{"id":500,"date":"2017-07-05T09:13:14","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T16:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/?p=500"},"modified":"2017-07-05T09:13:14","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T16:13:14","slug":"xyzzy-awards-2016-finalists-and-final-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/?p=500","title":{"rendered":"XYZZY Awards 2016, finalists and final round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Voting has closed for the first round of the XYZZY Awards. The final round will remain open through\u00a0the <strong>21st of July<\/strong>. You can <a href=\"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/awards\/login.php\">login<\/a> here, then <a href=\"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/awards\/vote.php\">vote<\/a> here. (Once again, voting uses your IF Comp login, which you can <a href=\"https:\/\/ifcomp.org\/auth\/login\">register or recover<\/a> here.)<\/p>\n<p>A polite reminder: you\u2019re not allowed to vote for your own game, and canvassing for votes \u2013 for purposes here defined as \u2018any action which results in a large number of people showing up specifically to vote for a particular game or slate of games\u2019 \u2013 is strongly discouraged, and may result in votes being discarded.<\/p>\n<p>Without further ado &#8211; congratulations to our 2016 finalists!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Best Game<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=7e699ifb6u3767yr\">Cactus Blue Motel<\/a> (Astrid Dalmady)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=noqmuesoxx4vb6qy\">Detectiveland<\/a> (Robin Johnson)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=ec6x9y8qcmsrxob9\">Foo Foo<\/a> (Buster Hudson)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=hslgyznv9n2hou7k\">Open Sorcery<\/a> (Abigail Corfman)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=5xzoz5wimz4xxha\">Superluminal Vagrant Twin<\/a> (C.E.J. Pacian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Writing<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=9itoii9lv3rt1760\">500 Apocalypses<\/a>\u00a0(Phantom Williams)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=7e699ifb6u3767yr\">Cactus Blue Motel<\/a>\u00a0(Astrid Dalmady)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=hslgyznv9n2hou7k\">Open Sorcery<\/a>\u00a0(Abigail Corfman)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=52qxb0gl1h2xbmq4\">The Queen&#8217;s Menagerie<\/a>\u00a0(Chandler Groover)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=ij4y0w9qxeyaxv7l\">Stone Harbor<\/a>\u00a0(Liza Daly)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=4btr90e7opazl24d\">Take<\/a>\u00a0(Katherine Morayati (as Amelia Pinnolla))<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Story<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=7e699ifb6u3767yr\">Cactus Blue Motel<\/a>\u00a0(Astrid Dalmady)<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=ec6x9y8qcmsrxob9\">Foo Foo<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0(Buster Hudson)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=hslgyznv9n2hou7k\">Open Sorcery<\/a>\u00a0(Abigail Corfman)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=ij4y0w9qxeyaxv7l\">Stone Harbor<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">\u00a0(Liza Daly)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=giylgstes9e8bq9z\">Tangaroa Deep<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"> (Astrid Dalmady)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=afy6ej5cn9hof20m\">Three-Card Trick<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"> (Chandler Groover)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Setting<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=tu1meismk6t6jih5\">Ariadne in Aeaea<\/a> (<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Victor Ojuel)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=7e699ifb6u3767yr\">Cactus Blue Motel<\/a>\u00a0(Astrid Dalmady)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=ec6x9y8qcmsrxob9\">Foo Foo<\/a>\u00a0(Buster Hudson)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=giylgstes9e8bq9z\">Tangaroa Deep<\/a>\u00a0(Astrid Dalmady)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=afy6ej5cn9hof20m\">Three-Card Trick<\/a>\u00a0(Chandler Groover)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=mlcp0rjb34vnitau\">Worldsmith<\/a> (Interactive Fables)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Puzzles<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=s8oklhvdqoo5dv4l\">16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds<\/a> (Abigail Corfman)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=noqmuesoxx4vb6qy\">Detectiveland<\/a>\u00a0(Robin Johnson)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=wzz9ycw8ujt9ts1a\">Fair<\/a> (Hanon Ondricek)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=stsdri5zh7a4i5my\">Inside the Facility<\/a> (<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Arthur DiBianca)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=27ztb4iulm9l7sqe\">The Mary Jane of Tomorrow<\/a> (Emily Short)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best NPCs<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=7e699ifb6u3767yr\">Cactus Blue Motel<\/a>\u00a0(Astrid Dalmady)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=a746d3agtfizlx0x\">Color the Truth<\/a> (mathbrush)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=wzz9ycw8ujt9ts1a\">Fair<\/a>\u00a0(Hanon Ondricek)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=ec6x9y8qcmsrxob9\">Foo Foo<\/a>\u00a0(Buster Hudson)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Individual Puzzle<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>Killing the vampire\u00a0in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=s8oklhvdqoo5dv4l\">16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds<\/a>\u00a0(Abigail Corfman)<\/li>\n<li>Sneaking quietly though the house\u00a0in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=noqmuesoxx4vb6qy\">Detectiveland<\/a>\u00a0(Robin Johnson)<\/li>\n<li>Delivering the metallophilic ice to the Robotics Lab\u00a0in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=stsdri5zh7a4i5my\">Inside the Facility<\/a>\u00a0(Arthur DiBianca)<\/li>\n<li>Customizing the robot\u00a0in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=27ztb4iulm9l7sqe\">The Mary Jane of Tomorrow<\/a>\u00a0(Emily Short)<\/li>\n<li>Performing the Three Card Trick\u00a0in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=afy6ej5cn9hof20m\">Three-Card Trick<\/a>\u00a0(Chandler Groover)<\/li>\n<li>Raise a world to the Galactic Accord (worldbuilding)\u00a0in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=mlcp0rjb34vnitau\">Worldsmith<\/a>\u00a0(Interactive Fables)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Individual NPC<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Sourpuss in <a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=5torplpwdtjlbdlo\">Dr. Sourpuss Is Not A Choice-Based Game<\/a> (<span style=\"color: #000000;\">P.B. Parjeter)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Holly in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=ec6x9y8qcmsrxob9\">Foo Foo<\/a>\u00a0(Buster Hudson)<\/li>\n<li>The robot (variously-named) in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=27ztb4iulm9l7sqe\">The Mary Jane of Tomorrow<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0(Emily Short)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The mirror in <a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=25kq81lxm8iefgjg\">Mirror and Queen<\/a> (Chandler Groover)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Individual PC<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Good Fairy, Senior Detective in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=ec6x9y8qcmsrxob9\">Foo Foo<\/a>\u00a0(Buster Hudson)<\/li>\n<li>BEL\/S in <a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=hslgyznv9n2hou7k\">Open Sorcery<\/a>\u00a0(Abigail Corfman)<\/li>\n<li>Frankie Petrio in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=ij4y0w9qxeyaxv7l\">Stone Harbor<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0(Liza Daly)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Morgan the Magnificent in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=afy6ej5cn9hof20m\">Three-Card Trick<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0(Chandler Groover)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Implementation<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=wzz9ycw8ujt9ts1a\">Fair<\/a>\u00a0(Hanon Ondricek)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=noqmuesoxx4vb6qy\">Detectiveland<\/a>\u00a0(Robin Johnson)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=27ztb4iulm9l7sqe\">The Mary Jane of Tomorrow<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0(Emily Short)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=5xzoz5wimz4xxha\">Superluminal Vagrant Twin<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0(C.E.J. Pacian)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Use of Innovation<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=noqmuesoxx4vb6qy\">Detectiveland<\/a>\u00a0(Robin Johnson)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=d1wubq1svpdr4mdo\">The Ice-Bound Concordance<\/a> (Aaron A. Reed, Jacob Garbe)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=hslgyznv9n2hou7k\">Open Sorcery<\/a>\u00a0(Abigail Corfman)<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=27ztb4iulm9l7sqe\">The Mary Jane of Tomorrow<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0(Emily Short)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=5xzoz5wimz4xxha\">Superluminal Vagrant Twin<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0(C.E.J. Pacian)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=4btr90e7opazl24d\">Take<\/a>\u00a0(Katherine Morayati (as Amelia Pinnolla))<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Technological Development<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/sequitur\/improv\">Improv<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inklestudios.com\/ink\/\">Ink<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/texturewriter.com\/\">Texture<\/a>, full release<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Use of Multimedia<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=noqmuesoxx4vb6qy\">Detectiveland<\/a>\u00a0(Robin Johnson)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=d1wubq1svpdr4mdo\">The Ice-Bound Concordance<\/a>\u00a0(Aaron A. Reed, Jacob Garbe)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=8jzh6yn7bfk4tcu\">Ladykiller in a Bind<\/a> (Christine Love)<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=hslgyznv9n2hou7k\">Open Sorcery<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0(Abigail Corfman)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ifdb.tads.org\/viewgame?id=mlcp0rjb34vnitau\">Worldsmith<\/a>\u00a0(Interactive Fables)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voting has closed for the first round of the XYZZY Awards. The final round will remain open through\u00a0the 21st of July. You can login here, then vote here. (Once again, voting uses your IF Comp login, which you can register or recover here.) 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