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==Competition Schedule==
==Competition Schedule==
''As per the [http://ifcomp.org/comp11/schedule.html competition schedule] webpage.''
''As per the {{link|deadurl=http://ifcomp.org/comp11/schedule.html|archive=http://web.archive.org/web/20140327165249/http://ifcomp.org/comp11/schedule.html|competition schedule}} webpage.''
* May 10: The web site is open for business.
* May 10: The web site is open for business.
* September 1: Deadline for submission of intents.
* September 1: Deadline for submission of intents.
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* October 1: Entries released to the public.
* October 1: Entries released to the public.
* November 15: Voting deadline.
* November 15: Voting deadline.
* October 1: 38 games were released.
* October 6: The games ''[[Calm]]'', ''[[Death of Schlig]]'', ''[[The Hours]]'', ''[[Fan Interference]]'', ''[[Kerkerkruip]]'', ''[[Sentencing Mr Liddell]]'', ''[[Blind]]'', ''[[It (game)|It]]'', ''[[Dead Hotel]]'', ''[[Andromeda Awakening]]'', ''[[Tenth Plague]]'', and ''[[Vestiges]]'' were updated.
* October 11: The games ''[[Andromeda Awakening]]'', ''[[Awake the Mighty Dread]]'', ''[[Death of Schlig]]'', ''[[Fan Interference]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[The Myothian Falcon]]'', ''[[Operation Extraction]]'', ''[[The Play]]'', ''[[Sentencing Mr Liddell]]'', and ''[[Taco Fiction]]'' were updated.
* October 16: The games ''[[Andromeda Awakening]]'', ''[[Blind]]'', ''[[Calm]]'', ''[[Cana According To Micah]]'', ''[[Cold Iron]]'', ''[[Fan Interference]]'', ''[[The Myothian Falcon]]'', and ''[[The Play]]'' were updated. The walkthrough for ''[[The Elfen Maiden]]'' was expanded.
* October 25: The games ''[[A Comedy of Error Messages]]'' (originally ''The Elfen Maiden''), ''[[Andromeda Awakening]]'', ''[[Fog Convict]]'', ''[[Operation Extraction]]'', and ''[[PataNoir]]'' were updated.
* November 1: The games ''[[Death of Schlig]]'' and ''[[Professor Frank]]'' were updated.
* November 11: The games ''[[PataNoir]]'' and ''[[Professor Frank]]'' were updated.
* November 16: Comp [https://ifcomp.org/comp/2011 results] were announced.


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


==Entries==
==2011 IF Comp Results==
38 games were released on October 1, 2011:
38 games were released on October 1, 2011; results announced on November 16, 2011:
* ''[[Andromeda Awakening]]'' ([[Marco Innocenti]]; Z-code).
<ol>
* ''[[Awake the Mighty Dread]]'' ([[Lyle Skains]]; Glulx).
<li>''[[Taco Fiction]]'' ([[Ryan Veeder]]; Glulx).</li>
* ''[[Beet the Devil]]'' ([[Carolyn VanEseltine]]; Glulx).
<li>''[[Six]]'' ([[Wade Clarke]]; Glulx).</li>
* ''[[The Binary]]'' ([[Bloomengine]]; Web browser).
<li>''[[The Play]]'' ([[Dietrich Squinkifer]], writing as Deirdra Kiai; Web browser).</li>
* ''[[Blind]]'' ([[Arman]]; TADS 2).
<li>''[[Escape From Santaland]]'' ([[Jason Ermer]]; Z-code).</li>
* ''[[Calm]]'' ([[Joey Jones]] and [[Melvin Rangasamy]]; Glulx).
<li>''[[PataNoir]]'' ([[Simon Christiansen]]; Glulx).</li>
* ''[[Cana According To Micah]]'' ([[Rev. Stephen Dawson]]; Z-code).
<li>''[[The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M]]'' ([[Michael Hilborn]] as "Edmund Wells"; Glulx).</li>
* ''[[Cold Iron]]'' ([[Lyman Clive Charles]]; Z-code).
<li>''[[Beet the Devil]]'' ([[Carolyn VanEseltine]]; Glulx).</li>
* ''[[Cursed]]'' ([[Nick Rogers]]; ADRIFT).
<li>''[[Kerkerkruip]]'' ([[Victor Gijsbers]]; Glulx).</li>
* ''[[Dead Hotel]]'' ([[Comazombie]]; MS-Windows).
<li>''[[Cana According To Micah]]'' ([[Christopher Huang]] as "Rev. Stephen Dawson"; Z-code).</li>
* ''[[Death of Schlig]]'' ([[Peter Timony]]; Glulx).
<li>''[[A Comedy of Error Messages]]'' a.k.a. ''The Elfen Maiden'' ([[Adam Le Doux]]; Z-code).</li>
* ''[[The Elfen Maiden]]'' ([[Adam Le Doux]]; Z-code).
<li>''[[The Binary]]'' ([[Simon Mark]] as "Bloomengine"; Web browser).</li>
* ''[[Escape From Santaland]]'' ([[Jason Ermer]]; Z-code).
<li>''[[Tenth Plague]]'' ([[Lynnea Dally]]; Z-code).</li>
* ''[[Fan Interference]]'' ([[Andrew Schultz]]; Glulx).
<li>''[[Cursed]]'' ([[Nick Rogers]]; ADRIFT 4), tied with<br>
* ''[[Fog Convict]]'' ([[Arman]]; TADS 2).
''[[Ted Paladin And The Case Of The Abandoned House]]'' ([[Anssi Raisanen]]; Alan).</li>
* ''[[The Guardian]]'' ([[Lutein Hawthorne]]; Z-code).
<li value="15">''[[Cold Iron]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]] as "Lyman Clive Charles"; Z-code).</li>
* ''[[The Hours]]'' ([[Robert Patten]]; Glulx).
<li>''[[It (game)|It]]'' ([[Emily Boegheim]]; TADS 3).</li>
* ''[[How Suzy Got Her Powers]]'' ([[David Whyld]]; ADRIFT).
<li>''[[Andromeda Awakening]]'' ([[Marco Innocenti]]; Z-code).</li>
* ''[[It (game)|It]]'' ([[Emily Boegheim]]; TADS 3).
<li>''[[Keepsake]]'' ([[Savaric]]; Z-code).</li>
* ''[[Keepsake]]'' ([[Savaric]]; Z-code).
<li>''[[Sentencing Mr Liddell]]'' ([[I-K. Huuhtanen]]; Glulx).</li>
* ''[[Kerkerkruip]]'' ([[Victor Gijsbers]]; Glulx).
<li>''[[Calm]]'' ([[Joey Jones]] and [[Melvin Rangasamy]]; Glulx).</li>
* ''[[Last Day of Summer]]'' ([[Cameron Fox]]; Z-code).
<li>''[[The Guardian]]'' ([[Lutein Hawthorne]]; Z-code).</li>
* ''[[The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M]]'' ([[Edmund Wells]]; Glulx).
<li>''[[The Hours]]'' ([[Robert Patten]]; Glulx).</li>
* ''[[Luster]]'' ([[Jared Smith]]; Glulx).
<li>''[[Blind]]'' ([[Andrew Metzger]]; TADS 2).</li>
* ''[[The Myothian Falcon]]'' ([[Andy Joel]]; Quest).
<li>''[[The Myothian Falcon]]'' ([[Andy Joel]]; Quest 5).</li>
* ''[[Operation Extraction]]'' ([[Ming-Yee Iu]]; Web browser).
<li>''[[Last Day of Summer]]'' ([[Doug Orleans]] as "Cameron Fox"; Z-code).</li>
* ''[[PataNoir]]'' ([[Simon Christiansen]]; Glulx).
<li>''[[Death of Schlig]]'' ([[Peter Timony]]; Glulx).</li>
* ''[[The Play]]'' ([[Deirdra Kiai]]; Web browser).
<li>''[[Fan Interference]]'' ([[Andrew Schultz]]; Glulx).</li>
* ''[[Playing Games]]'' ([[Pam Comfite]]; Glulx).
<li>''[[Playing Games]]'' ([[Kevin Jackson-Mead]] as Pam Comfite; Glulx).</li>
* ''[[Professor Frank]]'' ([[Laurence Kilday]]; Z-code).
<li>''[[How Suzy Got Her Powers]]'' ([[David Whyld]]; ADRIFT 4).</li>
* ''[[Return to Camelot]]'' ([[Po. Prune]]; ADRIFT).
<li>''[[Return to Camelot]]'' ([[Po. Prune]]; ADRIFT).</li>
* ''[[Sentencing Mr Liddell]]'' ([[I-K. Huuhtanen]]; Glulx).
<li>''[[Awake the Mighty Dread]]'' ([[Lyle Skains]]; Glulx).</li>
* ''[[The Ship of Whimsy]]'' ([[U. N. Owen]]; Z-code).
<li>''[[The Ship of Whimsy]]'' ([[U. N. Owen]]; Z-code).</li>
* ''[[Six]]'' ([[Wade Clarke]]; Glulx).
<li>''[[Operation Extraction]]'' ([[Ming-Yee Iu]]; Web browser).</li>
* ''[[Taco Fiction]]'' ([[Ryan Veeder]]; Glulx).
<li>''[[Professor Frank]]'' ([[Laurence Kilday]]; Z-code).</li>
* ''[[Ted Paladin And The Case Of The Abandoned House]]'' ([[Anssi Raisanen]]; Alan).
<li>''[[Dead Hotel]]'' ([[Comazombie]]; MS-Windows).</li>
* ''[[Tenth Plague]]'' ([[Lynnea Dally]]; Z-code).
<li>''[[Fog Convict]]'' ([[Andrew Metzger]]; TADS 2).</li>
* ''[[Vestiges]]'' ([[Josephine Wynter]]; Z-code).
<li>''[[Luster]]'' ([[Jared Smith]]; Glulx).</li>
<li>''[[Vestiges]]'' ([[Joanna Houston]] as "Josephine Wynter"; Z-code).</li>
</ol>
 
==2011 Miss Congeniality Awards==
These awards were voted by the authors of the entries.
# ''[[Taco Fiction]]'' ([[Ryan Veeder]]; Glulx).
# ''[[The Play]]'' ([[Dietrich Squinkifer]], writing as Deirdra Kiai; Web browser).
# ''[[Kerkerkruip]]'' ([[Victor Gijsbers]]; Glulx), tied with<br>''[[The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M]]'' ([[Michael Hilborn]] as "Edmund Wells"; Glulx).


==Links==
==Links==
* [http://ifcomp.org/ IF Comp website].
* [https://ifcomp.org/comp/2011 Results archive].
* {{link|archive=http://web.archive.org/web/20130704083655/http://www.ifcomp.org/comp11/index-original.html|deadurl=http://www.ifcomp.org/comp11/index-original.html|IF Comp 2011}} - The original official site.
* {{ifdb comp|17th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition|814wxbvttn17v4hb}}.
* [https://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXgamesXcompetition2011.html IF Archive].
* {{Mathbrush ifcomp review|year=2011|url=https://intfiction.org/t/history-of-ifcomp-year-by-year-2011/11555}}.


===Reviews===
===Reviews===
'''SPOILER WARNING:''' the following links contain (potentially spoilery) reviews of games from this IF Comp. You might prefer to wait until you've played the games before reading them, if you intend to judge the competition and don't want to be influenced.
* Forum discussions: [http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=32 Interactive Fiction Community Forum], [http://forum.adrift.co/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=7514 ADRIFT forum (1)] and [http://forum.adrift.co/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=7520 (2)], [http://www.joltcountry.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7906 Jolt Country Forum], [http://www.octopusoverlords.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=79731 Octopus Overlords], [http://www.mobygames.com/forums/dga,2/dgb,5/dgm,158947/ MobyGames], and [http://forum.ifiction.ru/viewtopic.php?id=1685 Russian forum].
 
* [http://ifdb.org/search?searchbar=tag%3AIF+Comp+2011+%23reviews%3A1- Reviews] - at [[IFDB]].
* Forum discussions: [http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=32 Interactive Fiction Community Forum], [http://forum.adrift.co/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=7514 ADRIFT forum (1)] and [http://forum.adrift.co/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=7520 (2)], and [http://www.octopusoverlords.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=79731 Octopus Overlords].
* [http://maga-dogg.livejournal.com/tag/comp11 Reviews] by [[Sam Kabo Ashwell]].
* [http://blog.ifwizz.de/archives/257-IF-Comp-2011-Reviews.html Reviews (in German)] by [[Martin Barth]].
* [http://blog.ifwizz.de/archives/257-IF-Comp-2011-Reviews.html Reviews (in German)] by [[Martin Barth]].
* [http://dbisvirtual.blogspot.com/search/label/IFComp Reviews] by [[Duncan Bowsman]].
* [http://cobaltnine.dreamwidth.org/tag/ifcomp2011 Reviews] by [[Cobaltnine]].
* [http://cobaltnine.dreamwidth.org/tag/ifcomp2011 Reviews] by [[Cobaltnine]].
* [http://www.goodolddays.net/article/id%2C5/The+17th+Annual+Interactive+Fiction+Competition.html Reviews] by [[Mr Creosote]].
* [http://cultofthenew.com/tag/interactive-fiction/ Reviews] by [[Cult of the New]].
* [http://georgedorn.livejournal.com/tag/ifcomp11 Reviews] by [[George Dorn]].
* [http://runnerchild.livejournal.com/tag/ifcomp2011 Reviews] by [[Elizabeth]] (runnerchild).
* [http://runnerchild.livejournal.com/tag/ifcomp2011 Reviews] by [[Elizabeth]] (runnerchild).
* Reviews: [http://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C772/Keepsake.html 1] [http://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C773/Andromeda+Awakening.html 2] [http://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C774/Professor+Frank.html 3] [http://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C775/Cold+Iron.html 4] [http://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C776/Vestiges.html 5] at [[The Good Old Days]].
* [http://www.bubblycloud.com/ifcomp2011/ Reviews] by [[David Fletcher]].
* [http://www.ricordius.com/others/ifcomp11/index.html Reviews] by [[Christopher Huang]].
* [http://ghostsintowers.livejournal.com/tag/if%20comp%202011 Reviews] by [[J.]]
* [http://ghostsintowers.livejournal.com/tag/if%20comp%202011 Reviews] by [[J.]]
* [http://jizaboz.blogspot.com/search/label/IFComp Reviews] by [[Jizaboz]].
* [http://indiegames.com/cgi-bin/mt5/mt-search.cgi?blog_id=14&tag=interactive%20fiction Reviews] by [[Cassandra Khaw]].
* [http://indiegames.com/cgi-bin/mt5/mt-search.cgi?blog_id=14&tag=interactive%20fiction Reviews] by [[Cassandra Khaw]].
* [http://www.gnomeslair.com/search/label/Interactive%20Fiction Reviews] by [[Konstantinos]].
* [http://www.gnomeslair.com/search/label/Interactive%20Fiction Reviews] by [[Konstantinos]].
* [http://www.secondtruth.com/] by [[Amanda Lange]].
* [http://www.secondtruth.com/ Reviews] by [[Amanda Lange]].
* [http://yhlee.dreamwidth.org/tag/ifcomp2011 Reviews] by [[Yoon Ha Lee]].
* [https://yhlee.dreamwidth.org/tag/interactive+fiction:+ifcomp+2011 Reviews] by [[Yoon Ha Lee]].
* [http://therestofyourmice.blogspot.com/2011/10/ifcomp-2011-here-we-go.html Reviews] by [[Steven Odhner]].
* [https://hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu/~mcmartin/if/reviews/review11.html Reviews] by [[Michael Martin]].
* [http://www.the-wabe.com/if-comp-2011/ Reviews] by [[Rob Menke]].
* [http://katherinestasaph.tumblr.com/post/12893852178/go-play-these-things Reviews] by [[Sarah Morayati]].
* [http://www.wurb.com/stack Reviews] by [[Carl Muckenhoupt]].
* [http://if.seattle.wa.us/ Reviews] by [[Ron Newcomb]].
* {{link|deadurl=http://therestofyourmice.blogspot.com/2011/10/ifcomp-2011-here-we-go.html |archive=http://web.archive.org/web/20120121175532/http://therestofyourmice.blogspot.com/2011/10/ifcomp-2011-here-we-go.html|Reviews}} by [[Steven Odhner]].
* [http://pissylittlesausages.wordpress.com/category/if-comp-11/ Reviews] by [[Jenni Polodna]].
* [http://www.scatmania.org/tag/if/ Reviews] by [[Dan Q]].
* [http://emshort.wordpress.com/?s=%22if+comp+2011%22 Reviews] by [[Emily Short]].
* [http://emshort.wordpress.com/?s=%22if+comp+2011%22 Reviews] by [[Emily Short]].
* [http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tag/ifcomp-2011/ Reviews] by [[Adam Smith]].
* [http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tag/ifcomp-2011/ Reviews] by [[Adam Smith]].
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* [http://saucersofmud.wordpress.com/category/interactive-fiction/ifcomp/ Reviews] by [[Matt Weiner]].
* [http://saucersofmud.wordpress.com/category/interactive-fiction/ifcomp/ Reviews] by [[Matt Weiner]].
* [http://www.wigdahl.net/quern/tag/ifcomp-2011/ Reviews] by [[Matt Wigdahl]].
* [http://www.wigdahl.net/quern/tag/ifcomp-2011/ Reviews] by [[Matt Wigdahl]].
* [http://bishopsreviews.wordpress.com/tag/ifcomp-2011/ Reviews] by [[Jake Wildstrom]].
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/Wintericecrystal Reviews (YouTube videos)] by [[Wintericecrystal]].
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Competition Schedule

As per the competition schedule (archive) webpage.

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

2011 IF Comp Results

38 games were released on October 1, 2011; results announced on November 16, 2011:

  1. Taco Fiction (Ryan Veeder; Glulx).
  2. Six (Wade Clarke; Glulx).
  3. The Play (Dietrich Squinkifer, writing as Deirdra Kiai; Web browser).
  4. Escape From Santaland (Jason Ermer; Z-code).
  5. PataNoir (Simon Christiansen; Glulx).
  6. The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M (Michael Hilborn as "Edmund Wells"; Glulx).
  7. Beet the Devil (Carolyn VanEseltine; Glulx).
  8. Kerkerkruip (Victor Gijsbers; Glulx).
  9. Cana According To Micah (Christopher Huang as "Rev. Stephen Dawson"; Z-code).
  10. A Comedy of Error Messages a.k.a. The Elfen Maiden (Adam Le Doux; Z-code).
  11. The Binary (Simon Mark as "Bloomengine"; Web browser).
  12. Tenth Plague (Lynnea Dally; Z-code).
  13. Cursed (Nick Rogers; ADRIFT 4), tied with
    Ted Paladin And The Case Of The Abandoned House (Anssi Raisanen; Alan).
  14. Cold Iron (Andrew Plotkin as "Lyman Clive Charles"; Z-code).
  15. It (Emily Boegheim; TADS 3).
  16. Andromeda Awakening (Marco Innocenti; Z-code).
  17. Keepsake (Savaric; Z-code).
  18. Sentencing Mr Liddell (I-K. Huuhtanen; Glulx).
  19. Calm (Joey Jones and Melvin Rangasamy; Glulx).
  20. The Guardian (Lutein Hawthorne; Z-code).
  21. The Hours (Robert Patten; Glulx).
  22. Blind (Andrew Metzger; TADS 2).
  23. The Myothian Falcon (Andy Joel; Quest 5).
  24. Last Day of Summer (Doug Orleans as "Cameron Fox"; Z-code).
  25. Death of Schlig (Peter Timony; Glulx).
  26. Fan Interference (Andrew Schultz; Glulx).
  27. Playing Games (Kevin Jackson-Mead as Pam Comfite; Glulx).
  28. How Suzy Got Her Powers (David Whyld; ADRIFT 4).
  29. Return to Camelot (Po. Prune; ADRIFT).
  30. Awake the Mighty Dread (Lyle Skains; Glulx).
  31. The Ship of Whimsy (U. N. Owen; Z-code).
  32. Operation Extraction (Ming-Yee Iu; Web browser).
  33. Professor Frank (Laurence Kilday; Z-code).
  34. Dead Hotel (Comazombie; MS-Windows).
  35. Fog Convict (Andrew Metzger; TADS 2).
  36. Luster (Jared Smith; Glulx).
  37. Vestiges (Joanna Houston as "Josephine Wynter"; Z-code).

2011 Miss Congeniality Awards

These awards were voted by the authors of the entries.

  1. Taco Fiction (Ryan Veeder; Glulx).
  2. The Play (Dietrich Squinkifer, writing as Deirdra Kiai; Web browser).
  3. Kerkerkruip (Victor Gijsbers; Glulx), tied with
    The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M (Michael Hilborn as "Edmund Wells"; Glulx).

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