XYZZY Awards Finalists

Best Game

• The Absence of Miriam Lane (Abigail Corfman)
• According to Cain (Jim Nelson)
• The Archivist and the Revolution (Autumn Chen)
• Computerfriend (Kit Riemer)
• The Spectators (Amanda Walker)

Best Writing

• The Absence of Miriam Lane (Abigail Corfman)
• According to Cain (Jim Nelson)
• Computerfriend (Kit Riemer)
• Of Their Shadows Deep (Amanda Walker)

Best Story

• The Absence of Miriam Lane (Abigail Corfman)
• According to Cain (Jim Nelson)
• Fairest (Amanda Walker)

Best Setting

• The Archivist and the Revolution (Autumn Chen)
• Prism (Eliot M.B. Howard)
• The Spectators (Amanda Walker)

Best Puzzles

• According to Cain (Jim Nelson)
• The Bones of Rosalinda (Agnieszka Trzaska)
• The Impossible Stairs (Mathbrush)
• A Long Way to the Nearest Star (SV Linwood)
• Trouble in Sector 471 (Arthur DiBianca)

Best NPCs

• The Archivist and the Revolution (Autumn Chen)
• The Impossible Stairs (Mathbrush)
• Lady Thalia and the Rose of Rocroi (E. Joyce, N. Cormier)
• The Legend of Horse Girl (Bitter Karella)
• The Little Match Girl 2: Annus Evertens (Ryan Veeder)

Best Individual Puzzle

• Crystal puzzle in Trouble in Sector 471 (Arthur DiBianca)
• Escape room in The Little Match Girl 2: Annus Evertens (Ryan Veeder)
• Getting the bezoar in The Legend of Horse Girl (Bitter Karella)
• Making the goulash in The Bones of Rosalinda (Agnieszka Trzaska)

Best Individual NPC

• Computerfriend in Computerfriend (Kit Riemer)
• The duchess in The Spectators (Amanda Walker)
• Piecrust the Mouse in The Bones of Rosalinda (Agnieszka Trzaska)
• SOLIS in A Long Way to the Nearest Star (SV Linwood)

Best Individual PC

• Bell Park in The Grown-Up Detective Agency (Brendan Patrick Hennessy)
• Ebenezabeth (the little match girl) in The Little Match Girl 2: Annus Evertens (Ryan Veeder)
• Em in The Archivist and the Revolution (Autumn Chen)
• Horse Girl in The Legend of Horse Girl (Bitter Karella)
• Karen Zhao in New Year's Eve, 2019 (Autumn Chen)
• Rosalinda in The Bones of Rosalinda (Agnieszka Trzaska)
• Thalia in Lady Thalia and the Rose of Rocroi (E. Joyce, N. Cormier)

Best Implementation

• The Absence of Miriam Lane (Abigail Corfman)
• According to Cain (Jim Nelson)
• The Archivist and the Revolution (Autumn Chen)
• The Bones of Rosalinda (Agnieszka Trzaska)
• The Impossible Stairs (Mathbrush)
• Of Their Shadows Deep (Amanda Walker)
• Trouble in Sector 471 (Arthur DiBianca)

Best Use of Innovation

• The Absence of Miriam Lane (Abigail Corfman)
• The Bones of Rosalinda (Agnieszka Trzaska)
• Cannelé & Nomnom - Defective Agency (Younès R. & Yazaleea)

Best Technological Development

• Frankendrift
• The IF Archive Unboxing Service
• Inform 7 build 10.1.0

Best Use of Multimedia

• The Absence of Miriam Lane (Abigail Corfman)
• Cannelé & Nomnom - Defective Agency (Younès R. & Yazaleea)
• Computerfriend (Kit Riemer)
• Gent Stickman vs Evil Meat Hand (AZ / ParserCommander)
• The Grown-Up Detective Agency (Brendan Patrick Hennessy)