XYZZY Awards 2010

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Schedule

• First round of voting closed at Jan 31 2011 23:59 PST.
• Second round of voting has begun.

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2010 XYZZY Awards Finalists

The following are the finalists for XYZZY Awards 2010. Want to vote on who the winners should be? Go here!

• Best Game:
  • Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
  • Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
  • One Eye Open (Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine; Glulx).
  • Rogue of the Multiverse (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).
  • The Warbler's Nest (Jason McIntosh; Z-code).

• Best Writing:
  • The Blind House (Amanda Allen as "Maude Overton"; Glulx).
  • Gris et Jaune (Steve van Gaal; Glulx).
  • Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
  • Hoosegow (Ben Collins-Sussman and Jack Welch; Z-code).

• Best Story:
  • Gris et Jaune (Steve van Gaal; Glulx).
  • Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
  • One Eye Open (Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine; Glulx).
  • The Warbler's Nest (Jason McIntosh; Z-code).

• Best Setting:
  • Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
  • Gris et Jaune (Steve van Gaal; Glulx).
  • Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
  • One Eye Open (Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine; Glulx).

• Best Puzzles:
  • Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
  • Dual Transform (Andrew Plotkin as "Nigel Smith"; Z-code).
  • Fragile Shells (Stephen Granade; Z-code).
  • One Eye Open (Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine; Glulx).
  • The People's Glorious Revolutionary Text Adventure Game (Taylor Vaughan; Z-code).

• Best NPCs:
  • Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
  • Gris et Jaune (Steve van Gaal; Glulx).
  • Hoosegow (Ben Collins-Sussman and Jack Welch; Z-code).
  • Rogue of the Multiverse (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).

• Best Individual Puzzle:
  • Crossing the river in Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
  • Deciding what to do with the baby in The Warbler's Nest (Jason McIntosh; Z-code).
  • Dividing up the oxygen reserves in Oxygen (Benjamin Sokal; Glulx).
  • Getting the lighter from Kai in Allein mit Kai (Ingo Scharmann and Joana Markus; Glulx; German).
  • Roof tile repair in The 12:54 to Asgard (J. Robinson Wheeler; Z-code).
  • Saving Dr. Ephart in One Eye Open (Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine; Glulx).

• Best Individual NPC:
  • Dr Sliss in Rogue of the Multiverse (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).
  • Gaspar in The Bible Retold: Following a Star (Justin Morgan; Glulx).
  • Mariel in Mariel (Michael Baltes; Z-code; German).
  • The monkey-thing in Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
  • Muddy in Hoosegow (Ben Collins-Sussman and Jack Welch; Z-code).

• Best Individual PC:
  • Anthony Saint Germain in Death Off the Cuff (Simon Christiansen; Z-code).
  • Balthasar in The Bible Retold: Following a Star (Justin Morgan; Glulx).
  • Helena in The Blind House (Amanda Allen as "Maude Overton"; Glulx).
  • PC in Gris et Jaune (Steve van Gaal; Glulx).

• Best Implementation:
  • Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
  • Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
  • Hoosegow (Ben Collins-Sussman and Jack Welch; Z-code).

• Best Use of Innovation:
  • Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
  • > by @ (Aaron A. Reed; Z-code).
  • Rogue of the Multiverse (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).

• Best Technological Development:
  • Automatypewriter. (http://upnotnorth.net/2010/10/29/a-new-way-to-interact-with-fiction/)
  • GLIMMR, by Erik Temple.
  • Undum, by I.D. Millington (http://undum.com/games/tutorial.en.html)
  • QTADS 2
  • Quixe, an online Glulx interpreter.
  • Release with an interpreter, in Inform 7.

• Best Supplemental Materials:
  • Cover artwork for Allein mit Kai.
  • Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform 7 by Aaron A. Reed.
  • Emily Short's teaser poster. (http://emshort.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/customs-poster-wp.png)
  • The PDF manual for Leadlight.
  • Website for Leadlight, by Wade Clarke.

Links

• XYZZY Awards. The main site.
  • XYZZY Awards FAQ: New Awards. Four new awards were introduced this year, two of them replacing Best Use of Medium.
• XYZZY Awards Survey - A survey (at surveymonkey) was run in early January 2011.