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

The Play
The Play
2011
Best Story
Shrapnel
Shrapnel
2000
Best Use of Medium
Gent Stickman vs Evil Meat Hand
Gent Stickman vs Evil Meat Hand
2022
Best Use of Multimedia
AI Dungeon
AI Dungeon
2019
Best Use of Innovation
Best Technological Development
The Tempest
The Tempest
1997
Best Use of Medium
The Warbler's Nest
The Warbler's Nest
2010
Best Story
Varkana
Varkana
2007
Best Setting
18 Cadence
18 Cadence
2013
Best Use of Innovation
The Absence of Miriam Lane
The Absence of Miriam Lane
2022
Best Writing
The Little Match Girl 2: Annus Evertens
The Little Match Girl 2: Annus Evertens
2022
Best Individual Puzzle (escape room)
Heretic's Hope
Heretic's Hope
2019
Best Setting
Best Use of Multimedia (tie)
Kerkerkruip
Kerkerkruip
2011
Best Use of Innovation
Best Supplemental Materials (PDFs and screencast tutorials)
The Last Night of Alexisgrad
2021
Best Use of Innovation (tie)
The Wand
The Wand
2017
Best Puzzles
Blue Chairs
Blue Chairs
2004
Best Game
Best Writing
Best Story
The Grown-Up Detective Agency
The Grown-Up Detective Agency
2022
Best Individual PC (Bell Park)
Byzantine Perspective
Byzantine Perspective
2009
Best Individual Puzzle (Finding out how the goggles work)
Dull Grey
Dull Grey
2019
Best Use of Multimedia (tie)
For a Change
For a Change
1999
Best Writing
Solarium
Solarium
2013
Best Story
Tough Beans
2005
Best Individual PC (Wendy Little)
Varicella
Varicella
1999
Best Game
Best NPCs
Best Individual NPC (Miss Sierra)
Best Individual PC (Primo Varicella)
Lady Thalia and the Rose of Rocroi
Lady Thalia and the Rose of Rocroi
2022
Best NPCs
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)
Open Sorcery
Open Sorcery
2016
Best Individual PC (BEL/S)
4x4 Archipelago
4x4 Archipelago
2021
Best Use of Innovation (tie)
Fairest
Fairest
2022
Best Story
Gourmet
Gourmet
2003
Best Puzzles
Mystery House Possessed
Mystery House Possessed
2005
Best Use of Medium
Tales of the Traveling Swordsman
Tales of the Traveling Swordsman
2006
Best Story
The Bones of Rosalinda
The Bones of Rosalinda
2022
Best Puzzles
Best Use of Innovation
Cragne Manor
Cragne Manor
2018
Best Implementation
Sand-dancer
Sand-dancer
2010
Best Supplemental Materials (Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform 7, for which Sand-dancer is a supplement & example)
I-0: Jailbait on Interstate Zero
I-0: Jailbait on Interstate Zero
1997
Best Game
Best Individual PC (Tracy Valencia)
According to Cain
According to Cain
2022
Best Game
Best Implementation
Suveh Nux
Suveh Nux
2007
Best Puzzles
Alias 'The Magpie'
Alias 'The Magpie'
2018
Best Individual PC
Fallacy of Dawn
Fallacy of Dawn
2001
Best Writing
Best Individual NPC (Yahoweh Porn)
Prism
Prism
2022
Best Setting
Aotearoa
Aotearoa
2010
Best Game
Best Setting
Best Puzzles
Best NPCs
Best Individual Puzzle (crossing the river)
Best Implementation
Best Use of Innovation
An Act of Murder
An Act of Murder
2007
Best Individual Puzzle (Identifying the killer)
Hunter, in Darkness
Hunter, in Darkness
1999
Best Setting
Best Individual Puzzle (The Maze)
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)
Playing Games
2011
Best Individual Puzzle (The hat mystery; 'meta-puzzle' with Cold Iron, Doctor M, and Last Day of Summer)
The Weight of a Soul
The Weight of a Soul
2021
Best Setting
Best Individual PC (Marid)
Best Implementation (tie)
Sunset Over Savannah
Sunset Over Savannah
1997
Best Writing
Alabaster
Alabaster
2009
Best Writing
Best Individual NPC (Snow White)
First Draft of the Revolution
First Draft of the Revolution
2012
Best Use of Innovation
Delightful Wallpaper
Delightful Wallpaper
2006
Best Writing
Best Puzzles
Best Individual Puzzle (Navigating the mansion)
Best Individual PC (the PC)
The Moonlit Tower
2002
Best Writing
Take
Take
2016
Best Writing
All Roads
All Roads
2001
Best Game
Best Story
Best Setting
Cryptozookeeper
Cryptozookeeper
2011
Best Game
Best Writing
Best Setting
Best NPCs
Best Individual NPC (Grimloft)
Floatpoint
Floatpoint
2006
Best Setting
Best NPCs
Hadean Lands
Hadean Lands
2014
Best Setting
Best Puzzles
Best Implementation
Best Use of Innovation
I.A.G. Alpha
I.A.G. Alpha
2018
Best Use of Innovation
Howling Dogs
Howling Dogs
2012
Best Writing
Best Story
Earl Grey
Earl Grey
2009
Best Puzzles
Slouching Towards Bedlam
Slouching Towards Bedlam
2003
Best Game
Best Story
Best Setting
Best Individual NPC (Triage)
Everybody Dies
Everybody Dies
2008
Best NPCs
Robin & Orchid
Robin & Orchid
2013
Best Setting
Fish & Dagger
Fish & Dagger
2021
Best Use of Multimedia
Shade
Shade
2000
Best Setting
Vain Empires
Vain Empires
2020
Best Individual NPC (Kingfisher) (tie)
Photopia
Photopia
1998
Best Writing
Best Story
Creme de la Creme
Creme de la Creme
2019
Best Game (tie)
Best Story (tie)
Best Writing
Whom the Telling Changed
Whom the Telling Changed
2005
Best Individual NPC (the storyteller)
Junior Arithmancer
Junior Arithmancer
2018
Best Puzzles
Rematch
Rematch
2000
Best Individual Puzzle (the whole game)
Tale of the Kissing Bandit
Tale of the Kissing Bandit
2001
Best Individual PC (The Kissing Bandit)
Computerfriend
Computerfriend
2022
Best Individual NPC (Computerfriend)
Narcolepsy
Narcolepsy
2003
Best Writing
Kissing the Buddha's Feet
1996
Best NPCs
1958: Dancing with Fear
1958: Dancing with Fear
2017
Best Setting
Tapestry
Tapestry
1996
Best Story
Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis
Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis
2011
Best Individual PC (Mentula Macanus)
Rogue of the Multiverse
Rogue of the Multiverse
2010
Best Individual NPC (Dr Sliss)
Earth and Sky 2: Another Earth, Another Sky
Earth and Sky 2: Another Earth, Another Sky
2002
Best Use of Medium
Doppeljobs
Doppeljobs
2020
Best Individual PC (the doppelganger)
Little Blue Men
Little Blue Men
1998
Best Individual PC
Six
Six
2011
Best Implementation
The Dreamhold
The Dreamhold
2004
Best Puzzles
Best Use of Medium
Bigger Than You Think
Bigger Than You Think
2012
Best Individual Puzzle
Sting
Sting
2021
Best Writing
Best Individual NPC (Liz)
Last Day of Summer
2011
Best Individual Puzzle (The hat mystery; 'meta-puzzle' with Cold Iron, Doctor M, and Playing Games)
Blue Lacuna
Blue Lacuna
2009
Best Game
Best Story
Best Setting (tie)
Best Use of Medium
Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale
Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale
2020
Best Writing
Best Setting
Best NPCs
Once and Future
Once and Future
1998
Best NPCs

2 Comments

jakobvongunten

1 year ago

updated with 2021 results

jakobvongunten

3 months ago

2022 results added
jakobvongunten

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