{"id":530,"date":"2019-07-05T09:50:33","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T16:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/?p=530"},"modified":"2019-07-05T09:50:33","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T16:50:33","slug":"xyzzy-awards-2018-first-round-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/?p=530","title":{"rendered":"XYZZY Awards 2018: First Round Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

The XYZZY Awards for the interactive fiction works of 2018 is now open for first-round voting. (Probably setting a record for the latest in the year; sorry about that.)<\/p>\n

The XYZZYs use your IF Comp login; if you need to register an account with the Comp, or you’ve forgotten your account details, go here<\/a>. You can log in here<\/a>\u00a0(you’ll get kicked back to the front page) and then vote here<\/a>. In the nominee round, you can nominate two works in each category. You should not nominate works that you authored, and you should not direct voters to vote for particular games or slates of games.<\/p>\n

The first round will remain open through the 19th of July (technically, with votes closing at\u00a01 AM US-Pacific time on the 20th).<\/p>\n

The full list of eligible games, harvested from IFDB with the help of juxi and Claire Furkle, is here<\/a>; if there are any errors or omissions, please let me know (either at sam.kabo.ashwell@gmail.com, in comments here, or on Twitter at @XYZZYAwards or @tsawac ).<\/p>\n

Below the cut are the list of works listed on IFDB which were not eligible for the Awards.<\/p>\n

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DO NOT EXIST<\/strong><\/p>\n

These are IFDB entries which don’t seem to correspond to a real game, or which don’t seem to be available to the public.<\/p>\n

Alone with Yourself, Jeremiah Van Elgort
\nThe Amusement Park, Ryan Dolner
\nAmnesia, Mads
\nA Cockwork Orange, Jame Gumb, Jr.
\nCookie Clickers, ITzJayGames
\nDate Night: Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening in a Dangerously Delicious Time of Modern Romance, anon
\nDefender, Eggball4444
\nEffects of Wealth on Sentencing, Chase Foreman
\nInstruction Set
\nMen Don’t Play With Dolls, Jordan Leendertsen
\nna, na
\nThe Neophyte, Bilal Mahmood
\nPirates are a Hot Mess, Anonymous
\nRealityQuake: Bootstrap Redux: Paradox+, necrophobicgoth
\nSamantha’s Cover Letter, Samantha Cheung
\nRed Alert – Adrift in Space, Gizmodeus
\nScourge of Andromeda, Nicholas Fuhrmann
\nSmish Test v0.1, Anonymous
\nSolus, DrYitz
\nToby’s Misadventure, yoon
\nvampiro, vico
\nweird first time quiz with ending, Tyconxcon
\nWinter Quiet, Nathan McRae
\nWhite Waker, PsychoFox
\nThe Voodoo You Do 3, Marshall Tenner Winter
\nWrath of Chance, A Dashing Saint
\nNOT FIRST RELEASED AS COMPLETE IN 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Works in progress, updated games, works which only exist as DLC or expansions for earlier games, and ports of older games are not XYZZY-eligible. In particular, this means that Fallen London Exceptional Stories have not been eligible, since they are expansions of Fallen London that cannot be played separately.<\/p>\n

The Beast of Torrack Moor – 30th Anniversary Edition, Linda Doughty, Chris Ainsley, Andy Green: a slightly updated port of a 1988 PAW game
\nChiara’s Adventure (Unfinished), TheGiantPig
\nTrolleyMania, Gareth Pickford
\nWhere the Heart Is, cheekygimp<\/p>\n

The Bones of London – Gavin Inglis
\nDaylight – Ash McAllan
\nFactory of Favours – Graham Robertson
\nFor All The Saints Who From Their Labours Rest – James Chew
\nThe Magician’s Dream – Mary Goodden
\nA Little Pandemonium – Jack de Quidt
\nThe Murgatroyd Formula – Mary Goodden
\nThe Price of Loss – Kevin Snow
\nThe Pursuit of Moths – Harry Tuffs
\nThe Rat-Catcher – Chandler Groover
\nRequired Repairs – Gavin Inglis
\nWritten in the Glim – Mary Goodden<\/p>\n

NOT IF<\/strong>
\nExfate: Sen (a platformer)<\/p>\n

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