For Your Consideration - XYZZY-eligible puzzles of 2015 - an IFDB Poll
by verityvirtue
RSS FeedThis is for suggesting puzzles from games released 2015 who you think might be worth considering for Best Individual Puzzle in the XYZZY awards. Leave a brief description of the puzzle in the comments.
This is not a zeroth-round nomination. The category will still be text-entry, and games not mentioned here will remain eligible. This is not an official list. The point of poll is partly to suggest games that others might want to check out, partly as your own reminder for when XYZZY season comes around.
This isn't intended as a straw poll; please don't upvote games already on the list, unless you want to add another puzzle not yet mentioned in the vote comments. Do try and suggest every puzzle you think deserves consideration, not just your favourite.
[Description adapted from Sam Kabo Ashwell's 2013/2014 polls]
| Brain Guzzlers from Beyond!, by Steph Cherrywell 2 votes "Making a spork" [+]"Making a spork: Not difficult, but hilarious and beautifully in tune with the tone of the game" ( ) --Robin Johnson... "Understanding how..." [+]"Understanding how the RPS cannon works." () --Sobol...  Vote for this game | |
| Hard Puzzle, by Ade McT 1 vote "The hard puzzle" [+]"The hard puzzle" ( - Full review) --MathBrush... Vote for this game | |
| Starry Seeksorrow, by Caleb Wilson (as Ayla Rose) 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Doug Orleans... Vote for this game | |
| GROWBOTICS, by Cha Holland 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Oreolek... Vote for this game | |
| Chlorophyll, by Steph Cherrywell 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Doug Orleans... Vote for this game | |
| Scroll Thief, by Daniel M. Stelzer 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... Vote for this game | |
| Sorcery! 3, by Steve Jackson and inkle 1 vote "Defeating the serpent of time" [+]"Defeating the serpent of time" ( - Full review) --MathBrush... Vote for this game | |
| Toby's Nose, by Chandler Groover 1 vote "There's only one..." [+]"There's only one puzzle, so... the murder mystery in general." ( - Full review) --verityvirtue... Vote for this game | |
| Final Exam, by Jack Whitham 1 vote "connecting the satellite uplink" [+]"connecting the satellite uplink: Not especially difficult, but I found it enjoyable, both to figure out and to execute. There's another puzzle I liked more but it would be spoilery to even mention its existence..." ( ) --Doug Orleans... Vote for this game | |
| Oppositely Opal, by Buster Hudson 1 vote "Catching the fairy " [+]"Catching the fairy " ( - Full review) --MathBrush... Vote for this game | |