Mr Liddell, Blind, It, Dead Hotel, Andromeda Awakening, Tenth Plague, and Vestiges were updated.
• October 11: The games Andromeda Awakening, Awake the Mighty Dread, Death of Schlig, Fan Interference, The Guardian, The Myothian Falcon, Operation Extraction, The Play, Sentencing Mr Liddell, and Taco Fiction were updated.
• October 16: The games Andromeda Awakening, Blind, Calm, Cana According To Micah, Cold Iron, Fan Interference, The Myothian Falcon, and The Play were updated. The walkthrough for The Elfen Maiden was expanded.
• October 25: The games A Comedy of Error Messages (originally The Elfen Maiden), Andromeda Awakening, Fog Convict, Operation Extraction, and PataNoir were updated.
• November 1: The games Death of Schlig and Professor Frank were updated.
• November 11: The games PataNoir and Professor Frank were updated.
• November 16: Comp results were announced.

Deadlines are at 11:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time on the day listed above.

2011 IF Comp Results

38 games were released on October 1, 2011; results announced on November 16, 2011:

1. Taco Fiction (Ryan Veeder; Glulx).
2. Six (Wade Clarke; Glulx).
3. The Play (Dietrich Squinkifer, writing as Deirdra Kiai; Undum).
4. Escape From Santaland (Jason Ermer; Z-code).
5. PataNoir (Simon Christiansen; Glulx).
6. The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M (Michael Hilborn as "Edmund Wells"; Glulx).
7. Beet the Devil (Carolyn VanEseltine; Glulx).
8. Kerkerkruip (Victor Gijsbers; Glulx).
9. Cana According To Micah (Christopher Huang as "Rev. Stephen Dawson"; Z-code).
10. A Comedy of Error Messages a.k.a. The Elfen Maiden (Adam Le Doux; Z-code).
11. The Binary (Simon Mark as "Bloomengine"; Web browser).
12. Tenth Plague (Lynnea Dally; Z-code).
13. Cursed (Nick Rogers; ADRIFT 4), tied with
    Ted Paladin And The Case Of The Abandoned House (Anssi Raisanen; Alan).
15. Cold Iron (Andrew Plotkin as "Lyman Clive Charles"; Z-code).
16. It (Emily Boegheim; TADS 3).
17. Andromeda Awakening (Marco Innocenti; Z-code).
18. Keepsake (Savaric; Z-code).
19. Sentencing Mr Liddell (I-K. Huuhtanen; Glulx).
20. Calm (Joey Jones and Melvin Rangasamy; Glulx).
21. The Guardian (Lutein Hawthorne; Z-code).
22. The Hours (Robert Patten; Glulx).
23. Blind (Andrew Metzger; TADS 2).
24. The Myothian Falcon (Andy Joel; Quest 5).
25. Last Day of Summer (Doug Orleans as "Cameron Fox"; Z-code).
26. Death of Schlig (Peter Timony; Glulx).
27. Fan Interference (Andrew Schultz; Glulx).
28. Playing Games (Kevin Jackson-Mead as Pam Comfite; Glulx).
29. How Suzy Got Her Powers (David Whyld; ADRIFT 4).
30. Return to Camelot (Po. Prune; ADRIFT).
31. Awake the Mighty Dread (Lyle Skains; Glulx).
32. The Ship of Whimsy (U. N. Owen; Z-code).
33. Operation Extraction (Ming-Yee Iu; Web browser).
34. Professor Frank (Laurence Kilday; Z-code).
35. Dead Hotel (Comazombie; MS-Windows).
36. Fog Convict (Andrew Metzger; TADS 2).
37. Luster (Jared Smith; Glulx).
38. Vestiges (Joanna Houston as "Josephine Wynter"; Z-code).

2011 Miss Congeniality Awards

These awards were voted by the authors of the entries.

1. Taco Fiction (Ryan Veeder; Glulx).
2. The Play (Dietrich Squinkifer, writing as Deirdra Kiai; Undum).
3. Kerkerkruip (Victor Gijsbers; Glulx), tied with
   The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M (Michael Hilborn as "Edmund Wells"; Glulx).

Links

• Results archive.
• IF Comp 2011 (archive) - The original official site.
• IF Archive.
• IFComp 2011 in Mathbrush's History of IFComp, Year by Year (2017).
• The hat mystery was a metapuzzle involving several of the entries.

Reviews

• Forum discussions: Interactive Fiction Community Forum, ADRIFT forum (1) and (2), Jolt Country Forum, Octopus Overlords, MobyGames, and Russian forum.
• Reviews - at IFDB.
• Reviews by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
• Reviews (in German) by Martin Barth.
• Reviews by Duncan Bowsman.
• Reviews by Cobaltnine.
• Reviews by Mr Creosote.
• Reviews by Cult of the New.
• Reviews by George Dorn.
• Reviews by Elizabeth (runnerchild).
• Reviews by David Fletcher.
• Reviews by Christopher Huang.
• Reviews by J.
• Reviews by Jizaboz.
• Reviews by Cassandra Khaw.
• Reviews by Konstantinos.
• Reviews by Amanda Lange.
• Reviews by Yoon Ha Lee.
• Reviews by Michael Martin.
• Reviews by Rob Menke.
• Reviews by Sarah Morayati.
• Reviews by Carl Muckenhoupt.
• Reviews by Ron Newcomb.
• Reviews (archive) by Steven Odhner.
• Reviews by Jenni Polodna.
• Reviews by Dan Q.
• Reviews by Emily Short.
• Reviews by Adam Smith.
• Reviews by TempestDash.
• Reviews by Mark J. Tilford.
• Reviews by Matt Weiner.
• Reviews by Matt Wigdahl.
• Reviews by Jake Wildstrom.
• Reviews (YouTube videos) by Wintericecrystal.