19th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition

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See also:

• CompXX | IF Comp works

Competition Schedule

As per the competition schedule webpage.

• June 25: The web site is open for business.
• September 1: Deadline for submission of intents.
• September 28: Deadline for entries.
• September 29: Entries released to the public.
• November 15: Voting deadline.

Deadlines are at 11:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time on the day listed above.

2013 IF Comp Results

35 games were released on 29-Sep-2013 (not counting one disqualified game):

1. Coloratura (Lynnea Glasser; Glulx).
2. Robin & Orchid (Ryan Veeder and Emily Boegheim; Glulx).
3. Ollie Ollie Oxen Free (Carolyn VanEseltine; Glulx).
4. Captain Verdeterre's Plunder (Ryan Veeder; Glulx).
5. Tex Bonaventure and the Temple of the Water of Life (Truthcraze; Glulx).
6. Solarium (Alan DeNiro; Web).
7. Threediopolis (Andrew Schultz; Z-code).
8. Machine of Death (Hulk Handsome; Web).
9. Their angelical understanding (Porpentine; Web).
10. Bell Park, Youth Detective (Brendan Patrick Hennessy; Web).
11. Trapped in Time (Simon Christiansen; PDF).
12. Mrs. Wobbles & The Tangerine House (Mark Marino; Web).
13. Final Girl (Hanon Ondricek; Web).
14. Autumn's Daughter (Ali Sajid Imami as "Devolution Games"; Web).
15. Moquette (Alex Warren; Web).
16. The House at the End of Rosewood Street (Michael Thomét; Glulx).
17. The Paper Bag Princess (Adri; Z-code).
18. Impostor Syndrome (Dietrich Squinkifer as "Georgiana Bourbonnais"; Web).
19. Who Among Us (Tia Orisney; Web).
20. Dream Pieces (Iam Curio; Quest).
21. Further (Will Hines; Z-code).
22. Blood on the Heather (Tia Orisney; Web).
23. The Wizard's Apprentice (Alex Freeman; TADS 2).
24. Saving John (Josephine as "Josephine Tsay"; Web).
25. Sam and Leo Go To The Bodega (Richard Goodness; Web).
26. Dad vs. Unicorn (Julius Olofsson as "PaperBlurt"; Web).
27. Our Boys in Uniform (Megan Stevens; Web).
28. A Wind Blown from Paradise (N.C. Hunter Hayden; Glulx), tied with
    Mazredugin (Jim Q. Pfygx-Vobk; Glulx).
30. 9Lives (InformStorm; Z-code).
31. Vulse (Rob Parker; Web).
32. The Cardew House (Andrew Brown; Glulx).
33. 100,000 years (Pierre Chevalier; Web).
34. The Challenge (Emilian Kowalewski as "ViRALiTY"; Web).
35. Reels (Tyler Zahnke; Web).

Disqualified entry:

• The Legend of Robin Hood (Craig Dutton; Web). Disqualified for violation of Author Rule 4. It was publicly released before the competition began.

2013 Miss Congeniality Awards

These awards were voted by the authors of the entries.

1. Coloratura (Lynnea Glasser; Glulx).
2. Their angelical understanding (Porpentine; Web).
3. Bell Park, Youth Detective (Brendan Patrick Hennessy; Web), tied with
   Ollie Ollie Oxen Free (Carolyn VanEseltine; Glulx).

Links

• IF Comp website.

Reviews

See also: IF Comp 2013: Links and other reviews, IFComp 2013 blogs and IFComp 2013 Game Discussion.

• Reviews - at IFDB.
• Sonnet (and other formal poetry) reviews - at intfiction.org.
• Reviews (in Russian) - at the Russian IF forum.
• Reviews by Philip Armstrong.
• Reviews by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
• Reviews (in German) by Martin Barth.
• Reviews by Cerxi.
• Reviews by Wade Clarke.
• Reviews (in English and Italian) by Francesco Cordella.
• Reviews by Mr Creosote.
• Reviews by Cult of the New.
• Reviews by Robert DeFord.
• Reviews by deubelba.
• Reviews by Vivienne Dunstan.
• Reviews by Doug Egan.
• Reviews by Elizabeth (runnerchild).
• Reviews by Victor Gijsbers.
• Reviews by Hipolito.
• Reviews by Christopher Huang.
• Reviews by Marco Innocenti.
• Reviews by Joey Jones.
• Reviews by E. Joyce (The Xenographer).
• Reviews by Leland Paul Kusmer.
• Reviews by Jason Lautzenheiser.
• Reviews by Paul Lee.
• Reviews by Michael Martin.
• Reviews by Rob Menke.
• Reviews by mindbling.
• Reviews by Carl Muckenhoupt.
• Reviews by Adam Myers.
• Reviews by PaulS.
• Reviews by Peter Pears.
• Reviews by Jenni Polodna.
• Reviews by Chris Priestman.
• Reviews by Brooks Reeves.
• Reviews by Katie Rivard.
• Reviews by Colin Sandel.
• Reviews by Emily Short.
• Reviews (dead link 🔍) by Space Giraffe.
• Reviews by Squinky, writing as Deirdra Kiai.
• Reviews (dead link 🔍) by Steven Watson.
• Reviews by Jack Welch.
• Reviews by Jake Wildstrom.
• Reviews by Reiko Yukawa.