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
2016
Best Puzzles
Best Puzzles
2002
Best Setting
Best Setting
2013
Best Use of Innovation
Best Use of Innovation
2017
Best Setting
Best Setting
2021
Best Use of Innovation (tie)
Best Use of Innovation (tie)
2014
Best Game
Best Story
Best Use of Multimedia
Best Game
Best Story
Best Use of Multimedia
2022
Best Writing
Best Writing
2022
Best Game
Best Implementation
Best Game
Best Implementation
2007
Best Individual Puzzle (Identifying the killer)
Best Individual Puzzle (Identifying the killer)
2000
Best Puzzles
Best Puzzles
2019
Best Use of Innovation
Best Technological Development
Best Use of Innovation
Best Technological Development
1999
Best Use of Medium
Best Use of Medium
2009
Best Writing
Best Individual NPC (Snow White)
Best Writing
Best Individual NPC (Snow White)
2018
Best Individual PC
Best Individual PC
2001
Best Game
Best Story
Best Setting
Best Game
Best Story
Best Setting
2004
Best Individual Puzzle (the time puzzle)
Best Individual Puzzle (the time puzzle)
1998
Best Setting
Best Setting
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
1997
Best Story
Best Story
1997
Best Setting
Best Setting
2000
Best Game
Best NPCs
Best Game
Best NPCs
2005
Best Story
Best Individual Puzzle (Following the murderer)
Best Story
Best Individual Puzzle (Following the murderer)
2012
Best Individual Puzzle
Best Individual Puzzle
2015
Best Game
Best Writing
Best Story
Best NPCs
Best Individual NPC (Bell Park)
Best Individual PC (Bridget)
Best Game
Best Writing
Best Story
Best NPCs
Best Individual NPC (Bell Park)
Best Individual PC (Bridget)
2018
Best Use of Multimedia
Best Use of Multimedia
2004
Best Game
Best Writing
Best Story
Best Game
Best Writing
Best Story
2009
Best Game
Best Story
Best Setting (tie)
Best Use of Medium
Best Game
Best Story
Best Setting (tie)
Best Use of Medium
2018
Best Game
Best Writing (tie)
Best Story
Best Individual NPC (the Bogeyman)
Best Game
Best Writing (tie)
Best Story
Best Individual NPC (the Bogeyman)
2022
Best Puzzles
Best Use of Innovation
Best Puzzles
Best Use of Innovation
2015
Best Individual Puzzle (Understanding how the RPS cannon works)
Best Individual Puzzle (Understanding how the RPS cannon works)
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)
2016
Best Setting
Best NPCs (tie)
Best Setting
Best NPCs (tie)
2018
Best Setting
Best Setting
2013
Best Individual NPC (Captain Verdeterre)
Best Individual NPC (Captain Verdeterre)
2008
Best NPCs
Best NPCs
2003
Best NPCs
Best NPCs
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)
2013
Best Game
Best Puzzles
Best Individual Puzzle (creating the meat monster)
Best Individual PC (The Aqueosity)
Best Game
Best Puzzles
Best Individual Puzzle (creating the meat monster)
Best Individual PC (The Aqueosity)
2022
Best Individual NPC (Computerfriend)
Best Individual NPC (Computerfriend)
2012
Best Game
Best Setting
Best Puzzles
Best Individual PC (Alexandra)
Best Implementation
Best Game
Best Setting
Best Puzzles
Best Individual PC (Alexandra)
Best Implementation
2018
Best Implementation
Best Implementation
2014
Best NPCs
Best NPCs
2019
Best Game (tie)
Best Story (tie)
Best Writing
Best Game (tie)
Best Story (tie)
Best Writing
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
2010
Best Individual PC (Anthony Saint Germain)
Best Individual PC (Anthony Saint Germain)
2006
Best Use of Medium
Best Use of Medium
2006
Best Writing
Best Puzzles
Best Individual Puzzle (Navigating the mansion)
Best Individual PC (the PC)
Best Writing
Best Puzzles
Best Individual Puzzle (Navigating the mansion)
Best Individual PC (the PC)
2005
Best Puzzles
Best Puzzles
2013
Best Supplemental Materials (Multimedia)
Best Supplemental Materials (Multimedia)
2020
Best Individual PC (the doppelganger)
Best Individual PC (the doppelganger)
2004
Best Puzzles
Best Use of Medium
Best Puzzles
Best Use of Medium
2019
Best Use of Multimedia (tie)
Best Use of Multimedia (tie)
2009
Best Puzzles
Best Puzzles
2002
Best Use of Medium
Best Use of Medium
2017
Best Writing
Best Implementation
Best Writing
Best Implementation
1997
Best Puzzles
Best Individual Puzzle (The language puzzle)
Best Puzzles
Best Individual Puzzle (The language puzzle)
2006
Best Game
Best Individual NPC (Leela)
Best Game
Best Individual NPC (Leela)
2003
Best Individual PC (The PC)
Best Individual PC (The PC)
2018
Best Individual Puzzle (solving your murder)
Best Individual Puzzle (solving your murder)
2008
Best NPCs
Best NPCs
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)
2014
Best Individual Puzzle (Sequence of time-travel)
Best Individual Puzzle (Sequence of time-travel)
2007
Best Story
Best Story
2003
Best Setting
Best Setting
2012
Best Use of Innovation
Best Use of Innovation
2001
Best Puzzles
Best Puzzles
2021
Best Use of Multimedia
Best Use of Multimedia
2006
Best Setting
Best NPCs
Best Setting
Best NPCs
2016
Best Story
Best NPCs (tie)
Best Story
Best NPCs (tie)
1999
Best Writing
Best Writing
1996
Best Individual NPC (the burin)
Best Individual NPC (the burin)
2000
Best Individual NPC (Galatea)
Best Individual NPC (Galatea)
2022
Best Use of Multimedia
Best Use of Multimedia
2001
Best Individual Puzzle (deciphering the language)
Best Use of Medium
Best Individual Puzzle (deciphering the language)
Best Use of Medium
2003
Best Puzzles
Best Puzzles
2021
Best Puzzles
Best Puzzles
2022
Best Individual PC (Bell Park)
Best Individual PC (Bell Park)
2012
Best NPCs
Best NPCs
2008
Best Puzzles
Best Puzzles
2014
Best Setting
Best Puzzles
Best Implementation
Best Use of Innovation
Best Setting
Best Puzzles
Best Implementation
Best Use of Innovation
2017
Best Use of Innovation
Best Use of Multimedia
Best Use of Innovation
Best Use of Multimedia
2019
Best Setting
Best Use of Multimedia (tie)
Best Setting
Best Use of Multimedia (tie)
2010
Best Writing
Best Writing
2012
Best Writing
Best Story
Best Writing
Best Story
1999
Best Setting
Best Individual Puzzle (The Maze)
Best Setting
Best Individual Puzzle (The Maze)
1997
Best Game
Best Individual PC (Tracy Valencia)
Best Game
Best Individual PC (Tracy Valencia)
2018
Best Use of Innovation
Best Use of Innovation
2016
Best Use of Innovation
Best Use of Multimedia
Best Use of Innovation
Best Use of Multimedia
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
2020
Best Writing
Best Setting
Best NPCs
Best Writing
Best Setting
Best NPCs
2018
Best Puzzles
Best Puzzles
2011
Best Use of Innovation
Best Supplemental Materials (PDFs and screencast tutorials)
Best Use of Innovation
Best Supplemental Materials (PDFs and screencast tutorials)
2009
Best Setting (tie)
Best Setting (tie)
2 Comments
2022 results added
jakobvongunten
1 year ago