The 2024 IFDB Awards

The IFDB Awards is an annual competition designed to award excellence in creating interactive fiction.

It is held from February 1st to the first weekend after February 15th each year on the Interactive Fiction Database, and takes the form of polls.

The polls can be found here.

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Series: The IFDB Awards

Organizer(s): Brian Rushton profile

Award date: February 17, 2025

Qualification opening date: January 1, 2024

Qualification closing date: December 31, 2024

Games and Awards

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Outstanding Game of the Year 2024

Winner: Social Democracy: An Alternate History, by Autumn Chen

Author's Choice for Best Game of 2024

Tie: The Bat, by Chandler Groover
Tie: Social Democracy: An Alternate History, by Autumn Chen

Outstanding Debut 2024

Winner: An Account of Your Visit to the Enchanted House & What You Found There, by Mandy Benanav

Outstanding Game Over 2 Hours in 2024

Winner: Forsaken Denizen, by C.E.J. Pacian

Outstanding Short Game of 2024

Tie: Nonverbal Communication, by Allyson Gray
Tie: do not let your left hand know, by Naarel

Outstanding Underappreciated Game of 2024

Tie: hanging & wiving goes by destiny, by KA Tan
Tie: Last-Minute Magic, by Ryan Veeder

Most Sequel-Worthy Game of 2024

Winner: Bureau of Strange Happenings, by Phil Riley

Trailblazer Award of 2024

Winner: The Apothecary's Assistant, by Allyson Gray

Outstanding Worldbuilding of 2024

Winner: Forsaken Denizen, by C.E.J. Pacian

Outstanding Use of Interactivity in 2024

Tie: Messages From the Universe Graveyard, by KADW
Tie: Social Democracy: An Alternate History, by Autumn Chen

Outstanding Retro Game of 2024

Winner: Hildy, by J. Michael

Outstanding Game for Beginners of 2024

Winner: An Account of Your Visit to the Enchanted House & What You Found There, by Mandy Benanav

Outstanding Multimedia Experience of 2024

Winner: The Den, by Ben Jackson

Outstanding Technical Implementation of 2024

Winner: Social Democracy: An Alternate History, by Autumn Chen

Outstanding NPC Design of 2024

Winner: The Bat, by Chandler Groover

Outstanding Puzzle Design of 2024

Winner: Familiar Problems, by Daniel Stelzer, Ada Stelzer, Sarah Stelzer

Outstanding Plot of 2024

Winner: The Den, by Ben Jackson

Outstanding Writing of 2024

Winner: Verses, by Kit Riemer

Outstanding German Game of 2024

Winner: Staub, by IkeC

Outstanding Spanish Game of 2024

Winner: Helikoj, by Comely

Outstanding French Game of 2024

Winner: Les lettres du Docteur Jeangille, by manonamora

Outstanding Fantasy Game of 2024

Winner: Hildy, by J. Michael

Outstanding Educational Game of 2024

Winner: Social Democracy: An Alternate History, by Autumn Chen

Outstanding Travel Game of 2024

Winner: Bureau of Strange Happenings, by Phil Riley

Outstanding Historical Game of 2024

Winner: Social Democracy: An Alternate History, by Autumn Chen

Outstanding Horror Game of 2024

Winner: Sundown, by Charm Cochran

Outstanding Humor Game of 2024

Winner: The Bat, by Chandler Groover

Outstanding Mystery Game of 2024

Winner: Winter-Over, by Emery Joyce and N. Cormier

Outstanding Romance Game of 2024

Winner: Rescue at Quickenheath, by Mo Farr

Outstanding Science Fiction Game of 2024

Winner: Forsaken Denizen, by C.E.J. Pacian

Outstanding Slice of Life Game of 2024

Winner: te/ra/to/ma, by Naarel

Outstanding Surreal Game of 2024

Tie: You, by Carter X Gwertzman
Tie: Provizora Parko, by Dawn Sueoka

Outstanding Inform 7 Game of 2024

Winner: The Bat, by Chandler Groover

Outstanding Twine Game of 2024

Winner: The Den, by Ben Jackson

Outstanding Ink Game of 2024

Tie: The Maze Gallery, by Cryptic Conservatory, Paxton et al.

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Tie: LATEX, LEATHER, LIPSTICK, LOVE, LUST, by Stanwixbuster (as THE BODY & THE BLOOD)

Outstanding Choicescript Game of 2024

Winner: Whiskey-Four, by John Luis

Outstanding Inform 6 Game of 2024

Winner: A Train to Piccadilly, by Marco Innocenti

Outstanding PunyInform Game of 2024

Winner: A Train to Piccadilly, by Marco Innocenti

Outstanding Game in a Custom System of 2024

Winner: The Garbage of the Future, by AM Ruf

Outstanding Moiki Game of 2024

Winner: Le Bastion de la Porte, by Gavroche Games

Outstanding Ren'py Game of 2024

Winner: A House of Endless Windows, by SkyShard

Outstanding Adventuron Game of 2024

Winner: The Abandoned House Down the Lane, by Chris Hay (a.k.a. Eldritch Renaissance Cake)

Outstanding Unity Game of 2024

Winner: REPEAT IT BACK TO ME, by SkyShard

Outstanding Bitsy Game of 2024

Winner: the sea god, by christine mi

Outstanding TADS Game of 2024

Winner: Under the Cognomen of Edgar Allan Poe, by Jim Nelson

Outstanding Decker Game of 2024

Winner: Eider Cake, by sweetfish

Outstanding Dialog Game of 2024

Winner: Forsaken Denizen, by C.E.J. Pacian

Outstanding Game in an Uncommon System of 2024

Winner: Social Democracy: An Alternate History, by Autumn Chen

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