XYZZY Awards (Best Technological Development)

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The Best Technological Development award honors the best non-game technological development in the past year, for example: a library extension, an interpreter, a compiler, a database, a tool, etc.

Note: This award is new beginning with XYZZY Awards 2010.

Best Technological Development Winners

• 2010 Best Technological Development: Quixe, an online Glulx interpreter.
• 2011 Best Technological Development: TADS 3.1.
• 2012 Best Technological Development: Vorple for Inform 7.
• 2013 Best Technological Development: Twine 1.4.
• 2014 Best Technological Development: Inform 7 6L02 and Twine 2.0 (tie).
• 2015 Best Technological Development: Raconteur (Bruno Dias).

Best Technological Development Winners and Finalists

• 2010 Best Technological Development: Quixe, an online Glulx interpreter.
  • Finalist: Automatypewriter. (http://upnotnorth.net/2010/10/29/a-new-way-to-interact-with-fiction/)
  • Finalist: GLIMMR, by Erik Temple.
  • Finalist: Undum, by I.D. Millington (http://undum.com/games/tutorial.en.html)
  • Finalist: QTads 2
  • Finalist: Release with an interpreter, in Inform 7.
• 2011 Best Technological Development: TADS 3.1.
  • Finalist: ADRIFT Web Runner.
  • Finalist: Hugor.
  • Finalist: Vorple.
• 2012 Best Technological Development: Vorple for Inform 7.
  • Finalist: Playfic
  • Finalist: Quest web editor
  • Finalist: StoryNexus
• 2013 Best Technological Development: Twine 1.4.
  • Finalist: adv3lite.
  • Finalist: Versu.
• 2014 Best Technological Development: Inform 7 6L02 and Twine 2.0 (tie).
  • Finalist: Texture
• 2015 Best Technological Development: Raconteur (Bruno Dias).