{"id":581,"date":"2023-12-18T09:44:33","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T17:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/?p=581"},"modified":"2023-12-18T09:44:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T17:44:33","slug":"xyzzy-awards-2022-final-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/?p=581","title":{"rendered":"XYZZY Awards 2022: final round"},"content":{"rendered":"

Voting in the nominee round is complete, and we have our finalists. Congratulations!<\/p>\n

Voting is open for the final round, and will remain open through Thursday, December 28th. The XYZZYs use your IF Comp login; if you need to register an account with the Comp, or you\u2019ve forgotten your account details, go here<\/a>. You can\u00a0log in here<\/a>\u00a0(you\u2019ll get kicked back to the front page, but you are in fact logged in) and then\u00a0vote here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Best Game<\/h3>\n

The Absence of Miriam Lane (Abigail Corfman)
\nAccording to Cain (Jim Nelson)
\nThe Archivist and the Revolution (Autumn Chen)
\nComputerfriend (Kit Riemer)
\nThe Spectators (Amanda Walker)<\/p>\n

Best Writing<\/h3>\n

The Absence of Miriam Lane (Abigail Corfman)
\nAccording to Cain (Jim Nelson)
\nComputerfriend (Kit Riemer)
\nOf Their Shadows Deep (Amanda Walker)<\/p>\n

Best Story<\/h3>\n

The Absence of Miriam Lane (Abigail Corfman)
\nAccording to Cain (Jim Nelson)
\nFairest (Amanda Walker)<\/p>\n

Best Setting<\/h3>\n

The Archivist and the Revolution (Autumn Chen)
\nPrism (Eliot M.B. Howard)
\nThe Spectators (Amanda Walker)<\/p>\n

Best Puzzles<\/h3>\n

According to Cain (Jim Nelson)
\nThe Bones of Rosalinda (Agnieszka Trzaska)
\nThe Impossible Stairs (Mathbrush)
\nA Long Way to the Nearest Star (SV Linwood)
\nTrouble in Sector 471 (Arthur DiBianca)<\/p>\n

Best NPCs<\/h3>\n

The Archivist and the Revolution (Autumn Chen)
\nThe Impossible Stairs (Mathbrush)
\nLady Thalia and the Rose of Rocroi (E. Joyce, N. Cormier)
\nThe Legend of Horse Girl (Bitter Karella)
\nThe Little Match Girl 2: Annus Evertens (Ryan Veeder)<\/p>\n

Best Individual Puzzle<\/h3>\n

Crystal puzzle in Trouble in Sector 471 (Arthur DiBianca)
\nEscape room in The Little Match Girl 2: Annus Evertens (Ryan Veeder)
\nGetting the bezoar in The Legend of Horse Girl (Bitter Karella)
\nMaking the goulash in The Bones of Rosalinda (Agnieszka Trzaska)<\/p>\n

Best Individual NPC<\/h3>\n

Computerfriend in Computerfriend (Kit Riemer)
\nThe duchess in The Spectators (Amanda Walker)
\nPiecrust the Mouse in The Bones of Rosalinda (Agnieszka Trzaska)
\nSOLIS in A Long Way to the Nearest Star (SV Linwood)<\/p>\n

Best Individual PC<\/h3>\n

Bell Park in The Grown-Up Detective Agency (Brendan Patrick Hennessy)
\nEbenezabeth (the little match girl) in The Little Match Girl 2: Annus Evertens (Ryan Veeder)
\nEm in The Archivist and the Revolution (Autumn Chen)
\nHorse Girl in The Legend of Horse Girl (Bitter Karella)
\nKaren Zhao in New Year’s Eve, 2019 (Autumn Chen)
\nRosalinda in The Bones of Rosalinda (Agnieszka Trzaska)
\nThalia in Lady Thalia and the Rose of Rocroi (E. Joyce, N. Cormier)<\/p>\n

Best Implementation<\/h3>\n

The Absence of Miriam Lane (Abigail Corfman)
\nAccording to Cain (Jim Nelson)
\nThe Archivist and the Revolution (Autumn Chen)
\nThe Bones of Rosalinda (Agnieszka Trzaska)
\nThe Impossible Stairs (Mathbrush)
\nOf Their Shadows Deep (Amanda Walker)
\nTrouble in Sector 471 (Arthur DiBianca)<\/p>\n

Best Use of Innovation<\/h3>\n

The Absence of Miriam Lane (Abigail Corfman)
\nThe Bones of Rosalinda (Agnieszka Trzaska)
\nCannel\u00e9 & Nomnom – Defective Agency (Youn\u00e8s R. & Yazaleea)<\/p>\n

Best Technological Development<\/h3>\n

Frankendrift
\nThe IF Archive Unboxing Service
\nInform 7 build 10.1.0<\/p>\n

Best Use of Multimedia<\/h3>\n

The Absence of Miriam Lane (Abigail Corfman)
\nCannel\u00e9 & Nomnom – Defective Agency (Youn\u00e8s R. & Yazaleea)
\nComputerfriend (Kit Riemer)
\nGent Stickman vs Evil Meat Hand (AZ \/ ParserCommander)
\nThe Grown-Up Detective Agency (Brendan Patrick Hennessy)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Voting in the nominee round is complete, and we have our finalists. Congratulations! Voting is open for the final round, and will remain open through Thursday, December 28th. The XYZZYs use your IF Comp login; if you need to register an account with the Comp, or you\u2019ve forgotten your account details, go here. You can\u00a0log […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=581"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":582,"href":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581\/revisions\/582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}