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IFComp 2008
Competition
Frequency

Part of series	The Annual IF Competition
Website	https://ifcomp.org/comp/2008
Organiser	Stephen Granade
IFDB event page	Event
IFDB series page	Series
Total entries	35
Event dates
Registration begins	19 Apr 2008
Registration ends	1 Sep 2008
Submissions due	29 Sep 2008
Voting begins	30 Sep 2008
Voting ends	15 Nov 2008
Results announced	16 Nov 2008
Results
1	Violet
2	Nightfall
3	Everybody Dies
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Competition Schedule

19th April: The IF Comp 2008 site is open for business.
September 1st: Deadline for submission of intents.
September 29th: Deadline for entries.
October 1st: Entries released to the public.
November 15th: Voting deadline.

2008 IF Comp Results

Comp results were announced on November 16, 2008.

Violet (Jeremy Freese; Z-code).
Nightfall (Eric Eve; Glulx).
Everybody Dies (Jim Munroe; Glulx).
Afflicted ("Doug Egan"; Z-code).
Piracy 2.0 (Sean Huxter; Z-code).
Snack Time! (Hardy the Bulldog and Renee Choba; Z-code).
Opening Night (David Batterham; Z-code).
April in Paris (Jim Aikin; TADS 3).
A Date With Death (David Whyld; ADRIFT 4).
Berrost's Challenge (Mark Hatfield; TADS 2).
Cry Wolf (Clare Parker; Glulx).
Escape from the Underworld (Karl Beecher; Z-code).
Buried In Shoes (Kazuki Mishima; Z-code).
Magic (Geoff Fortytwo; TADS 3).
Recess At Last (Gerald Aungst; Glulx).
Grief (Simon Christiansen; Z-code).
Trein (Leena Ganguli; Z-code).
The Ngah Angah School of Forbidden Wisdom (Anssi Räisänen; Alan 3).
Red Moon (Jonathan Hay; Z-code).
Dracula's Underground Crypt (Alex Whitington; Z-code).
Channel Surfing (Mike Vollmer; Glulx).
Ananachronist (Joseph Strom; Z-code).
wHen mAchines aTtack (Mark Jones; Z-code) tied with
The Lucubrator (Ricardo Dague; Z-code).
A Martian Odyssey (Horatiu Romosan; Glulx).
The Hall of the Fount of Artois (Simon Ellis; MS-Windows).
LAIR of the CYBER-COW (Harry Wilson as "Conrad"; ADRIFT 3.9).
Search for the Ultimate Weapon (Sharilynn; SUDS).
The Missing Piece (C. Yong; MS-Windows).
Freedom (Anonymous; Z-code).
Riverside (Jeremy Crockett and Victor Janmey; Z-code).
Project Delta (Emilian Kowalewski; MS-Windows).
Nerd Quest (RagtimeNerd; Java).
The Lighthouse (Eric Hickman and Nathan Chung; Z-code).
The Absolute Worst IF Game in History (Dean Menezes; Z-code).

2008 Miss Congeniality Awards

These awards were voted by the authors of the entries.

Violet (Jeremy Freese; Z-code).
Everybody Dies (Jim Munroe; Glulx).
Nightfall (Eric Eve; Glulx).

External links

Announcement on RAIF
IF Comp 2008 website (archive), as it stood after the comp.
Results, on ifcomp.org.
Baf's Guide (dead link 🔍).
IF Archive.
Voting's over... Authors? (Spoilers Within) - thread at the Interactive Fiction Forum.
IFComp 2008 in Mathbrush's History of IFComp, Year by Year (2017).

Reviews

See also the lists of links at Emily Short's blog and at the Interactive Fiction Forum.

SPAG #53.
Reviews - at IFDB.
Discussions - at The Interactive Fiction Forum.
IF Comp 08 Authors' Club (archive) (was a forum for competition authors during that IF Comp).
Reviews (archive) by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
Reviews (archive) by Stephen Bond.
Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 by Nick Bronson.
Reviews by Cesia.
Reviews (archive) by J. D. Clemens (JDC).
Reviews by Riff Conner (rifflesby).
Reviews (in Italian) by Francesco Cordella.
Reviews: 1 and 2 by Scatman Dan.
Reviews by Dark Star.
Reviews by Ben Deane.
Reviews by Christos Dimitrakakis.
Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and Scores by Ben Dixon.
Reviews by George Dorn.
Reviews (archive) by Doug Egan.
Reviews by David Fletcher.
Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 by Gaming Dungeon.
Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 by Victor Gijsbers.
Reviews by Hipolito.
Reviews: 1, 2, 3, and 4 by N. B. Horvath.
Reviews: 1 (dead link 🔍), 2 (dead link 🔍), 3 (dead link 🔍), and 4 (dead link 🔍) by Joshua Houk.
Reviews (dead link 🔍) by Imrihamun.
Reviews (in Russian) by Valentine Kopteltsev (uux).
Reviews by Juhana Leinonen (Nitku).
Reviews by Jacqueline A. Lott.
Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 by Aric Maddux.
Reviews by Jimmy Maher.
Reviews by Michael Martin.
Reviews by Rob Menke.
Reviews by Sarah Morayati (Lucea).
Reviews: Intro, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, and Conclusions by Carl Muckenhoupt.
Reviews by Peter Nepstad.
Reviews by George Oliver (kooneiform).
Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 by Wesley Osam.
Reviews by Lucy Pigpuppet.
Reviews by Jenni Polodna (at Pissy Little Sausages), originally posted here.
Reviews of introductions: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and results by Mike Rubin (Rubes).
Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36 by George Shannon (newlin).
Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 by P. F. Sheckarski.
Reviews by Dan Shiovitz.
Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, and General Reflections and Favorites by Emily Short.
Reviews by Skeet.
Reviews by Mike Snyder.
Reviews (in Russian) by Sobol_.
Reviews: 1 and 2 by Mark J. Tilford (ralphmerridew).
Reviews by J. Robinson Wheeler.
Reviews by Jake Wildstrom.
Reviews (YouTube videos) by Wintericecrystal.
Reviews (in Russian) by yandexx.
Reviews by Reiko Yukawa.

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 ==Competition Schedule==
-*19th April: The [http://ifcomp.org/comp08/ IF Comp 2008] site is open for business.
+*19th April: The IF Comp 2008 site is open for business.
 *September 1st: Deadline for submission of intents.
 *September 29th: Deadline for entries.
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 ==2008 IF Comp Results==
-Comp [http://www.ifcomp.org/comp08/results.html results] were announced on November 16, 2008.
+Comp results were announced on November 16, 2008.
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 <li>''[[Violet]]'' ([[Jeremy Freese]]; Z-code).</li>
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 <li>''[[The Hall of the Fount of Artois]]'' ([[Simon Ellis]]; MS-Windows).</li>
 <li>''[[LAIR of the CYBER-COW]]'' ([[Harry Wilson]] as "Conrad"; ADRIFT 3.9).</li>
-<li>''[[Search for the Ultimate Weapon]]'' ([[Sharilynn]]; MS-Windows).</li>
+<li>''[[Search for the Ultimate Weapon]]'' ([[Sharilynn]]; [[SUDS]]).</li>
 <li>''[[The Missing Piece]]'' ([[C. Yong]]; MS-Windows).</li>
 <li>''[[Freedom (by Anonymous)|Freedom]]'' (Anonymous; Z-code).</li>
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 ==External links==
 * [http://groups.google.com.au/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/browse_thread/thread/eed564e406b990f8?hl=en# Announcement on RAIF]
-* [http://ifcomp.org/comp08/ IF Comp 2008 website]
+* {{link|deadurl=http://ifcomp.org/comp08/|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204020603/http://ifcomp.org/comp08/|IF Comp 2008 website}}, as it stood after the comp.
-* [http://wurb.com/if/award/1#547 Baf's Guide].
+* [https://ifcomp.org/comp/2008 Results, on ifcomp.org].
-* [http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXgamesXcompetition2008.html IF Archive].
+* {{link|deadurl=http://wurb.com/if/award/1#547|Baf's Guide}}.
-* [http://ifdb.tads.org/viewcomp?id=dofqat2umvqzuja2 IFDB].
+* [{{ifarchive index link|games/competition2008/}} IF Archive].
 * [http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=519 Voting's over... Authors? (Spoilers Within)] - thread at the Interactive Fiction Forum.
+* {{Mathbrush ifcomp review|year=2008|url=https://intfiction.org/t/history-of-ifcomp-year-by-year-2008/11547}}.
 ===Reviews===
 ''See also the lists of links at [http://emshort.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/if-competition-reviews-elsewhere/ Emily Short's blog] and at the [http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=472 Interactive Fiction Forum].''
-* [http://www.sparkynet.com/spag/backissues/spag53.html SPAG #53].
+* {{spag issue|53}}.
-* [http://ifdb.tads.org/search?searchbar=tag%3AIF+Competition+2008+%23reviews%3A1- Reviews] - at [[IFDB]].
+* [http://ifdb.org/search?searchbar=tag%3AIF+Competition+2008+%23reviews%3A1- Reviews] - at [[IFDB]].
 * [http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=32 Discussions] - at The Interactive Fiction Forum.
-* [http://ifcomp08authorsclub.wildapricot.org/Default.aspx?pageId=210403 IF Comp 08 Authors' Club] (was a forum for competition authors during that IF Comp).
+* {{link|deadurl=http://ifcomp08authorsclub.wildapricot.org/Default.aspx?pageId=210403 |archive=http://web.archive.org/web/20091204084426/http://ifcomp08authorsclub.wildapricot.org:80/Default.aspx?pageId=210403|IF Comp 08 Authors' Club}} (was a forum for competition authors during that IF Comp).
-* [http://diden.net/~maga/maga_ifcomp_2008.html Reviews] by [[Sam Kabo Ashwell]].
+* {{link|deadurl=http://diden.net/~maga/maga_ifcomp_2008.html |archive=http://web.archive.org/web/20090403234138/http://diden.net:80/~maga/maga_ifcomp_2008.html|Reviews}} by [[Sam Kabo Ashwell]].
-* {{dead link|url=http://plover.net/~bonds/comp08.html|archive=http://web.archive.org/web/20091204040307/http://plover.net:80/~bonds/comp08.html|Reviews}} by [[Stephen Bond]].
+* {{link|deadurl=http://plover.net/~bonds/comp08.html|archive=http://web.archive.org/web/20091204040307/http://plover.net:80/~bonds/comp08.html|Reviews}} by [[Stephen Bond]].
 * [http://frater.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/interactive-fiction-competition-2008/ Reviews: 1], [http://frater.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/if-competition-2008-review-1-the-absolute-worst-if-game-in-history/ 2], [http://frater.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/if-competition-2008-interlude/ 3], [http://frater.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/if-competition-2008-review-2-ananachronist/ 4], [http://frater.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/if-competition-2008-review-3-cry-wolf/ 5], and [http://frater.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/if-competition-2008-review-4-draculas-underground-crypt/ 6] by [[Nick Bronson]].
 * [http://ceceatitagain.blogspot.com/search/label/IFComp08 Reviews] by [[Cesia]].
-* {{dead link|url=http://www.math.psu.edu/clemens/IF/Reviews/Comp08.html |archive=http://web.archive.org/web/20091216111539/http://www.math.psu.edu:80/clemens/IF/Reviews/Comp08.html|2008}} by [[J. D. Clemens]] (JDC).
+* {{link|deadurl=http://www.math.psu.edu/clemens/IF/Reviews/Comp08.html |archive=http://web.archive.org/web/20091216111539/http://www.math.psu.edu:80/clemens/IF/Reviews/Comp08.html|Reviews}} by [[J. D. Clemens]] (JDC).
 * {{link|url=https://minimumsafedistance.org/?s=if+comp+08&submit=Search|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207024832/https://minimumsafedistance.org/?s=if+comp+08&submit=Search|Reviews}} by [[Riff Conner]] (rifflesby).
 * [http://www.avventuretestuali.com/recensioni/if-comp-2008 Reviews (in Italian)] by [[Francesco Cordella]].
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 * [http://anothermrlizard.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/if-riverside/ Reviews: 1], [http://anothermrlizard.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/if-escape-from-the-underworld/ 2], [http://anothermrlizard.wordpress.com/2008/10/05/if-lair-of-the-cybercow/ 3], [http://anothermrlizard.wordpress.com/2008/10/05/if-the-lighthouse/ 4], [http://anothermrlizard.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/if-opening-night/ 5], [http://anothermrlizard.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/if-ananachronist/ 6], [http://anothermrlizard.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/if-a-martian-odyssey/ 7], [http://anothermrlizard.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/if-channel-surfing/ 8], [http://anothermrlizard.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/if-the-ngah-angah-school-of-forbidden-wisdom/ 9], [http://anothermrlizard.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/if-april-in-paris/ 10], [http://anothermrlizard.wordpress.com/2008/10/18/if-search-for-the-ultimate-weapon/ 11], [http://anothermrlizard.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/if-nightfall/ 12], [http://anothermrlizard.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/if-the-lucubrator/ 13], [http://anothermrlizard.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/if-grief/ 14], [http://anothermrlizard.wordpress.com/2008/10/26/if-berrosts-challenge/ 15], [http://anothermrlizard.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/if-everybody-dies/ 16], [http://anothermrlizard.wordpress.com/2008/11/15/if-the-absolute-worst-if-game-in-history/ 17], [http://anothermrlizard.wordpress.com/2008/11/15/if-violet/ 18], and [http://anothermrlizard.wordpress.com/2008/11/15/scores-on-the-doors-the-if-competition-2008/ Scores] by [[Ben Dixon]].
 * [http://georgedorn.livejournal.com/162491.html Reviews] by [[George Dorn]].
-* {{dead link|url=http://ifcomp08authorsclub.wildapricot.org/Default.aspx?pageId=210403&mode=MessageList&eid=68928 |archive=http://web.archive.org/web/20091209095404/http://ifcomp08authorsclub.wildapricot.org:80/Default.aspx?pageId=210403&mode=MessageList&eid=68928|Reviews}} by [[Dave (aka Doug Egan)|Doug Egan]].
+* {{link|deadurl=http://ifcomp08authorsclub.wildapricot.org/Default.aspx?pageId=210403&mode=MessageList&eid=68928 |archive=http://web.archive.org/web/20091209095404/http://ifcomp08authorsclub.wildapricot.org:80/Default.aspx?pageId=210403&mode=MessageList&eid=68928|Reviews}} by [[Dave (aka Doug Egan)|Doug Egan]].
 * [http://www.bubblycloud.com/ifcomp2008/ Reviews] by [[David Fletcher]].
 * [http://gamingdungeon.ikrell.com/?p=565 Reviews: 1], [http://gamingdungeon.ikrell.com/?p=568 2], [http://gamingdungeon.ikrell.com/?p=571 3], [http://gamingdungeon.ikrell.com/?p=574 4], and [http://gamingdungeon.ikrell.com/?p=576 5] by [[Gaming Dungeon]].
 * [http://gamingphilosopher.blogspot.com/2008/10/if-competition-afflicted.html Reviews: 1], [http://gamingphilosopher.blogspot.com/2008/10/if-competition-recess-at-last.html 2], [http://gamingphilosopher.blogspot.com/2008/10/if-competition-nerd-quest.html 3], [http://gamingphilosopher.blogspot.com/2008/10/if-competition-channel-surfing.html 4], [http://gamingphilosopher.blogspot.com/2008/10/if-competition-project-delta.html 5], [http://gamingphilosopher.blogspot.com/2008/10/if-competition-martian-odyssey.html 6], and [http://gamingphilosopher.blogspot.com/2008/10/if-competition-snack-time.html 7] by [[Victor Gijsbers]].
-* [http://www.octopusoverlords.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=63371 Reviews] by [[Hipolito]].
+* {{link|url=http://www.octopusoverlords.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=63371|archive=http://web.archive.org/web/20091204055250/http://www.octopusoverlords.com:80/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=63371|Reviews}} by [[Hipolito]].
 * [http://nbhorvath.blogspot.com/2008/10/2008-if-comp-riverside-spoilers-initial.html Reviews: 1], [http://nbhorvath.blogspot.com/2008/10/2008-if-comp-initial-scores-part-1-of-2.html 2], [http://nbhorvath.blogspot.com/2008/10/2008-if-comp-initial-scores-part-2-of-2.html 3], and [http://nbhorvath.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-favorite-wacky-moment-of-2008-if.html 4] by [[N. B. Horvath]].
-* {{dead link|url=http://unimplement.blogspot.com/2008/10/ifcomp-2008-martian-odyssey.html|Reviews: 1}}, {{dead link|url=http://unimplement.blogspot.com/2008/10/ifcomp-2008-project-delta-course.html| 2}}, {{dead link|url=http://unimplement.blogspot.com/2008/10/ifcomp-2008-piracy-20.html| 3}}, and {{dead link|url=http://unimplement.blogspot.com/2008/10/ifcomp-2008-violet.html| 4}} by [[Joshua Houk]].
+* {{link|deadurl=http://unimplement.blogspot.com/2008/10/ifcomp-2008-martian-odyssey.html|Reviews: 1}}, {{link|deadurl=http://unimplement.blogspot.com/2008/10/ifcomp-2008-project-delta-course.html| 2}}, {{link|deadurl=http://unimplement.blogspot.com/2008/10/ifcomp-2008-piracy-20.html| 3}}, and {{link|deadurl=http://unimplement.blogspot.com/2008/10/ifcomp-2008-violet.html| 4}} by [[Joshua Houk]].
-* [http://imrihamun.livejournal.com/tag/ifcomp2008 Reviews] by [[Imrihamun]].
+* {{link|deadurl=http://imrihamun.livejournal.com/tag/ifcomp2008|Reviews}} by [[Imrihamun]].
 * [http://forum.ifiction.ru/viewtopic.php?id=1109 Reviews (in Russian)] by [[Valentine Kopteltsev]] (uux).
 * [http://nitku.net/if/comp08/reviews/ Reviews] by [[Juhana Leinonen]] (Nitku).
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 * [http://forum.ifiction.ru/viewtopic.php?id=1109 Reviews (in Russian)] by [[yandexx]].
 * [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/c060f89a2c38701b Reviews] by [[Reiko Yukawa]].
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