27th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition

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See also:

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Competition Schedule

As per the "about the Competition" webpage:

• July 1, 2021: Competition website opens for intents to enter.
• September 1, 2021: Last day to submit intents.
• September 28, 2021: Last day to submit entries.
• October 1, 2021: Games are released to the public, and voting begins.
• November 15, 2021: Voting deadline.
• November 20, 2021: 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 71 entries. Results were announced on 20-Nov-2021:

1. And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One (B.J. Best; Inform 7).
2. Dr Horror's House of Terror (Ade McT; Inform 7).
3. The Song of the Mockingbird (Mike Carletta; Inform 7).
4. What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed (Amanda Walker; Inform 7).
5. The Libonotus Cup (Nils Fagerburg; Custom).
6. Off-Season at the Dream Factory (B.J. Best (writing as "Carroll Lewis"); Adventuron).
7. The Golden Heist (George Lockett and Rob Thorman; Ink).
8. 4x4 Archipelago (Agnieszka Trzaska; Twine).
9. You are SpamZapper 3.1 (Leon Arnott; Twine).
10. A Paradox Between Worlds (Autumn Chen; ChoiceScript).
11. At King Arthur's Christmas Feast (Travis Moy; ChoiceScript).
12. The Best Man (Stephen Bond; Twine).
13. Sting (Mike Russo; Inform 7).
14. Funicular Simulator 2021 (Mary Goodden and Tom Leather; Twine).
15. Fine Felines (Felicity Banks; ChoiceScript).
16. we, the remainder (Charm Cochran; Twine).
17. The House on Highfield Lane (Andy Joel; QuestJS).
18. Finding Light (Abigail Jazwiec; Inform 7).
19. Silicon and Cells (Nic Barkdull and Matthew Borgard; Unity).
20. The Last Night of Alexisgrad (Milo van Mesdag; Twine).
21. D'ARKUN (Michael Baltes; Dialog).
22. Goat Game (Kathryn Li; Twine).
23. Grandma Bethlinda's Remarkable Egg (Arthur DiBianca; Twine).
23. Universal Hologram (Kit Riemer; Inform 7).
25. Beneath Fenwick (Pete Gardner; Twine).
26. Mermaids of Ganymede (Seth Paxton; Ink).
27. Closure (Sarah Willson; Inform 7).
28. Ghosts Within (Kyriakos Athanasopoulos; TADS 3).
28. The Waiting Room (Billy Krolick; Twine).
30. A Papal Summons, or The Church Cat (Bitter Karella; Twine).
31. How the monsters appeared in the Wasteland (V Dobranov; Twine).
32. AardVarK Versus the Hype (Truthcraze; Inform 7).
33. Cyborg Arena (John Ayliff; Twine).
34. Second Wind (Matthew Warner; Adventuron).
35. After-Words (fireisnormal; Custom).
36. Hercules! (Leo Weinreb; Inform 7).
37. Cygnet Committee (P.B. Parjeter; Twine).
38. I Contain Multitudes (Wonaglot; Quest).
39. The Last Doctor (Quirky Bones; Ink).
40. The Corsham Witch Trial (JC Blair; Twine).
41. Codex Sadistica: A Heavy-Metal Minigame (grave snail games; Inform 7).
42. Starbreakers (E. Joyce and N. Cormier; Twine).
43. My Gender Is a Fish (Carter Gwertzman; Twine).
44. The Library (Leonardo Boselli; Hyperfable).
45. Fourbyfourian Quarryin' (Andrew Schultz; Inform 7).
46. Brave Bear (John Evans; Inform 6).
47. The Dead Account (Naomi Norbez; Twine), tied with
    Wabewalker (Ben Sisk; JAVA).
49. Taste of Fingers (V Dobranov; Twine).
50. Walking Into It (Andrew Schultz; Python).
51. How it was then and how it is now (Pseudavid; Ink).
52. BLK MTN (Laura Paul; Twine).
53. An Aside About Everything (Sasha; Twine).
54. Infinite Adventure (B.J. Best (writing as "A. Scotts"); Custom).
55. Recon (Carlos; Twine).
56. The TURING Test (Justin Fanzo; Twine).
57. extraordinary_fandoms.exe (Storysinger Presents; Twine).
58. RetroCON 2021 (Sir Slice; Twine).
59. The Miller's Garden (Damon L. Wakes; Twine).
60. The Spirit Within Us (Alessandro Ielo; C).
61. Unfortunate (Jess Elizabeth Reed; Inform 7).
62. What remains of me (Jovial Ron; TIC-80).
63. Smart Theory (AKheon; INK).
64. This Won't Make You Happy (Mike Gillis; Twine).
65. Enveloping Darkness (John Muhlhauser, Helen Pluta, and Othniel Aryee; Squiffy).
66. Weird Grief (Naomi Norbez; Twine).
67. Kidney Kwest (Eric Zinda, and Luka Marceta; Perplexity).
68. Plane Walker (Jack Comfort; Inform 7).
69. The Daughter (GioBorrows; Ink).
70. The Belinsky Conundrum (Sam Ursu; Facebook Messenger).
71. The Vaults (Daniel Duarte; Unity).

2021 Miss Congeniality Awards

These awards were voted by the authors of the entries.

1. And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One (B.J. Best; Inform 7).
2. Off-Season at the Dream Factory (B.J. Best; Adventuron), tied with
   The Song of the Mockingbird (Mike Carletta; Inform 7).

Links

• IF Comp website.
• IF Comp 2021 Reviews. A Google spreadsheet of links to reviews, set up by Nils Fagerburg.
• Interactive Fiction Community Forum at intfiction.org.