XYZZY Awards 2009
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| XYZZY Awards 2009 | |
|---|---|
| Competition | |
| Part of series | XYZZY Awards |
| Results | |
| Winner: Best Game | Blue Lacuna |
| Winner: Best Individual NPC | Alabaster |
| Winner: Best Individual PC | Broken Legs |
| Winner: Best Individual Puzzle | Byzantine Perspective |
| Winner: Best NPCs | Broken Legs |
| Winner: Best Puzzles | Earl Grey |
| Winner: Best Setting | Blue Lacuna |
| Winner: Best Setting | The King of Shreds and Patches |
| Winner: Best Story | Blue Lacuna |
| Winner: Best Use of Medium | Blue Lacuna |
| Winner: Best Writing | Alabaster |
| Finalist: Best Game | Broken Legs |
| Finalist: Best Game | Klockwerk: The Shadow in the Cathedral |
| Finalist: Best Game | Make It Good |
| Finalist: Best Individual NPC | Blue Lacuna |
| Finalist: Best Individual NPC | Broken Legs |
| Finalist: Best Individual NPC | Walker & Silhouette |
| Finalist: Best Individual PC | Make It Good |
| Finalist: Best Individual Puzzle | Rover's Day Out |
| Finalist: Best Individual Puzzle | The Ascot |
| Finalist: Best NPCs | Blue Lacuna |
| Finalist: Best NPCs | Dead Like Ants |
| Finalist: Best NPCs | Make It Good |
| Finalist: Best Puzzles | Broken Legs |
| Finalist: Best Puzzles | Make It Good |
| Finalist: Best Puzzles | Rover's Day Out |
| Finalist: Best Puzzles | The Duel That Spanned the Ages |
| Finalist: Best Setting | Klockwerk: The Shadow in the Cathedral |
| Finalist: Best Setting | The Duel in the Snow |
| Finalist: Best Story | Klockwerk: The Shadow in the Cathedral |
| Finalist: Best Story | Make It Good |
| Finalist: Best Story | The King of Shreds and Patches |
| Finalist: Best Use of Medium | Alabaster |
| Finalist: Best Use of Medium | Klockwerk: The Shadow in the Cathedral |
| Finalist: Best Writing | Broken Legs |
| Finalist: Best Writing | Klockwerk: The Shadow in the Cathedral |
| Finalist: Best Writing | Make It Good |
| Finalist: Best Writing | Walker & Silhouette |
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2009 XYZZY Award Winners
- Best Game: Blue Lacuna (Aaron A. Reed; Glulx).
- Best Writing: Alabaster (John Cater, Rob Dubbin, Eric Eve, Elizabeth Heller, Jayzee, Kazuki Mishima, Sarah Morayati, Mark Musante, Emily Short, Adam Thornton, and Ziv Wities; Glulx).
- Best Story: Blue Lacuna (Aaron A. Reed; Glulx).
- Best Setting: Blue Lacuna (Aaron A. Reed; Glulx)
and The King of Shreds and Patches (Jimmy Maher; Glulx). (There was a tie.) - Best Puzzles: Earl Grey (Rob Dubbin and Adam Parrish; Glulx).
- Best NPCs: Broken Legs (Sarah Morayati; Glulx).
- Best Individual Puzzle: Finding out how the goggles work in Byzantine Perspective (Lea Albaugh; Z-code).
- Best Individual NPC: Snow White in Alabaster (John Cater, Rob Dubbin, Eric Eve, Elizabeth Heller, Jayzee, Kazuki Mishima, Sarah Morayati, Mark Musante, Emily Short, Adam Thornton, and Ziv Wities; Glulx).
- Best Individual PC: Lottie Plum in Broken Legs (Sarah Morayati; Glulx).
- Best Use of Medium: Blue Lacuna (Aaron A. Reed; Glulx).
2009 XYZZY Award Winners and Finalists
- Best Game: Blue Lacuna (Aaron A. Reed; Glulx).
- Finalist: Broken Legs (Sarah Morayati; Glulx).
- Finalist: Klockwerk: The Shadow in the Cathedral (Ian Finley and Jon Ingold; publisher: Textfyre; FyreVM).
- Finalist: Make It Good (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
- Best Writing: Alabaster (John Cater, Rob Dubbin, Eric Eve, Elizabeth Heller, Jayzee, Kazuki Mishima, Sarah Morayati, Mark Musante, Emily Short, Adam Thornton, and Ziv Wities; Glulx).
- Finalist: Broken Legs (Sarah Morayati; Glulx).
- Finalist: Klockwerk: The Shadow in the Cathedral (Ian Finley and Jon Ingold; publisher: Textfyre; FyreVM).
- Finalist: Make It Good (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
- Finalist: Walker & Silhouette (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).
- Best Story: Blue Lacuna (Aaron A. Reed; Glulx).
- Finalist: The King of Shreds and Patches (Jimmy Maher; Glulx).
- Finalist: Klockwerk: The Shadow in the Cathedral (Ian Finley and Jon Ingold; publisher: Textfyre; FyreVM).
- Finalist: Make It Good (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
- Best Setting: Blue Lacuna (Aaron A. Reed; Glulx)
and The King of Shreds and Patches (Jimmy Maher; Glulx). (There was a tie.)- Finalist: The Duel in the Snow (Utkonos; Z-code).
- Finalist: Klockwerk: The Shadow in the Cathedral (Ian Finley and Jon Ingold; publisher: Textfyre; FyreVM).
- Best Puzzles: Earl Grey (Rob Dubbin and Adam Parrish; Glulx).
- Finalist: Broken Legs (Sarah Morayati; Glulx).
- Finalist: The Duel That Spanned the Ages (Oliver Ullmann; Z-code).
- Finalist: Make It Good (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
- Finalist: Rover's Day Out (Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman; Glulx).
- Best NPCs: Broken Legs (Sarah Morayati; Glulx).
- Finalist: Blue Lacuna (Aaron A. Reed; Glulx).
- Finalist: Dead Like Ants (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).
- Finalist: Make It Good (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
- Best Individual Puzzle: Finding out how the goggles work in Byzantine Perspective (Lea Albaugh; Z-code).
- Finalist: Defeating the Eagle Beast in The Ascot (Duncan Bowsman; ADRIFT 4).
- Finalist: Working out the controls in Rover's Day Out (Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman; Glulx).
- Best Individual NPC: Snow White in Alabaster (John Cater, Rob Dubbin, Eric Eve, Elizabeth Heller, Jayzee, Kazuki Mishima, Sarah Morayati, Mark Musante, Emily Short, Adam Thornton, and Ziv Wities; Glulx).
- Finalist: Lottie's mom in Broken Legs (Sarah Morayati; Glulx).
- Finalist: Progue in Blue Lacuna (Aaron A. Reed; Glulx).
- Best Individual PC: Lottie Plum in Broken Legs (Sarah Morayati; Glulx).
- Finalist: The detective in Make It Good (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
- Finalist: Silhouette in Walker & Silhouette (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).
- Best Use of Medium: Blue Lacuna (Aaron A. Reed; Glulx).
- Finalist: Alabaster (John Cater, Rob Dubbin, Eric Eve, Elizabeth Heller, Jayzee, Kazuki Mishima, Sarah Morayati, Mark Musante, Emily Short, Adam Thornton, and Ziv Wities; Glulx).
- Finalist: Klockwerk: The Shadow in the Cathedral (Ian Finley and Jon Ingold; publisher: Textfyre; FyreVM).
- Finalist: Rover's Day Out (Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman; Glulx).
Dates
- The deadline for first-round voting was Thursday, March 4, 2010, 23:59 PDT.
- The deadline for second-round voting was Friday, March 19, 2010 23:59 PST.
- The online award ceremony was held on ifMUD on March 20, 2010, 3pm EDT (7pm GMT).
Links
- http://xyzzyawards.org/ is the new home of the XYZZY Awards.
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