XYZZY Awards 2021
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| XYZZY Awards 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Competition | |
| Part of series | XYZZY Awards |
| Website | https://xyzzyawards.org/ |
| Organiser | Sam Kabo Ashwell |
| Results | |
| Best Game winner | What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed |
| Best Game finalist | And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One |
| Best Game finalist | The Best Man |
| Best Game finalist | Even Some More Tales from Castle Balderstone |
| Best Game finalist | The Faeries Of Haelstowne |
| Best Game finalist | The Libonotus Cup |
| Best Game finalist | The Weight of a Soul |
| Best Game finalist | What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed |
| Best Writing winner | Sting |
| Best Writing finalist | The Best Man |
| Best Writing finalist | Dr Horror's House of Terror |
| Best Writing finalist | What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed |
| Best Story winner | What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed |
| Best Story finalist | And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One |
| Best Story finalist | The Best Man |
| Best Story finalist | Excalibur |
| Best Story finalist | Off-Season at the Dream Factory |
| Best Setting winner | The Weight of a Soul |
| Best Setting finalist | Even Some More Tales from Castle Balderstone |
| Best Setting finalist | The Faeries Of Haelstowne |
| Best Setting finalist | The Golden Heist |
| Best Puzzles winner | Grooverland |
| Best Puzzles finalist | Dr Horror's House of Terror |
| Best Puzzles finalist | Gruesome |
| Best Puzzles finalist | What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed |
| Best NPCs winner | Lady Thalia and the Seraskier Sapphires |
| Best NPCs finalist | And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One |
| Best NPCs finalist | Mean Mother Trucker |
| Best Individual Puzzle winner | Hair Swap: The Libonotus Cup |
| Best Individual Puzzle finalist | Mean Mother Trucker Dead Armadillo |
| Best Individual Puzzle finalist | Grooverland The moveable stage with the laserfight |
| Best Individual Puzzle finalist | The Golden Heist The statuette puzzle |
| Best Individual NPC winner | Sting Liz |
| Best Individual NPC finalist | The Libonotus Cup Cécile |
| Best Individual NPC finalist | At King Arthur's Christmas Feast The Green Knight |
| Best Individual NPC finalist | Lady Thalia and the Seraskier Sapphires Melpomene |
| Best Individual NPC finalist | The Faeries Of Haelstowne Ottoline |
| Best Individual NPC finalist | And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One Riley |
| Best Individual NPC finalist | Gruesome Skeleton |
| Best Individual NPC finalist | And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One The Witch |
| Best Individual PC winner | The Weight of a Soul Marid |
| Best Individual PC finalist | The Best Man Aiden Tunney |
| Best Individual PC finalist | Mean Mother Trucker Big Ester |
| Best Individual PC finalist | And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One Emerson |
| Best Implementation winner (tie) | The Libonotus Cup |
| Best Implementation winner (tie) | The Weight of a Soul |
| Best Implementation finalist | And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One |
| Best Implementation finalist | Dr Horror's House of Terror |
| Best Implementation finalist | Even Some More Tales from Castle Balderstone |
| Best Implementation finalist | Open Sorcery: Sea++ |
| Best Use of Innovation winner (tie) | 4x4 Archipelago |
| Best Use of Innovation winner (tie) | Excalibur |
| Best Use of Innovation winner (tie) | The Last Night of Alexisgrad |
| Best Use of Innovation finalist | Even Some More Tales from Castle Balderstone |
| Best Use of Innovation finalist | Fish & Dagger |
| Best Use of Innovation finalist | What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed |
| Best Use of Multimedia winner | Fish & Dagger |
| Best Use of Multimedia finalist | Cygnet Committee |
| Best Use of Multimedia finalist | Off-Season at the Dream Factory |
| Best Use of Multimedia finalist | [[[PYG]MALION*]] |
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The XYZZY Awards 2021 were organized by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
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- 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Or by category:
- Best Game | Best Writing | Best Story | Best Setting | Best Puzzles | Best NPCs | Best Individual Puzzle | Best Individual NPC | Best Individual PC | Best Use of Medium (1997–2009) | Best Implementation (2010–) | Best Use of Innovation (2010–) | Best Technological Development (2010–) | Best Supplemental Materials (2010–2013) | Best Use of Multimedia (2014–) | Other awards
See also:
Dates
- 21-Nov-2022: First round voting opens.
- 3-Dec-2022: Last day of first round voting. "First-round voting will remain open through December 3."
- 7-Dec-2022: Second round voting opens.
- 17-Dec-2022: Last day of second round voting.
- 22-Dec-2022: Final results announced.
2021 XYZZY Award Winners
- Best Game:: What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed (Amanda Walker)
- Best Writing:: Sting (Mike Russo)
- Best Story:: What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed (Amanda Walker)
- Best Setting:: The Weight of a Soul (Chin Kee Yong)
- Best Puzzles:: Grooverland (Mathbrush)
- Best NPCs:: Lady Thalia and the Seraskier Sapphires (E. Joyce and N. Cormier)
- Best Individual Puzzle:: Hair Swap: The Libonotus Cup (Nils Fagerburg)
- Best Individual NPC:: Liz: Sting (Mike Russo)
- Best Individual PC:: Marid: The Weight of a Soul (Chin Kee Yong)
- Best Implementation: (tie): The Libonotus Cup (Nils Fagerburg) and The Weight of a Soul (Chin Kee Yong)
- Best Use of Innovation: (tie): 4x4 Archipelago (Agnieszka Trzaska) and Excalibur (J. J. Guest, G. C. Baccaris, and Duncan Bowsman) and The Last Night of Alexisgrad (Milo van Mesdag)
- Best Technological Development: Gruescript (Robin Johnson)
- Best Use of Multimedia:: Fish & Dagger (grave snail games)
2021 XYZZY Awards Finalists
- Best Game
- What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed (Amanda Walker)
- And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One (B.J. Best)
- The Best Man (Stephen Bond)
- Even Some More Tales from Castle Balderstone (Ryan Veeder)
- The Faeries Of Haelstowne (Christopher Merriner)
- The Libonotus Cup (Nils Fagerburg)
- The Weight of a Soul (Chin Kee Yong)
- Best Writing
- Best Story
- Best Setting
- Best Puzzles
- Best NPCs
- Best Individual Puzzle
- Best Individual NPC
- Liz: Sting ([[Mike Russo
- Cécile: The Libonotus Cup (Nils Fagerburg)
- The Green Knight: At King Arthur's Christmas Feast (Travis Moy)
- Melpomene: Lady Thalia and the Seraskier Sapphires (E. Joyce and N. Cormier)
- Ottoline: The Faeries Of Haelstowne (Christopher Merriner)
- Riley: And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One (B.J. Best)
- Skeleton: Gruesome (Robin Johnson)
- The Witch: And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One (B.J. Best)
- Best Individual PC
- Best Implementation
- Best Use of Innovation
- Tie: 4x4 Archipelago (Agnieszka Trzaska)
- Tie: Excalibur (J. J. Guest, G. C. Baccaris, and Duncan Bowsman)
- Tie: The Last Night of Alexisgrad (Milo van Mesdag)
- Even Some More Tales from Castle Balderstone (Ryan Veeder)
- Fish & Dagger (grave snail games)
- What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed (Amanda Walker)
- Best Technological Development
- Best Use of Multimedia
- Fish & Dagger (grave snail games)
- Cygnet Committee (P.B. Parjeter)
- Off-Season at the Dream Factory (B.J. Best)
- [PYG]MALION* (C.J.)
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