IFComp 2020

IFComp 2020
Competition
Frequency
Part of series	The Annual IF Competition
Website	https://ifcomp.org/comp/2020
Organiser	Jacqueline Ashwell
IFDB event page	Event
IFDB series page	Series
Total entries
Event dates
Registration begins	1 Jul 2020
Registration ends	1 Sep 2020
Submissions due	28 Sep 2020
Voting begins	1 Oct 2020
Voting ends	29 Nov 2020
Results announced	5 Dec 2020
Results
1 (tie)	The Impossible Bottle
1 (tie)	Tavern Crawler
3	Vain Empires
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Competition Schedule

As per the "about the Competition" webpage at the time:

• July 1, 2020: Competition website opens for intents to enter.
• September 1, 2020: Last day to submit intents.
• September 28, 2020: Last day to submit entries.
• October 1, 2020: Games are released to the public, and voting begins.
• November 29, 2020: Voting deadline. (Two weeks longer than usual.)
• December 5, 2020: Competition results are announced (on Twitch - ceremony recording - and on ifcomp.org).

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

Entries

There were 103 entries. Results were announced on 05-Dec-2020:

1. The Impossible Bottle (Linus Åkesson; Z-code), tied with
   Tavern Crawler (Josh Labelle; Twine).
3. Vain Empires (Thomas Mack and Xavid; Glulx).
4. Limerick Quest (Pace Smith; Twine).
5. The Magpie Takes the Train (Mathbrush; Glulx).
6. The Eleusinian Miseries (Mike Russo; Glulx).
7. A Rope of Chalk (Ryan Veeder; Glulx).
8. A Murder in Fairyland (Abigail Corfman; Twine), tied with
   Stuff of Legend (Lance Campbell; Glulx).
10. Sense of Harmony (Scenario World).
11. Flattened London (Carter Gwertzman; Glulx), tied with
    Doppeljobs (Lei; Ink).
13. Vampire Ltd (Alex Harby; Glulx).
14. Alone (Paul Michael Winters; Glulx).
15. Sage Sanctum Scramble (Arthur DiBianca; Glulx).
16. Lore Distance Relationship (Naomi "Bez" Norbez; Twine), tied with
    Captivity (Jim Aikin; TADS 3).
18. Congee (Becci; Twine).
19. Red Radish Robotics (Gibbo; Twine).
20. Shadow Operative (Michael Lauenstein; Glulx).
21. Ulterior Spirits (E.J. Holcomb; Online web browser).
22. Ascension of Limbs (AKheon; Glulx).
23. Ferryman's Gate (Daniel Maycock; Glulx).
24. Happyland (Rob Fitzel; Web browser).
25. Jay Schilling's Edge of Chaos (Robb Sherwin and Mike Sousa; TADS).
26. Entangled (Dark Star; Z-code).
27. Academic Pursuits (As Opposed To Regular Pursuits) (ruqiyah; Glulx).
28. Little Girl In Monsterland (Maurizio Colucci as "Mike Stallone"; Online web browser).
29. Electric word, "life" (Lance Nathan; Twine).
30. The Eidolon's Escape (Mark Clarke; Twine).
31. Babyface (Mark Sample; Twine), tied with
    Chorus (Skarn; Web browser).
33. Seasonal Apocalypse Disorder (Zan and Xavid), tied with
    How The Elephant's Child Who Walked By Himself Got His Wings (Peter Eastman; Twine).
35. Lovely Assistant: Magical Girl (Bitter Karella; Glulx).
36. Turbo Chest Hair Massacre (Joey Acrimonious; Glulx).
37. The Cursèd Pickle of Shireton (Hanon Ondricek; AXMA).
38. High Jinnks (M. Nite Chamberlain; Twine).
39. The Brutal Murder of Jenny Lee (Daniel Gao; Quest).
40. Ghostfinder: Shift (Han-Joo Kim; Twine).
41. For a Place by the Putrid Sea (Arno von Borries; Glulx).
42. Mother Tongue (Nell Raban; Twine), tied with
    Tragic (Jared Jackson; Unity).
44. Dr Ego and the egg of Man-Toomba (Wesley Werner as "Special Agent"; Z-code).
45. A Catalan Summer (Neibucrion; Online web browser).
46. The Moon wed Saturn (Pseudavid; Twine).
47. The Call of Innsmouth (Tripper McCarthy; Twine).
48. The Copyright of Silence (Ola Hansson; Twine).
49. Captain Graybeard's Plunder (Julian Mortimer Smith; Twine), tied with
    BYOD (n-n; Z-code).
51. Phantom (Peter Eastman; Twine).
52. What the Bus? (E. Joyce; Twine).
53. Deelzebub (Morgan Elrod-Erickson, Skyler Grandel, and Jan Kim; TADS).
54. Minor Arcana (Jack Sanderson Thwaite; Twine).
55. The Land Down Under (The Marino Family; Undum).
56. Terror in the Immortal's Atelier (Gevelle Formicore; Twine).
57. You Couldn't Have Done That (Ann Hugo; Twine).
58. Incident! Aliens on the Teresten! (Tarquin Segundo; Twine).
59. The Incredibly Mild Misadventures of Tom Trundle (B F Lindsay; Glulx), tied with
    Deus Ex Ceviche (Tom Lento and Chandler Groover; Twine) and
    Adventures in the Tomb of Ilfane (Willershin Rill; Twine).
62. Trusting My Mortal Enemy?! What a Disaster! (Storysinger Presents; Twine).
63. A Calling of Dogs (Arabella Collins; Ink).
64. Accelerate (The TAV Institute; Online web browser), tied with
    The Cave (Neil Aitken; Twine).
66. Where the Wind Once Blew Free (No Sell Out Productions; Twine).
67. Stoned Ape Hypothesis (James Heaton; Ink).
68. Quintessence (Andrea M. Pawley; Twine).
69. Savor (Ed Nobody; Twine).
70. Desolation (Earth Traveler; Glulx), tied with
    Stand Up / Stay Silent (Y Ceffyl Gwyn; Twine).
72. Radicofani (Roberto Marcarini; MS-Windows).
73. The Wayward Story (Ralfe Rich as "Cristmo Ibarra"; Glulx).
74. The Pinecone (Joseph Pentangelo; Twine).
75. Under They Thunder (Andrew Schultz; Glulx).
76. Quest for the Sword of Justice (Damon L. Wakes; Web browser).
77. (s)wordsmyth (Tristan Jacobs; Unity).
78. Tombs & Mummies (Matthew Warner; Quest).
79. The Turnip (Joseph Pentangelo; Twine).
80. Passages (Jared W Cooper; Twine).
81. The Arkhill Darkness (Jason Barrett; Twine).
82. Big Trouble in Little Dino Park (Seth Paxton and Rachel Aubertin; Online web browser).
83. Standing on the Shoulders of Giants (Kenneth Pedersen as "Ilmur Eggert"; Glulx).
84. Just another Fairy Tale (Finn Rosenløv; ADRIFT 5).
85. The Shadow In The Snow (Andrew Brown; Twine).
86. Return to Castle Coris (Larry Horsfield; ADRIFT 5).
87. INFINITUBE (Tom Charles Bair III; Twine).
88. Sheep Crossing (Andrew Geng; Z-code).
89. Sonder Snippets (Sana; Twine).
90. Tangled Tales (JimJams Games; MS-Windows).
91. Move On (Serhii Mozhaiskyi; Online web browser).
92. Creatures (Andreas Hagelin; MS-Windows).
93. Saint Simon's Saw (Samuel Thomson; Unity), tied with
    Last House on the Block (Jason Olson; Glulx).
95. SOUND (Cynthia P; Twine).
96. At Night (Oscar; Twine).
97. You Will Thank Me as Fast as You Thank a Werewolf (B.J. Best; Twine).
98. Amazing Quest (Nick Montfort; Web browser).
99. The Place (CynthiaP as "Ima"; Twine).
100. #VanLife (Victoria; Online web browser).
101. Equal-ibrium (CynthiaP as "Ima"; Twine).
102. Fight Forever (Pako; Twine).
103. Popstar Idol Survival Game (CrunchMasterGowon; Twine).

(104 games were originally entered, but Elsegar I: Arrival (Silas Bryson; Glulx) was disqualified due to a prior public release.)

2020 Miss Congeniality Awards

These awards were voted by the authors of the entries.

1. The Magpie Takes the Train (Mathbrush; Glulx).
2. Tavern Crawler (Josh Labelle; Twine).
3. Vain Empires (Thomas Mack and Xavid; Glulx).

Links

• IF Comp website (archive), as it stood after the comp.
• Results archive.
• IF Archive (Guidebook).
• IF Comp 2020 Reviews. A Google spreadsheet of links to reviews, set up by JimB.
• IFComp 2020 in Mathbrush's History of IFComp, Year by Year (2024).