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|Series=No
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|Part of series=The Annual IF Competition
|Part of series=The Annual IF Competition
|IFDB event id=izx7zu7up2q1vrpi
|Website=https://ifcomp.org/comp/2015
|Organisers=Jason McIntosh
|Total=53
|Awards={{Award
|Award name=1
|Game=Brain Guzzlers from Beyond!
}}{{Award
|Award name=2
|Game=Map (by Ade)
}}{{Award
|Award name=3
|Game=Midnight. Swordfight.
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|Event dates={{Event date
|Event what=Registration begins
|Event when=2015/07/01
}}{{Event date
|Event what=Registration ends
|Event when=2015/09/01
}}{{Event date
|Event what=Submissions due
|Event when=2015/09/28
}}{{Event date
|Event what=Voting begins
|Event when=2015/10/01
}}{{Event date
|Event what=Voting ends
|Event when=2015/11/15
}}{{Event date
|Event what=Results announced
|Event when=2015/11/16
}}
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}}
==Competition Schedule==
==Competition Schedule==
''As per the "about the Competition" webpage:''
''As per the "about the Competition" webpage at the time:''
* July 1: The web site is [https://blog.ifcomp.org/post/122943528954/the-2015-ifcomp-is-open-for-entries open for authors to declare their intents].
* July 1: The web site is [https://blog.ifcomp.org/post/122943528954/the-2015-ifcomp-is-open-for-entries open for authors to declare their intents].
* September 1: Deadline for submission of intents.
* September 1: Deadline for submission of intents.
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<li>''[[Brain Guzzlers from Beyond!]]'' ([[Steph Cherrywell]]; [[Glulx]]).
<li>''[[Brain Guzzlers from Beyond!]]'' ([[Steph Cherrywell]]; [[Glulx]]).
<li>''[[Map (by Ade)|Map]]'' ([[Ade]]; Glulx).
<li>''[[Map (by Ade)|Map]]'' ([[Ade McT]]; Glulx).
<li>''[[Midnight. Swordfight.]]'' ([[Chandler Groover]]; Glulx).
<li>''[[Midnight. Swordfight.]]'' ([[Chandler Groover]]; Glulx).
<li>''[[Birdland]]'' ([[Brendan Patrick Hennessy]]; [[Twine]]).
<li>''[[Birdland]]'' ([[Brendan Patrick Hennessy]]; [[Twine]]).
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<li>''[[Arcane Intern (Unpaid)]]'' ([[Astrid Dalmady]]; Twine).
<li>''[[Arcane Intern (Unpaid)]]'' ([[Astrid Dalmady]]; Twine).
<li>''[[Darkiss! Wrath of the Vampire - Chapter 1: the Awakening|Darkiss - Chapter 1: the Awakening]]'' ([[Marco Vallarino]]; Z-code).
<li>''[[Darkiss! Wrath of the Vampire - Chapter 1: the Awakening|Darkiss - Chapter 1: the Awakening]]'' ([[Marco Vallarino]]; Z-code).
<li>''[[Life On Mars?]]'' ([[Hugo Labrande]]; Z-code).
<li>''[[Life On Mars|Life On Mars?]]'' ([[Hugo Labrande]]; Z-code).
<li>''[[Nowhere Near Single]]'' ([[kaleidofish]]; Twine).
<li>''[[Nowhere Near Single]]'' ([[kaleidofish]]; Twine).
<li>''[[Koustrea's Contentment]]'' ([[Jeremy Pflasterer]]; [[TADS]]).
<li>''[[Koustrea's Contentment]]'' ([[Jeremy Pflasterer]]; [[TADS]]).
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<li>''[[Duel]]'' ([[piato]]; Twine), tied with<br>
<li>''[[Duel]]'' ([[piato]]; Twine), tied with<br>
   ''[[Crossroads]]'' ([[Cat Manning]]; Twine).
   ''[[Crossroads]]'' ([[Cat Manning]]; Twine).
<li value = 28>''[[Unbeknown]]'' ([[Alan DeNiro]]; Twine).
<li value = 28>''[[Unbeknown]]'' ([[A. DeNiro]]; Twine).
<li>''[[SPY INTRIGUE]]'' ([[furkle]]; Twine).
<li>''[[SPY INTRIGUE]]'' ([[furkle]]; Twine).
<li>''[[Laid Off from the Synesthesia Factory]]'' ([[Katherine Morayati]]; Glulx).
<li>''[[Laid Off from the Synesthesia Factory]]'' ([[Katherine Morayati]]; Glulx).
<li>''[[I Think The Waves Are Watching Me]]'' ([[Bob McCabe]]; Web browser).
<li>''[[I Think The Waves Are Watching Me]]'' ([[Bob McCabe]]; Windows).
<li>''[[5 Minutes to Burn Something!]]'' ([[Alex Butterfield]]; Z-code).
<li>''[[5 Minutes to Burn Something!]]'' ([[Alex Butterfield]]; Z-code).
<li>''[[To Burn in Memory]]'' ([[Orihaus]]; Web browser).
<li>''[[To Burn in Memory]]'' ([[Orihaus]]; Web browser).
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<li value = 45>''[[Pit of the Condemned]]'' ([[Matthew Holland]]; Z-code).
<li value = 45>''[[Pit of the Condemned]]'' ([[Matthew Holland]]; Z-code).
<li>''[[Taghairm]]'' ([[Chandler Groover]]; Twine).
<li>''[[Taghairm]]'' ([[Chandler Groover]]; Twine).
<li>''[[Cat Scratch]]'' ([[Allyn (Yilling) Chen]], [[Hannah Turner]], [[Laura Weber]], [[Shirley Park]]; [[Unity]]).
<li>''[[Cat Scratch]]'' ([[Allyn (Yilling) Chen]], [[Hannah Turner]], [[Laura Weber]], [[Shirley Park]]; [[Unity]]/Android).
<li>''[[Much Love, BJP]]'' ([[Megan Stevens]]; Twine), tied with<br>
<li>''[[Much Love, BJP]]'' ([[Megan Stevens]]; Twine), tied with<br>
   ''[[Questor's Quest]]'' ([[Mark Stahl]]; Web browser).
   ''[[Questor's Quest]]'' ([[Mark Stahl]]; Windows).
<li value =50>''[[Grimm's Godfather]]'' ([[WaffleShuai]]; [[Ren'Py]]).
<li value =50>''[[Grimm's Godfather]]'' ([[WaffleShuai]]; [[Ren'Py]]).
<li>''[[Recorded]]'' ([[Nick Junius]]; Glulx).
<li>''[[Recorded]]'' ([[Nick Junius]]; Glulx).
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** [https://blog.ifcomp.org/post/130757462639/paradise-is-withdrawn Paradise is Withdrawn]
** [https://blog.ifcomp.org/post/130757462639/paradise-is-withdrawn Paradise is Withdrawn]
* [https://ifcomp.org/comp/2015 Results archive].
* [https://ifcomp.org/comp/2015 Results archive].
* [https://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXgamesXcompetition2015.html IF Archive].
* [{{ifarchive index link|games/competition2015/}} IF Archive] ([{{ifarchive link|games/competition2015/README.html}} introduction]).
* {{ifdb comp|21st Annual Interactive Fiction Competition|izx7zu7up2q1vrpi}}.
* {{link|deadurl=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=32|IF Comp 2015 Game Discussion}} - at the Interactive Fiction Community Forum.  
* [http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=32 IF Comp 2015 Game Discussion] - at the Interactive Fiction Community Forum.  
* {{Mathbrush ifcomp review|year=2015|url=https://intfiction.org/t/history-of-ifcomp-year-by-year-2015/11570}}.
* {{Mathbrush ifcomp review|year=2015|url=https://intfiction.org/t/history-of-ifcomp-year-by-year-2015/11570}}.


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* {{ac|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=19219 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611004234/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=19219|Steph Cherrywell on Brain Guzzlers From Beyond!}}.
* {{ac|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=19219 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611004234/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=19219|Steph Cherrywell on Brain Guzzlers From Beyond!}}.
* {{ac|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=19248 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611004813/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=19248|Astrid Dalmady on Arcane Intern (Unpaid)}}.
* {{ac|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=19248 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611004813/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=19248|Astrid Dalmady on Arcane Intern (Unpaid)}}.
* {{ac|url=http://www.goblinmercantileexchange.com/2015/11/post-comp-post-mortem-on-unbeknown/ |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611003720/http://www.goblinmercantileexchange.com/2015/11/post-comp-post-mortem-on-unbeknown/|Alan DeNiro on Unbeknown}}.
* {{ac|url=http://www.goblinmercantileexchange.com/2015/11/post-comp-post-mortem-on-unbeknown/ |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611003720/http://www.goblinmercantileexchange.com/2015/11/post-comp-post-mortem-on-unbeknown/|A. DeNiro on Unbeknown}}.
* {{ac|url=http://segue.pw/2015/11/17/cape-postmortem/ |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611003841/http://segue.pw/2015/11/17/cape-postmortem/|Bruno Dias on Cape}}.
* {{ac|url=http://segue.pw/2015/11/17/cape-postmortem/ |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611003841/http://segue.pw/2015/11/17/cape-postmortem/|Bruno Dias on Cape}}.
* {{ac|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=19268 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611014422/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=19268|GlassRat on Seeking Ataraxia}}.
* {{ac|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=19268 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611014422/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=19268|GlassRat on Seeking Ataraxia}}.

Latest revision as of 20:22, 19 February 2025

IFComp 2015
Competition
Frequency
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Part of series The Annual IF Competition
Website https://ifcomp.org/comp/2015
Organiser Jason McIntosh
IFDB event page Event
IFDB series page Series
Total entries 53
Event dates
Registration begins 1 Jul 2015
Registration ends 1 Sep 2015
Submissions due 28 Sep 2015
Voting begins 1 Oct 2015
Voting ends 15 Nov 2015
Results announced 16 Nov 2015
Results
1 Brain Guzzlers from Beyond!
2 Map (by Ade)
3 Midnight. Swordfight.
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Competition Schedule

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

Deadlines are at 11:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time on the dates listed above.

2015 IF Comp Results

55 games were released on October 1, 2015. Results were announced on November 16, 2015:

  1. Brain Guzzlers from Beyond! (Steph Cherrywell; Glulx).
  2. Map (Ade McT; Glulx).
  3. Midnight. Swordfight. (Chandler Groover; Glulx).
  4. Birdland (Brendan Patrick Hennessy; Twine).
  5. Cape (Bruno Dias; Raconteur).
  6. Sub Rosa (Joey Jones, Melvin Rangasamy; Glulx).
  7. Scarlet Sails (Felicity Banks; ChoiceScript).
  8. Untold Riches (Jason Ermer; Glulx).
  9. Final Exam (Jack Whitham; Z-code).
  10. Ether (Mathbrush; Glulx).
  11. Arcane Intern (Unpaid) (Astrid Dalmady; Twine).
  12. Darkiss - Chapter 1: the Awakening (Marco Vallarino; Z-code).
  13. Life On Mars? (Hugo Labrande; Z-code).
  14. Nowhere Near Single (kaleidofish; Twine).
  15. Koustrea's Contentment (Jeremy Pflasterer; TADS).
  16. Onaar (Robert DeFord; Alan).
  17. The Sueño (Marshal Tenner Winter; Glulx).
  18. Summit (Phantom Williams; Twine).
  19. The Baker of Shireton (Hanon Ondricek; Glulx).
  20. Gotomomi (Arno von Borries; Glulx).
  21. TOMBs of Reschette (Richard Goodness; Twine), tied with
    Grandma Bethlinda's Variety Box (Arthur DiBianca; Z-code).
  22. Kane County (Michael Sterling, Tia Orisney; Web browser).
  23. The Problems Compound (Andrew Schultz; Glulx).
  24. Switcheroo (The Marino Family; Undum).
  25. Duel (piato; Twine), tied with
    Crossroads (Cat Manning; Twine).
  26. Unbeknown (A. DeNiro; Twine).
  27. SPY INTRIGUE (furkle; Twine).
  28. Laid Off from the Synesthesia Factory (Katherine Morayati; Glulx).
  29. I Think The Waves Are Watching Me (Bob McCabe; Windows).
  30. 5 Minutes to Burn Something! (Alex Butterfield; Z-code).
  31. To Burn in Memory (Orihaus; Web browser).
  32. Forever Meow (Moe Zilla; Web browser).
  33. Capsule II - The 11th Sandman (PaperBlurt; Twine).
  34. Second Story (Fred Snyder; Gamefic).
  35. The Insect Massacre (Tom Delanoy; Twine).
  36. In The Friend Zone (Brendan Vance; Web browser).
  37. Seeking Ataraxia (Glass Rat Media; Twine).
  38. GROWBOTICS (Cha Holland; Twine).
  39. A Figure Met in a Shaded Wood (Michael Thomét; Twine).
  40. The King and the Crown (Wes Lesley; Z-code).
  41. The Speaker (Norbez; Twine), tied with
    Pilgrimage (Víctor Ojuel; Glulx).
  42. Pit of the Condemned (Matthew Holland; Z-code).
  43. Taghairm (Chandler Groover; Twine).
  44. Cat Scratch (Allyn (Yilling) Chen, Hannah Turner, Laura Weber, Shirley Park; Unity/Android).
  45. Much Love, BJP (Megan Stevens; Twine), tied with
    Questor's Quest (Mark Stahl; Windows).
  46. Grimm's Godfather (WaffleShuai; Ren'Py).
  47. Recorded (Nick Junius; Glulx).
  48. The Man Who Killed Time (Claudia Doppioslash; Inklewriter).
  49. The War of the Willows (Adam Bredenberg; Python).

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2015 Miss Congeniality Awards

These awards were voted by the authors of the entries.

  1. Midnight. Swordfight. (Chandler Groover; Glulx).
  2. Sub Rosa (Joey Jones, Melvin Rangasamy; Glulx).
  3. Summit (Phantom Williams; Twine).

Links

Reviews

See also: "IF Comp 2015 Reviews" thread at intfiction.org.

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