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

18 Cadence
18 Cadence
2013
Best Use of Innovation
Sting of the Wasp
Sting of the Wasp
2004
Best NPCs
Best Individual PC (Julia)
Midnight. Swordfight.
Midnight. Swordfight.
2015
Best Implementation
The Last Night of Alexisgrad
2021
Best Use of Innovation (tie)
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)
Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale
Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale
2020
Best Writing
Best Setting
Best NPCs
Their Angelical Understanding
Their Angelical Understanding
2013
Best Writing
Suveh Nux
Suveh Nux
2007
Best Puzzles
Computerfriend
Computerfriend
2022
Best Individual NPC (Computerfriend)
The Gostak
The Gostak
2001
Best Individual Puzzle (deciphering the language)
Best Use of Medium
Counterfeit Monkey
Counterfeit Monkey
2012
Best Game
Best Setting
Best Puzzles
Best Individual PC (Alexandra)
Best Implementation
According to Cain
According to Cain
2022
Best Game
Best Implementation
All Things Devours
All Things Devours
2004
Best Individual Puzzle (the time puzzle)
Captain Verdeterre's Plunder
Captain Verdeterre's Plunder
2013
Best Individual NPC (Captain Verdeterre)
Creme de la Creme
Creme de la Creme
2019
Best Game (tie)
Best Story (tie)
Best Writing
Erstwhile
Erstwhile
2018
Best Individual Puzzle (solving your murder)
Heretic's Hope
Heretic's Hope
2019
Best Setting
Best Use of Multimedia (tie)
Howling Dogs
Howling Dogs
2012
Best Writing
Best Story
Laid Off from the Synesthesia Factory
Laid Off from the Synesthesia Factory
2015
Best Use of Innovation
The Grown-Up Detective Agency
The Grown-Up Detective Agency
2022
Best Individual PC (Bell Park)
The King of Shreds and Patches
The King of Shreds and Patches
2009
Best Setting (tie)
Worlds Apart
Worlds Apart
1999
Best Story
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
Hadean Lands
Hadean Lands
2014
Best Setting
Best Puzzles
Best Implementation
Best Use of Innovation
Cactus Blue Motel
Cactus Blue Motel
2016
Best Setting
Best NPCs (tie)
Dominique Pamplemousse
Dominique Pamplemousse
2013
Best Supplemental Materials (Multimedia)
Varicella
Varicella
1999
Best Game
Best NPCs
Best Individual NPC (Miss Sierra)
Best Individual PC (Primo Varicella)
Galatea
Galatea
2000
Best Individual NPC (Galatea)
Birdland
Birdland
2015
Best Game
Best Writing
Best Story
Best NPCs
Best Individual NPC (Bell Park)
Best Individual PC (Bridget)
80 Days
80 Days
2014
Best Game
Best Story
Best Use of Multimedia
Creatures Such as We
Creatures Such as We
2014
Best NPCs
With Those We Love Alive
With Those We Love Alive
2014
Best Writing
Best Individual NPC (The Empress)
Vespers
Vespers
2005
Best Game
Best Writing
Best Setting
Best NPCs
Vampire: The Masquerade - Night Road
Vampire: The Masquerade - Night Road
2020
Best Game
Eat Me
Eat Me
2017
Best Writing
Best Implementation
The Dreamhold
The Dreamhold
2004
Best Puzzles
Best Use of Medium
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
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)
Anchorhead
Anchorhead
1998
Best Setting
Blue Chairs
Blue Chairs
2004
Best Game
Best Writing
Best Story
Blue Lacuna
Blue Lacuna
2009
Best Game
Best Story
Best Setting (tie)
Best Use of Medium
Doppeljobs
Doppeljobs
2020
Best Individual PC (the doppelganger)
First Draft of the Revolution
First Draft of the Revolution
2012
Best Use of Innovation
Kerkerkruip
Kerkerkruip
2011
Best Use of Innovation
Best Supplemental Materials (PDFs and screencast tutorials)
Little Blue Men
Little Blue Men
1998
Best Individual PC
Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses
2000
Best Writing
Rameses
Rameses
2000
Best Individual PC (Rameses)
Savoir-Faire
Savoir-Faire
2002
Best Game
Best Story
Best Puzzles
Best Individual PC (Pierre)
The Absence of Miriam Lane
The Absence of Miriam Lane
2022
Best Writing
The Wand
The Wand
2017
Best Puzzles
What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed
What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed
2021
Best Game
Best Story
Photopia
Photopia
1998
Best Writing
Best Story
Violet
Violet
2008
Best Game
Best Writing
Best Individual Puzzle (Disconnecting the internet / Getting rid of the key)
Best Individual NPC (Violet)
Slouching Towards Bedlam
Slouching Towards Bedlam
2003
Best Game
Best Story
Best Setting
Best Individual NPC (Triage)
Sunless Sea
Sunless Sea
2015
Best Setting
The Uncle Who Works for Nintendo
The Uncle Who Works for Nintendo
2014
Best Individual PC (the PC)
City of Secrets
City of Secrets
2003
Best NPCs
De Baron
De Baron
2006
Best Use of Medium
Gun Mute
Gun Mute
2008
Best Puzzles
Junior Arithmancer
Junior Arithmancer
2018
Best Puzzles
Superluminal Vagrant Twin
Superluminal Vagrant Twin
2016
Best Game
Best Implementation
Shade
Shade
2000
Best Setting
Alabaster
Alabaster
2009
Best Writing
Best Individual NPC (Snow White)
All Roads
All Roads
2001
Best Game
Best Story
Best Setting
Babel
Babel
1997
Best Story
Coloratura
Coloratura
2013
Best Game
Best Puzzles
Best Individual Puzzle (creating the meat monster)
Best Individual PC (The Aqueosity)
Death off the Cuff
Death off the Cuff
2010
Best Individual PC (Anthony Saint Germain)
Delightful Wallpaper
Delightful Wallpaper
2006
Best Writing
Best Puzzles
Best Individual Puzzle (Navigating the mansion)
Best Individual PC (the PC)
Everybody Dies
Everybody Dies
2008
Best NPCs
Floatpoint
Floatpoint
2006
Best Setting
Best NPCs
Hunter, in Darkness
Hunter, in Darkness
1999
Best Setting
Best Individual Puzzle (The Maze)
Necrotic Drift
Necrotic Drift
2004
Best Individual NPC (Audrey)
Secret Agent Cinder
Secret Agent Cinder
2015
Best Use of Multimedia
The Libonotus Cup
The Libonotus Cup
2021
Best Individual Puzzle (the hair swap)
Best Implementation (tie)
The Recruit
The Recruit
2003
Best Individual Puzzle (The Purple Room)
Rematch
Rematch
2000
Best Individual Puzzle (the whole game)
Lock & Key
Lock & Key
2002
Best NPCs
Best Individual Puzzle (setting the traps)
Best Individual NPC (Boldo)
Dull Grey
Dull Grey
2019
Best Use of Multimedia (tie)
Aisle
Aisle
1999
Best Use of Medium
Shrapnel
Shrapnel
2000
Best Use of Medium
Rat Chaos
Rat Chaos
2012
Best Individual NPC (New Rat City)
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
2018
Best Use of Multimedia
Brain Guzzlers from Beyond!
Brain Guzzlers from Beyond!
2015
Best Individual Puzzle (Understanding how the RPS cannon works)
Fifteen Minutes
Fifteen Minutes
2014
Best Individual Puzzle (Sequence of time-travel)
Narcolepsy
Narcolepsy
2003
Best Writing
The Edifice
The Edifice
1997
Best Puzzles
Best Individual Puzzle (The language puzzle)
AI Dungeon
AI Dungeon
2019
Best Use of Innovation
Best Technological Development
Rogue of the Multiverse
Rogue of the Multiverse
2010
Best Individual NPC (Dr Sliss)
I-0: Jailbait on Interstate Zero
I-0: Jailbait on Interstate Zero
1997
Best Game
Best Individual PC (Tracy Valencia)
Sub Rosa
Sub Rosa
2015
Best Puzzles
Ad Verbum
Ad Verbum
2000
Best Puzzles
Cragne Manor
Cragne Manor
2018
Best Implementation
Kissing the Buddha's Feet
1996
Best NPCs
1893: A World's Fair Mystery
1893: A World's Fair Mystery
2002
Best Setting
1958: Dancing with Fear
1958: Dancing with Fear
2017
Best Setting
4x4 Archipelago
4x4 Archipelago
2021
Best Use of Innovation (tie)
A Bear's Night Out
A Bear's Night Out
1997
Best Setting
A Fine Day for Reaping
A Fine Day for Reaping
2007
Best Story
Alias 'The Magpie'
Alias 'The Magpie'
2018
Best Individual PC

2 Comments

jakobvongunten

1 year ago

updated with 2021 results

jakobvongunten

2 months ago

2022 results added
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