XYZZY Awards Finalists
The following are the finalists for this year's XYZZY Awards.
Want to vote on who the winners should be? Go here!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)