The 2022 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 take the form of polls.

For 2022, there were two categories of polls:
-The Player’s Choice competition is a set of open polls that anyone can participate in.
-The Author’s Choice competition is a set of closed polls that only published authors can participate in.

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Series: The IFDB Awards

Organizer(s): Brian Rushtonprofile

Award date: February 18, 2023

Qualification opening date: February 1, 2023

Qualification closing date: February 17, 2023

Games and Awards

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Outstanding Game of the Year 2022 - Player’s Choice

Winner: According to Cain, by Jim Nelson

Outstanding Game of the Year 2022 - Author's Choice

Winner: The Spectators, by Amanda Walker

Outstanding Debut of 2022 - Player's Choice

Winner: The Passenger, by Jime Rolón
Winner: A Long Way to the Nearest Star, by SV Linwood

Outstanding Debut of 2022 - Author's Choice

Winner: A Long Way to the Nearest Star, by SV Linwood

Outstanding Game Over 2 Hours of 2022 - Player's and Author's Choice

Winner: According to Cain, by Jim Nelson

Outstanding Short Game of 2022 - Player's Choice

Winner: Use Your Psychic Powers at Applebee's, by Geoffrey Golden

Outstanding Short Game of 2022 - Author's Choice

Winner: Esther's, by Brad Buchanan and Alleson Buchanan

Outstanding Underappreciated Game of 2022 - Player's Choice

Winner: Quintessence, by Lapin Lunaire Games
Winner: Cannelé & Nomnom - Defective Agency, by Younès R. & Yazaleea

Outstanding Underappreciated Game of 2022 - Author's Choice

Winner: Quintessence, by Lapin Lunaire Games

Most Sequel-Worthy Game of 2022 - Player's Choice

Winner: Lady Thalia and the Rose of Rocroi, by Emery Joyce and N. Cormier

Most Sequel-Worthy Game of 2022 - Author's Choice

Winner: Custard & Mustard's Big Adventure, by Christopher Merriner

Outstanding Feelies of 2022 - Player's Choice

Winner: The Last Christmas Present, by JG Heithcock
Winner: New Year's Eve, 2019, by Autumn Chen

Outstanding Feelies of 2022 - Author's Choice

Winner: New Year's Eve, 2019, by Autumn Chen

Trailblazer Award of 2022 - Player's Choice

Winner: Trigaea, by Adam Ipsen (RynGM)

Trailblazer Award of 2022 - Author's Choice

Winner: A Chinese Room, by Milo van Mesdag

Outstanding Worldbuilding of 2022 - Player's and Author's Choice

Winner: The Archivist and the Revolution, by Autumn Chen

Outstanding Use of Interactivity in 2022 - Player's Choice

Winner: Cannelé & Nomnom - Defective Agency, by Younès R. & Yazaleea

Outstanding Use of Interactivity in 2022 - Author's Choice

Winner: Fairest, by Amanda Walker

Outstanding Retro Game of 2022 - Player's Choice

Winner: Alchemist's Gold, by Garry Francis

Outstanding Retro Game of 2022 - Author's Choice

Winner: The Mystery of Markham Manor, by Edward P. Toovey

Outstanding German Game of 2022 - Player's and Author's Choice

Winner: Schief, by Olaf Nowacki

Outstanding Spanish Game of 2022 - Player's and Author's Choice

Winner: El Virulé, by paravaariar

Outstanding French Game of 2022 - Player's Choice

Winner: La Princesse spéculaire, by Nathanaël Marion

Outstanding French Game of 2022 - Author's Choice

Winner: Une soirée costumée, by Julien Zamor

Outstanding Fantasy Game of 2022 - Player's Choice and Author's Choice

Winner: Fairest, by Amanda Walker

Outstanding Horror Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author's Choice

Winner: Sweetpea, by Sophia de Augustine

Outstanding Humor Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

Winner: Wry, by Olaf Nowacki

Outstanding Humor Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

Winner: Gent Stickman vs Evil Meat Hand, by AZ / ParserCommander
Winner: Wry, by Olaf Nowacki

Outstanding Mystery Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

Winner: Things that Happened in Houghtonbridge, by Dee Cooke

Outstanding Mystery Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

Winner: Things that Happened in Houghtonbridge, by Dee Cooke
Winner: The Thirty Nine Steps, by Graham Walmsley

Outstanding Science Fiction Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice

Winner: The Archivist and the Revolution, by Autumn Chen

Outstanding Slice of Life Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice

Winner: New Year's Eve, 2019, by Autumn Chen

Outstanding Surreal Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

Winner: The Impossible Stairs, by Mathbrush

Outstanding Surreal Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

Winner: Nose Bleed, by Stanley W. Baxton

Outstanding Inform 7 Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

Winner: The Spectators, by Amanda Walker

Outstanding Inform 7 Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

Winner: Of Their Shadows Deep, by Amanda Walker

Outstanding Inform 6 Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

Winner: Alchemist's Gold, by Garry Francis

Outstanding Inform 6 Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

Winner: Alchemist's Gold, by Garry Francis
Winner: Into The Sun, by Dark Star

Outstanding Adventuron Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice

Winner: Things that Happened in Houghtonbridge, by Dee Cooke

Outstanding Twine Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

Winner: The Grown-Up Detective Agency, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy

Outstanding Twine Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

1st Place: Computerfriend, by Kit Riemer

Outstanding Choicescript Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

Winner: The Passenger, by Jime Rolón
Winner: THROW. MARIA. OVERBOARD., by Travis Moy

Outstanding Choicescript Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

Winner: THROW. MARIA. OVERBOARD., by Travis Moy

Outstanding Adrift Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

Winner: Lost Coastlines, by William Dooling
Winner: The Euripides Enigma, by Larry Horsfield

Outstanding Adrift Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

Winner: Lost Coastlines, by William Dooling

Outstanding Game in a Custom System in 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice

Winner: Uncle Mortimer's Secret, by Jim MacBrayne

Outstanding Game in an Uncommon System in 2022 - Player’s Choice

Winner: The Impossible Stairs, by Mathbrush

Outstanding Game in an Uncommon System in 2022 - Author’s Choice

Winner: The Archivist and the Revolution, by Autumn Chen

Outstanding PunyInform Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

Winner: Alchemist's Gold, by Garry Francis

Outstanding PunyInform Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

Winner: Carpathian Vampire, by Garry Francis

Outstanding Ink Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

Winner: Prism, by Eliot M.B. Howard

Outstanding Ink Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

Winner: Use Your Psychic Powers at Applebee's, by Geoffrey Golden

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