IFComp 2008

IFComp 2008
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Competition Schedule

• 19th April: The IF Comp 2008 site is open for business.
• September 1st: Deadline for submission of intents.
• September 29th: Deadline for entries.
• October 1st: Entries released to the public.
• November 15th: Voting deadline.

2008 IF Comp Results

Comp results were announced on November 16, 2008.

1. Violet (Jeremy Freese; Z-code).
2. Nightfall (Eric Eve; Glulx).
3. Everybody Dies (Jim Munroe; Glulx).
4. Afflicted ("Doug Egan"; Z-code).
5. Piracy 2.0 (Sean Huxter; Z-code).
6. Snack Time! (Hardy the Bulldog and Renee Choba; Z-code).
7. Opening Night (David Batterham; Z-code).
8. April in Paris (Jim Aikin; TADS 3).
9. A Date With Death (David Whyld; ADRIFT 4).
10. Berrost's Challenge (Mark Hatfield; TADS 2).
11. Cry Wolf (Clare Parker; Glulx).
12. Escape from the Underworld (Karl Beecher; Z-code).
13. Buried In Shoes (Kazuki Mishima; Z-code).
14. Magic (Geoff Fortytwo; TADS 3).
15. Recess At Last (Gerald Aungst; Glulx).
16. Grief (Simon Christiansen; Z-code).
17. Trein (Leena Ganguli; Z-code).
18. The Ngah Angah School of Forbidden Wisdom (Anssi Räisänen; Alan 3).
19. Red Moon (Jonathan Hay; Z-code).
20. Dracula's Underground Crypt (Alex Whitington; Z-code).
21. Channel Surfing (Mike Vollmer; Glulx).
22. Ananachronist (Joseph Strom; Z-code).
23. wHen mAchines aTtack (Mark Jones; Z-code) tied with
    The Lucubrator (Ricardo Dague; Z-code).
25. A Martian Odyssey (Horatiu Romosan; Glulx).
26. The Hall of the Fount of Artois (Simon Ellis; MS-Windows).
27. LAIR of the CYBER-COW (Harry Wilson as "Conrad"; ADRIFT 3.9).
28. Search for the Ultimate Weapon (Sharilynn; MS-Windows).
29. The Missing Piece (C. Yong; MS-Windows).
30. Freedom (Anonymous; Z-code).
31. Riverside (Jeremy Crockett and Victor Janmey; Z-code).
32. Project Delta (Emilian Kowalewski; MS-Windows).
33. Nerd Quest (RagtimeNerd; Java).
34. The Lighthouse (Eric Hickman and Nathan Chung; Z-code).
35. The Absolute Worst IF Game in History (Dean Menezes; Z-code).

2008 Miss Congeniality Awards

These awards were voted by the authors of the entries.

1. Violet (Jeremy Freese; Z-code).
2. Everybody Dies (Jim Munroe; Glulx).
3. Nightfall (Eric Eve; Glulx).

External links

• Announcement on RAIF
• IF Comp 2008 website (archive), as it stood after the comp.
• Results, on ifcomp.org.
• Baf's Guide (dead link 🔍).
• IF Archive.
• 14th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition - at IFDB.
• Voting's over... Authors? (Spoilers Within) - thread at the Interactive Fiction Forum.
• IFComp 2008 in Mathbrush's History of IFComp, Year by Year (2017).

Reviews

See also the lists of links at Emily Short's blog and at the Interactive Fiction Forum.

• SPAG #53.
• Reviews - at IFDB.
• Discussions - at The Interactive Fiction Forum.
• IF Comp 08 Authors' Club (archive) (was a forum for competition authors during that IF Comp).
• Reviews (archive) by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
• Reviews (archive) by Stephen Bond.
• Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 by Nick Bronson.
• Reviews by Cesia.
• Reviews (archive) by J. D. Clemens (JDC).
• Reviews by Riff Conner (rifflesby).
• Reviews (in Italian) by Francesco Cordella.
• Reviews: 1 and 2 by Scatman Dan.
• Reviews by Dark Star.
• Reviews by Ben Deane.
• Reviews by Christos Dimitrakakis.
• Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and Scores by Ben Dixon.
• Reviews by George Dorn.
• Reviews (archive) by Doug Egan.
• Reviews by David Fletcher.
• Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 by Gaming Dungeon.
• Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 by Victor Gijsbers.
• Reviews by Hipolito.
• Reviews: 1, 2, 3, and 4 by N. B. Horvath.
• Reviews: 1 (dead link 🔍), 2 (dead link 🔍), 3 (dead link 🔍), and 4 (dead link 🔍) by Joshua Houk.
• Reviews (dead link 🔍) by Imrihamun.
• Reviews (in Russian) by Valentine Kopteltsev (uux).
• Reviews by Juhana Leinonen (Nitku).
• Reviews by Jacqueline A. Lott.
• Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 by Aric Maddux.
• Reviews by Jimmy Maher.
• Reviews by Michael Martin.
• Reviews by Rob Menke.
• Reviews by Sarah Morayati (Lucea).
• Reviews: Intro, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, and Conclusions by Carl Muckenhoupt.
• Reviews by Peter Nepstad.
• Reviews by George Oliver (kooneiform).
• Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 by Wesley Osam.
• Reviews by Lucy Pigpuppet.
• Reviews by Jenni Polodna (at Pissy Little Sausages), originally posted here.
• Reviews of introductions: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and results by Mike Rubin (Rubes).
• Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36 by George Shannon (newlin).
• Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 by P. F. Sheckarski.
• Reviews by Dan Shiovitz.
• Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, and General Reflections and Favorites by Emily Short.
• Reviews by Skeet.
• Reviews by Mike Snyder.
• Reviews (in Russian) by Sobol_.
• Reviews: 1 and 2 by Mark J. Tilford (ralphmerridew).
• Reviews by J. Robinson Wheeler.
• Reviews by Jake Wildstrom.
• Reviews (YouTube videos) by Wintericecrystal.
• Reviews (in Russian) by yandexx.
• Reviews by Reiko Yukawa.