XYZZY Awards (Best Implementation)

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The Best Implementation award honors proficiency in the use of the parser, default messages, and so on.

Note: The Best Implementation and Best Use of Innovation awards replace the Best Use of Medium award, beginning with XYZZY Awards 2010.

Best Implementation Winners

• 2010 Best Implementation: Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
• 2011 Best Implementation: Six (Wade Clarke).
• 2012 Best Implementation: Counterfeit Monkey (Emily Short, Glulx).
• 2013 Best Implementation: Trapped in Time (Simon Christiansen; PDF).
• 2014 Best Implementation: Hadean Lands (Andrew Plotkin; Glulx, iOS)
• 2015 Best Implementation: Midnight. Swordfight. (Chandler Groover; 01-Oct-2015; Glulx).

Best Implementation Winners and Finalists

• 2010 Best Implementation: Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Hoosegow (Ben Collins-Sussman and Jack Welch; Z-code).
• 2011 Best Implementation: Six (Wade Clarke).
  • Finalist: Taco Fiction (Ryan Veeder).
  • Finalist: Zombie Exodus (Jim Dattilo).
• 2012 Best Implementation: Counterfeit Monkey (Emily Short, Glulx).
  • Finalist: Andromeda Apocalypse (Marco Innocenti, Glulx).
  • Finalist: Speculative Fiction (Diane Christoforo and Thomas Mack, Z-code).
  • Finalist: Sunday Afternoon (Christopher Huang, Z-code).
• 2013 Best Implementation: Trapped in Time (Simon Christiansen; PDF).
  • Finalist: Coloratura (Lynnea Glasser; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Depression Quest (Zoe Quinn, Patrick Lindsey, and Isaac Schankler; Web browser).
  • Finalist: Robin & Orchid (Ryan Veeder and Emily Boegheim; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Their angelical understanding (Porpentine; Web browser).
• 2014 Best Implementation: Hadean Lands (Andrew Plotkin; Glulx, iOS)
  • Finalist: Hunger Daemon (Sean M. Shore; Glulx)
  • Finalist: With Those We Love Alive (Porpentine, Brenda Neotenomie; Web browser)
• 2015 Best Implementation: Midnight. Swordfight. (Chandler Groover; 01-Oct-2015; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Laid Off from the Synesthesia Factory (Katherine Morayati)