XYZZY Awards 2017

Browse the XYZZY Awards either by year:

• 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Or by category:

• Best Game | Best Writing | Best Story | Best Setting | Best Puzzles | Best NPCs | Best Individual Puzzle | Best Individual NPC | Best Individual PC | Best Use of Medium (1997–2009) | Best Implementation (2010–) | Best Use of Innovation (2010–) | Best Technological Development (2010–) | Best Supplemental Materials (2010–2013) | Best Use of Multimedia (2014–) | Other awards

See also:

• Statistics

The XYZZY Awards 2017 were organized by Sam Kabo Ashwell.

Dates

• May 13, 2018: Deadline for first-round voting.
• June 1, 2018: Deadline for second-round voting.

2017 XYZZY Awards Winners

• Best Game: The Wizard Sniffer (Buster Hudson).
• Best Writing: Eat Me (Chandler Groover).
• Best Story: The Wizard Sniffer (Buster Hudson).
• Best Setting: 1958: Dancing With Fear (Victor Ojuel).
• Best Puzzles: The Wand (Arthur DiBianca).
• Best NPCs: The Wizard Sniffer (Buster Hudson).
• Best Individual Puzzle: getting past the dragon in The Wizard Sniffer (Buster Hudson).
• Best Individual NPC: Squire Tuck in The Wizard Sniffer (Buster Hudson).
• Best Individual PC: Fred Strickland in Will Not Let Me Go (Stephen Granade).
• Best Implementation: Eat Me (Chandler Groover).
• Best Use of Innovation: Harmonia (Liza Daly).
• Best Technological Development: Vorple for Glulx).
• Best Use of Multimedia: Harmonia (Liza Daly).

2017 XYZZY Awards Finalists

• Best Game
  • American Angst (m3g1dd0)
  • Eat Me (Chandler Groover)
  • Known Unknowns (Brendan Patrick Hennessy)
  • The Owl Consults (Thomas Mack)
  • The Wizard Sniffer (Buster Hudson)

• Best Writing
  • Absence of Law (mathbrush)
  • American Angst (m3g1dd0)
  • dripping with the waters of SHEOL (Lady Isak Grozny)
  • Eat Me (Chandler Groover)
  • Known Unknowns (Brendan Patrick Hennessy)
  • Will Not Let Me Go (Stephen Granade)

• Best Story
  • 1958: Dancing With Fear (Victor Ojuel)
  • American Angst (m3g1dd0)
  • Harmonia (Liza Daly)
  • Known Unknowns (Brendan Patrick Hennessy)
  • Will Not Let Me Go (Stephen Granade)
  • The Wizard Sniffer (Buster Hudson)

• Best Setting
  • 1958: Dancing With Fear (Victor Ojuel)
  • Absence of Law (mathbrush)
  • Eat Me (Chandler Groover)
  • Tuuli (Daurmith & Ruber Eaglenest)
  • Voyageur (Bruno Dias)

• Best Puzzles
  • Absence of Law (mathbrush)
  • A Beauty Cold and Austere (Mike Spivey)
  • Eat Me (Chandler Groover)
  • The Owl Consults (Thomas Mack)
  • The Wand (Arthur DiBianca)
  • The Wizard Sniffer (Buster Hudson)

• Best NPCs
  • Eat Me (Chandler Groover)
  • Known Unknowns (Brendan Patrick Hennessy)
  • The Owl Consults (Thomas Mack)
  • The Wizard Sniffer (Buster Hudson)

• Best Individual Puzzle
  • discovering the rest of the game in [The Wand]] (Arthur DiBianca)
  • getting past the dragon in The Wizard Sniffer (Buster Hudson)
  • getting through the undersea vent in Measureless to Man (Ivan R.)
  • Learning the Cycle in The Wand (Arthur DiBianca)
  • Milking the cow in Eat Me (Chandler Groover)
  • Navigating the swamp in Crocodracula: What Happened to Calvin (Ryan Veeder)

• Best Individual NPC
  • Anja Kaczmarek in Known Unknowns (Brendan Patrick Hennessy)
  • Kaz Kaczmarek in Known Unknowns (Brendan Patrick Hennessy)
  • The narrator in Eat Me (Chandler Groover)
  • Olivia Kwon in Known Unknowns (Brendan Patrick Hennessy)
  • Squire Tuck in The Wizard Sniffer (Buster Hudson)

• Best Individual PC
  • Amelia Derringer in The Owl Consults (Thomas Mack)
  • Fred Strickland in Will Not Let Me Go (Stephen Granade)
  • Kareene Veet in Word of the Day (Richard Otter)
  • Lev/Lyubov in dripping with the waters of SHEOL (Lady Isak Grozny)
  • Nadia Nazari in Known Unknowns (Brendan Patrick Hennessy)
  • Salomé Vélez in 1958: Dancing With Fear (Victor Ojuel)

• Best Implementation
  • Absence of Law (mathbrush)
  • Eat Me (Chandler Groover)
  • Harmonia (Liza Daly)
  • Seedship (John Ayliff)
  • Thaumistry: In Charm’s Way (Bob Bates)

• Best Use of Innovation
  • 10pm (litrouke)
  • Harmonia (Liza Daly)
  • Unit 322 (Disambiguation)]] (Jonny Muir)
  • Voyageur (Bruno Dias)

• Best Technological Development
  • Vorple for Glulx

• Best Use of Multimedia
  • 10pm (litrouke)
  • Absence of Law (mathbrush)
  • Harmonia (Liza Daly)
  • Known Unknowns (Brendan Patrick Hennessy)
  • The Rats in the Bulkheads (Bruno Dias)
  • Salt (Gareth Damian Martin)

Links

• XYZZY Awards site:

This article is a stub. You can help IFWiki by expanding it.
TODO: Dates, entries, platforms.