IFDB Awards 2022

IFDB Awards 2022
Competition
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Part of series	IFDB Awards
Website	https://ifdb.org/news?item=125
Organiser	MathBrush
Event dates
Voting begins	1 Feb 2023
Voting ends	17 Feb 2023
Results announced	18 Feb 2023
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The inaugural IFDB Awards, with eligible works being those published in calendar year 2022.

These awards took the form of IFDB polls:

• The Player’s Choice competition was a set of open polls that anyone can participate in.
• The Author’s Choice competition was a set of closed polls that only published authors can participate in.

Votes in the Player’s Choice competition were public. Votes in the Author’s Choice competition were public but anonymized.

Results

Overall Categories

Outstanding Game of the Year - Player’s Choice

• According to Cain, by Jim Nelson

Outstanding Game of the Year 2022 - Author’s Choice

• The Spectators, by Amanda Walker

Outstanding Debut of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• Tie:
  • The Passenger, by Jime Rolón
  • A Long Way to the Nearest Star, by SV Linwood

Outstanding Debut of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• A Long Way to the Nearest Star, by SV Linwood

Outstanding Game over 2 hours in 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice

• According to Cain, by Jim Nelson

Outstanding Short Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• Use Your Psychic Powers at Applebee’s, by Geoffrey Golden

Outstanding Short Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• Esther’s, by Brad Buchanan and Alleson Buchanan

Outstanding Underappreciated Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• Tie:
  • Quintessence, by Lapin Lunaire Games
  • Cannelé & Nomnom - Defective Agency, by Younès R. and Yazaleea

Outstanding Underappreciated Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• Quintessence, by Lapin Lunaire Games

Most Sequel-worthy game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• Lady Thalia and the Rose of Rocroi, by E. Joyce and N. Cormier

Most Sequel-worthy Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• Custard & Mustard’s Big Adventure, by Christopher Merriner

Outstanding Feelies of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• Tie:
  • The Last Christmas Present, by JG Heithcock
  • New Year’s Eve, 2019, by Autumn Chen

Outstanding Feelies of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• New Year’s Eve, 2019, by Autumn Chen

Trailblazer Award of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• Trigaea, by RynGM

Trailblazer Award of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• A Chinese Room, by Milo van Mesdag

Outstanding Worldbuilding of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice

• The Archivist and the Revolution, by Autumn Chen

Outstanding Use of Interactivity in 2022 - Player’s Choice

• Cannelé & Nomnom - Defective Agency, by Younès R. and Yazaleea

Outstanding Use of Interactivity in 2022 - Author’s Choice

• Fairest, by Amanda Walker

Outstanding Retro Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• Alchemist’s Gold, by Garry Francis

Outstanding Retro Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• The Mystery of Markham Manor, by Edward P. Toovey

Language-based Polls

Outstanding German Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice

• Schief, by Olaf Nowacki

Outstanding Spanish Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice

• El Virulé, by paravaariar

Outstanding French Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• La Princesse spéculaire, by Nathanaël Marion

Outstanding French Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• Une soirée costumée, by Julien Zamor

Genre Polls

Outstanding Fantasy Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice

• Fairest, by Amanda Walker

Outstanding Horror Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice

• Sweetpea, by Sophia de Augustine

Outstanding Humor Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• Wry, by Olaf Nowacki

Outstanding Humor Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• Tie:
  • Gent Stickman vs Evil Meat Hand, by AZ / ParserCommander
  • Wry, by Olaf Nowacki

Outstanding Mystery Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• Things That Happened In Houghtonbridge, by Dee Cooke

Outstanding Mystery Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• Tie:
  • Things That Happened In Houghtonbridge, by Dee Cooke
  • The Thirty Nine Steps, by Graham Walmsley

Outstanding Science Fiction Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice

• The Archivist and the Revolution, by Autumn Chen

Outstanding Slice of Life Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice

• New Year’s Eve, 2019, by Autumn Chen

Outstanding Surreal Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• The Impossible Stairs, by Mathbrush

Outstanding Surreal Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• Nose Bleed, by Stanley W. Baxton

System-based Polls

Outstanding Inform 7 Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• The Spectators, by Amanda Walker

Outstanding Inform 7 Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• Of Their Shadows Deep, by Amanda Walker

Outstanding Inform 6 Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• Alchemist’s Gold, by Garry Francis

Outstanding Inform 6 Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• Tie
  • Alchemist’s Gold, by Garry Francis
  • Into The Sun, by Dark Star

Outstanding Adventuron Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice

• Things That Happened In Houghtonbridge, by Dee Cooke

Outstanding Twine Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• The Grown-Up Detective Agency, by Brendan Patrick

Outstanding Twine Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• Computerfriend, by Kit Riemer

Outstanding Choicescript Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• Tie:
  • The Passenger, by Jime Rolón
  • THROW. MARIA. OVERBOARD., by Travis Moy

Outstanding Choicescript Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• THROW. MARIA. OVERBOARD., by Travis Moy

Outstanding Adrift Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• Tie:
  • Lost Coastlines, by William Dooling
  • The Euripides Enigma, by Larry Horsfield

Outstanding Adrift Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• Lost Coastlines, by William Dooling

Outstanding Game in a Custom System in 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice

• Uncle Mortimer’s Secret, by Jim MacBrayne

Outstanding Game in an Uncommon System in 2022 - Player’s Choice

• The Impossible Stairs, by Mathbrush

Outstanding Game in an Uncommon System in 2022 - Author’s Choice

• The Archivist and the Revolution, by Autumn Chen

Outstanding PunyInform Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• Alchemist’s Gold, by Garry Francis

Outstanding PunyInform Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• Carpathian Vampire, by Garry Francis

Outstanding Ink Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• Prism, by Eliot M.B. Howard

Outstanding Ink Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• Use Your Psychic Powers at Applebee’s, by Geoffrey Golden

Links

• Announcement on IFDB
  • Rules on IFDB
  • List of award categories on IFDB
  • Final results
  • Competition page: IFDB Awards 2022 - at IFDB
• Official announcement: The IFDB Awards to begin on Feb 1, 2023 - Announcement at IF Community Forum. Jan. 15, 2023.
  • Announcement of winners - IF Community Forum. Feb. 18, 2023.