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
- Blue Lacuna (Aaron A. Reed)
- Broken Legs (Sarah Morayati)
- Make It Good (Jon Ingold)
- The Shadow in the Cathedral (Ian Finley and Jon Ingold; publisher: Textfyre)
Best Writing
- Alabaster (John Cater, Rob Dubbin, Eric Eve, Elizabeth Heller, Jayzee, Kazuki Mishima, Sarah Morayati, Mark Musante, Emily Short, Adam Thornton, and Ziv Wities)
- Broken Legs (Sarah Morayati)
- Make It Good (Jon Ingold)
- The Shadow in the Cathedral (Ian Finley and Jon Ingold; publisher: Textfyre)
- Walker & Silhouette (C.E.J. Pacian)
Best Story
- Blue Lacuna (Aaron A. Reed)
- The King of Shreds and Patches (full version) (Jimmy Maher)
- Make It Good (Jon Ingold)
- The Shadow in the Cathedral (Ian Finley and Jon Ingold; publisher: Textfyre)
Best Setting
- Blue Lacuna (Aaron A. Reed)
- The Duel in the Snow (Utkonos)
- The King of Shreds and Patches (full version) (Jimmy Maher)
- The Shadow in the Cathedral (Ian Finley and Jon Ingold; publisher: Textfyre)
Best Puzzles
- Broken Legs (Sarah Morayati)
- The Duel That Spanned the Ages (Oliver Ullmann)
- Earl Grey (Rob Dubbin and Adam Parrish)
- Make It Good (Jon Ingold)
- Rover's Day Out (Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman)
Best NPCs
- Blue Lacuna (Aaron A. Reed)
- Broken Legs (Sarah Morayati)
- Dead Like Ants (C.E.J. Pacian)
- Make It Good (Jon Ingold)
Best Individual Puzzle
- Defeating the Eagle Beast in The Ascot (Duncan Bowsman)
- Finding out how the goggles work in Byzantine Perspective (Lea)
- Working out the controls in Rover's Day Out (Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman)
Best Individual NPC
- Lottie's mom in Broken Legs (Sarah Morayati)
- Progue in Blue Lacuna (Aaron A. Reed)
- Snow White in Alabaster (John Cater, Rob Dubbin, Eric Eve, Elizabeth Heller, Jayzee, Kazuki Mishima, Sarah Morayati, Mark Musante, Emily Short, Adam Thornton, and Ziv Wities)
Best Individual PC
- The detective in Make It Good (Jon Ingold)
- Lottie Plum in Broken Legs (Sarah Morayati)
- Silhouette in Walker & Silhouette (C.E.J. Pacian)
Best Use of Medium
- Alabaster (John Cater, Rob Dubbin, Eric Eve, Elizabeth Heller, Jayzee, Kazuki Mishima, Sarah Morayati, Mark Musante, Emily Short, Adam Thornton, and Ziv Wities)
- Blue Lacuna (Aaron A. Reed)
- Rover's Day Out (Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman)
- The Shadow in the Cathedral (Ian Finley and Jon Ingold; publisher: Textfyre)