25th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition

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Competition Schedule

As per the "about the Competition" webpage:

• July 1, 2019: Competition website opens for intents to enter.
• September 1, 2019: Last day to submit intents.
• September 28, 2019: Last day to submit entries.
• October 1, 2019: Games are released to the public, and voting begins.
• November 15, 2019: Voting deadline. Competition results are announced shortly afterwards.

All deadlines are at 11:59 PM Eastern time on the given dates.

Entries

Results were announced on 17-Nov-2019:

1. Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell; Glulx).
2. Turandot (Victor Gijsbers; Web browser).
3. Chuk and the Arena (Agnieszka Trzaska; Web browser).
4. Sugarlawn (Mike Spivey; Glulx).
5. Heretic's Hope (G.C. Baccaris; Web browser).
6. robotsexpartymurder (Hanon Ondricek; Web browser).
7. Night Guard / Morning Star (Astrid Dalmady; Web browser).
8. Limerick Heist (Pace Smith; Web browser).
9. Poppet (Bitter Karella; Quest).
10. Skies Above (Arthur DiBianca; Glulx).
11. Dungeon Detective 2: Devils and Details (Wonaglot; Web browser).
12. Dull Grey (Provodnik Games; Web browser) tied with
    Skybreak! (William Dooling; Web browser).
14. Remedial Witchcraft (dgtziea; Glulx).
15. Saint City Sinners (dgallagher; Web browser).
16. Black Sheep (Nic Barkdull and Matt Borgard; Web browser).
17. Frenemies (B F Lindsay; Glulx).
18. Pirateship (Robin Johnson; Web browser).
19. The good people (Pseudavid; Web browser).
20. Under the Sea (Heike Borchers; Glulx).
21. Very Vile Fairy File (Andrew Schultz as "Billy Boling"; Z-code).
22. For the Moon Never Beams (J. Michael; Glulx).
23. Truck Quest (Donald Conrad and Peter M.J. Gross; Web browser).
24. Pas De Deux (Linus Åkesson; Z-code).
25. Faerethia (Peter Eastman; Web browser).
26. Enceladus (Robb Sherwin; Hugo).
27. Clusterflux (Marshal Tenner Winter; Glulx).
28. Each-uisge (Jac Colvin; Web browser).
29. Break Stuff (Amy Clare Fontaine; Web browser).
30. Gone Out for Gruyère (B F Lindsay; Glulx).
31. The Four Eccentrics (Tim Wolfe and Caleb Wilson together as "Mild Cat Bean"; Glulx) tied with
    Hard Puzzle 4: The Ballad of Bob and Cheryl (Ade McT; Glulx).
33. Girth Loinhammer and the Quest for the Unsee Elixir (Damon L. Wakes; Web browser).
34. Old Jim's Convenience Store (Anssi Räisänen; Z-code).
35. Flight of the CodeMonkeys (Mark C Marino; Web browser) tied with
    Río Alto: forgotten memories (Ambrosio).
37. For the Cats (Lei; Web browser).
38. Out (Viktor Sobol; Z-code).
39. Island in the Storm (Rita Lester as "JSMaika").
40. Iamb(ici) (Josée Cadaba as "Jo Lourdez"; Web browser).
41. Winter Break at Hogwarts (Brian Davies; Glulx).
42. Roads Not Taken (Doug Egan; Web browser).
43. Summer Night City (ghoti; Web browser).
44. Slugocalypse (Charlotte Blatchford; Web browser).
45. URA Winner! (Carter Sande; Web browser) tied with
    Mental Entertainment (Thomas Hvizdos; Glulx).
47. Language Arts (Jared Jackson; Web browser).
48. The Legendary Hero Has Failed. (Tom Martin; Web browser).
49. The Mysterious Stories of Caroline (Soham S; Web browser).
50. The House on Sycamore Lane (Paul Michael Winters; Glulx).
51. Jon Doe - Wildcard Nucleus (Olaf Nowacki; Glulx) tied with
    Planet C (Mark Carew).
53. Treasure Hunt in the Amazon (Kenneth Pedersen and Niels Søndergaard).
54. Let's Play: Ancient Greek Punishment: The Text Adventure (Pippin Barr; Glulx).
55. Citizen of Nowhere (Luke A. Jones; Glulx).
56. Rip Retold (Hipolito; Web browser).
57. Eye Contact (Thomas McMullan; Web browser).
58. Bradford Mansion (Lenard Gunda).
59. Flygskam Simulator (Katie Benson; Web browser) tied with
    The Milgram Parable (Peter Eastman; Web browser).
61. Valand (Ann Hoffmann; Web browser).
62. Eldritch Everyday: The Third Eye (Naomi Z as "Norbez"; Web browser).
63. De Novo (cyb3rmen; Web browser).
64. The Shadow Witch (Healy; MS-Windows).
65. Arram's Tomb (James Beck; Web browser).
66. Fat Fair (AKheon; Glulx).
67. The Surprise (Candy Meldromon; Web browser).
68. Ocean Beach (James Banks; Glulx).
69. The Ouroboros Trap (Chad Ordway; Web browser) tied with
    Abandon Them (Alan Beyersdorf).
71. Meeting Robb Sherwin (Jizaboz; Z-code).
72. The Call of the Shaman (Larry Horsfield).
73. The Untold Story (Michael Pavano).
74. Extreme Omnivore: Text Edition (Hazel Gold; Z-code).
75. The Sweetest Honey (Mauro Couto; Web browser).
76. Randomized escape (Yvan Uhlmann; Glulx).
77. The Secret of Vegibal Island (ralf tauscher; Glulx).
78. Alice Blue (Chris Selmys; Web browser).
79. A Blue Like No Other (Dan Cox; Web browser).
80. Bad Water (Waking Media; Web browser).
81. The Chieftain (LeSUTHU; Web browser).
82. Lucerne (Dimitri Kaviani; Web browser).

2019 Miss Congeniality Awards

These awards were voted by the authors of the entries.

1. Sugarlawn (Mike Spivey; Glulx).
2. Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell; Glulx).
3. Skies Above (Arthur DiBianca; Glulx).

Links

• IF Comp website.
• 2019 IFComp (Pre-Comp) Survey.
• IF Comp 2019 Reviews . A Google spreadsheet of links to reviews, created by Victor Gijsbers that anyone can add links to.
• 2019 Results Livestream posted on YouTube. Live stream of the results for the 2019 Interactive Fiction Competition, a ceremony/presentation which happened on Twitch on 17-Nov-2019.
• Interactive Fiction Community Forum at intfiction.org.