{"id":533,"date":"2019-07-23T10:03:40","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T17:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/?p=533"},"modified":"2019-07-23T10:03:40","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T17:03:40","slug":"xyzzy-awards-2018-finalists-and-final-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/?p=533","title":{"rendered":"XYZZY Awards 2018: finalists and final round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #000000;\">The final round of the XYZZY Awards is open, and the finalists announced! Congratulations, all!<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">Anyone may vote for the Awards. The XYZZYs use your IF Comp login; if you need to register an account with the Comp, or you\u2019ve forgotten your account details,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #9f9f9f;\" href=\"https:\/\/ifcomp.org\/auth\/login\">go here<\/a>. You can<a style=\"color: #9f9f9f;\" href=\"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/awards\/login.php\">\u00a0log in here<\/a>\u00a0(you\u2019ll get kicked back to the front page) and then\u00a0<a style=\"color: #9f9f9f;\" href=\"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/awards\/vote.php\">vote here<\/a>. You should not\u00a0vote for works that you authored, and you should not direct voters to vote for particular games or slates of games. Voting will remain open through August 9.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">Without further ado, the finalists:<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #000000;\">Best Game<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>Alias &#8216;The Magpie&#8217; (J. J. Guest)<\/li>\n<li>Bogeyman (Elizabeth Smyth)<\/li>\n<li>Cannery Vale (Hanon Ondricek)<\/li>\n<li>Cragne Manor (Ryan Veeder, Jenni Polodna, et al.)<\/li>\n<li>I.A.G. Alpha (Serhii Mozhaiskyi)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"color: #000000;\">Best Writing<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>Alias &#8216;The Magpie&#8217; (J. J. Guest)<\/li>\n<li>Animalia (Ian Michael Waddell)<\/li>\n<li>Bogeyman (Elizabeth Smyth)<\/li>\n<li>Human Errors (Katherine Morayati)<\/li>\n<li>Tethered (Linus \u00c5kesson)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"color: #000000;\">Best Story<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>Alias &#8216;The Magpie&#8217; (J. J. Guest)<\/li>\n<li>Animalia (Ian Michael Waddell)<\/li>\n<li>Bogeyman (Elizabeth Smyth)<\/li>\n<li>Cannery Vale (Hanon Ondricek)<\/li>\n<li>Dead Man&#8217;s Fiesta (Ed Sibley)<\/li>\n<li>Dungeon Detective (Wonaglot, Caitlin Mulvihill)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"color: #000000;\">Best Setting<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>Alias &#8216;The Magpie&#8217; (J. J. Guest)<\/li>\n<li>Bogeyman (Elizabeth Smyth)<\/li>\n<li>Cannery Vale (Hanon Ondricek)<\/li>\n<li>Six Silver Bullets (William Dooling)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"color: #000000;\">Best Puzzles<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>I.A.G. Alpha (Serhii Mozhaiskyi)<\/li>\n<li>Illuminismo Iniziato (Michael J. Coyne)<\/li>\n<li>Junior Arithmancer (Mike Spivey)<\/li>\n<li>The Lurking Horror II: The Lurkening (Ryan Veeder)<\/li>\n<li>The Temple of Shorgil (Arthur DiBianca)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"color: #000000;\">Best NPCs<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>Alias &#8216;The Magpie&#8217; (J. J. Guest)<\/li>\n<li>Animalia (Ian Michael Waddell)<\/li>\n<li>Bogeyman (Elizabeth Smyth)<\/li>\n<li>Erstwhile (Maddie Fialla, Marijke Perry)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"color: #000000;\">Best Individual Puzzle<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>defeating Ynf-Okh-Omm in The Lurking Horror II: The Lurkening (Ryan Veeder)<\/li>\n<li>The last Flower Child puzzle in The Temple of Shorgil (Arthur DiBianca)<\/li>\n<li>Rooftop puzzle in I.A.G. Alpha (Serhii Mozhaiskyi)<\/li>\n<li>solving your murder in Erstwhile (Maddie Fialla, Marijke Perry)<\/li>\n<li>Werewolf\/moon puzzle in The Origin of Madame Time (Mathbrush)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"color: #000000;\">Best Individual NPC<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>Arthur the cat in Charming (Kaylah Facey)<\/li>\n<li>The Bogeyman in Bogeyman (Elizabeth Smyth)<\/li>\n<li>Colin Ritman in Bandersnatch (Charlie Brooker, David Slade)<\/li>\n<li>Crystal in Illuminismo Iniziato (Michael J. Coyne)<\/li>\n<li>Lemmy in Terminal Interface for Models RCM301-303 (Victor Gijsbers (as VigiMech Corporation))<\/li>\n<li>Ruslan in I.A.G. Alpha (Serhii Mozhaiskyi)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"color: #000000;\">Best Individual PC<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>Author in Cannery Vale (Hanon Ondricek)<\/li>\n<li>Jacob Morris in Grimnoir (ProP)<\/li>\n<li>the Magpie in Alias &#8216;The Magpie&#8217; (J. J. Guest)<\/li>\n<li>Nikolai in I.A.G. Alpha (Serhii Mozhaiskyi)<\/li>\n<li>the Silver Agent in Six Silver Bullets (William Dooling)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"color: #000000;\">Best Implementation<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>Alias &#8216;The Magpie&#8217; (J. J. Guest)<\/li>\n<li>Cragne Manor (Ryan Veeder, Jenni Polodna, et al.)<\/li>\n<li>Junior Arithmancer (Mike Spivey)<\/li>\n<li>The Master of the Land (Pseudavid)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"color: #000000;\">Best Use of Innovation<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>Cragne Manor (Ryan Veeder, Jenni Polodna, et al.)<\/li>\n<li>I.A.G. Alpha (Serhii Mozhaiskyi)<\/li>\n<li>Re: Dragon (Jack Welch)<\/li>\n<li>Restless (Emily Short)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"color: #000000;\">Best Technological Development<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/linusakesson.net\/dialog\/index.php\">Dialog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.luxlunae.fabularium&amp;hl=en_US\">Fabularium<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/intfiction.org\/t\/ozmoo-a-z-machine-interpreter-for-the-commodore-64\/13551\">Ozmoo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vorple-if.com\/\">Vorple 3.1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"color: #000000;\">Best Use of Multimedia<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>Bandersnatch (Charlie Brooker, David Slade)<\/li>\n<li>DEVOTIONALIA (G. Grimoire)<\/li>\n<li>\u00dcrs (Christopher Hayes, Daniel Talsky)<\/li>\n<li>Soft Earth (Jon Sorce)<\/li>\n<li>StupidRPG (Steven Richards)<\/li>\n<li>Where the Water Tastes Like Wine (Dim Bulb Games)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final round of the XYZZY Awards is open, and the finalists announced! Congratulations, all! Anyone may vote for the Awards. The XYZZYs use your IF Comp login; if you need to register an account with the Comp, or you\u2019ve forgotten your account details,\u00a0go here. 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