6th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition

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The 6th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition was organized by Stephen Granade.

2000 IF Comp Results

1. Kaged (Ian Finley; TADS 2).
2. Metamorphoses (Emily Short; Z-code).
3. Being Andrew Plotkin (J. Robinson Wheeler as "Celie Paradis"; Z-code).
4. Ad Verbum (Nick Montfort; Z-code).
5. Transfer (Tod Levi; Z-code).
6. My Angel (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
7. Nevermore (Nate Cull; Z-code).
8. Masquerade (Kathleen M. Fischer; Z-code).
9. YAGWAD (John Kean as "Digby McWiggle"; Z-code).
10. Shade (Andrew Plotkin as "Ampe R. Sand"; Z-code).
11. Guess the Verb! (Leonard Richardson; Z-code).
12. Letters from Home (Roger Firth; Z-code).
13. Rameses (Stephen Bond; Z-code).
14. The Djinni Chronicles (J. D. Berry; Z-code).
15. The Best Man (Rob Menke; Z-code).
16. And the Waves Choke the Wind (Gunther Schmidl; Z-code).
17. At Wit's End (Mike Sousa; TADS 2).
18. Dinner with Andre (Liza Daly; Z-code).
19. Planet of the Infinite Minds (Alfredo Garcia; TADS 2).
20. The Big Mama (Brendan Barnwell; Z-code).
21. The End Means Escape (Stephen Kodat as "D.O."; TADS 2).
22. Punk Points (Jim Munroe; Z-code).
23. A Crimson Spring (Robb Sherwin; Hugo); tied with
    Enlisted (G. F. Berry; Z-code).
25. Futz Mutz (Tim Simmons; TADS 2).
26. Return to Zork: Another Story (Stefano Canali; Z-code).
27. Unnkulia X (Valentine Kopteltsev; TADS 2).
28. Desert Heat (Papillon; TADS 2).
29. Got ID? (Marc Valhara; Z-code).
30. Castle Amnos (John Evans; Z-code).
31. The Masque of the Last Faeries (Ian R. Ball; Z-code).
32. The Pickpocket (Alex Weldon; Z-code).
33. The Trip (Cameron Wilkin; TADS 2).
34. Happy Ever After (Robert M. Camisa; Z-code).
35. Prodly the Puffin (Craig Timpany as "Wilber Nooseworthy" and Jim Crawford as "Incontinent Pineapple Van Buren"; Z-code).
36. Withdrawal Symptoms (Niclas Carlsson; Z-code).
37. Aftermath (Graham Somerville; TADS 2).
38. The Clock (Cleopatra Kozlowski; TADS 2).
39. Wrecked (Campbell Wild; ADRIFT).
40. Threading the Labyrinth (Kevin F. Doughty; TADS 2).
41. Void: Corporation (Jonathan Lim; AGT).
42. 1-2-3... (Chris Mudd; Z-code).
43. Escape from Crulistan (Alan Smithee; MS-Windows).
44. Stupid Kittens (Marc Valhara as "Pollyanna Huffington"; Z-code).
45. Marooned (Bruce Davis; ADRIFT).
46. On the Other Side (Antonio Márquez Marín as "Lumpi"; MS-DOS).
47. Jarod's Journey (Tim Emmerich; TADS 2).
48. Infil-traitor (Chris Charla as "Anonymous"; MS-DOS).
49. Comp00ter Game (Brendan Barnwell as "Austin Thorvald"; Z-code).
50. Little Billy (Okey Ikeako; MS-Windows).
51. Asendent (Nate Cull, Doug Jones, both as "Sourdoh Farenheit and Kelvin Flatbred"; Z-code).
52. What-IF? (David Ledgard; Z-code).
53. Breaking the Code (Gunther Schmidl as "Anonymous"; Z-code).

2000 Miss Congeniality Awards

These awards were voted by the authors of the entries.

1. Ad Verbum (Nick Montfort; Z-code).
2. Rameses (Stephen Bond; Z-code).
3. Metamorphoses (Emily Short; Z-code); tied with
   Shade (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).

Links

• IF Comp site
• Baf's Guide
• IF Archive
• IFDB
• SPAG ISSUE # 23 -- 2000 IF Competition Special - December 29, 2000.

Reviews

• Reviews by Chris Angelini
• Reviews: Intro, part I, part II and part III by Tony Baechler
• Reviews by Brendan Barnwell (OKB)
• Reviews and Scatterplots by Sean Barrett
• Short reviews by Sarah E. Bergstrom
• Reviews by J.D. Berry
• Short reviews by Jon Blask
• Short reviews by Richard Bos
• Reviews: 1, 2, 3 and 4 by Suzanne Britton
• Reviews: General comments, A-list, B-list, C-list, D-list and F-list by Adam Cadre
• Reviews by Matthew Clemson
• Reviews by Craxton
• Reviews by Greg D'Avis
• Reviews by Jennifer Earl
• Reviews by Steven Howard
• Ratings by Andrew MacKinnon
• Mini-reviews by James Marshall
• Short reviews by Mathias Maul
• Reviews by Rob Menke
• Reviews: part 1 and part 2 by Dorothy Millard.
• Reviews: Part 1 by Matthew Murray
• Reviews by David Samuel Myers
• Reviews by Peter Nepstad (PTN)
• Reviews by Paul O'Brian
• Reviews by Marnie Parker
• Reviews by Andrew Plotkin
• Some quick notes by Gunther Schmidl
• Reviews by Dan Shiovitz
• Essays on IF design, using Comp 2000 games as examples by Emily Short
• Mini-Reviews by Tina Sikorski
• Reviews: Intro, 1, 2, 3, 4, and Transcripts by Lucian P. Smith
• Brief Comp Thoughts by Duncan Stevens
• Reviews: 1, 2 and 3 by Bridget Sweeney
• Reviews by Marc Valhara
• Ratings and brief notes by Kaia Vintr
• Reviews by J. Robinson Wheeler
• Reviews by Jake Wildstrom