IFComp 2007

IFComp 2007
Competition
Frequency
Part of series	The Annual IF Competition
Website	https://ifcomp.org/comp/2007
Organiser	Stephen Granade
IFDB event page	Event
IFDB series page	Series
Total entries	27
Event dates
Registration began	30 April 2007
Registration ended	1 September 2007
Submissions ended	29 September 2007
Voting began	30 September 2007
Voting ended	15 November 2007
Results announced	16 November 2007
Results
1	Lost Pig
2	An Act of Murder
3	Lord Bellwater's Secret
4	Across The Stars
5	The Chinese Room
6	Varkana
8	Orevore Courier
9	My Name is Jack Mills
10	A Matter of Importance
11	Ferrous Ring
12	Deadline Enchanter
13	My Mind's Mishmash
14	In The Mind Of The Master
15	Gathered In Darkness
16	Fox, Fowl and Feed
17	Wish
18	Packrat
19	Slap That Fish
20	Jealousy Duel X
21	Beneath: a Transformation
22	The Immortal
23	Eduard the Seminarist
24	Press Escape to Save
25	Reconciling Mother
26	The Lost Dimension
27	Ghost of the Fireflies
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The 13th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition was organized by Stephen Granade.

2007 IF Comp Schedule

• April 1, 2007: The IF Comp 2007 site is open for business.
• September 1: Intent deadline. Authors intending to enter the competition must sign up via the IF Comp database by the end of this date.
• September 29: Submission deadline. Authors must upload their entries to the IF Comp website.
• September 30: Games were released in the evening. Yay. Judging period begins.
• November 15: Voting deadline.

Note: All deadlines are at 11:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time for their given day.

2007 IF Comp Results

1. Lost Pig (Admiral Jota as "Grunk"; Z-code).
2. An Act of Murder (Christopher Huang as "Hugh Dunnett"; Z-code).
3. Lord Bellwater's Secret (Sam Gordon; Z-code).
4. Across The Stars (Dark Star and Peter Mattsson; Z-code).
5. The Chinese Room (Joey Jones and Harry Giles; Glulx).
6. Varkana (Maryam Gousheh-Forgeot as "Farahnaaz"; Glulx).
7. A Fine Day for Reaping (James Webb a.k.a. "revgiblet"; ADRIFT).
8. Orevore Courier (Brian Rapp; Z-code).
9. My Name is Jack Mills (Juhana Leinonen; Z-code).
10. A Matter of Importance (Valentine Kopteltsev as "Nestor I. McNaugh"; TADS 2).
11. Ferrous Ring (Carma Ferris; Glulx).
12. Deadline Enchanter (Alan DeNiro as Anonymous; Z-code).
13. My Mind's Mishmash (Robert Street; ADRIFT).
14. In The Mind Of The Master (David Whyld; ADRIFT).
15. Gathered In Darkness (Michael Millsap as "Dr. Froth"; Quest).
16. Fox, Fowl and Feed (Chris Conroy; Z-code).
17. Wish (Edward Floren; Z-code).
18. Packrat (Bill Powell; Z-code).
19. Slap That Fish (Peter Nepstad; TADS 2).
20. Jealousy Duel X (Alex Camelio; MS Windows, Macintosh).
21. Beneath: a Transformation (Graham Lowther; Z-code).
22. The Immortal (Just Rob; Z-code).
23. Eduard the Seminarist (Heiko Theißen; Z-code).
24. Press [Escape] to Save (Mark Jones; Z-code).
25. Reconciling Mother (Glenn Engstrand as "Plone Glenn"; TADS 3).
26. The Lost Dimension (C. Yong; MS Windows).
27. Ghost of the Fireflies (Dunric; MS-DOS).

Disqualified:

• Adventure XT (dunric; MS-DOS).
• Vampyre Cross (Dunric; C64).

2007 Miss Congeniality Awards

These awards were voted by the authors of the entries.

1. Lost Pig (Admiral Jota as "Grunk"; Z-code).
2. An Act of Murder (Christopher Huang as "Hugh Dunnett"; Z-code).
3. Orevore Courier (Brian Rapp; Z-code).

Links

• IF Comp 2007 (archive) - Home page, as it stood after the comp.
• Results, on ifcomp.org.
• Baf's Guide (dead link 🔍).
• IF Archive.
• IFComp 2007 in Mathbrush's History of IFComp, Year by Year (2017).

Reviews

See also: IFComp 2007 Review Sets.

• Reviews - at IFDB.
• Forum discussions: The Interactive Fiction Forum (archive); Octopus Overlords (with reviews by Hipolito, raydude and Fitzy); ADRIFT forum.
• Reviews: 1 (archive), 2 (archive), 3 (archive) and 4 (archive) by Leigh Alexander.
• Reviews (archive) by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
• Reviews by Daphne Brinkerhoff.
• Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 by Celestianpower.
• Reviews (archive) by J. D. Clemens.
• Reviews: 1 and 2 by Dave.
• Reviews by Andreas Davour.
• Reviews by Stefan Donati (Shuarian).
• Reviews by Jason Dyer.
• Reviews by David Fletcher.
• Reviews (dead link 🔍) by Dr. Froth.
• Reviews: Various notes, 1, 2 and 3 by N. B. Horvath.
• Reviews by Denis Klotz.
• Reviews (in Russian), English translation: 1 and 2 by Valentine Kopteltsev (uux).
• Reviews by Arnel Legaspi.
• Reviews by Jacqueline A. Lott.
• Reviews by Jimmy Maher.
• Reviews by Michael Martin.
• Reviews by Rob Menke.
• Reviews by Wendy Moon.
• Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31 by Carl Muckenhoupt.
• Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Wesley Osam.
• Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 by Marnie Parker.
• Reviews by Cathy Saxton.
• Reviews by Dan Shiovitz.
• Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and General observations by Emily Short.
• Reviews by Mike Snyder.
• Reviews by Benjamin Sokal.
• Reviews by Mark J. Tilford.
• Reviews: intro, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 by David Whyld.
• Reviews by Jake Wildstrom.
• Reviews (in Russian), English translation by zerrr.