XYZZY Awards Historical Results
The following are the finalists for the 2016 XYZZY Awards. For more historical data, you can
return to the historical results page.Best Game
- Cactus Blue Motel (Astrid Dalmady)
- Detectiveland (Robin Johnson)
- Foo Foo (Buster Hudson)
- Open Sorcery (Abigail Corfman)
- Superluminal Vagrant Twin (C.E.J. Pacian)
Best Writing
- 500 Apocalypses (Phantom Williams)
- Cactus Blue Motel (Astrid Dalmady)
- Open Sorcery (Abigail Corfman)
- The Queen's Menagerie (Chandler Groover)
- Stone Harbor (Liza Daly)
- Take (Katherine Morayati (as Amelia Pinnolla))
Best Story
- Cactus Blue Motel (Astrid Dalmady)
- Foo Foo (Buster Hudson)
- Open Sorcery (Abigail Corfman)
- Stone Harbor (Liza Daly)
- Tangaroa Deep (Astrid Dalmady)
- Three-Card Trick (Chandler Groover)
Best Setting
- Ariadne in Aeaea (Victor Ojuel)
- Cactus Blue Motel (Astrid Dalmady)
- Foo Foo (Buster Hudson)
- Tangaroa Deep (Astrid Dalmady)
- Three-Card Trick (Chandler Groover)
- Worldsmith (interactive Fables)
Best Puzzles
- 16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds (Abigail Corfman)
- Detectiveland (Robin Johnson)
- Fair (Hanon Ondricek)
- Inside the Facility (Arthur DiBianca)
- The Mary Jane of Tomorrow (Emily Short)
Best NPCs
- Cactus Blue Motel (Astrid Dalmady)
- Color the Truth (mathbrush)
- Fair (Hanon Ondricek)
- Foo Foo (Buster Hudson)
Best Individual Puzzle
- Customizing the robot in The Mary Jane of Tomorrow (Emily Short)
- Delivering the metallophilic ice to the Robotics Lab in Inside the Facility (Arthur DiBianca)
- Killing the vampire in 16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds (Abigail Corfman)
- Performing the Three Card Trick in Three-Card Trick (Chandler Groover)
- Raise a world to the Galactic Accord (worldbuilding) in Worldsmith (interactive Fables)
- Sneaking quietly though the house in Detectiveland (Robin Johnson)
Best Individual NPC
- Dr. Sourpuss in Dr. Sourpuss Is Not A Choice-Based Game (P.B. Parjeter)
- Holly in Foo Foo (Buster Hudson)
- The mirror in Mirror and Queen (Chandler Groover)
- The Pine Nut Queen of Tomorrow (aka The Jenny of Tomorrow, aka the robot) in The Mary Jane of Tomorrow (Emily Short)
Best Individual PC
- BEL/S in Open Sorcery (Abigail Corfman)
- Frankie Petrio in Stone Harbor (Liza Daly)
- Good Fairy, Senior Detective in Foo Foo (Buster Hudson)
- Morgan the Magnificent in Three-Card Trick (Chandler Groover)
Best Implementation
- Detectiveland (Robin Johnson)
- Fair (Hanon Ondricek)
- The Mary Jane of Tomorrow (Emily Short)
- Superluminal Vagrant Twin (C.E.J. Pacian)
Best Use of Innovation
- Detectiveland (Robin Johnson)
- The Ice-Bound Concordance (Aaron A. Reed,Jacob Garbe)
- The Mary Jane of Tomorrow (Emily Short)
- Open Sorcery (Abigail Corfman)
- Superluminal Vagrant Twin (C.E.J. Pacian)
- Take (Katherine Morayati (as Amelia Pinnolla))
Best Technological Development
- Improv
- Ink
- Texture full release
Best Use of Multimedia
- Detectiveland (Robin Johnson)
- The Ice-Bound Concordance (Aaron A. Reed,Jacob Garbe)
- Ladykiller in a Bind (Christine Love)
- Open Sorcery (Abigail Corfman)
- Worldsmith (interactive Fables)