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

Zozzled
Zozzled
2019
Best Game (tie)
Best Puzzles
Best Individual Puzzle (inspiring the artist)
Best Individual PC (Hazel Greene)
Worlds Apart
Worlds Apart
1999
Best Story
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)
With Those We Love Alive
With Those We Love Alive
2014
Best Writing
Best Individual NPC (The Empress)
Will Not Let Me Go
Will Not Let Me Go
2017
Best Individual PC (Fred Strickland)
Whom the Telling Changed
Whom the Telling Changed
2005
Best Individual NPC (the storyteller)
What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed
What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed
2021
Best Game
Best Story
The Weight of a Soul
The Weight of a Soul
2021
Best Setting
Best Individual PC (Marid)
Best Implementation (tie)
The Warbler's Nest
The Warbler's Nest
2010
Best Story
The Wand
The Wand
2017
Best Puzzles
Violet
Violet
2008
Best Game
Best Writing
Best Individual Puzzle (Disconnecting the internet / Getting rid of the key)
Best Individual NPC (Violet)
Vespers
Vespers
2005
Best Game
Best Writing
Best Setting
Best NPCs
Varkana
Varkana
2007
Best Setting
Varicella
Varicella
1999
Best Game
Best NPCs
Best Individual NPC (Miss Sierra)
Best Individual PC (Primo Varicella)
Vampire: The Masquerade - Night Road
Vampire: The Masquerade - Night Road
2020
Best Game
Vain Empires
Vain Empires
2020
Best Individual NPC (Kingfisher) (tie)
The Uncle Who Works for Nintendo
The Uncle Who Works for Nintendo
2014
Best Individual PC (the PC)
Turandot
Turandot
2019
Best Story (tie)
Best Individual NPC (Turandot)
Tough Beans
2005
Best Individual PC (Wendy Little)
Their Angelical Understanding
Their Angelical Understanding
2013
Best Writing
The Tempest
The Tempest
1997
Best Use of Medium
Tapestry
Tapestry
1996
Best Story
Tales of the Traveling Swordsman
Tales of the Traveling Swordsman
2006
Best Story
Tale of the Kissing Bandit
Tale of the Kissing Bandit
2001
Best Individual PC (The Kissing Bandit)
Take
Take
2016
Best Writing
Suveh Nux
Suveh Nux
2007
Best Puzzles
Superluminal Vagrant Twin
Superluminal Vagrant Twin
2016
Best Game
Best Implementation
Sunset Over Savannah
Sunset Over Savannah
1997
Best Writing
Sunless Sea
Sunless Sea
2015
Best Setting
Sub Rosa
Sub Rosa
2015
Best Puzzles
Sting of the Wasp
Sting of the Wasp
2004
Best NPCs
Best Individual PC (Julia)
Sting
Sting
2021
Best Writing
Best Individual NPC (Liz)
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
Solarium
Solarium
2013
Best Story
So Far
So Far
1996
Best Game
Best Writing
Best Puzzles
Best Individual Puzzle (Opening the gate)
Snack Time!
Snack Time!
2008
Best Individual PC (Hardy the Bulldog)
Small World
1996
Best Setting
Slouching Towards Bedlam
Slouching Towards Bedlam
2003
Best Game
Best Story
Best Setting
Best Individual NPC (Triage)
Six
Six
2011
Best Implementation
Shrapnel
Shrapnel
2000
Best Use of Medium
She's Got a Thing for a Spring
She's Got a Thing for a Spring
1997
Best Individual NPC (Bob)
Shade
Shade
2000
Best Setting
Secret Agent Cinder
Secret Agent Cinder
2015
Best Use of Multimedia
Savoir-Faire
Savoir-Faire
2002
Best Game
Best Story
Best Puzzles
Best Individual PC (Pierre)
Sand-dancer
Sand-dancer
2010
Best Supplemental Materials (Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform 7, for which Sand-dancer is a supplement & example)
Ryan Veeder's Authentic Fly Fishing
Ryan Veeder's Authentic Fly Fishing
2019
Best Implementation
A Rope of Chalk
A Rope of Chalk
2020
Best Story
Rogue of the Multiverse
Rogue of the Multiverse
2010
Best Individual NPC (Dr Sliss)
Robin & Orchid
Robin & Orchid
2013
Best Setting
Rematch
Rematch
2000
Best Individual Puzzle (the whole game)
The Recruit
The Recruit
2003
Best Individual Puzzle (The Purple Room)
Rat Chaos
Rat Chaos
2012
Best Individual NPC (New Rat City)
Rameses
Rameses
2000
Best Individual PC (Rameses)
Pytho's Mask
Pytho's Mask
2001
Best NPCs
Prism
Prism
2022
Best Setting
The Play
The Play
2011
Best Story
Playing Games
2011
Best Individual Puzzle (The hat mystery; 'meta-puzzle' with Cold Iron, Doctor M, and Last Day of Summer)
Photopia
Photopia
1998
Best Writing
Best Story
PataNoir
2011
Best Puzzles
Open Sorcery
Open Sorcery
2016
Best Individual PC (BEL/S)
Once and Future
Once and Future
1998
Best NPCs
Ollie Ollie Oxen Free
Ollie Ollie Oxen Free
2013
Best NPCs
Nightfall
Nightfall
2008
Best Story
Best Setting
Necrotic Drift
Necrotic Drift
2004
Best Individual NPC (Audrey)
Narcolepsy
Narcolepsy
2003
Best Writing
Mystery House Possessed
Mystery House Possessed
2005
Best Use of Medium
My Angel
My Angel
2000
Best Story
The Mulldoon Legacy
The Mulldoon Legacy
1999
Best Puzzles
Muggle Studies
Muggle Studies
2012
Best Supplemental Materials (Feelies)
The Moon Watch
The Moon Watch
2008
Best Use of Medium
The Moonlit Tower
2002
Best Writing
Midnight. Swordfight.
Midnight. Swordfight.
2015
Best Implementation
Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses
2000
Best Writing
Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis
Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis
2011
Best Individual PC (Mentula Macanus)
The Mary Jane of Tomorrow
The Mary Jane of Tomorrow
2016
Best Individual Puzzle (customizing the robot)
Best Individual NPC (The Pine Nut Queen of Tomorrow (aka The Jenny of Tomorrow, aka the robot))
The Magpie Takes the Train
The Magpie Takes the Train
2020
Best Individual NPC (the parrot) (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)
Lock & Key
Lock & Key
2002
Best NPCs
Best Individual Puzzle (setting the traps)
Best Individual NPC (Boldo)
The Little Match Girl 2: Annus Evertens
The Little Match Girl 2: Annus Evertens
2022
Best Individual Puzzle (escape room)
Little Blue Men
Little Blue Men
1998
Best Individual PC
The Life and Deaths of Doctor M
The Life and Deaths of Doctor M
2011
Best Individual Puzzle (The hat mystery; 'meta-puzzle' with Cold Iron, Last Day of Summer, and Playing Games)
The Libonotus Cup
The Libonotus Cup
2021
Best Individual Puzzle (the hair swap)
Best Implementation (tie)
The Last Night of Alexisgrad
2021
Best Use of Innovation (tie)
Last Day of Summer
2011
Best Individual Puzzle (The hat mystery; 'meta-puzzle' with Cold Iron, Doctor M, and Playing Games)
Laid Off from the Synesthesia Factory
Laid Off from the Synesthesia Factory
2015
Best Use of Innovation
Lady Thalia and the Seraskier Sapphires
Lady Thalia and the Seraskier Sapphires
2021
Best NPCs
Lady Thalia and the Rose of Rocroi
Lady Thalia and the Rose of Rocroi
2022
Best NPCs
Kissing the Buddha's Feet
1996
Best NPCs
The King of Shreds and Patches
The King of Shreds and Patches
2009
Best Setting (tie)
Kerkerkruip
Kerkerkruip
2011
Best Use of Innovation
Best Supplemental Materials (PDFs and screencast tutorials)
Junior Arithmancer
Junior Arithmancer
2018
Best Puzzles
Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale
Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale
2020
Best Writing
Best Setting
Best NPCs
The Impossible Bottle
The Impossible Bottle
2020
Best Puzzles
Best Individual Puzzle (leaving the house)
Best Implementation
Best Use of Innovation
The Ice-Bound Concordance
The Ice-Bound Concordance
2016
Best Use of Innovation
Best Use of Multimedia
I.A.G. Alpha
I.A.G. Alpha
2018
Best Use of Innovation
I-0: Jailbait on Interstate Zero
I-0: Jailbait on Interstate Zero
1997
Best Game
Best Individual PC (Tracy Valencia)
Hunter, in Darkness
Hunter, in Darkness
1999
Best Setting
Best Individual Puzzle (The Maze)
Howling Dogs
Howling Dogs
2012
Best Writing
Best Story
Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home
Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home
2010
Best Writing
Heretic's Hope
Heretic's Hope
2019
Best Setting
Best Use of Multimedia (tie)

2 Comments

jakobvongunten

1 year ago

updated with 2021 results

jakobvongunten

3 months ago

2022 results added
jakobvongunten

2 Comments

Last updated: