XYZZY Awards 2016

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See also:

• Statistics

The XYZZY Awards 2016 were organized by Sam Kabo Ashwell.

Dates

• July 4, 2017: Deadline for first-round voting.
• July 21, 2017: Deadline for second-round voting.
• July 23, 2017: Results announced on Twitter.

2015 XYZZY Awards Winners

• Best Game: Superluminal Vagrant Twin (C.E.J. Pacian; 26-Mar-2016; Glulx).
• Best Writing: Take (Katherine Morayati, writing as Amelia Pinnolla; 01-Oct-2016; Glulx).
• Best Story: Foo Foo (Buster Hudson; 06-Apr-2016; Glulx).
• Best Setting: Cactus Blue Motel (Astrid Dalmady; 01-Oct-2016; Twine).
• Best Puzzles: 16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds (Abigail Corfman; 01-Oct-2016; Twine).
• Best NPCs: Tie
  • Cactus Blue Motel (Astrid Dalmady; 01-Oct-2016; Twine).
  • Foo Foo (Buster Hudson; 06-Apr-2016; Glulx).
• Best Individual Puzzle: Customizing the robot in The Mary Jane of Tomorrow (Emily Short; 05-Jun-2016; Glulx).
• Best Individual NPC: The Robot in The Mary Jane of Tomorrow (Emily Short; 05-Jun-2016; Glulx).
• Best Individual PC: BEL/S in Open Sorcery (Abigail Corfman; 05-May-2016; Twine).
• Best Implementation: Superluminal Vagrant Twin (C.E.J. Pacian; 26-Mar-2016; Glulx).
• Best Use of Innovation: The Ice-Bound Concordance (Aaron A. Reed and Jacob Garbe; 21-Jan-2016; iOS).
• Best Technological Development: Ink (inkle).
• Best Use of Multimedia: The Ice-Bound Concordance (Aaron A. Reed and Jacob Garbe; 21-Jan-2016; iOS).

Links

• XYZZY Awards site:
  • Awards voting, round 1 - June 19, 2017.
  • XYZZY Awards 2016, finalists and final round - July 5, 2017.

• Interactive Fiction Community Forum threads:
  • XYZZY Awards 2016, round 1 - June 19, 2017.
  • XYZZY Awards 2016, final round - July 5, 2017.

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