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The 2022 IFDB Awards are in!:
Overall Categories
Outstanding Game of the Year - Player’s Choice
- According to Cain, by Jim Nelson
Outstanding Game of the Year 2022 - Author’s Choice
- The Spectators, by Amanda Walker
Outstanding Debut of 2022 - Player’s Choice - an IFDB Poll
- No winner (4-way tie)
Outstanding Debut of 2022 - Author’s Choice
- A Long Way to the Nearest Star, by SV Linwood
Outstanding Game over 2 hours in 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice
- According to Cain, by Jim Nelson
Outstanding Short Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice
- Use Your Psychic Powers at Applebee’s, by Geoffrey Golden
Outstanding Short Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice
- Esther’s, by Brad Buchanan and Alleson Buchanan
Outstanding Underappreciated Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice
Tie:
- Quintessence, by Lapin Lunaire Games
- Cannelé & Nomnom - Defective Agency, by Younès R. & Yazaleea
Outstanding Underappreciated Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice
- Quintessence, by Lapin Lunaire Games
Most Sequel-worthy game of 2022 - Player’s Choice
- Lady Thalia and the Rose of Rocroi, by E. Joyce and N. Cormier
Most Sequel-worthy Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice
- Custard & Mustard’s Big Adventure, by Christopher Merriner
Outstanding Feelies of 2022 - Player’s Choice
Tie:
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The Last Christmas Present, by JG Heithcock
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New Year’s Eve, 2019, by Autumn Chen
Outstanding Feelies of 2022 - Author’s Choice
- New Year’s Eve, 2019, by Autumn Chen
Trailblazer Award of 2022 - Player’s Choice
- Trigaea, by RynGM
Trailblazer Award of 2022 - Author’s Choice
- A Chinese Room, by Milo van Mesdag
Outstanding Worldbuilding of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice
- The Archivist and the Revolution, by Autumn Chen
Outstanding Use of Interactivity in 2022 - Player’s Choice
- Cannelé & Nomnom - Defective Agency, by Younès R. & Yazaleea
Outstanding Use of Interactivity in 2022 - Author’s Choice
- Fairest, by Amanda Walker
Outstanding Retro Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice
- Alchemist’s Gold, by Garry Francis
Outstanding Retro Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice
- The Mystery of Markham Manor, by Edward P. Toovey
Language Based Polls
Outstanding German Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice
- Schief, by Olaf Nowacki
Outstanding Spanish Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice
- El Virulé, by paravaariar
Outstanding French Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice
- La Princesse spéculaire, by Nathanaël Marion
Outstanding French Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice
- Une soirée costumée, by Julien Zamor
Genre Polls
Outstanding Fantasy Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice
- Fairest, by Amanda Walker
Outstanding Horror Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice
- Sweetpea, by Sophia de Augustine
Outstanding Humor Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice
- Wry, by Olaf Nowacki
Outstanding Humor Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice
Tie:
- Gent Stickman vs Evil Meat Hand, by AZ / ParserCommander
- Wry, by Olaf Nowacki
Outstanding Mystery Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice
- Things that Happened in Houghtonbridge, by Dee Cooke
Outstanding Mystery Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice
Tie:
- Things that Happened in Houghtonbridge, by Dee Cooke
- The Thirty Nine Steps, by Graham Walmsley
Outstanding Science Fiction Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice
- The Archivist and the Revolution, by Autumn Chen
Outstanding Slice of Life Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice
- New Year’s Eve, 2019, by Autumn Chen
Outstanding Surreal Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice
- The Impossible Stairs, by Mathbrush
Outstanding Surreal Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice
- Nose Bleed, by Stanley W. Baxton
System-based polls
Outstanding Inform 7 Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice
- The Spectators, by Amanda Walker
Outstanding Inform 7 Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice
- Of Their Shadows Deep, by Amanda Walker
Outstanding Inform 6 Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice
- Alchemist’s Gold, by Garry Francis
Outstanding Inform 6 Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice
Tie
- Alchemist’s Gold, by Garry Francis
- Into The Sun, by Dark Star
Outstanding Adventuron Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice
- Things that Happened in Houghtonbridge, by Dee Cooke
Outstanding Twine Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice
- The Grown-Up Detective Agency, by Brendan Patrick
Outstanding Twine Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice
- Computerfriend, by Kit Riemer
Outstanding Choicescript Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice
TIe:
- The Passenger, by Jime Rolón
- THROW. MARIA. OVERBOARD., by Travis Moy
Outstanding Choicescript Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice
- THROW. MARIA. OVERBOARD., by Travis Moy
Outstanding Adrift Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice
Tie:
- Lost Coastlines, by William Dooling
- The Euripides Enigma, by Larry Horsfield
Outstanding Adrift Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice
- Lost Coastlines, by William Dooling
Outstanding Game in a Custom System in 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice
- Uncle Mortimer’s Secret, by Jim MacBrayne
Outstanding Game in an Uncommon System in 2022 - Player’s Choice
- The Impossible Stairs, by Mathbrush
Outstanding Game in an Uncommon System in 2022 - Author’s Choice
- The Archivist and the Revolution, by Autumn Chen
Outstanding PunyInform Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice
- Alchemist’s Gold, by Garry Francis
Outstanding PunyInform Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice
- Carpathian Vampire, by Garry Francis
Outstanding Ink Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice
- Prism, by Eliot M.B. Howard
Outstanding Ink Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice
- Use Your Psychic Powers at Applebee’s, by Geoffrey Golden
