XYZZY Awards 2010

XYZZY Awards 2010
Competition
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Part of series	XYZZY Awards
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IFDB series page	Series
Total entries
Results
Winner: Best Game	Aotearoa
Winner: Best Implementation	Aotearoa
Winner: Best Individual NPC	Rogue of the Multiverse
Winner: Best Individual PC	Death Off the Cuff
Winner: Best Individual Puzzle	Aotearoa
Winner: Best NPCs	Aotearoa
Winner: Best Puzzles	Aotearoa
Winner: Best Setting	Aotearoa
Winner: Best Story	The Warbler's Nest
Winner: Best Use of Innovation	Aotearoa
Winner: Best Writing	Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home
Finalist: Best Game	Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home
Finalist: Best Game	One Eye Open
Finalist: Best Game	Rogue of the Multiverse
Finalist: Best Game	The Warbler's Nest
Finalist: Best Implementation	Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home
Finalist: Best Individual NPC	Aotearoa
Finalist: Best Individual NPC	Mariel
Finalist: Best Individual NPC	The Bible Retold: Following a Star
Finalist: Best Individual PC	Gris et Jaune
Finalist: Best Individual PC	The Bible Retold: Following a Star
Finalist: Best Individual PC	The Blind House
Finalist: Best Individual Puzzle	One Eye Open
Finalist: Best Individual Puzzle	The 12:54 to Asgard
Finalist: Best Individual Puzzle	The Warbler's Nest
Finalist: Best NPCs	Gris et Jaune
Finalist: Best NPCs	Rogue of the Multiverse
Finalist: Best Puzzles	Dual Transform
Finalist: Best Puzzles	Fragile Shells
Finalist: Best Puzzles	One Eye Open
Finalist: Best Setting	Gris et Jaune
Finalist: Best Setting	Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home
Finalist: Best Setting	One Eye Open
Finalist: Best Story	Gris et Jaune
Finalist: Best Story	Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home
Finalist: Best Story	One Eye Open
Finalist: Best Supplemental Materials (two nominations)	Leadlight
Finalist: Best Use of Innovation	Rogue of the Multiverse
Finalist: Best Writing	Gris et Jaune
Finalist: Best Writing	The Blind House
Finalist: Best Use of Innovation	By @
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2010 XYZZY Award Winners

• Best Game: Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
• Best Writing: Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
• Best Story: The Warbler's Nest (Jason McIntosh; Z-code).
• Best Setting: Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
• Best Puzzles: Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
• Best NPCs: Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
• Best Individual Puzzle: Crossing the river in Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
• Best Individual NPC: Dr Sliss in Rogue of the Multiverse (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).
• Best Individual PC: Anthony Saint Germain in Death Off the Cuff (Simon Christiansen; Z-code).
• Best Implementation: Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
• Best Use of Innovation: Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
• Best Technological Development: Quixe, online Glulx interpreter (Andrew Plotkin).
• Best Supplemental Materials: Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform 7 (Aaron Reed).

2010 XYZZY Awards Winners and Finalists

• Best Game: Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
  • Finalist: One Eye Open (Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Rogue of the Multiverse (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).
  • Finalist: The Warbler's Nest (Jason McIntosh; Z-code).

• Best Writing: Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
  • Finalist: The Blind House (Amanda Allen as "Maude Overton"; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Gris et Jaune (Jason Devlin as "Steve van Gaal"; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Hoosegow (Ben Collins-Sussman and Jack Welch; Z-code).

• Best Story: The Warbler's Nest (Jason McIntosh; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Gris et Jaune (Jason Devlin as "Steve van Gaal"; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
  • Finalist: One Eye Open (Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine; Glulx).

• Best Setting: Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Gris et Jaune (Jason Devlin as "Steve van Gaal"; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
  • Finalist: One Eye Open (Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine; Glulx).

• Best Puzzles: Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Dual Transform (Andrew Plotkin as "Nigel Smith"; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Fragile Shells (Stephen Granade; Z-code).
  • Finalist: One Eye Open (Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine; Glulx).
  • Finalist: The People's Glorious Revolutionary Text Adventure Game (Taylor Vaughan; Z-code).

• Best NPCs: Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Gris et Jaune (Jason Devlin as "Steve van Gaal"; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Hoosegow (Ben Collins-Sussman and Jack Welch; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Rogue of the Multiverse (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).

• Best Individual Puzzle: Crossing the river in Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Deciding what to do with the baby in The Warbler's Nest (Jason McIntosh; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Dividing up the oxygen reserves in Oxygen (Benjamin Sokal; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Getting the lighter from Kai in Allein mit Kai (Ingo Scharmann and Joana Markus; Glulx; German).
  • Finalist: Roof tile repair in The 12:54 to Asgard (J. Robinson Wheeler; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Saving Dr. Ephart in One Eye Open (Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine; Glulx).

• Best Individual NPC: Dr Sliss in Rogue of the Multiverse (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).
  • Finalist: Gaspar in The Bible Retold: Following a Star (Justin Morgan; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Mariel in Mariel (Michael Baltes; Z-code; German).
  • Finalist: The monkey-thing in Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Muddy in Hoosegow (Ben Collins-Sussman and Jack Welch; Z-code).

• Best Individual PC: Anthony Saint Germain in Death Off the Cuff (Simon Christiansen; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Balthasar in The Bible Retold: Following a Star (Justin Morgan; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Helena in The Blind House (Amanda Allen as "Maude Overton"; Glulx).
  • Finalist: PC in Gris et Jaune (Jason Devlin as "Steve van Gaal"; Glulx).

• Best Implementation: Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Hoosegow (Ben Collins-Sussman and Jack Welch; Z-code).

• Best Use of Innovation: Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
  • Finalist: > by @ (Aaron A. Reed; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Rogue of the Multiverse (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).

• 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.

• Best Supplemental Materials: Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform 7 by Aaron A. Reed.
  • Finalist: Cover artwork for Allein mit Kai.
  • Finalist: Emily Short's teaser poster for Counterfeit Monkey (2012). (http://emshort.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/customs-poster-wp.png)
  • Finalist: The PDF manual for Leadlight.
  • Finalist: Website for Leadlight, by Wade Clarke.

Dates

• The deadline for first-round voting was Monday, January 31 2011 23:59 PST.
• The deadline for second-round voting was Friday, February 25 2011 23:59 PST.
• The online award ceremony was held on ifMUD on February 26, 2011, 12:00pm PST (8pm GMT).

Links

• XYZZY Awards. The main site.
  • XYZZY Awards FAQ: New Awards. Four new awards were introduced this year, two of them replacing Best Use of Medium.
  • Transcript of the awards ceremony.
• XYZZY Awards Survey - A survey (at surveymonkey) was run in early January 2011.