IFComp 2017
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Competition Schedule
As per the "about the Competition" webpage:
- July 1, 2018: Competition website opens for intents to enter.
- September 1, 2017: Last day to submit intents.
- September 28, 2017: Last day to submit entries.
- October 1, 2017: Games are released to the public, and voting begins.
- November 15, 2017: Voting deadline. Competition results are announced shortly afterwards.
All deadlines are at 11:59 PM Eastern time on the given dates.
2017 IF Comp Results
80 entries were released on October 1, 2017. Results were announced on November 17, 2017.
- The Wizard Sniffer (Buster Hudson).
- Eat Me (Chandler Groover).
- Harmonia (Liza Daly).
- Will Not Let Me Go (Stephen Granade).
- Absence of Law (mathbrush).
- The Owl Consults (Thomas Mack, Nick Mathewson, and Cidney Hamilton).
- A Beauty Cold and Austere (Mike Spivey).
- 1958: Dancing With Fear (Víctor Ojuel).
- Future Threads (Xavid).
- Domestic Elementalism (fireisnormal).
- The Wand (Arthur DiBianca).
- Alice Aforethought (Hanon Ondricek).
- Word of the Day (Richard Otter).
- Guttersnipe: St. Hesper's Asylum for the Criminally Mischievous (Bitter Karella).
- Charlie The Robot (Fernando Contreras).
- Tuuli (Daurmith Eaglenest and Ruber Eaglenest).
- Insignificant Little Vermin (Filip Hráček).
- The Unofficial Sea-Monkey(R) Simulation (B.J. Best).
- Rage Quest: Disciple of Peace (John Ayliff).
- Unit 322 (Disambiguation) (Jonny Muir).
- Swigian (Mathbrush as "Rainbus North"), tied with
Harbinger (Kenna). - 10pm (litrouke).
- Just Get the Treasure v0.9.1 (Ray B.).
- The Traveller (Kaelan Doyle Myerscough).
- Transient Skies (dgtziea), tied with
VR Gambler (Robert DeFord), and tied with
Deshaun Steven's Ship Log (Marie L. Vibbert). - AND WHEN I SQUINT IT LOOKS LIKE CHRISTMAS (Naomi Z as "Norbez").
- Salt (Gareth Damian Martin).
- Fake News (Mike Sousa).
- Off the Rails (Katie Benson).
- Redstone (Fred Snyder), tied with
Black Marker (Michael Kielstra). - A Castle of Thread (Marshal Tenner Winter).
- Bookmoss (Devon Guinn).
- Day of the Djinn (paperyowl), tied with
Rainbow Bridge (Brian Kwak as "John Demeter"). - The Cube in the Cavern (Andrew Schultz).
- The Very Old Witch and the Turnip Girl (Megan Stevens), tied with
The skinny one. (Annie Z.). - Goodbye Cruel Squirrel (George K. George as "Extra Mayonnaise").
- Measureless to Man (Ivan R.).
- NIGHTBOUND (ProP).
- Hexteria Skaxis Qiameth (Gabriel Floriano).
- Behind the Door (Tatiana Statsenko as "eejitlikeme").
- Ultimate Escape Room: IF City (Mark Stahl).
- Nyna Lives (Sarah Rhiannon Nowack).
- The Dream Self (Florencia Minuzzi).
- What Once Was (Luke A. Jones).
- Into The Dark (Byron Kiernan).
- The Castle of Vourtram (Alexandre Torres), tied with
Something (Linus Lekander). - Grue (Charles Mangin).
- The Richard Mines (Evan Wright).
- One way out (Steffen Görzig).
- TextCraft: Alpha Island (Fabrizio Polo).
- Land of the Mountain King (Kenneth Pedersen), tied with
A common enemy (David de Torres Huerta). - a partial list of things for which i am grateful (Devon Guinn), tied with
Inevitable (Matthew Pfeiffer). - Antiquest (Anton Lastochkin).
- Moon Base (Andrew Brown).
- The Living Puppet (Liu Zian).
- The Dragon Will Tell You Your Future Now (Newsreparter).
- 8 Shoes on the Shelves (Marc Duane).
- Mikayla's Phone (Angie Cornelson as "Mikayla Corolik").
- A Walk In The Park (George K. George as "Extra Mayonnaise").
- The Adventure of Esmeralda and Ruby on the Magical Island (Marco "Erik108" Anastasio).
- Queer In Public: A Brief Essay (Naomi Z as "Norbez").
- The Fifth Sunday (Tom Broccoli).
- Temperamentum (Matthew Sawchuk).
- My night (Ivsaez).
- The Silver Gauntlets (Jean-Paul Peschard).
- Escape from Terra (Mike Gerwat).
- Étude Circulár (Adam Black).
- The Murder in the Fog (Xiao Ru).
- Haunted P (Chet Rocketfrak as "Chad Rocketman").
- Run of the place (WDx1F479K).
Withdrawn:
2017 Miss Congeniality Awards
These awards were voted by the authors of the entries.
- The Wizard Sniffer (Buster Hudson).
- Will Not Let Me Go (Stephen Granade).
- Domestic Elementalism (fireisnormal).
Links
- IF Comp website (archive), as it stood after the comp.
- Results archive.
- IF Archive.
- 23rd Annual Interactive Fiction Competition - at IFDB.
- IFComp 2017 in Mathbrush's History of IFComp, Year by Year (2024).
Reviews
See also: "IFComp 2017 Reviewer links thread" at intfiction.org; "IFComp 2017 reviews huge spreadsheet" by Ruber Eaglenest and others (posted at intfiction.org).
- Reviews - at IFDB.
- Reviews by Linus Åkesson.
- Reviews (in Italian) by The Ancient One.
- Reviews by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
- Reviews by Aziraphale.
- Streams by thecheddarman. Announced in this tweet.
- Reviews by Chelsea.
- Reviews by Wade Clarke.
- Reviews (in Italian and English) by Francesco Cordella.
- Reviews by Mr Creosote.
- Reviews (in German) by dara.
- Reviews by Vivienne Dunstan.
- Reviews by Jason Dyer.
- Reviews by Doug Egan.
- Reviews by Elizabeth.
- Live reviews on Twitch by Lynnea Glasser.
- Reviews by Christopher Huang.
- Reviews by Cat Manning.
- Reviews by Gabriel Murray.
- Reviews by Oreolek.
- Reviews (in Czech) by Václav Pecháček.
- Reviews by Michael Wayne Phipps Jr.
- Reviews by Hannah Powell-Smith.
- Reviews on The Short Game podcast.
- Reviews by Emily Short at Rock Paper Shotgun.
- Reviews by snowblood.
- Reviews (archive) by Tom Sykes at PC Gamer.
- Reviews by Mike Taylor.
- Reviews by verityvirtue.
- Reviews on YouTube by VGAPH.
- Reviews by Jack Welch.
- Reviews by Jake Wildstrom.
- Reviews (in Finnish) by Julius Smed.
Individual Game Discussion
Discussion threads for individual comp entries at the intfiction.org community forum:
- 8 Shoes on the Shelves - Marc Duane.
- 10pm - litrouke.
- 1958: Dancing With Fear - Victor Ojuel.
- Absence of Law - Brian Rushton.
- A Beauty Cold And Austere - Mike Spivey.
- The Adventure of Esmeralda and Ruby... - Marco Anastasio.
- Alice Aforethought - Hanon Ondricek.
- AND WHEN I SQUINT IT LOOKS LIKE CHRISTMAS - Norbez.
- Antiquest - Anton Lastochkin.
- Behind the Door - eejitlikeme.
- Black Marker - Michael Kielstra.
- Bookmoss - Devon Guinn.
- A Castle of Thread - Marshal Tenner Winter.
- The Castle of Vourtram - Alexandre Torres.
- Charlie The Robot - Fernando Contreras.
- A common enemy - David de Torres Huerta.
- The Cube in the Cavern - Andrew Schultz.
- Day of the Djinn - paperyowl.
- Deshaun Steven's Ship Log - Marie L. Vibbert.
- Domestic Elementalism - fireisnormal.
- The Dragon Will Tell You Your Future Now - Newsreparter.
- The Dream Self - Florencia Minuzzi.
- Eat Me - Chandler Groover.
- Escape From Terra - Mike Gerwat.
- Étude Circulár - Adam Black.
- Fake News - Mike Sousa.
- The Fifth Sunday - Tom Broccoli.
- Future Threads - Xavid.
- Goodbye Cruel Squirrel - Extra Mayonnaise.
- Grue. - Charles Mangin.
- Guttersnipe... - Bitter Karella.
- Harbinger - Kenna May.
- Harmonia - Liza Daly.
- Haunted P - Chad Rocketman.
- Hexteria Skaxis Qiameth - Gabriel Floriano.
- Insignificant Little Vermin - Filip Hracek.
- Inevitable - Matthew Pfeiffer.
- Into The Dark - Byron Kiernan.
- Just Get the Treasure v0.9.1 - Ray B.
- Land of the Mountain King -- Kenneth Pedersen.
- The Living Puppet - Liu Zian.
- My night - Ivsaez.
- Measureless to Man - Ivan R.
- Mikayla's Phone - Mikayla Corolik.
- Moon Base - Andrew Brown.
- The Murder in the Fog - Xiao Ru.
- N O I R - Mars [WITHDRAWN].
- Nightbound - ProP.
- Nyna Lives - Sarah Rhiannon Nowack.
- Off the Rails - Katie Benson.
- One Way Out - Steffen Görzig.
- Owl Consults - Thomas Mack, Nick Mathewson, Cidney Hamilton.
- a partial list of things for which i am grateful Devon Guinn.
- Queer In Public: A Brief Essay - Norbez.
- Rage Quest: Disciple of Peace - John Ayliff.
- Rainbow Bridge - John Demeter.
- Redstone - Fred Snyder.
- The Richard Mines - Evan Wright.
- Run of the place - WD\x{1F479}K.
- Salt - Gareth Damian Martin.
- The skinny one. - Annie Z..
- The Silver Gauntlets - Jean-Paul Peschard.
- Something - Linus Lekander.
- Swigian - Rainbus North.
- Temperamentum - Matthew Sawchuk.
- TextCraft: Alpha Island - Fabrizio Polo.
- Transient Skies - dgtziea.
- The Traveller - Kaelan Doyle Myerscough.
- Tuuli - Daurmith and Ruber Eaglenest.
- Ultimate Escape Room: IF City - Mark Stahl.
- Unit 322 (Disambiguation) - Jonny Muir.
- The Unofficial Sea-Monkey(R) Simulation - B.J. Best.
- The Very Old Witch and the Turnip Girl - Megan Stevens.
- VR Gambler - Robert DeFord.
- A Walk in the Park - Extra Mayonnaise.
- What Once Was - Luke A. Jones.
- Will Not Let Me Go - Stephen Granade.
- The Wizard Sniffer - Buster Hudson.
- Word of the Day - Richard Otter.
- The Wand - Arthur DiBianca.
Author Commentary
- Rage Quest postmortem by John Ayliff.
- Interactive marginalia by Liza Daly.
- Choices and Structure in Will Not Let Me Go: a postmortem by Stephen Granade.
- Eat Me postmortem by Chandler Groover.
- Guttersnipe postmortem (and future projects) by Bitter Karella.
- Absence of Law postmortem by Mathbrush.
- Swigian - An Epistolary Postmortem by Mathbrush.
- Cube in the Cavern postmortem by Andrew Schultz.
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