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)

188 Games

Sunless Sea
Sunless Sea
2015
Best Setting
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
2018
Best Use of Multimedia
80 Days
80 Days
2014
Best Game
Best Story
Best Use of Multimedia
The Uncle Who Works for Nintendo
The Uncle Who Works for Nintendo
2014
Best Individual PC (the PC)
Aisle
Aisle
1999
Best Use of Medium
Vampire: The Masquerade - Night Road
Vampire: The Masquerade - Night Road
2020
Best Game
With Those We Love Alive
With Those We Love Alive
2014
Best Writing
Best Individual NPC (The Empress)
Galatea
Galatea
2000
Best Individual NPC (Galatea)
Photopia
Photopia
1998
Best Writing
Best Story
Howling Dogs
Howling Dogs
2012
Best Writing
Best Story
Open Sorcery
Open Sorcery
2016
Best Individual PC (BEL/S)
16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds
16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds
2016
Best Puzzles
Creatures Such as We
Creatures Such as We
2014
Best NPCs
Counterfeit Monkey
Counterfeit Monkey
2012
Best Game
Best Setting
Best Puzzles
Best Individual PC (Alexandra)
Best Implementation
Dominique Pamplemousse
Dominique Pamplemousse
2013
Best Supplemental Materials (Multimedia)
Birdland
Birdland
2015
Best Game
Best Writing
Best Story
Best NPCs
Best Individual NPC (Bell Park)
Best Individual PC (Bridget)
Anchorhead
Anchorhead
1998
Best Setting
AI Dungeon
AI Dungeon
2019
Best Use of Innovation
Best Technological Development
Creme de la Creme
Creme de la Creme
2019
Best Game (tie)
Best Story (tie)
Best Writing
Dull Grey
Dull Grey
2019
Best Use of Multimedia (tie)
Lost Pig (And Place Under Ground)
Lost Pig (And Place Under Ground)
2007
Best Game
Best Writing
Best Individual NPC (the gnome)
Best Individual PC (Grunk)
Shade
Shade
2000
Best Setting
Violet
Violet
2008
Best Game
Best Writing
Best Individual Puzzle (Disconnecting the internet / Getting rid of the key)
Best Individual NPC (Violet)
The Gostak
The Gostak
2001
Best Individual Puzzle (deciphering the language)
Best Use of Medium
Spider and Web
Spider and Web
1998
Best Game
Best Puzzles
Best Individual Puzzle (Getting out of the chair)
Best Individual NPC (The interrogator)
Best Use of Medium
Rat Chaos
Rat Chaos
2012
Best Individual NPC (New Rat City)
The Grown-Up Detective Agency
The Grown-Up Detective Agency
2022
Best Individual PC (Bell Park)
Hadean Lands
Hadean Lands
2014
Best Setting
Best Puzzles
Best Implementation
Best Use of Innovation
Midnight. Swordfight.
Midnight. Swordfight.
2015
Best Implementation
Blue Lacuna
Blue Lacuna
2009
Best Game
Best Story
Best Setting (tie)
Best Use of Medium
Shrapnel
Shrapnel
2000
Best Use of Medium
The Dreamhold
The Dreamhold
2004
Best Puzzles
Best Use of Medium
What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed
What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed
2021
Best Game
Best Story
I-0: Jailbait on Interstate Zero
I-0: Jailbait on Interstate Zero
1997
Best Game
Best Individual PC (Tracy Valencia)
Slouching Towards Bedlam
Slouching Towards Bedlam
2003
Best Game
Best Story
Best Setting
Best Individual NPC (Triage)
Their Angelical Understanding
Their Angelical Understanding
2013
Best Writing
Varicella
Varicella
1999
Best Game
Best NPCs
Best Individual NPC (Miss Sierra)
Best Individual PC (Primo Varicella)
Cactus Blue Motel
Cactus Blue Motel
2016
Best Setting
Best NPCs (tie)
Computerfriend
Computerfriend
2022
Best Individual NPC (Computerfriend)
Suveh Nux
Suveh Nux
2007
Best Puzzles
Vespers
Vespers
2005
Best Game
Best Writing
Best Setting
Best NPCs
Everybody Dies
Everybody Dies
2008
Best NPCs
Cragne Manor
Cragne Manor
2018
Best Implementation
Eat Me
Eat Me
2017
Best Writing
Best Implementation
Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale
Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale
2020
Best Writing
Best Setting
Best NPCs
The Absence of Miriam Lane
The Absence of Miriam Lane
2022
Best Writing
18 Cadence
18 Cadence
2013
Best Use of Innovation
Ad Verbum
Ad Verbum
2000
Best Puzzles
Alias 'The Magpie'
Alias 'The Magpie'
2018
Best Individual PC
Brain Guzzlers from Beyond!
Brain Guzzlers from Beyond!
2015
Best Individual Puzzle (Understanding how the RPS cannon works)
City of Secrets
City of Secrets
2003
Best NPCs
Coloratura
Coloratura
2013
Best Game
Best Puzzles
Best Individual Puzzle (creating the meat monster)
Best Individual PC (The Aqueosity)
De Baron
De Baron
2006
Best Use of Medium
Junior Arithmancer
Junior Arithmancer
2018
Best Puzzles
Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses
2000
Best Writing
Rematch
Rematch
2000
Best Individual Puzzle (the whole game)
The Wizard Sniffer
The Wizard Sniffer
2017
Best Game
Best Story
Best NPCs
Best Individual Puzzle (getting past the dragon)
Best Individual NPC (Squire Tuck)
Worlds Apart
Worlds Apart
1999
Best Story
Alabaster
Alabaster
2009
Best Writing
Best Individual NPC (Snow White)
Bogeyman
Bogeyman
2018
Best Game
Best Writing (tie)
Best Story
Best Individual NPC (the Bogeyman)
Captain Verdeterre's Plunder
Captain Verdeterre's Plunder
2013
Best Individual NPC (Captain Verdeterre)
Death off the Cuff
Death off the Cuff
2010
Best Individual PC (Anthony Saint Germain)
Erstwhile
Erstwhile
2018
Best Individual Puzzle (solving your murder)
First Draft of the Revolution
First Draft of the Revolution
2012
Best Use of Innovation
Gun Mute
Gun Mute
2008
Best Puzzles
Harmonia
Harmonia
2017
Best Use of Innovation
Best Use of Multimedia
Kissing the Buddha's Feet
1996
Best NPCs
Laid Off from the Synesthesia Factory
Laid Off from the Synesthesia Factory
2015
Best Use of Innovation
Lock & Key
Lock & Key
2002
Best NPCs
Best Individual Puzzle (setting the traps)
Best Individual NPC (Boldo)
Narcolepsy
Narcolepsy
2003
Best Writing
Secret Agent Cinder
Secret Agent Cinder
2015
Best Use of Multimedia
Sting of the Wasp
Sting of the Wasp
2004
Best NPCs
Best Individual PC (Julia)
Sub Rosa
Sub Rosa
2015
Best Puzzles
Superluminal Vagrant Twin
Superluminal Vagrant Twin
2016
Best Game
Best Implementation
Will Not Let Me Go
Will Not Let Me Go
2017
Best Individual PC (Fred Strickland)
1893: A World's Fair Mystery
1893: A World's Fair Mystery
2002
Best Setting
4x4 Archipelago
4x4 Archipelago
2021
Best Use of Innovation (tie)
According to Cain
According to Cain
2022
Best Game
Best Implementation
All Roads
All Roads
2001
Best Game
Best Story
Best Setting
All Things Devours
All Things Devours
2004
Best Individual Puzzle (the time puzzle)
An Act of Murder
An Act of Murder
2007
Best Individual Puzzle (Identifying the killer)
A Rope of Chalk
A Rope of Chalk
2020
Best Story
Babel
Babel
1997
Best Story
Being Andrew Plotkin
Being Andrew Plotkin
2000
Best Game
Best NPCs
Blue Chairs
Blue Chairs
2004
Best Game
Best Writing
Best Story
Child's Play
Child's Play
2008
Best NPCs
Delightful Wallpaper
Delightful Wallpaper
2006
Best Writing
Best Puzzles
Best Individual Puzzle (Navigating the mansion)
Best Individual PC (the PC)
Doppeljobs
Doppeljobs
2020
Best Individual PC (the doppelganger)
Earl Grey
Earl Grey
2009
Best Puzzles
Fifteen Minutes
Fifteen Minutes
2014
Best Individual Puzzle (Sequence of time-travel)
Floatpoint
Floatpoint
2006
Best Setting
Best NPCs
Foo Foo
Foo Foo
2016
Best Story
Best NPCs (tie)
Frobozz Magic Support
1996
Best Individual NPC (the burin)
Grooverland
Grooverland
2021
Best Puzzles
Guilded Youth
Guilded Youth
2012
Best NPCs
Heretic's Hope
Heretic's Hope
2019
Best Setting
Best Use of Multimedia (tie)
Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home
Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home
2010
Best Writing
Hunter, in Darkness
Hunter, in Darkness
1999
Best Setting
Best Individual Puzzle (The Maze)
Kerkerkruip
Kerkerkruip
2011
Best Use of Innovation
Best Supplemental Materials (PDFs and screencast tutorials)
Little Blue Men
Little Blue Men
1998
Best Individual PC

2 Comments

jakobvongunten

1 year ago

updated with 2021 results

jakobvongunten

2 months ago

2022 results added
jakobvongunten

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