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{{ | {{Event | ||
|Type=Competition | |||
|Series=No | |||
|Part of series=The Annual IF Competition | |||
|IFDB event id=814wxbvttn17v4hb | |||
|Image=IF Comp 2011 logo.png | |||
|Website=https://ifcomp.org/comp/2011 | |||
|Organisers=Stephen Granade | |||
|Total=38 | |||
|Awards={{Award | |||
|Award name=1 | |||
|Game=Taco Fiction | |||
}}{{Award | |||
|Award name=2 | |||
|Game=Six | |||
}}{{Award | |||
|Award name=3 | |||
|Game=The Play | |||
}} | |||
|Event dates={{Event date | |||
|Event what=Registration begins | |||
|Event when=2011/05/10 | |||
}}{{Event date | |||
|Event what=Registration ends | |||
|Event when=2011/09/01 | |||
}}{{Event date | |||
|Event what=Submissions due | |||
|Event when=2011/09/30 | |||
}}{{Event date | |||
|Event what=Voting begins | |||
|Event when=2011/10/01 | |||
}}{{Event date | |||
|Event what=Voting ends | |||
|Event when=2011/11/15 | |||
}}{{Event date | |||
|Event what=Results announced | |||
|Event when=2011/11/16 | |||
}} | |||
}} | |||
This was the first year that [{{rgif|msgid=m3pqig4aeq.fsf@sargent.dyndns.org}} authors were routinely permitted to update games mid-competition], although a few mid-comp updates had been permitted by the organisers in previous years. (This occasioned [https://intfiction.org/t/the-first-round-of-game-updates-for-the-2011-if-competit/12303 much] [https://intfiction.org/t/should-next-years-if-comp-allow-intra-comp-updates/12095 discussion], but the practice was ultimately kept in the following years.) | |||
==Competition Schedule== | ==Competition Schedule== | ||
''As per the | ''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. | ||
== | ==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: | ||
<ol> | |||
<li>''[[Taco Fiction]]'' ([[Ryan Veeder]]; Glulx).</li> | |||
<li>''[[Six]]'' ([[Wade Clarke]]; Glulx).</li> | |||
<li>''[[The Play]]'' ([[Dietrich Squinkifer]], writing as Deirdra Kiai; Undum).</li> | |||
<li>''[[Escape From Santaland]]'' ([[Jason Ermer]]; Z-code).</li> | |||
<li>''[[PataNoir]]'' ([[Simon Christiansen]]; Glulx).</li> | |||
<li>''[[The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M]]'' ([[Michael Hilborn]] as "Edmund Wells"; Glulx).</li> | |||
<li>''[[Beet the Devil]]'' ([[Carolyn VanEseltine]]; Glulx).</li> | |||
<li>''[[Kerkerkruip]]'' ([[Victor Gijsbers]]; Glulx).</li> | |||
<li>''[[Cana According To Micah]]'' ([[Christopher Huang]] as "Rev. Stephen Dawson"; Z-code).</li> | |||
<li>''[[A Comedy of Error Messages]]'' a.k.a. ''The Elfen Maiden'' ([[Adam Le Doux]]; Z-code).</li> | |||
<li>''[[The Binary]]'' ([[Simon Mark]] as "Bloomengine"; Web browser).</li> | |||
<li>''[[Tenth Plague]]'' ([[Lynnea Dally]]; Z-code).</li> | |||
<li>''[[Cursed]]'' ([[Nick Rogers]]; ADRIFT 4), tied with<br> | |||
''[[Ted Paladin And The Case Of The Abandoned House]]'' ([[Anssi Raisanen]]; Alan).</li> | |||
<li value="15">''[[Cold Iron]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]] as "Lyman Clive Charles"; Z-code).</li> | |||
<li>''[[It (game)|It]]'' ([[Emily Boegheim]]; TADS 3).</li> | |||
<li>''[[Andromeda Awakening]]'' ([[Marco Innocenti]]; Z-code).</li> | |||
<li>''[[Keepsake]]'' ([[Savaric]]; Z-code).</li> | |||
<li>''[[Sentencing Mr Liddell]]'' ([[I-K. Huuhtanen]]; Glulx).</li> | |||
<li>''[[Calm]]'' ([[Joey Jones]] and [[Melvin Rangasamy]]; Glulx).</li> | |||
<li>''[[The Guardian]]'' ([[Lutein Hawthorne]]; Z-code).</li> | |||
<li>''[[The Hours]]'' ([[Robert Patten]]; Glulx).</li> | |||
<li>''[[Blind]]'' ([[Andrew Metzger]]; TADS 2).</li> | |||
<li>''[[The Myothian Falcon]]'' ([[Andy Joel]]; Quest 5).</li> | |||
<li>''[[Last Day of Summer]]'' ([[Doug Orleans]] as "Cameron Fox"; Z-code).</li> | |||
<li>''[[Death of Schlig]]'' ([[Peter Timony]]; Glulx).</li> | |||
<li>''[[Fan Interference]]'' ([[Andrew Schultz]]; Glulx).</li> | |||
<li>''[[Playing Games]]'' ([[Kevin Jackson-Mead]] as Pam Comfite; Glulx).</li> | |||
<li>''[[How Suzy Got Her Powers]]'' ([[David Whyld]]; ADRIFT 4).</li> | |||
<li>''[[Return to Camelot]]'' ([[Po. Prune]]; ADRIFT).</li> | |||
<li>''[[Awake the Mighty Dread]]'' ([[Lyle Skains]]; Glulx).</li> | |||
<li>''[[The Ship of Whimsy]]'' ([[U. N. Owen]]; Z-code).</li> | |||
<li>''[[Operation Extraction]]'' ([[Ming-Yee Iu]]; Web browser).</li> | |||
<li>''[[Professor Frank]]'' ([[Laurence Kilday]]; Z-code).</li> | |||
<li>''[[Dead Hotel]]'' ([[Comazombie]]; MS-Windows).</li> | |||
<li>''[[Fog Convict]]'' ([[Andrew Metzger]]; TADS 2).</li> | |||
<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; Undum). | |||
# ''[[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 | * [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. | |||
* [{{ifarchive index link|games/competition2011/}} IF Archive]. | |||
* {{Mathbrush ifcomp review|year=2011|url=https://intfiction.org/t/history-of-ifcomp-year-by-year-2011/11555}}. | |||
* The [[hat mystery]] was a metapuzzle involving several of the entries. | |||
===Reviews=== | ===Reviews=== | ||
* 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)], | * [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). | ||
* | * [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/ Reviews] by [[Amanda Lange]]. | * [http://www.secondtruth.com/ Reviews] by [[Amanda Lange]]. | ||
* [ | * [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 | * [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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IFComp 2011 | |
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Competition | |
Part of series | The Annual IF Competition |
Website | https://ifcomp.org/comp/2011 |
Organiser | Stephen Granade |
IFDB event page | Event |
Total entries | 38 |
Event dates | |
Registration begins | 10 May 2011 |
Registration ends | 1 Sep 2011 |
Submissions due | 30 Sep 2011 |
Voting begins | 1 Oct 2011 |
Voting ends | 15 Nov 2011 |
Results announced | 16 Nov 2011 |
Results | |
1 | Taco Fiction |
2 | Six |
3 | The Play |
Edit this infobox |
This was the first year that authors were routinely permitted to update games mid-competition, although a few mid-comp updates had been permitted by the organisers in previous years. (This occasioned much discussion, but the practice was ultimately kept in the following years.)
Competition Schedule
As per the competition schedule (archive) webpage.
- May 10: The web site is open for business.
- September 1: Deadline for submission of intents.
- September 30: Deadline for entries.
- October 1: Entries released to the public.
- 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, 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 results were announced.
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:
- Taco Fiction (Ryan Veeder; Glulx).
- Six (Wade Clarke; Glulx).
- The Play (Dietrich Squinkifer, writing as Deirdra Kiai; Undum).
- Escape From Santaland (Jason Ermer; Z-code).
- PataNoir (Simon Christiansen; Glulx).
- The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M (Michael Hilborn as "Edmund Wells"; Glulx).
- Beet the Devil (Carolyn VanEseltine; Glulx).
- Kerkerkruip (Victor Gijsbers; Glulx).
- Cana According To Micah (Christopher Huang as "Rev. Stephen Dawson"; Z-code).
- A Comedy of Error Messages a.k.a. The Elfen Maiden (Adam Le Doux; Z-code).
- The Binary (Simon Mark as "Bloomengine"; Web browser).
- Tenth Plague (Lynnea Dally; Z-code).
- Cursed (Nick Rogers; ADRIFT 4), tied with
Ted Paladin And The Case Of The Abandoned House (Anssi Raisanen; Alan). - Cold Iron (Andrew Plotkin as "Lyman Clive Charles"; Z-code).
- It (Emily Boegheim; TADS 3).
- Andromeda Awakening (Marco Innocenti; Z-code).
- Keepsake (Savaric; Z-code).
- Sentencing Mr Liddell (I-K. Huuhtanen; Glulx).
- Calm (Joey Jones and Melvin Rangasamy; Glulx).
- The Guardian (Lutein Hawthorne; Z-code).
- The Hours (Robert Patten; Glulx).
- Blind (Andrew Metzger; TADS 2).
- The Myothian Falcon (Andy Joel; Quest 5).
- Last Day of Summer (Doug Orleans as "Cameron Fox"; Z-code).
- Death of Schlig (Peter Timony; Glulx).
- Fan Interference (Andrew Schultz; Glulx).
- Playing Games (Kevin Jackson-Mead as Pam Comfite; Glulx).
- How Suzy Got Her Powers (David Whyld; ADRIFT 4).
- Return to Camelot (Po. Prune; ADRIFT).
- Awake the Mighty Dread (Lyle Skains; Glulx).
- The Ship of Whimsy (U. N. Owen; Z-code).
- Operation Extraction (Ming-Yee Iu; Web browser).
- Professor Frank (Laurence Kilday; Z-code).
- Dead Hotel (Comazombie; MS-Windows).
- Fog Convict (Andrew Metzger; TADS 2).
- Luster (Jared Smith; Glulx).
- Vestiges (Joanna Houston as "Josephine Wynter"; Z-code).
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; Undum).
- Kerkerkruip (Victor Gijsbers; Glulx), tied with
The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M (Michael Hilborn as "Edmund Wells"; Glulx).
Links
- Results archive.
- IF Comp 2011 (archive) - The original official site.
- IF Archive.
- IFComp 2011 in Mathbrush's History of IFComp, Year by Year (2017).
- The hat mystery was a metapuzzle involving several of the entries.
Reviews
- Forum discussions: Interactive Fiction Community Forum, ADRIFT forum (1) and (2), Jolt Country Forum, Octopus Overlords, MobyGames, and Russian forum.
- Reviews - at IFDB.
- Reviews by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
- Reviews (in German) by Martin Barth.
- Reviews by Duncan Bowsman.
- Reviews by Cobaltnine.
- Reviews by Mr Creosote.
- Reviews by Cult of the New.
- Reviews by George Dorn.
- Reviews by Elizabeth (runnerchild).
- Reviews by David Fletcher.
- Reviews by Christopher Huang.
- Reviews by J.
- Reviews by Jizaboz.
- Reviews by Cassandra Khaw.
- Reviews by Konstantinos.
- Reviews by Amanda Lange.
- Reviews by Yoon Ha Lee.
- Reviews by Michael Martin.
- Reviews by Rob Menke.
- Reviews by Sarah Morayati.
- Reviews by Carl Muckenhoupt.
- Reviews by Ron Newcomb.
- Reviews (archive) by Steven Odhner.
- Reviews by Jenni Polodna.
- Reviews by Dan Q.
- Reviews by Emily Short.
- Reviews by Adam Smith.
- Reviews by TempestDash.
- Reviews by Mark J. Tilford.
- Reviews by Matt Weiner.
- Reviews by Matt Wigdahl.
- Reviews by Jake Wildstrom.
- Reviews (YouTube videos) by Wintericecrystal.
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