XYZZY Awards Historical Results
The following are the finalists for the 2014 XYZZY Awards. For more historical data, you can
return to the historical results page.Best Game
- 80 Days (inkle, Meg Jayanth)
- Choice of Robots (Kevin Gold)
- Hadean Lands (Andrew Plotkin)
- Hunger Daemon (Sean M. Shore)
- With Those We Love Alive (Porpentine, Brenda Neotenomie)
Best Writing
- Eidolon (A.D. Jansen)
- With Those We Love Alive (Porpentine, Brenda Neotenomie)
Best Story
- 80 Days (inkle, Meg Jayanth)
- Eidolon (A.D. Jansen)
- the uncle who works for nintendo (michael lutz)
- Venus Meets Venus (kaleidofish)
- With Those We Love Alive (Porpentine, Brenda Neotenomie)
Best Setting
- 80 Days (inkle, Meg Jayanth)
- Hadean Lands (Andrew Plotkin)
- Invisible Parties (Sam Kabo Ashwell)
- With Those We Love Alive (Porpentine, Brenda Neotenomie)
Best Puzzles
- Hadean Lands (Andrew Plotkin)
- Jacqueline, Jungle Queen! (Steph Cherrywell)
Best NPCs
- 80 Days (inkle, Meg Jayanth)
- Blood & Laurels (Emily Short)
- Choice of Robots (Kevin Gold)
- Creatures Such As We (Lynnea Glasser)
- Weird City Interloper (C.E.J. Pacian)
Best Individual Puzzle
- finding the treasure in More (Jason Dyer)
- Sequence of time-travel in Fifteen Minutes (Ade McT)
Best Individual NPC
- The Empress in With Those We Love Alive (Porpentine, Brenda Neotenomie)
- Macy in Venus Meets Venus (kaleidofish)
- The monkey in Monkey and Bear (Carolyn VanEseltine)
- Your robot in Choice of Robots (Kevin Gold)
Best Individual PC
- Lynn in Venus Meets Venus (kaleidofish)
- Marcus in Blood & Laurels (Emily Short)
- the PC in the uncle who works for nintendo (michael lutz)
- Protagonist in Creatures Such As We (Lynnea Glasser)
Best Implementation
- Hadean Lands (Andrew Plotkin)
- Hunger Daemon (Sean M. Shore)
- With Those We Love Alive (Porpentine, Brenda Neotenomie)
Best Use of Innovation
- AlethiCorp (Simon Christiansen)
- An Earth Turning Slowly (Mæja Stefánsson)
- Hadean Lands (Andrew Plotkin)
- With Those We Love Alive (Porpentine, Brenda Neotenomie)
Best Technological Development
- Inform 7 6L02
- Texture
- Twine 2
Best Use of Multimedia
- 80 Days (inkle, Meg Jayanth)
- Coming Out Simulator 2014 (Nicky Case)
- Krypteia (Kateri)
- the uncle who works for nintendo (michael lutz)
- With Those We Love Alive (Porpentine, Brenda Neotenomie)