IFComp 2017

IFComp 2017
Competition
Frequency
Part of series	The Annual IF Competition
Website	https://ifcomp.org/comp/2017
Organisers	Jason McIntosh, Jacqueline Ashwell
IFDB event page	Event
IFDB series page	Series
Total entries	79
Event dates
Registration began	1 July 2017
Registration ended	1 September 2017
Submissions ended	28 September 2017
Voting began	1 October 2017
Voting ended	15 November 2017
Results announced	17 November 2017
Results
1	The Wizard Sniffer
2	Eat Me
3	Harmonia
4	Will Not Let Me Go
5	Absence of Law
6	The Owl Consults
7	A Beauty Cold and Austere
8	1958: Dancing With Fear
9	Future Threads
10	Domestic Elementalism
11	The Wand
12	Alice Aforethought
13	Word of the Day
14	Guttersnipe: St. Hesper's Asylum for the Criminally Mischievous
15	Charlie The Robot
16	Tuuli
17	Insignificant Little Vermin
18	The Unofficial Sea-Monkey(R) Simulation
19	Rage Quest: Disciple of Peace
20	Unit 322 (Disambiguation)
21 (tie)	Harbinger
21 (tie)	Swigian
23	10pm
24	Just Get the Treasure v0.9.1
25	The Traveller
26 (tie)	Deshaun Steven's Ship Log
26 (tie)	Transient Skies
26 (tie)	VR Gambler
29	AND WHEN I SQUINT IT LOOKS LIKE CHRISTMAS
30	Salt (game)
31	Fake News
32	Off the Rails
33 (tie)	Black Marker
33 (tie)	Redstone
35	A Castle of Thread
36	Bookmoss
37 (tie)	Day of the Djinn
37 (tie)	Rainbow Bridge
39	The Cube in the Cavern
40 (tie)	The Very Old Witch and the Turnip Girl
40 (tie)	The skinny one.
42	Goodbye Cruel Squirrel
43	Measureless to Man
44	NIGHTBOUND
45	Hexteria Skaxis Qiameth
46	Behind the Door
47	Ultimate Escape Room: IF City
48	Nyna Lives
49	The Dream Self
50	What Once Was
51	Into The Dark
52 (tie)	Something
52 (tie)	The Castle of Vourtram
54	Grue (by Mangin)
55	The Richard Mines
56	One way out
57	TextCraft: Alpha Island
58 (tie)	A common enemy
58 (tie)	Land of the Mountain King
60 (tie)	A partial list of things for which i am grateful
60 (tie)	Inevitable (by Pfeiffer)
62	Antiquest
63	Moon Base
64	The Living Puppet
65	The Dragon Will Tell You Your Future Now
66	8 Shoes on the Shelves
67	Mikayla's Phone
68	A Walk In The Park
69	The Adventure of Esmeralda and Ruby on the Magical Island
70	Queer In Public: A Brief Essay
71	The Fifth Sunday
72	Temperamentum
73	My night
74	The Silver Gauntlets
75	Escape from Terra
76	Étude Circulár
77	The Murder in the Fog
78	Haunted P
79	Run of the place
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Competition Schedule

As per the "about the Competition" webpage at the time:

• 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.

1. The Wizard Sniffer (Buster Hudson).
2. Eat Me (Chandler Groover).
3. Harmonia (Liza Daly).
4. Will Not Let Me Go (Stephen Granade).
5. Absence of Law (mathbrush).
6. The Owl Consults (Thomas Mack, Nick Mathewson, and Cidney Hamilton).
7. A Beauty Cold and Austere (Mike Spivey).
8. 1958: Dancing With Fear (Víctor Ojuel).
9. Future Threads (Xavid).
10. Domestic Elementalism (fireisnormal).
11. The Wand (Arthur DiBianca).
12. Alice Aforethought (Hanon Ondricek).
13. Word of the Day (Richard Otter).
14. Guttersnipe: St. Hesper's Asylum for the Criminally Mischievous (Bitter Karella).
15. Charlie The Robot (Fernando Contreras).
16. Tuuli (Daurmith Eaglenest and Ruber Eaglenest).
17. Insignificant Little Vermin (Filip Hráček).
18. The Unofficial Sea-Monkey(R) Simulation (B.J. Best).
19. Rage Quest: Disciple of Peace (John Ayliff).
20. Unit 322 (Disambiguation) (Jonny Muir).
21. Swigian (Mathbrush as "Rainbus North"), tied with
    Harbinger (Kenna May).
23. 10pm (litrouke).
24. Just Get the Treasure v0.9.1 (Ray B.).
25. The Traveller (Kaelan Doyle Myerscough).
26. Transient Skies (dgtziea), tied with
    VR Gambler (Robert DeFord), and tied with
    Deshaun Steven's Ship Log (Marie L. Vibbert).
29. AND WHEN I SQUINT IT LOOKS LIKE CHRISTMAS (Naomi Z as "Norbez").
30. Salt (Gareth Damian Martin).
31. Fake News (Mike Sousa).
32. Off the Rails (Katie Benson).
33. Redstone (Fred Snyder), tied with
    Black Marker (Michael Kielstra).
35. A Castle of Thread (Marshal Tenner Winter).
36. Bookmoss (Devon Guinn).
37. Day of the Djinn (paperyowl), tied with
    Rainbow Bridge (Brian Kwak as "John Demeter").
39. The Cube in the Cavern (Andrew Schultz).
40. The Very Old Witch and the Turnip Girl (Megan Stevens), tied with
    The skinny one. (Annie Z.).
42. Goodbye Cruel Squirrel (George K. George as "Extra Mayonnaise").
43. Measureless to Man (Ivan R.).
44. NIGHTBOUND (ProP).
45. Hexteria Skaxis Qiameth (Gabriel Floriano).
46. Behind the Door (Tatiana Statsenko as "eejitlikeme").
47. Ultimate Escape Room: IF City (Mark Stahl).
48. Nyna Lives (Sarah Rhiannon Nowack).
49. The Dream Self (Florencia Minuzzi).
50. What Once Was (Luke A. Jones).
51. Into The Dark (Byron Kiernan).
52. The Castle of Vourtram (Alexandre Torres), tied with
    Something (Linus Lekander).
54. Grue (Charles Mangin).
55. The Richard Mines (Evan Wright).
56. One way out (Steffen Görzig).
57. TextCraft: Alpha Island (Fabrizio Polo).
58. Land of the Mountain King (Kenneth Pedersen), tied with
    A common enemy (David de Torres Huerta).
60. a partial list of things for which i am grateful (Devon Guinn), tied with
    Inevitable (Matthew Pfeiffer).
62. Antiquest (Anton Lastochkin).
63. Moon Base (Andrew Brown).
64. The Living Puppet (Liu Zian).
65. The Dragon Will Tell You Your Future Now (Newsreparter).
66. 8 Shoes on the Shelves (Marc Duane).
67. Mikayla's Phone (Angie Cornelson as "Mikayla Corolik").
68. A Walk In The Park (George K. George as "Extra Mayonnaise").
69. The Adventure of Esmeralda and Ruby on the Magical Island (Marco "Erik108" Anastasio).
70. Queer In Public: A Brief Essay (Naomi Z as "Norbez").
71. The Fifth Sunday (Tom Broccoli).
72. Temperamentum (Matthew Sawchuk).
73. My night (Ivsaez).
74. The Silver Gauntlets (Jean-Paul Peschard).
75. Escape from Terra (Mike Gerwat).
76. Étude Circulár (Adam Black).
77. The Murder in the Fog (Xiao Ru).
78. Haunted P (Chet Rocketfrak as "Chad Rocketman").
79. Run of the place (WD\x{1F479}K).

Withdrawn:

• N O I R (Mars).

2017 Miss Congeniality Awards

These awards were voted by the authors of the entries.

1. The Wizard Sniffer (Buster Hudson).
2. Will Not Let Me Go (Stephen Granade).
3. Domestic Elementalism (fireisnormal).

Links

• IF Comp website (archive), as it stood after the comp.
  • IFComp 2017 is open for judging.
  • “N O I R” has been withdrawn
• Results archive.
• IF Archive.
• 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: 1, 2.
• 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.