IFComp 2004

IFComp 2004
Competition
Frequency
Part of series	The Annual IF Competition
Website	https://ifcomp.org/comp/2004
Organiser	Stephen Granade
IFDB event page	Event
IFDB series page	Series
Total entries	36
Event dates
Registration began	17 April 2004
Registration ended	1 September 2004
Submissions ended	30 September 2004
Voting began	1 October 2004
Voting ended	15 November 2004
Results announced	16 November 2004
Results
1	Luminous Horizon
2	Blue Chairs
3	All Things Devours
4	Sting of the Wasp
5	Square Circle
6	The Orion Agenda
7	Mingsheng
8	Splashdown
9	Gamlet
10	Trading Punches
11	The Great Xavio
12	Goose, Egg, Badger
13	The Big Scoop
14	I Must Play
15	Identity
16	Murder at the Aero Club
17	Bellclap
18	Magocracy
19	Typo!
20	Kurusu City
21	Blink
22	Chronicle Play Torn
23	A Day In The Life Of A Super Hero
24	Order
25	Who Created That Monster?
26	Blue Sky
27	The Realm
28	Redeye
29	Stack Overflow
30	Zero
31	Zero One
32	A Light's Tale
33	Getting Back To Sleep
34	Ruined Robots
35	PTBAD3
36	Ninja
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The 10th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition was organized by Stephen Granade.

2004 IF Comp Results

1. Luminous Horizon (Paul O'Brian; Glulx).
2. Blue Chairs (Chris Klimas; Z-code).
3. All Things Devours (half sick of shadows; Z-code).
4. Sting of the Wasp (Jason Devlin; Z-code).
5. Square Circle (Eric Eve; TADS 3).
6. The Orion Agenda (Ryan Weisenberger; Z-code).
7. Mingsheng (Deane Saunders; Z-code).
8. Splashdown (Paul J. Furio; Z-code).
9. Gamlet (Tomasz Pudlo; Z-code).
10. Trading Punches (Mike Snyder as "Sidney Merk"; Hugo).
11. The Great Xavio (Reese Warner; Z-code).
12. Goose, Egg, Badger (Brian Rapp; Z-code).
13. The Big Scoop (Johan Berntsson; Z-code).
14. I Must Play (Geoff Fortytwo; TADS 3).
15. Identity (Dave Bernazzani; Z-code).
16. Murder at the Aero Club (Penny Wyatt; Z-code).
17. Bellclap (Tommy Herbert; Z-code).
18. Magocracy (Anton Joseph Rheaume as "Scarybug"; TADS 2).
19. Typo! (Peter Seebach and Kevin Lynn; Z-code).
20. Kurusu City (Kevin Venzke; TADS 2).
21. Blink (Ian Waddell; Z-code).
22. Chronicle Play Torn (Penczer Attila as "Algol"; Z-code).
23. A Day In The Life Of A Super Hero (David Whyld as "davidw"; ADRIFT).
24. Order (John Evans; Z-code).
25. Who Created That Monster? (N. B. Horvath; TADS 2).
26. Blue Sky (Hans Fugal; Z-code).
27. The Realm (Michael Sheldon; TADS 2).
28. Redeye (John Pitchers; TADS 2).
29. Stack Overflow (Timofei Shatrov; Z-code).
30. Zero (William A. Tilli; TADS 2).
31. Zero One (Edward Plant as "shed"; Alan).
32. A Light's Tale (Zach Flynn as "vbnz"; TADS 2).
33. Getting Back To Sleep (Patrick Evans as "IceDragon"; MS-Windows).
34. Ruined Robots (Gregory Dudek, Natasha Dudek, Nicholas Dudek, all as "nanag_d"; TADS 2).
35. PTBAD3 (Jonathan Berman as "Xorax"; TADS 2).
36. Ninja v1.30 (Paul Allen Panks; MS-DOS).

Disqualified:

• Escape from Auriga (Florin Tomescu; Z-code).

Withdrawn:

• Die Vollkommene Masse (Alice Merridew; TADS 2).

2004 Miss Congeniality Awards

These awards were voted by the authors of the entries.

1. Blue Chairs (Chris Klimas; Z-code).
2. Sting of the Wasp (Jason Devlin; Z-code).
3. Gamlet (Tomasz Pudlo; Z-code).

Links

• IF Comp site (archive), as it stood after the comp.
• Results, on ifcomp.org.
• Baf's Guide (dead link 🔍)
• IF Archive.
• SPAG #39 -- 2004 IF Competition Special - January 7, 2005.
• IFComp 2004 in Mathbrush's History of IFComp, Year by Year (2017).

Reviews

See also: Brass Lantern 2004 IF Competition Reviews.

• Reviews (archive) by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
• Reviews by Greg Boettcher.
• Reviews (archive) by Stephen Bond.
• Reviews by Craxton.
• Reviews by Nathan Eady.
• Reviews by Avrom Faderman.
• Reviews by Victor Gijsbers.
• Reviews by James Hall.
• Reviews (archive) by Joshua Houk.
• Reviews (dead link 🔍) by Jessica Knoch.
• Reviews by Andrew Krywaniuk.
• Reviews by Jacqueline A. Lott.
• Reviews by Marno.
• Reviews by Michael Martin.
• Reviews by Joao Mendes.
• Reviews by Rob Menke.
• Reviews by Nusco.
• Reviews by Paul O'Brian.
• Reviews by Papillon.
• Reviews by Andrew Plotkin.
• Reviews by Anssi Raisanen.
• Reviews by Mike Russo.
• Reviews by Timofei Shatrov.
• Reviews by Dan Shiovitz.
• Reviews by Mike Snyder.
• Reviews by Quintin Stone.
• Reviews by Shih Tzu.
• Reviews by David Welbourn.
• Reviews by David Whyld.
• Reviews (archive) by Jake Wildstrom.
• Reviews by Anonymous (by request).