IFComp 2016

IFComp 2016
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Competition Schedule

As per the "about the Competition" webpage:

• July 1, 2016: Competition website opens for intents to enter.
• September 1, 2016: Last day to submit intents.
• September 28, 2016: Last day to submit entries.
• October 1, 2016: Games are released to the public, and voting begins.
• November 15, 2016: Voting deadline. Competition results are announced shortly afterwards.

All deadlines are at 11:59 PM Eastern time on the given dates.

2016 IF Comp Results

58 games were released on October 1, 2016. Results were announced on November 17, 2016:

1. Detectiveland (Robin Johnson).
2. Color the Truth (mathbrush).
3. Cactus Blue Motel (Astrid Dalmady).
4. Stone Harbor (Liza Daly).
5. 16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds (Abigail Corfman).
6. Pogoman GO! (Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman).
7. Fair (Hanon Ondricek).
8. Night House (Bitter Karella).
9. Hill Ridge Lost & Found (Jeremy Pflasterer).
10. How to Win at Rock Paper Scissors (Brian Kwak).
11. To The Wolves (Els White).
12. Ariadne in Aeaea (Victor Ojuel).
13. Inside the Facility (Arthur DiBianca).
14. The Game of Worlds TOURNAMENT! (Ade).
15. The Queen's Menagerie (Chandler Groover).
16. Ash (Lee Grey).
17. Darkiss! Wrath of the Vampire - Chapter 2: Journey to Hell (Marco Vallarino).
18. The Shoe Dept. (Aquanet), tied with
    500 Apocalypses (Phantom Williams).
20. The Little Lifeform That Could (Fade Manley).
21. Eight characters, a number, and a happy ending (K.G. Orphanides).
22. Mirror and Queen (Chandler Groover).
23. A Time of Tungsten (Devin Raposo).
24. SCREW YOU, BEAR DAD! (Xalavier Nelson Jr.).
25. Stuff and Nonsense (Felicity Banks).
26. Letters (Madison Evans), tied with
    Rite of Passage (Arno von Borries).
28. Take (Katherine Morayati as "Amelia Pinnolla").
29. This is My Memory of First Heartbreak, Which I Can't Quite Piece Back Together (Story, Art, & UX Design by Jenny Goldstick, Development by Stephen Betts and Owen Roberts).
30. Black Rock City (Jim Munroe).
31. Zigamus: Zombies at Vigamus (Marco Vallarino).
32. Tentaculon (Ned Vole).
33. Quest for the Traitor Saint (Owlor).
34. Evermore (Adam Whybray and Edgar Allan Poe).
35. Yes, my mother is... (Skarn).
36. Not Another Hero (Cecilia Rosewood).
37. Riot (Taylor Johnson).
38. Labyrinth of Loci (anbrewk).
39. Sigil Reader (Field) (verityvirtue), tied with
    Slicker City (Andrew Schultz).
41. The Mouse (Naomi Z as "Norbez").
42. Ventilator (Peregrine Wade).
43. The Skyscraper and the Scar (Diego Freire, Ruber Eaglenest).
44. Take Over the World (Marie L. Vibbert).
45. The God Device (Andy Joel).
46. Theatre People (Michael Kielstra).
47. Steam and Sacrilege (Phil McGrail).
48. You are standing in a cave... (Caroline Berg).
49. The Skull Embroidery (Jeron Paraiso).
50. Snake's Game (Nahian Nasir).
51. Aether Apeiron: The Zephyra Chronicles (Hippodamus & Company).
52. Moonland (BillyJaden).
53. Thaxted Havershill And the Golden Wombat (Andrew Brown).
54. All I Do is Dream (Megan Stevens).
55. Fallen 落葉 Leaves (Adam Bredenberg, Danial Mohammed Khan-Yousufzai).
56. Cinnamon Tea (Daffs O'Dill).
57. Manlandia (Rob Chateau).
58. Toiletworld (Chet Rocketfrak).

2016 Miss Congeniality Awards

These awards were voted by the authors of the entries.

1. Inside the Facility (Arthur DiBianca).
2. Fair (Hanon Ondricek).
3. Detectiveland (Robin Johnson).

Links

• IF Comp website (archive), as it stood after the comp.
• Results archive.
• IF Archive.
• 22nd Annual Interactive Fiction Competition - at IFDB.
• IFComp 2016 in Mathbrush's History of IFComp, Year by Year (2017).

Reviews

See also: "IFComp 2016 review links thread" at intfiction.org; "Review spreadsheet (public)" by Owlor and others.

• Reviews - at IFDB.
• Reviews by Sarah Adams.
• Reviews by Adventure Cow.
• Reviews by AnssiR.
• Reviews by Arclight_Dynamo.
• Reviews by Philip Armstrong.
• Reviews by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
• Reviews by BillyJaden.
• Reviews by Greg Boettcher.
• Reviews by Steph Cherrywell.
• Reviews by Lynda Clark.
• Reviews by Wade Clarke.
• Reviews by Mr Creosote.
• Reviews by Bruno Dias.
• Reviews by dgtziea.
• Reviews by Jason Dyer.
• Reviews by Doug Egan.
• Reviews by Fabrizio.
• Live reviews on Twitch by Lynnea Glasser.
• Reviews by Glassrat.
• Overview of IFComp 2016 by Kate Gray at PC Gamer.
• Reviews by Hazel Gold.
• Reviews by Christopher Huang.
• Reviews by Jizaboz.
• Technical Comparisons by Joey Jones.
• Reviews by E. Joyce (The Xenographer).
• Reviews by Linus.
• Reviews by Jacqueline A. Lott.
• Reviews by Cat Manning.
• Reviews by j. marie.
• Reviews by Billy Mays.
• Reviews by Monsieur Bouc.
• Reviews by Carl Muckenhoupt.
• Reviews by perhapsdessert.
• Reviews by Tracy Poff.
• Reviews by Jenni Polodna.
• Reviews by Hannah Powell-Smith.
• Reviews: 1, 2 by Emily Short at Rock Paper Shotgun.
• Reviews on The Short Game podcast.
• Reviews by snowblood.
• Reviews by Mike Snyder on the Video Game Generations podcast.
• Reviews (archive) by Tom Sykes at PC Gamer.
• Reviews by Marie Vibbert.
• Review by Phillipa Warr at Rock Paper Shotgun.
• Reviews by Jake Wildstrom.
• Reviews by Reiko Yukawa.

Author Commentary

• Game of Worlds technical postmortemy things by Ade.
• Cactus Blue Motel Postmortem Q&A by Astrid Dalmady.
• Liza Daly on Stone Harbor - Interview of Liza Daly by Emily Short.
• Postmortems for two queens by Chandler Groover.
• Night House postmortem by Bitter Karella.
• Color the Truth by mathbrush.
• A postmortem take by Katherine Morayati.
• Ariadne in Aeaea postmortem by Victor Ojuel.
• FAIR - Postmortem by Hanon Ondricek.
• Hill Ridge Lost & Found -- postmortem by Jeremy Pflasterer.
• Sigil Reader (Field) post-mortem by verityvirtue.
• Rite of Passage postmortem by Arno von Borries.
• "Ventilator" Postmortem by Peregrine Wade.