XYZZY Awards 2010
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| XYZZY Awards 2010 | |
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| Competition | |
| Part of series | XYZZY Awards |
| 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.
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