XYZZY Awards 2019

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See also:

• Statistics

The XYZZY Awards 2019 were organized by Sam Kabo Ashwell.

Dates

• 02-Sep-2020: First round voting opens. "(Unprecedentedly belated, I know. How’s everyone else doing?)"
• 13-Sep-2020: Last day of first round voting. "First-round voting will remain open through the 13th of September (on US-Pacific time, if you feel like cutting it close)."
• 14-Sep-2020: Second round voting opens.
• 27-Sep-2020: Last day of second round voting.
• 01-Oct-2020: Final results announced.

2019 XYZZY Awards Winners

• Best Game: Crème de la Crème (Hannah Powell-Smith); and Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell) (tie)
• Best Writing: Crème de la Crème (Hannah Powell-Smith)
• Best Story: Crème de la Crème (Hannah Powell-Smith), and Turandot (Victor Gijsbers) (tie)
• Best Setting: Heretic’s Hope (G.C. Baccaris)
• Best Puzzles: Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell)
• Best NPCs: Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell)
• Best Individual Puzzle: Inspiring the artist in Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell)
• Best Individual NPC: Turandot from Turandot (Victor Gijsbers)
• Best Individual PC: Hazel Greene from Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell)
• Best Implementation: Ryan Veeder’s Authentic Fly Fishing (Ryan Veeder)
• Best Use of Innovation: AI Dungeon (Nick Walton)
• Best Technological Development: AI Dungeon (Nick Walton)
• Best Use of Multimedia: Dull Grey (Provodnik Games), and Heretic’s Hope (Baccaris) (tie)

2019 XYZZY Awards Finalists

• Best Game
  • Crème de la Crème (Hannah Powell-Smith)
  • Skybreak! (William Dooling)
  • Turandot (Victor Gijsbers)
  • Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell)

Best Writing

• • Crème de la Crème (Hannah Powell-Smith)
  • The good people (Pseudavid)
  • Limerick Heist (Pace Smith)
  • Out (Viktor Sobol)
  • Speed Demons (Pleroma)
  • Turandot (Victor Gijsbers)
  • Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell)

• Best Story
  • Crème de la Crème (Hannah Powell-Smith)
  • Dull Grey (Provodnik Games)
  • The good people (Pseudavid)
  • Heretic’s Hope (G.C. Baccaris)
  • The Missing Ring (Felicity Drake)
  • Out (Viktor Sobol)
  • robotsexpartymurder (Hanon Ondricek)
  • Turandot (Victor Gijsbers)
  • Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell)

• Best Setting
  • Additional Tales from Castle Balderstone (Ryan Veeder)
  • Dull Grey (Provodnik Games)
  • Founder’s Mercy (Thomas Insel)
  • Heretic’s Hope (G.C. Baccaris)
  • Pirateship (Robin Johnson)
  • Ryan Veeder’s Authentic Fly Fishing (Ryan Veeder)

• Best Puzzles
  • Chuk and the Arena (Agnieszka Trzaska)
  • Hard Puzzle 4: The Ballad of Bob and Cheryl (Ade McT)
  • Pirateship (Robin Johnson)
  • Skies Above (Arthur DiBianca)
  • Sugarlawn (Mike Spivey)
  • Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell)

• Best NPCs
  • Crème de la Crème (Hannah Powell-Smith)
  • Heretic’s Hope (G.C. Baccaris)
  • Mental Entertainment (Thomas Hvizdos)
  • The Missing Ring (Felicity Drake)
  • robotsexpartymurder (Hanon Ondricek)
  • Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell)

• Best Individual Puzzle
  • Finding the good ending in Dull Grey (Provodnik Games)
  • Helping Madame Ping Ping with the séance in Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell)
  • Inspiring the artist in Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell)

• Best Individual NPC
  • Kim Kitsuragi in Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
  • The mother in Night Guard / Morning Star (Astrid Dalmady)
  • Pontiff Apocrita in Heretic’s Hope (G.C. Baccaris)
  • Turandot in Turandot (Victor Gijsbers)

• Best Individual PC
  • Hazel Greene in Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell)
  • Leonora in Night Guard / Morning Star (Astrid Dalmady)
  • Sniff Chewpaw in Dungeon Detective 2: Devils and Details (Wonaglot)

• Best Implementation
  • AI Dungeon (Nick Walton)
  • Dull Grey (Provodnik Games)
  • Pas De Deux (Linus Åkesson)
  • Pirateship (Robin Johnson)
  • Ryan Veeder’s Authentic Fly Fishing (Ryan Veeder)
  • Skies Above (Arthur DiBianca)
  • Sugarlawn (Mike Spivey)

• Best Use of Innovation
  • AI Dungeon (Nick Walton)
  • The Ballroom (Liza Daly)
  • Dull Grey (Provodnik Games)
  • Flight of the Code Monkeys (Mark C. Marino)
  • Heretic’s Hope (G.C. Baccaris)
  • Pas De Deux (Linus Åkesson)
  • Pirateship (Robin Johnson)
  • Ryan Veeder’s Authentic Fly Fishing (Ryan Veeder)

• Best Technological Development
  • AI Dungeon
  • Chapbook
  • dMagnetic

• Best Use of Multimedia
  • Dull Grey (Provodnik Games)
  • The good people (Pseudavid)
  • Heretic’s Hope (G.C. Baccaris)
  • Mushroom Hunt (Polyducks)
  • robotsexpartymurder (Hanon Ondricek)
  • Wolfsmoon (Marco Innocenti)

Links

• XYZZY Awards site:
  • XYZZY Awards 2019, first round. September 2, 2020.
  • XYZZY Awards 2018: finalists and final round. September 14, 2020.
  • XYZZY Awards 2019: final results, final results. October 1, 2020.

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