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The fourteenth Spring Thing was organized by Aaron A. Reed.

Dates

March 8, 2016: Deadline for authors' intents to enter.
April 1, 2016: Deadline for games to be submitted.
April 6, 2016: Entries released.
May 7, 2016: Ribbon nomination deadline.
May 8, 2016: Results announced.

Entries

Seventeen games were released on April 6, 2016: ten in the Main Festival, and seven in the Back Garden.

Main Festival

Recipient of the Audience Choice ribbon:

Tangaroa Deep (Astrid Dalmady; Twine).

Recipient of the Alumni's Choice ribbon:

The Xylophoniad (Robin Johnson; HTML/Javascript).

Other entries (in alphabetical order):

Evita Sempai (Florencia Rumpel Rodriguez a.k.a Rumpelcita; Twine).
Harmonic Time-Bind Ritual Symphony (Ben Kidwell and Maevele Straw; Z-code).
Ms. Lojka (Jordan Magnuson; Twine).
Rough Draft (Erica Kleinman; Ren'Py).
Shipwrecked (Andrew G. Schneider; Twine).
Sisters of Claro Largo (David T. Marchand; Twine).
Superhero Stress (Michael Yadvish; Twine).
Three-Card Trick (Chandler Groover; Glulx).

Back Garden

Dead Man's Hill (Arno von Borries; Glulx).
Dr. Sourpuss Is Not A Choice-Based Game (P.B. Parjeter; Twine).
Famous Baby (N.C. Kerklaan; Twine).
Foo Foo (Buster Hudson; Glulx).
Fourdiopolis (Andrew Schultz; Glulx).
Nocked! True Tales of Robin Hood (Andrew G. Schneider; Twine).
Standoff (Matthew R.F. Balousek; PDF).

Links

Spring Thing Festival of Interactive Fiction - The official Spring Thing 2016 site.
IF forum threads:
- The 2016 Spring Thing Festival is now open! - April 6, 2016.
- Spring Thing '16 Results! - May 8, 2016.

Reviews

Reviews at IFDB.
Reviews (in Italian) [1] [2] at oldgamesitalia.net.
Reviews by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
Reviews by Brendan Caldwell at Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Sisters of Claro Largo, Tangaroa Deep
Reviews by Wade Clarke.
Reviews by Christopher Huang.
Writeups by Robin Douglas Johnson.
Reviews by Emily Short.
Reviews by snowblood.
Reviews by verityvirtue.
Reviews by Caleb Wilson.

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+{{Event
+|Type=Competition
+|Series=No
+|Part of series=Spring Thing
+}}
 The fourteenth [[Spring Thing]] was organized by [[Aaron A. Reed]].
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 * April 1, 2016: Deadline for games to be submitted.
 * April 6, 2016: Entries released.
-* May 7, 2016: Festival closes; ribbons awarded and games archived.
+* May 7, 2016: Ribbon nomination deadline.
+* May 8, 2016: Results announced.
 ==Entries==
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 ===Main Festival===
-Entries (in alphabetical order):
+Recipient of the Audience Choice ribbon:
-* ''[[Evita Sempai]]'' ([[Florencia Rumpel Rodriguez a.k.a Rumpelcita]]; [[Twine]]).
+* ''[[Tangaroa Deep]]'' ([[Astrid Dalmady]]; Twine).
+Recipient of the Alumni's Choice ribbon:
+* ''[[The Xylophoniad]]'' ([[Robin Johnson]]; HTML/Javascript).
+Other entries (in alphabetical order):
+* ''[[Evita Sempai]]'' ([[Florencia Rumpel Rodriguez]] a.k.a [[Rumpelcita]]; [[Twine]]).
 * ''[[Harmonic Time-Bind Ritual Symphony]]'' ([[Ben Kidwell]] and [[Maevele Straw]]; [[Z-code]]).
 * ''[[Ms. Lojka]]'' ([[Jordan Magnuson]]; Twine).
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 * ''[[Sisters of Claro Largo]]'' ([[David T. Marchand]]; Twine).
 * ''[[Superhero Stress]]'' ([[Michael Yadvish]]; Twine).
-* ''[[Tangaroa Deep]]'' ([[Astrid Dalmady]]; Twine).
 * ''[[Three-Card Trick]]'' ([[Chandler Groover]]; [[Glulx]]).
-* ''[[The Xylophoniad]]'' ([[Robin Johnson]]; HTML/Javascript).
 ===Back Garden===
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 * IF forum threads:
 ** [http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=19887 The 2016 Spring Thing Festival is now open!] - April 6, 2016.
+** [http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=20004&p=109246 Spring Thing '16 Results!] - May 8, 2016.
 ===Reviews===
-* [http://ifdb.tads.org/search?searchfor=tag%3ASpring+Thing+2016+%23reviews%3A1- Reviews] at [[IFDB]].
+* [http://ifdb.org/search?searchfor=tag%3ASpring+Thing+2016+%23reviews%3A1- Reviews] at [[IFDB]].
+* Reviews (in Italian) [http://oldgamesitalia.net/articoli/recensiamo-spring-thing-parte-1] [http://oldgamesitalia.net/articoli/recensiamo-spring-thing-parte-2] at oldgamesitalia.net.
+* [https://heterogenoustasks.wordpress.com/tag/spring-thing-2016/ Reviews] by [[Sam Kabo Ashwell]].
+* Reviews by [[Brendan Caldwell]] at ''Rock, Paper, Shotgun'': [https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/04/30/free-loaders-theres-a-storm-coming/ Sisters of Claro Largo], [https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/05/07/best-free-games-of-the-week-18/ Tangaroa Deep]
+* [http://importantastrolab.blogspot.com/search/label/spring%20thing%202016 Reviews] by [[Wade Clarke]].
+* [https://ricordius.wordpress.com/tag/spring-thing-2016/ Reviews] by [[Christopher Huang]].
+* [http://www.versificator.net/blog/?p=4 Writeups] by [[Robin Douglas Johnson]].
 * [http://emshort.wordpress.com/?s=Spring+Thing+2016 Reviews] by [[Emily Short]].
+* [http://interactive-friction.blogspot.com Reviews] by [[snowblood]].
+* [https://verityvirtue.wordpress.com/tag/spring-thing-2016/ Reviews] by [[verityvirtue]].
+* [http://astrobolism.tumblr.com/tagged/spring-thing Reviews] by [[Caleb Wilson]].
+===Author Commentary===
+* {{ac|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=20037#p109380
+|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610003256/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=20037|Tangaroa Deep Postmortem}} by [[Astrid Dalmady]].
+* {{ac|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=20007
+|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610002310/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=20007|Three-Card Trick postmortem}} by [[Chandler Groover]].
+* {{ac|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20033&p=109371#p109371
+|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610002301/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20033&p=109371|The Xylophoniad (and Draculaland) post-mortem}} by [[Robin Douglas Johnson]].
+* {{ac|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20026&p=109341
+|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610002318/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20026&p=109341|Harmonic Time-Bind Ritual Symphony postmortem}} by mycroftiv.
+* {{ac|url=http://drdanstreetmentioner.blogspot.com/2016/05/fourdiopolisspring-thing-2016-postmortem.html
+|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610002332/http://drdanstreetmentioner.blogspot.com/2016/05/fourdiopolisspring-thing-2016-postmortem.html|Fourdiopolis/Spring Thing 2016 postmortem}} by [[Andrew Schultz]].
+* {{ac|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20054&p=109712#p109600
+|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610002352/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20054&p=109712|Dead Man's Hill post-mortem}} by [[Arno von Borries]].
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