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IFComp 2016
Competition
Frequency
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Part of series	The Annual IF Competition
Website	https://ifcomp.org/comp/2016
Organiser	Jason McIntosh
IFDB event page	Event
IFDB series page	Series
Total entries	58
Event dates
Registration begins	1 Jul 2016
Registration ends	1 Sep 2016
Submissions due	28 Sep 2016
Voting begins	1 Oct 2016
Voting ends	15 Nov 2016
Results announced	17 Nov 2016
Results
1	Detectiveland
2	Color the Truth
3	Cactus Blue Motel
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Competition Schedule

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

July 1, 2016: Competition website opens for intents to enter.
September 1, 2016: Last day to submit intents.
September 28, 2016: Last day to submit entries.
October 1, 2016: Games are released to the public, and voting begins.
November 15, 2016: Voting deadline. Competition results are announced shortly afterwards.

All deadlines are at 11:59 PM Eastern time on the given dates.

2016 IF Comp Results

58 games were released on October 1, 2016. Results were announced on November 17, 2016:

2016 Miss Congeniality Awards

These awards were voted by the authors of the entries.

Links

The Annual IF Competition
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Features	Golden Banana of Discord • Miss Congeniality • Rising Star • Non-English • Prizes • Statistics • T-shirts • Two hour rule
See also	CompXX • IF Comp works

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+|Total=58
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 ==Competition Schedule==
-''As per the [http://ifcomp.org/about/comp "about the Competition"] webpage:''
+''As per the "about the Competition" webpage at the time:''
-* July 1, 2016: Competition website opens for intents to enter.
+* July 1, 2016: Competition website [https://blog.ifcomp.org/post/146808461794/the-2016-ifcomp-is-open-for-entry opens for intents to enter].
 * September 1, 2016: Last day to submit intents.
 * September 28, 2016: Last day to submit entries.
-* October 1, 2016: Games are released to the public, and voting begins.
+* October 1, 2016: Games are [https://blog.ifcomp.org/post/151202729499/ifcomp-2016-is-open-for-judging released to the public], and voting begins.
-* November 15, 2016: Voting deadline. Competition results are announced shortly afterwards.
+* November 15, 2016: Voting deadline. Competition [https://blog.ifcomp.org/post/153389658754/ifcomp-2016-is-over results] are announced shortly afterwards.
 All deadlines are at 11:59 PM Eastern time on the given dates.
-==2016 IF Comp Entries==
+==2016 IF Comp Results==
-games were released on October 1, 2016.
+games were released on October 1, 2016. Results were announced on November 17, 2016:
-<ul>
+<ol>
+<li> ''[[Detectiveland]]'' ([[Robin Johnson]]).
+<li> ''[[Color the Truth]]'' ([[mathbrush]]).
+<li> ''[[Cactus Blue Motel]]'' ([[Astrid Dalmady]]).
+<li> ''[[Stone Harbor]]'' ([[Liza Daly]]).
 <li> ''[[16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds]]'' ([[Abigail Corfman]]).
-<li> ''[[500 Apocalypses]]'' ([[Phantom Williams]]).
+<li> ''[[Pogoman GO!]]'' ([[Jack Welch]] and [[Ben Collins-Sussman]]).
-<li> ''[[A Time of Tungsten]]'' ([[Devin Raposo]]).
-<li> ''[[Aether Apeiron: The Zephyra Chronicles]]'' ([[Hippodamus & Company]]).
-<li> ''[[All I Do is Dream]]'' ([[Megan Stevens]]).
-<li> ''[[Ariadne in Aeaea]]'' ([[Victor Ojuel]]).
-<li> ''[[Ash]]'' ([[Lee Grey]]).
-<li> ''[[Black Rock City]]'' ([[Jim Munroe]]).
-<li> ''[[Cactus Blue Motel]]'' ([[Astrid Dalmady]]).
-<li> ''[[Cinnamon Tea]]'' ([[Daffs O'Dill]]).
-<li> ''[[Color the Truth]]'' ([[mathbrush]]).
-<li> ''[[Darkiss! Wrath of the Vampire - Chapter 2: Journey to Hell]]'' ([[Marco Vallarino]]).
-<li> ''[[Detectiveland]]'' ([[Robin Douglas Johnson|Robin Johnson]]).
-<li> ''[[Eight characters, a number, and a happy ending]]'' ([[K.G. Orphanides]]).
-<li> ''[[Evermore]]'' ([[Adam Whybray]] and Edgar Allan Poe).
 <li> ''[[Fair]]'' ([[Hanon Ondricek]]).
-<li> ''[[Fallen 落葉 Leaves]]'' ([[Adam Bredenberg]], [[Danial Mohammed Khan-Yousufzai]]).
+<li> ''[[Night House]]'' ([[Bitter Karella]]).
 <li> ''[[Hill Ridge Lost & Found]]'' ([[Jeremy Pflasterer]]).
 <li> ''[[How to Win at Rock Paper Scissors]]'' ([[Brian Kwak]]).
+<li> ''[[To The Wolves]]'' ([[Els White]]).
+<li> ''[[Ariadne in Aeaea]]'' ([[Víctor Ojuel]]).
 <li> ''[[Inside the Facility]]'' ([[Arthur DiBianca]]).
-<li> ''[[Labyrinth of Loci]]'' ([[anbrewk]]).
+<li> ''[[The Game of Worlds TOURNAMENT!]]'' ([[Ade McT]]).
-<li> ''[[Letters]]'' ([[Madison Evans]]).
+<li> ''[[The Queen's Menagerie]]'' ([[Chandler Groover]]).
-<li> ''[[Manlandia]]'' ([[Rob Chateau]]).
+<li> ''[[Ash]]'' ([[Lee Grey]]).
+<li> ''[[Darkiss! Wrath of the Vampire - Chapter 2: Journey to Hell]]'' ([[Marco Vallarino]]).
+<li> ''[[The Shoe Dept.]]'' ([[Aquanet]]), tied with<br>
+  ''[[500 Apocalypses]]'' ([[Phantom Williams]]).
+<li value = 20> ''[[The Little Lifeform That Could]]'' ([[Fade Manley]]).
+<li> ''[[Eight characters, a number, and a happy ending]]'' ([[K.G. Orphanides]]).
 <li> ''[[Mirror and Queen]]'' ([[Chandler Groover]]).
-<li> ''[[Moonland]]'' ([[BillyJaden]]).
+<li> ''[[A Time of Tungsten]]'' ([[Devin Raposo]]).
-<li> ''[[Night House]]'' ([[Bitter Karella]]).
+<li> ''[[SCREW YOU, BEAR DAD!]]'' ([[Xalavier Nelson Jr.]]).
+<li> ''[[Stuff and Nonsense]]'' ([[Felicity Banks]]).
+<li> ''[[Letters]]'' ([[Madison Evans]]), tied with<br>
+  ''[[Rite of Passage]]'' ([[Arno von Borries]]).
+<li value = 28> ''[[Take]]'' ([[Katherine Morayati]] as "Amelia Pinnolla").
+<li> ''[[This is My Memory of First Heartbreak, Which I Can't Quite Piece Back Together]]'' (Story, Art, & UX Design by [[Jenny Goldstick]], Development by [[Stephen Betts]] and [[Owen Roberts]]).
+<li> ''[[Black Rock City]]'' ([[Jim Munroe]]).
+<li> ''[[Zigamus: Zombies at Vigamus]]'' ([[Marco Vallarino]]).
+<li> ''[[Tentaculon]]'' ([[Ned Vole]]).
+<li> ''[[Quest for the Traitor Saint]]'' ([[Owlor]]).
+<li> ''[[Evermore]]'' ([[Adam Whybray]] and Edgar Allan Poe).
+<li> ''[[Yes, my mother is...]]'' ([[Skarn]]).
 <li> ''[[Not Another Hero]]'' ([[Cecilia Rosewood]]).
-<li> ''[[Pogoman GO!]]'' ([[Jack Welch]] and [[Ben Collins-Sussman]]).
-<li> ''[[Quest for the Traitor Saint]]'' ([[Owlor]]).
 <li> ''[[Riot]]'' ([[Taylor Johnson]]).
-<li> ''[[Rite of Passage]]'' ([[Arno von Borries]]).
+<li> ''[[Labyrinth of Loci]]'' ([[anbrewk]]).
-<li> ''[[SCREW YOU, BEAR DAD!]]'' ([[Xalavier Nelson Jr.]]).
+<li>''[[Sigil Reader (Field)]]'' ([[verityvirtue]]), tied with<br>
-<li> ''[[Sigil Reader (Field)]]'' ([[verityvirtue]]).
+  ''[[Slicker City]]'' ([[Andrew Schultz]]).
-<li> ''[[Slicker City]]'' ([[Andrew Schultz]]).
+<li value = 41> ''[[The Mouse]]'' ([[Naomi Z]] as "Norbez").
-<li> ''[[Snake's Game]]'' ([[Nahian Nasir]]).
+<li> ''[[Ventilator]]'' ([[Peregrine Wade]]).
-<li> ''[[Steam and Sacrilege]]'' ([[Phil McGrail]]).
+<li> ''[[The Skyscraper and the Scar]]'' ([[Diego Freire]], [[Ruber Eaglenest]]).
-<li> ''[[Stone Harbor]]'' ([[Liza Daly]]).
-<li> ''[[Stuff and Nonsense]]'' ([[Felicity Banks]]).
-<li> ''[[Take]]'' ([[Amelia Pinnolla]]).
 <li> ''[[Take Over the World]]'' ([[Marie L. Vibbert]]).
-<li> ''[[Tentaculon]]'' ([[Ned Vole]]).
-<li> ''[[Thaxted Havershill And the Golden Wombat]]'' ([[Andrew Brown]]).
-<li> ''[[The Game of Worlds TOURNAMENT!]]'' ([[Ade]]).
 <li> ''[[The God Device]]'' ([[Andy Joel]]).
-<li> ''[[The Little Lifeform That Could]]'' ([[Fade Manley]]).
+<li> ''[[Theatre People]]'' ([[Michael Kielstra]]).
-<li> ''[[The Mouse]]'' ([[Norbez]]).
+<li> ''[[Steam and Sacrilege]]'' ([[Phil McGrail]]).
-<li> ''[[The Queen's Menagerie]]'' ([[Chandler Groover]]).
+<li> ''[[You are standing in a cave...]]'' ([[Caroline Berg]]).
-<li> ''[[The Shoe Dept.]]'' ([[Aquanet]]).
 <li> ''[[The Skull Embroidery]]'' ([[Jeron Paraiso]]).
-<li> ''[[The Skyscraper and the Scar]]'' ([[Diego Freire]], [[Ruber Eaglenest]]).
+<li> ''[[Snake's Game]]'' ([[Nahian Nasir]]).
-<li> ''[[Theatre People]]'' ([[Michael Kielstra]]).
+<li> ''[[Aether Apeiron: The Zephyra Chronicles]]'' ([[Hippodamus & Company]]).
-<li> ''[[This is My Memory of First Heartbreak, Which I Can't Quite Piece Back Together]]'' (Story, Art, & UX Design by [[Jenny Goldstick]], Development by [[Stephen Betts]] and [[Owen Roberts]]).
+<li> ''[[Moonland]]'' ([[BillyJaden]]).
-<li> ''[[To The Wolves]]'' ([[Els White]]).
+<li> ''[[Thaxted Havershill And the Golden Wombat]]'' ([[Andrew Brown]]).
+<li> ''[[All I Do is Dream]]'' ([[Megan Stevens]]).
+<li> ''[[Fallen 落葉 Leaves]]'' ([[Adam Bredenberg]], [[Danial Mohammed Khan-Yousufzai]]).
+<li> ''[[Cinnamon Tea]]'' ([[Daffs O'Dill]]).
+<li> ''[[Manlandia]]'' ([[Rob Chateau]]).
 <li> ''[[Toiletworld]]'' ([[Chet Rocketfrak]]).
-<li> ''[[Ventilator]]'' ([[Peregrine Wade]]).
+</ol>
-<li> ''[[Yes, my mother is...]]'' ([[Skarn]]).
-<li> ''[[You are standing in a cave...]]'' ([[Caroline Berg]]).
+==2016 Miss Congeniality Awards==
-<li> ''[[Zigamus: Zombies at Vigamus]]'' ([[Marco Vallarino]]).
+These awards were voted by the authors of the entries.
-</ul>
+# ''[[Inside the Facility]]'' ([[Arthur DiBianca]]).
+# ''[[Fair]]'' ([[Hanon Ondricek]]).
+# ''[[Detectiveland]]'' ([[Robin Johnson]]).
 ==Links==
-* [http://ifcomp.org/ IF Comp website].
+* {{link|deadurl=http://ifcomp.org/|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126171808/http://ifcomp.org/|IF Comp website}}, as it stood after the comp.
+* [https://ifcomp.org/comp/2016 Results archive].
+* [{{ifarchive index link|games/competition2016/}} IF Archive] ([{{ifarchive link|games/competition2016/README.html}} introduction]).
+* {{Mathbrush ifcomp review|year=2016|url=https://intfiction.org/t/history-of-ifcomp-year-by-year-2016/11573}}.
 ===Reviews===
-* [http://ifdb.tads.org/search?searchbar=tag%3AIFComp+2016+%23reviews%3A1- Reviews] - at [[IFDB]].
+''See also: [http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20548 "IFComp 2016 review links thread"] at intfiction.org; [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1F0jfzJugy4_bqxEh-KnkvgIsonUK25jaFVJgg7wsQPQ/edit?usp=sharing "Review spreadsheet (public)"] by [[Owlor]] and others.
+* [http://ifdb.org/search?searchbar=tag%3AIFComp+2016+%23reviews%3A1- Reviews] - at [[IFDB]].
 * [http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20615 Reviews] by [[Sarah Adams]].
 * [http://adventurecow.tumblr.com/tagged/ifcomp%20reviews Reviews] by [[Adventure Cow]].
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 * [http://aprilmarchgb.blogspot.com/search/label/IFComp Reviews] by [[Philip Armstrong]].
 * [https://heterogenoustasks.wordpress.com/tag/if-comp-2016/ Reviews] by [[Sam Kabo Ashwell]].
+* [http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20685 Reviews] by [[BillyJaden]].
+* [http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20723 Reviews] by [[Greg Boettcher]].
 * [http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20533 Reviews] by [[Steph Cherrywell]].
 * [https://wouldyouliketochangethedifficultysetting.wordpress.com/tag/ifcomp/ Reviews] by [[Lynda Clark]].
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 * [https://bluerenga.wordpress.com/tag/ifcomp-2016/ Reviews] by [[Jason Dyer]].
 * [http://dougegan2.blogspot.com/search/label/if%20comp%20%2716 Reviews] by [[Doug Egan]].
+* [http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20570 Reviews] by [[Fabrizio]].
 * [http://www.twitch.tv/lglasser Live reviews on Twitch] by [[Lynnea Glasser]].
 * [http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20547 Reviews] by [[Glass Rat Media|Glassrat]].
+* {{link|url=http://www.pcgamer.com/for-21-years-the-interactive-fiction-awards-have-celebrated-a-vibrant-exciting-scene/ |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116034350/http://www.pcgamer.com/for-21-years-the-interactive-fiction-awards-have-celebrated-a-vibrant-exciting-scene/| Overview of IFComp 2016}} by Kate Gray at PC Gamer.
 * [https://hazelgold.net/tag/ifcomp/ Reviews] by [[Hazel Gold]].
 * [http://www.ricordius.com/others/ifcomp16/index.html Reviews] by [[Christopher Huang]].
 * [http://jizaboz.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/ifcomp-2016-reviews.html Reviews] by [[Jizaboz]].
-*[https://farfarfutures.wordpress.com/2016/10/15/elements-in-the-last-seven-cybertext-of-the-ifcomp/ Technical Comparisons] by [[Joey Jones]].
+* [https://farfarfutures.wordpress.com/2016/10/15/elements-in-the-last-seven-cybertext-of-the-ifcomp/ Technical Comparisons] by [[Joey Jones]].
-*[http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20649 Reviews] by [[E. Joyce]] (The Xenographer).
+* [http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20649 Reviews] by [[E. Joyce]] (The Xenographer).
 * [http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20638 Reviews] by [[Linus]].
 * [http://allthingsjacq.com/intficreview_comp16.html Reviews] by [[Jacqueline A. Lott]].
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 * [http://www.wurb.com/stack/ Reviews] by [[Carl Muckenhoupt]].
 * [http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20618 Reviews] by [[perhapsdessert]].
+* [https://tmft.wordpress.com/tag/ifcomp-2016/ Reviews] by [[Tracy Poff]].
 * [https://pissylittlesausages.wordpress.com/ Reviews] by [[Jenni Polodna]].
 * [https://hannahpowellsmith.wordpress.com/tag/if-comp-2016/ Reviews] by [[Hannah Powell-Smith]].
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 * [http://interactive-friction.blogspot.com/search/label/ifcomp2016 Reviews] by [[snowblood]].
 * [http://www.vggpodcast.com/ Reviews] by [[Mike Snyder]] on the Video Game Generations podcast.
-* {{dead link|url=http://www.pcgamer.com/free-games-of-the-week/ |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008175220/http://www.pcgamer.com/free-games-of-the-week/|Reviews}} by Tom Sykes at PC Gamer.
+* {{link|deadurl=http://www.pcgamer.com/free-games-of-the-week/ |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008175220/http://www.pcgamer.com/free-games-of-the-week/|Reviews}} by Tom Sykes at PC Gamer.
 * [http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20593 Reviews] by [[Marie L. Vibbert|Marie Vibbert]].
 * [https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/10/07/500-apocalypses/ Review] by Phillipa Warr at Rock Paper Shotgun.
 * [https://bishopsreviews.wordpress.com/?s=ifcomp+2016 Reviews] by [[Jake Wildstrom]].
+* [https://telyni.wordpress.com/2016/11/17/ifcomp-2016-overview/ Reviews] by [[Reiko Yukawa]].
+===Author Commentary===
+* {{ac|url=https://intfiction.org/t/game-of-worlds-technical-postmortemy-things/10734|Game of Worlds technical postmortemy things}} by [[Ade McT]].
+* {{ac|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20815#p115704 |https://web.archive.org/web/20161125222410/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20815 |Cactus Blue Motel Postmortem Q&A}} by [[Astrid Dalmady]].
+* {{ac|url=https://emshort.blog/2016/12/05/liza-daly-on-stone-harbor/|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206024850/https://emshort.blog/2016/12/05/liza-daly-on-stone-harbor/|Liza Daly on Stone Harbor}} - Interview of [[Liza Daly]] by [[Emily Short]].
+* {{ac|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20800&p=115640#p115640 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118042515/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20800&p=115640|Postmortems for two queens}} by [[Chandler Groover]].
+* {{ac|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20816 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204005839/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20816|Night House postmortem}} by [[Bitter Karella]].
+* {{ac|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20808&p=115679#p115679 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118193653/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20808&p=115679|Color the Truth}} by [[mathbrush]].
+* {{ac|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20803#p115646 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125221058/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20803| A postmortem take}} by [[Katherine Morayati]].
+* {{ac|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20941#p116735 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204010427/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20941|Ariadne in Aeaea postmortem}} by [[Victor Ojuel]].
+* {{ac|url=http://pyramidifblog.blogspot.com/2016/12/fair-postmortem.html |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20161210001342/http://pyramidifblog.blogspot.com/2016/12/fair-postmortem.html|FAIR - Postmortem}} by [[Hanon Ondricek]].
+* {{ac|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20863#p116091 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125222937/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20863 |Hill Ridge Lost & Found -- postmortem}} by [[Jeremy Pflasterer]].
+* {{ac|url=https://verityvirtue.wordpress.com/2016/11/22/sigil-reader-field-post-mortem/  |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125222634/https://verityvirtue.wordpress.com/2016/11/22/sigil-reader-field-post-mortem/ |Sigil Reader (Field) post-mortem}} by [[verityvirtue]].
+* {{ac|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20870#p116161 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125223404/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20870 |Rite of Passage postmortem}} by [[Arno von Borries]].
+* {{ac|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20811#p115689 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118201715/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20811|"Ventilator" Postmortem}} by [[Peregrine Wade]].
+{{IFCompNavBox}}
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