26th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition

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Competition Schedule

As per the "about the Competition" webpage:

July 1, 2020: Competition website opens for intents to enter.
September 1, 2020: Last day to submit intents.
September 28, 2020: Last day to submit entries.
October 1, 2020: Games are released to the public, and voting begins.
November 29, 2020: Voting deadline.
December 5, 2020: Competition results are announced (on Twitch, and on ifcomp.org).

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

Entries

There were 103 entries. Results were announced on 05-Dec-2020:

The Impossible Bottle (Linus Åkesson; Z-code), tied with
Tavern Crawler (Josh Labelle; Twine).
Vain Empires (Thomas Mack and Xavid; Glulx).
Limerick Quest (Pace Smith; Twine).
The Magpie Takes the Train (Mathbrush; Glulx).
The Eleusinian Miseries (Mike Russo; Glulx).
A Rope of Chalk (Ryan Veeder; Glulx).
A Murder in Fairyland (Abigail Corfman; Twine), tied with
Stuff of Legend (Lance Campbell; Glulx).
Sense of Harmony (Scenario World).
Flattened London (Carter Gwertzman; Glulx), tied with
Doppeljobs (Lei; Ink).
Vampire Ltd (Alex Harby; Glulx).
Alone (Paul Michael Winters; Glulx).
Sage Sanctum Scramble (Arthur DiBianca; Glulx).
Lore Distance Relationship (Naomi "Bez" Norbez; Twine), tied with
Captivity (Jim Aikin; TADS 3).
Congee (Becci; Twine).
Red Radish Robotics (Gibbo; Twine).
Shadow Operative (Michael Lauenstein; Glulx).
Ulterior Spirits (E.J. Holcomb; Online web browser).
Ascension of Limbs (AKheon; Glulx).
Ferryman's Gate (Daniel Maycock; Glulx).
Happyland (Rob Fitzel; Web browser).
Jay Schilling's Edge of Chaos (Robb Sherwin and Mike Sousa; TADS).
Entangled (Dark Star; Z-code).
Academic Pursuits (As Opposed To Regular Pursuits) (ruqiyah; Glulx).
Little Girl In Monsterland (Maurizio Colucci as "Mike Stallone"; Online web browser).
Electric word, "life" (Lance Nathan; Twine).
The Eidolon's Escape (Mark Clarke; Twine).
Babyface (Mark Sample; Twine), tied with
Chorus (Skarn; Web browser).
Seasonal Apocalypse Disorder (Zan and Xavid), tied with
How The Elephant's Child Who Walked By Himself Got His Wings (Peter Eastman; Twine).
Lovely Assistant: Magical Girl (Bitter Karella; Glulx).
Turbo Chest Hair Massacre (Joey Acrimonious; Glulx).
The Cursèd Pickle of Shireton (Hanon Ondricek; AXMA).
High Jinnks (M. Nite Chamberlain; Twine).
The Brutal Murder of Jenny Lee (Daniel Gao; Quest).
Ghostfinder: Shift (Han-Joo Kim; Twine).
For a Place by the Putrid Sea (Arno von Borries; Glulx).
Mother Tongue (Nell Raban; Twine), tied with
Tragic (Jared Jackson; Unity).
Dr Ego and the egg of Man-Toomba (Wesley Werner as "Special Agent"; Z-code).
A Catalan Summer (Neibucrion; Online web browser).
The Moon wed Saturn (Pseudavid; Twine).
The Call of Innsmouth (Tripper McCarthy; Twine).
The Copyright of Silence (Ola Hansson; Twine).
Captain Graybeard's Plunder (Julian Mortimer Smith; Twine), tied with
BYOD (n-n; Z-code).
Phantom (Peter Eastman; Twine).
What the Bus? (E. Joyce; Twine).
Deelzebub (Morgan Elrod-Erickson, Skyler Grandel, and Jan Kim; TADS).
Minor Arcana (Jack Sanderson Thwaite; Twine).
The Land Down Under (The Marino Family; Undum).
Terror in the Immortal's Atelier (Gevelle Formicore; Twine).
You Couldn't Have Done That (Ann Hugo; Twine).
Incident! Aliens on the Teresten! (Tarquin Segundo; Twine).
The Incredibly Mild Misadventures of Tom Trundle (B F Lindsay; Glulx), tied with
Deus Ex Ceviche (Tom Lento and Chandler Groover; Twine) and
Adventures in the Tomb of Ilfane (Willershin Rill; Twine).
Trusting My Mortal Enemy?! What a Disaster! (Storysinger Presents; Twine).
A Calling of Dogs (Arabella Collins; Ink).
Accelerate (The TAV Institute; Online web browser), tied with
The Cave (Neil Aitken; Twine).
Where the Wind Once Blew Free (No Sell Out Productions; Twine).
Stoned Ape Hypothesis (James Heaton; Ink).
Quintessence (Andrea M. Pawley; Twine).
Savor (Ed Nobody; Twine).
Desolation (Earth Traveler; Glulx), tied with
Stand Up / Stay Silent (Y Ceffyl Gwyn; Twine).
Radicofani (Roberto Marcarini; MS-Windows).
The Wayward Story (Ralfe Rich as "Cristmo Ibarra"; Glulx).
The Pinecone (Joseph Pentangelo; Twine).
Under They Thunder (Andrew Schultz; Glulx).
Quest for the Sword of Justice (Damon L. Wakes; Web browser).
(s)wordsmyth (Tristan Jacobs; Unity).
Tombs & Mummies (Matthew Warner; Quest).
The Turnip (Joseph Pentangelo; Twine).
Passages (Jared W Cooper; Twine).
The Arkhill Darkness (Jason Barrett; Twine).
Big Trouble in Little Dino Park (Seth Paxton and Rachel Aubertin; Online web browser).
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants (Kenneth Pedersen as "Ilmur Eggert"; Glulx).
Just another Fairy Tale (Finn Rosenløv; ADRIFT 5).
The Shadow In The Snow (Andrew Brown; Twine).
Return to Castle Coris (Larry Horsfield; ADRIFT 5).
INFINITUBE (Tom Charles Bair III; Twine).
Sheep Crossing (Andrew Geng; Z-code).
Sonder Snippets (Sana; Twine).
Tangled Tales (JimJams Games; MS-Windows).
Move On (Serhii Mozhaiskyi; Online web browser).
Creatures (Andreas Hagelin; MS-Windows).
Saint Simon's Saw (Samuel Thomson; Unity), tied with
Last House on the Block (Jason Olson; Glulx).
SOUND (Cynthia P; Twine).
At Night (Oscar; Twine).
You Will Thank Me as Fast as You Thank a Werewolf (B.J. Best; Twine).
Amazing Quest (Nick Montfort; Web browser).
The Place (CynthiaP as "Ima"; Twine).
#VanLife (Victoria; Online web browser).
Equal-ibrium (CynthiaP as "Ima"; Twine).
Fight Forever (Pako; Twine).
Popstar Idol Survival Game (CrunchMasterGowon; Twine).

(104 games were originally entered, but Elsegar I: Arrival (Silas Bryson; Glulx) was disqualified due to a prior public release.)

2020 Miss Congeniality Awards

These awards were voted by the authors of the entries.

The Magpie Takes the Train (Mathbrush; Glulx).
Tavern Crawler (Josh Labelle; Twine).
Vain Empires (Thomas Mack and Xavid; Glulx).

Links

IF Comp website.
IF Comp 2020 Reviews. A Google spreadsheet of links to reviews, set up by JimB.
Interactive Fiction Community Forum at intfiction.org.

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