xyzzy award winners
the annual interactive fiction awards. from newest (2022 as of this writing) to oldest
not on igdb:
Trapped in Time (Best Implementation, 2013 - physical/pdf CYOA story)
Best Technological Development (usually awarded to dev tools):
Inform 7 Build 10.1.0 (2022)
Gruescript (2021)
Adventuron (2020)
Dialog (2018)
Vorple for Glulx (2017)
Ink (2016)
Raconteur (2015)
Inform 7 6L02 (2014, tie)
Twine 2 (2014, tie)
Twine 1.4 (2013)
Vorple for Inform 7 (2012)
TADS 3.1 (2011)
Quixe (2010)
not on igdb:
Trapped in Time (Best Implementation, 2013 - physical/pdf CYOA story)
Best Technological Development (usually awarded to dev tools):
Inform 7 Build 10.1.0 (2022)
Gruescript (2021)
Adventuron (2020)
Dialog (2018)
Vorple for Glulx (2017)
Ink (2016)
Raconteur (2015)
Inform 7 6L02 (2014, tie)
Twine 2 (2014, tie)
Twine 1.4 (2013)
Vorple for Inform 7 (2012)
TADS 3.1 (2011)
Quixe (2010)
188 Games
2004
Best Individual NPC (Audrey)
Best Individual NPC (Audrey)
2000
Best Individual PC (Rameses)
Best Individual PC (Rameses)
2010
Best Individual NPC (Dr Sliss)
Best Individual NPC (Dr Sliss)
2019
Best Implementation
Best Implementation
2002
Best Game
Best Story
Best Puzzles
Best Individual PC (Pierre)
Best Game
Best Story
Best Puzzles
Best Individual PC (Pierre)
1996
Best Setting
Best Setting
1996
Best Game
Best Writing
Best Puzzles
Best Individual Puzzle (Opening the gate)
Best Game
Best Writing
Best Puzzles
Best Individual Puzzle (Opening the gate)
2016
Best Writing
Best Writing
1996
Best Story
Best Story
1997
Best Puzzles
Best Individual Puzzle (The language puzzle)
Best Puzzles
Best Individual Puzzle (The language puzzle)
2016
Best Use of Innovation
Best Use of Multimedia
Best Use of Innovation
Best Use of Multimedia
2009
Best Setting (tie)
Best Setting (tie)
2021
Best Use of Innovation (tie)
Best Use of Innovation (tie)
2021
Best Individual Puzzle (the hair swap)
Best Implementation (tie)
Best Individual Puzzle (the hair swap)
Best Implementation (tie)
2011
Best Story
Best Story
2003
Best Individual Puzzle (The Purple Room)
Best Individual Puzzle (The Purple Room)
2017
Best Puzzles
Best Puzzles
2017
Best Setting
Best Setting
1997
Best Setting
Best Setting
2007
Best Story
Best Story
2018
Best Writing (tie)
Best NPCs
Best Writing (tie)
Best NPCs
2010
Best Game
Best Setting
Best Puzzles
Best NPCs
Best Individual Puzzle (crossing the river)
Best Implementation
Best Use of Innovation
Best Game
Best Setting
Best Puzzles
Best NPCs
Best Individual Puzzle (crossing the river)
Best Implementation
Best Use of Innovation
2003
Best Use of Medium
Best Use of Medium
2005
Best Story
Best Individual Puzzle (Following the murderer)
Best Story
Best Individual Puzzle (Following the murderer)
2012
Best Individual Puzzle
Best Individual Puzzle
2009
Best NPCs
Best Individual PC (Lottie Plum)
Best NPCs
Best Individual PC (Lottie Plum)
2009
Best Individual Puzzle (Finding out how the goggles work)
Best Individual Puzzle (Finding out how the goggles work)
2018
Best Setting
Best Setting
2011
Best Individual Puzzle (The hat mystery; 'meta-puzzle' with Doctor M, Last Day of Summer, and Playing Games)
Best Individual Puzzle (The hat mystery; 'meta-puzzle' with Doctor M, Last Day of Summer, and Playing Games)
2011
Best Game
Best Writing
Best Setting
Best NPCs
Best Individual NPC (Grimloft)
Best Game
Best Writing
Best Setting
Best NPCs
Best Individual NPC (Grimloft)
2007
Best Use of Medium
Best Use of Medium
2005
Best Puzzles
Best Puzzles
2002
Best Use of Medium
Best Use of Medium
2003
Best Individual PC (The PC)
Best Individual PC (The PC)
2021
Best Use of Innovation (tie)
Best Use of Innovation (tie)
2022
Best Story
Best Story
2001
Best Writing
Best Individual NPC (Yahoweh Porn)
Best Writing
Best Individual NPC (Yahoweh Porn)
2001
Best Puzzles
Best Puzzles
2021
Best Use of Multimedia
Best Use of Multimedia
1999
Best Writing
Best Writing
2022
Best Use of Multimedia
Best Use of Multimedia
2003
Best Puzzles
Best Puzzles
2018
Best Use of Innovation
Best Use of Innovation
2022
Best NPCs
Best NPCs
2021
Best NPCs
Best NPCs
2011
Best Individual Puzzle (The hat mystery; 'meta-puzzle' with Cold Iron, Doctor M, and Playing Games)
Best Individual Puzzle (The hat mystery; 'meta-puzzle' with Cold Iron, Doctor M, and Playing Games)
2011
Best Individual PC (Mentula Macanus)
Best Individual PC (Mentula Macanus)
2012
Best Supplemental Materials (Feelies)
Best Supplemental Materials (Feelies)
2000
Best Story
Best Story
2005
Best Use of Medium
Best Use of Medium
2008
Best Story
Best Setting
Best Story
Best Setting
2013
Best NPCs
Best NPCs
1998
Best NPCs
Best NPCs
2011
Best Individual Puzzle (The hat mystery; 'meta-puzzle' with Cold Iron, Doctor M, and Last Day of Summer)
Best Individual Puzzle (The hat mystery; 'meta-puzzle' with Cold Iron, Doctor M, and Last Day of Summer)
2022
Best Setting
Best Setting
2001
Best NPCs
Best NPCs
2013
Best Setting
Best Setting
2010
Best Supplemental Materials (Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform 7, for which Sand-dancer is a supplement & example)
Best Supplemental Materials (Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform 7, for which Sand-dancer is a supplement & example)
1997
Best Individual NPC (Bob)
Best Individual NPC (Bob)
2011
Best Implementation
Best Implementation
2008
Best Individual PC (Hardy the Bulldog)
Best Individual PC (Hardy the Bulldog)
2013
Best Story
Best Story
2021
Best Writing
Best Individual NPC (Liz)
Best Writing
Best Individual NPC (Liz)
1997
Best Writing
Best Writing
2001
Best Individual PC (The Kissing Bandit)
Best Individual PC (The Kissing Bandit)
2006
Best Story
Best Story
2022
Best Puzzles
Best Use of Innovation
Best Puzzles
Best Use of Innovation
2006
Best Game
Best Individual NPC (Leela)
Best Game
Best Individual NPC (Leela)
2003
Best Setting
Best Setting
2020
Best Puzzles
Best Individual Puzzle (leaving the house)
Best Implementation
Best Use of Innovation
Best Puzzles
Best Individual Puzzle (leaving the house)
Best Implementation
Best Use of Innovation
2011
Best Individual Puzzle (The hat mystery; 'meta-puzzle' with Cold Iron, Last Day of Summer, and Playing Games)
Best Individual Puzzle (The hat mystery; 'meta-puzzle' with Cold Iron, Last Day of Summer, and Playing Games)
2022
Best Individual Puzzle (escape room)
Best Individual Puzzle (escape room)
2020
Best Individual NPC (the parrot) (tie)
Best Individual NPC (the parrot) (tie)
2016
Best Individual Puzzle (customizing the robot)
Best Individual NPC (The Pine Nut Queen of Tomorrow (aka The Jenny of Tomorrow, aka the robot))
Best Individual Puzzle (customizing the robot)
Best Individual NPC (The Pine Nut Queen of Tomorrow (aka The Jenny of Tomorrow, aka the robot))
2002
Best Writing
Best Writing
2008
Best Use of Medium
Best Use of Medium
1999
Best Puzzles
Best Puzzles
1997
Best Use of Medium
Best Use of Medium
2010
Best Story
Best Story
2021
Best Setting
Best Individual PC (Marid)
Best Implementation (tie)
Best Setting
Best Individual PC (Marid)
Best Implementation (tie)
2005
Best Individual PC (Wendy Little)
Best Individual PC (Wendy Little)
2019
Best Story (tie)
Best Individual NPC (Turandot)
Best Story (tie)
Best Individual NPC (Turandot)
2020
Best Individual NPC (Kingfisher) (tie)
Best Individual NPC (Kingfisher) (tie)
2007
Best Setting
Best Setting
2005
Best Individual NPC (the storyteller)
Best Individual NPC (the storyteller)
2019
Best Game (tie)
Best Puzzles
Best Individual Puzzle (inspiring the artist)
Best Individual PC (Hazel Greene)
Best Game (tie)
Best Puzzles
Best Individual Puzzle (inspiring the artist)
Best Individual PC (Hazel Greene)
2 Comments
2022 results added
jakobvongunten
1 year ago