Voting in the nominee round is complete, and we have our finalists. Congratulations!
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Best Game
The Absence of Miriam Lane (Abigail Corfman)
According to Cain (Jim Nelson)
The Archivist and the Revolution (Autumn Chen)
Computerfriend (Kit Riemer)
The Spectators (Amanda Walker)
Best Writing
The Absence of Miriam Lane (Abigail Corfman)
According to Cain (Jim Nelson)
Computerfriend (Kit Riemer)
Of Their Shadows Deep (Amanda Walker)
Best Story
The Absence of Miriam Lane (Abigail Corfman)
According to Cain (Jim Nelson)
Fairest (Amanda Walker)
Best Setting
The Archivist and the Revolution (Autumn Chen)
Prism (Eliot M.B. Howard)
The Spectators (Amanda Walker)
Best Puzzles
According to Cain (Jim Nelson)
The Bones of Rosalinda (Agnieszka Trzaska)
The Impossible Stairs (Mathbrush)
A Long Way to the Nearest Star (SV Linwood)
Trouble in Sector 471 (Arthur DiBianca)
Best NPCs
The Archivist and the Revolution (Autumn Chen)
The Impossible Stairs (Mathbrush)
Lady Thalia and the Rose of Rocroi (E. Joyce, N. Cormier)
The Legend of Horse Girl (Bitter Karella)
The Little Match Girl 2: Annus Evertens (Ryan Veeder)
Best Individual Puzzle
Crystal puzzle in Trouble in Sector 471 (Arthur DiBianca)
Escape room in The Little Match Girl 2: Annus Evertens (Ryan Veeder)
Getting the bezoar in The Legend of Horse Girl (Bitter Karella)
Making the goulash in The Bones of Rosalinda (Agnieszka Trzaska)
Best Individual NPC
Computerfriend in Computerfriend (Kit Riemer)
The duchess in The Spectators (Amanda Walker)
Piecrust the Mouse in The Bones of Rosalinda (Agnieszka Trzaska)
SOLIS in A Long Way to the Nearest Star (SV Linwood)
Best Individual PC
Bell Park in The Grown-Up Detective Agency (Brendan Patrick Hennessy)
Ebenezabeth (the little match girl) in The Little Match Girl 2: Annus Evertens (Ryan Veeder)
Em in The Archivist and the Revolution (Autumn Chen)
Horse Girl in The Legend of Horse Girl (Bitter Karella)
Karen Zhao in New Year’s Eve, 2019 (Autumn Chen)
Rosalinda in The Bones of Rosalinda (Agnieszka Trzaska)
Thalia in Lady Thalia and the Rose of Rocroi (E. Joyce, N. Cormier)
Best Implementation
The Absence of Miriam Lane (Abigail Corfman)
According to Cain (Jim Nelson)
The Archivist and the Revolution (Autumn Chen)
The Bones of Rosalinda (Agnieszka Trzaska)
The Impossible Stairs (Mathbrush)
Of Their Shadows Deep (Amanda Walker)
Trouble in Sector 471 (Arthur DiBianca)
Best Use of Innovation
The Absence of Miriam Lane (Abigail Corfman)
The Bones of Rosalinda (Agnieszka Trzaska)
Cannelé & Nomnom – Defective Agency (Younès R. & Yazaleea)
Best Technological Development
Frankendrift
The IF Archive Unboxing Service
Inform 7 build 10.1.0
Best Use of Multimedia
The Absence of Miriam Lane (Abigail Corfman)
Cannelé & Nomnom – Defective Agency (Younès R. & Yazaleea)
Computerfriend (Kit Riemer)
Gent Stickman vs Evil Meat Hand (AZ / ParserCommander)
The Grown-Up Detective Agency (Brendan Patrick Hennessy)