XYZZY Awards Historical Results
The following are the winners of the 2021 XYZZY Awards. For more historical data, you can
return to the historical results page.Best Game
- What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed (Amanda Walker)
Best Writing
Best Story
- What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed (Amanda Walker)
Best Setting
- The Weight of a Soul (Chin Kee Yong)
Best Puzzles
Best NPCs
- Lady Thalia and the Seraskier Sapphires (E. Joyce, N. Cormier)
Best Individual Puzzle
- Hair Swap in The Libonotus Cup (Nils Fagerburg)
Best Individual NPC
- Liz in Sting (Mike Russo)
Best Individual PC
- Marid in The Weight of a Soul (Chin Kee Yong)
Best Implementation
- The Libonotus Cup (Nils Fagerburg) (TIE)
- The Weight of a Soul (Chin Kee Yong) (TIE)
Best Use of Innovation
- 4x4 Archipelago (Agnieszka Trzaska) (TIE)
- Even Some More Tales from Castle Balderstone (Ryan Veeder) (TIE)
- Excalibur (J. J. Guest, G. C. Baccaris, Duncan Bowsman) (TIE)
- Fish & Dagger (grave snail games) (TIE)
- The Last Night of Alexisgrad (Milo van Mesdag) (TIE)
- What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed (Amanda Walker) (TIE)
Best Technological Development
Best Use of Multimedia
- Fish & Dagger (grave snail games)