XYZZY Awards 2010

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The following are the finalists for XYZZY Awards 2010. Want to vote on who the winners should be? Go here!

Best Game:
- Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
- Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- One Eye Open (Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine; Glulx).
- Rogue of the Multiverse (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).
- The Warbler's Nest (Jason McIntosh; Z-code).

Best Writing:
- The Blind House (Amanda Allen as "Maude Overton"; Glulx).
- Gris et Jaune (Steve van Gaal; Glulx).
- Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- Hoosegow (Ben Collins-Sussman and Jack Welch; Z-code).

Best Story:
- Gris et Jaune (Steve van Gaal; Glulx).
- Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- One Eye Open (Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine; Glulx).
- The Warbler's Nest (Jason McIntosh; Z-code).

Best Setting:
- Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
- Gris et Jaune (Steve van Gaal; Glulx).
- Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- One Eye Open (Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine; Glulx).

Best Puzzles:
- Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
- Dual Transform (Andrew Plotkin as "Nigel Smith"; Z-code).
- Fragile Shells (Stephen Granade; Z-code).
- One Eye Open (Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine; Glulx).
- The People's Glorious Revolutionary Text Adventure Game (Taylor Vaughan; Z-code).

Best NPCs:
- Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
- Gris et Jaune (Steve van Gaal; Glulx).
- Hoosegow (Ben Collins-Sussman and Jack Welch; Z-code).
- Rogue of the Multiverse (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).

Best Individual Puzzle:
- Crossing the river in Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
- Deciding what to do with the baby in The Warbler's Nest (Jason McIntosh; Z-code).
- Dividing up the oxygen reserves in Oxygen (Benjamin Sokal; Glulx).
- Getting the lighter from Kai in Allein mit Kai (Ingo Scharmann and Joana Markus; Glulx; German).
- Roof tile repair in The 12:54 to Asgard (J. Robinson Wheeler; Z-code).
- Saving Dr. Ephart in One Eye Open (Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine; Glulx).

Best Individual NPC:
- Dr Sliss in Rogue of the Multiverse (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).
- Gaspar in The Bible Retold: Following a Star (Justin Morgan; Glulx).
- Mariel in Mariel (Michael Baltes; Z-code; German).
- The monkey-thing in Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
- Muddy in Hoosegow (Ben Collins-Sussman and Jack Welch; Z-code).

Best Individual PC:
- Anthony Saint Germain in Death Off the Cuff (Simon Christiansen; Z-code).
- Balthasar in The Bible Retold: Following a Star (Justin Morgan; Glulx).
- Helena in The Blind House (Amanda Allen as "Maude Overton"; Glulx).
- PC in Gris et Jaune (Steve van Gaal; Glulx).

Best Implementation:
- Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
- Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- Hoosegow (Ben Collins-Sussman and Jack Welch; Z-code).

Best Use of Innovation:
- Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
- [[> by @]] (Aaron A. Reed; Z-code).
- Rogue of the Multiverse (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).

Best Technological Development:
- Automatypewriter. (http://upnotnorth.net/2010/10/29/a-new-way-to-interact-with-fiction/)
- GLIMMR, by Erik Temple.
- Undum, by I.D. Millington (http://undum.com/games/tutorial.en.html)
- QTADS 2
- Quixe, an online Glulx interpreter.
- Release with an interpreter, in Inform 7.

Best Supplemental Materials:
- Cover artwork for Allein mit Kai.
- Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform 7 by Aaron A. Reed.
- Emily Short's teaser poster. (http://emshort.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/customs-poster-wp.png)
- The PDF manual for Leadlight.
- Website for Leadlight, by Wade Clarke.

XYZZY Awards. The main site.
- XYZZY Awards FAQ: New Awards. Four new awards were introduced this year, two of them replacing Best Use of Medium.
XYZZY Awards Survey - A survey (at surveymonkey) was run in early January 2011.