Spring Thing

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Spring Thing
Competition (series of events)
Frequency Annual
Spring Thing logo.jpg
Part of series
Website https://www.springthing.net/
Organiser Brian Rushton
IFDB event page Event
IFDB series page Series
Total entries
Events in this series
Spring Thing 2002, Spring Thing 2003, Spring Thing 2005, Spring Thing 2006, Spring Thing 2007, Spring Thing 2008, Spring Thing 2009, Spring Thing 2010, Spring Thing 2011, Spring Thing 2012, Spring Thing 2013, Spring Thing 2014, Spring Thing 2015, Spring Thing 2016, Spring Thing 2017, Spring Thing 2018, Spring Thing 2019, Spring Thing 2020, Spring Thing 2021, Spring Thing 2022, Spring Thing 2023, Spring Thing 2024
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Note: this competition isn't the same as the Spring ting.

The Spring Thing, also known as the Autumnal Jumble (or Fall Fooferall, prior to 2022), is an annual competition that was originally conceived and organized by Adam Cadre. The Spring Thing is designed to operate at the opposite time of year from the annual IF Comp in October, and places a emphasis on both longer and higher quality entries than the IF Comp. To help encourage well-tested entries, the rules once provided a mechanism to disqualify buggy games; however, this was removed in the hopes that the entry fee alone would be enough to discourage low-quality games.

The organizer of the Spring Thing from 2005 to 2013 was Greg Boettcher; from 2014 to 2022, Aaron A. Reed; the current organiser is Brian Rushton.

The Spring Things

Organized by Adam Cadre:

Organized by Greg Boettcher:

Organized by Aaron A. Reed:

Organised by Brian Rushton:

Best in Show

This is an incomplete list as not all Spring Thing pages have database entries yet.

Event Award name Game
HP Lovecraft: The Commonplace Book Project 2007 Best in Show Dead Cities
Spring Thing 2019 Best in Show Among the Seasons
Spring Thing 2019 Best in Show The Missing Ring
Spring Thing 2020 Best in Show 4x4 Galaxy
Spring Thing 2020 Best in Show Hawk the Hunter
Spring Thing 2020 Best in Show JELLY
Spring Thing 2022 Best in Show Fairest
Spring Thing 2022 Best in Show The Bones of Rosalinda
Spring Thing 2023 Best in Show Protocol
Spring Thing 2023 Best in Show Repeat the Ending
Spring Thing 2024 Best in Show Social Democracy: An Alternate History
Spring Thing 2024 Best in Show The Trials of Rosalinda

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