{"id":261,"date":"2014-03-10T11:07:29","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T18:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/?p=261"},"modified":"2014-03-10T12:07:40","modified_gmt":"2014-03-10T19:07:40","slug":"2013-finalists-declared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/?p=261","title":{"rendered":"2013 Finalists Declared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to the finalists!<\/p>\n<p>You can now vote in the final round <a href=\"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/awards\/vote.php\">here<\/a>. Voting will be closed on April 4th. Full list of finalists below the cut.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Best Game<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Coloratura (Lynnea Glasser)<\/li>\n<li>Horse Master (Tom McHenry)<\/li>\n<li>Their angelical understanding (Porpentine)<\/li>\n<li>ULTRA BUSINESS TYCOON III (Porpentine)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Writing<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Coloratura (Lynnea Glasser)<\/li>\n<li>Their angelical understanding (Porpentine)<\/li>\n<li>You Will Select a Decision (Brendan Patrick Hennessy)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Story<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Coloratura (Lynnea Glasser)<\/li>\n<li>Horse Master (Tom McHenry)<\/li>\n<li>Solarium (Alan DeNiro)<\/li>\n<li>ULTRA BUSINESS TYCOON III (Porpentine)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Setting<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Choice of the Deathless (Max Gladstone)<\/li>\n<li>Coloratura (Lynnea Glasser)<\/li>\n<li>Horse Master (Tom McHenry)<\/li>\n<li>Robin &amp; Orchid (Ryan Veeder and Emily Boegheim)<\/li>\n<li>Their angelical understanding (Porpentine)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Puzzles<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Captain Verdeterre&#8217;s Plunder (Ryan Veeder)<\/li>\n<li>Coloratura (Lynnea Glasser)<\/li>\n<li>Threediopolis (Andrew Schultz)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best NPCs<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Bell Park, Youth Detective (Brendan Patrick Hennessy)<\/li>\n<li>Choice of the Deathless (Max Gladstone)<\/li>\n<li>Ollie Ollie Oxen Free (Carolyn VanEseltine)<\/li>\n<li>ULTRA BUSINESS TYCOON III (Porpentine)<\/li>\n<li>Witch&#8217;s Girl (Geoff Moore)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Individual Puzzle<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>creating the meat monster in Coloratura (Lynnea Glasser)<\/li>\n<li>Discovering the type of route that works in Threediopolis (Andrew Schultz)<\/li>\n<li>Earning One Million Dollars in ULTRA BUSINESS TYCOON III (Porpentine)<\/li>\n<li>getting out of the lab in Chemistry and Physics (Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine)<\/li>\n<li>Maximising your profit in Captain Verdeterre&#8217;s Plunder (Ryan Veeder)<\/li>\n<li>Three-latch door in Faithful Companion (Matt Weiner)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Individual NPC<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>-bitmap-zer0- in Bell Park, Youth Detective (Brendan Patrick Hennessy)<\/li>\n<li>Captain Verdeterre in Captain Verdeterre&#8217;s Plunder (Ryan Veeder)<\/li>\n<li>Ghost in Faithful Companion (Matt Weiner)<\/li>\n<li>Mercy in Coloratura (Lynnea Glasser)<\/li>\n<li>Your horse in Horse Master (Tom McHenry)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Individual PC<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Aqueosity in Coloratura (Lynnea Glasser)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Implementation<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Coloratura (Lynnea Glasser)<\/li>\n<li>Depression Quest (Zoe Quinn, Patrick Lindsey, and Isaac Schankler)<\/li>\n<li>Robin &amp; Orchid (Ryan Veeder and Emily Boegheim)<\/li>\n<li>Their angelical understanding (Porpentine)<\/li>\n<li>Trapped in Time (Simon Christiansen)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Use of Innovation<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>18 Cadence (Aaron A. Reed)<\/li>\n<li>Castle of the Red Prince (C.E.J. Pacian)<\/li>\n<li>Ex Nihilo (Juhana Leinonen)<\/li>\n<li>Final Girl (Hanon Ondricek)<\/li>\n<li>Sorcery! (Steve Jackson and inkle)<\/li>\n<li>Trapped in Time (Simon Christiansen)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Technological Development<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>adv3lite<\/li>\n<li>Twine 1.4<\/li>\n<li>Versu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Supplemental Materials<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Cover in Hill of Souls by Angela Shah<\/li>\n<li>Depression Quest Trailer<\/li>\n<li>Graphic environment for 18 Cadence<\/li>\n<li>The Labyrinth&#8217;s Lament (the comic that establishes the setting for companion game The Sixth Sleep)<\/li>\n<li>Multimedia &#8211; Dominique Pamplemouse<\/li>\n<li>Ship plans for Coloratura<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some explanation is in order for the sole finalist in Best Individual PC. What happened there is that we had a big pile of nominees with one vote apiece, and a single nominee with more votes than all of them put together. 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