2022 XYZZY Awards

Best Technological Development:
Winner - Inform 7 build 10.1.0 (first open source release)
Nominee - Frankendrift (first non-alpha release)
Nominee - The IF Archive Unboxing Service

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Series: XYZZY Awards

Official Web site: https://xyzzyawards.org/

Organizer(s): Sam Kabo Ashwell profile

Award date: January 8, 2024

Qualification opening date: January 1, 2022

Qualification closing date: December 31, 2022

Games and Awards

Best Game

Winner: According to Cain, by Jim Nelson
Nominee: The Absence of Miriam Lane, by Abigail Corfman
Nominee: The Archivist and the Revolution, by Autumn Chen
Nominee: Computerfriend, by Kit Riemer
Nominee: The Spectators, by Amanda Walker

Best Writing

Winner: The Absence of Miriam Lane, by Abigail Corfman
Nominee: According to Cain, by Jim Nelson
Nominee: Computerfriend, by Kit Riemer
Nominee: Of Their Shadows Deep, by Amanda Walker

Best Story

Winner: Fairest, by Amanda Walker
Nominee: The Absence of Miriam Lane, by Abigail Corfman
Nominee: According to Cain, by Jim Nelson

Best Setting

Winner: Prism, by Eliot M.B. Howard
Nominee: The Archivist and the Revolution, by Autumn Chen
Nominee: The Spectators, by Amanda Walker

Best Puzzles

Winner: The Bones of Rosalinda, by Agnieszka Trzaska
Nominee: According to Cain, by Jim Nelson
Nominee: The Impossible Stairs, by Mathbrush
Nominee: A Long Way to the Nearest Star, by SV Linwood
Nominee: Trouble in Sector 471, by Arthur DiBianca

Best NPCs

Winner: Lady Thalia and the Rose of Rocroi, by E. Joyce and N. Cormier
Nominee: The Archivist and the Revolution, by Autumn Chen
Nominee: The Impossible Stairs, by Mathbrush
Nominee: The Legend of Horse Girl, by Bitter Karella
Nominee: The Little Match Girl 2: Annus Evertens, by Ryan Veeder

Best Individual Puzzle

Winner (for escape room): The Little Match Girl 2: Annus Evertens, by Ryan Veeder
Nominee (for crystal puzzle): Trouble in Sector 471, by Arthur DiBianca
Nominee (for getting the bezoar): The Legend of Horse Girl, by Bitter Karella
Nominee (for making the goulash): The Bones of Rosalinda, by Agnieszka Trzaska

Best Individual NPC

Winner (for Computerfriend): Computerfriend, by Kit Riemer
Nominee (for the duchess): The Spectators, by Amanda Walker
Nominee (for Piecrust the mouse): The Bones of Rosalinda, by Agnieszka Trzaska
Nominee (for SOLIS): A Long Way to the Nearest Star, by SV Linwood

Best Individual PC

Winner (for Bell Park): The Grown-Up Detective Agency, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
Nominee (for Ebenezabeth): The Little Match Girl 2: Annus Evertens, by Ryan Veeder
Nominee (for Em): The Archivist and the Revolution, by Autumn Chen
Nominee (for Horse Girl): The Legend of Horse Girl, by Bitter Karella
Nominee (for Karen Zhao): New Year's Eve, 2019, by Autumn Chen
Nominee (for Rosalinda): The Bones of Rosalinda, by Agnieszka Trzaska
Nominee (for Thalia): Lady Thalia and the Rose of Rocroi, by E. Joyce and N. Cormier

Best Implementation

Winner: According to Cain, by Jim Nelson
Nominee: The Absence of Miriam Lane, by Abigail Corfman
Nominee: The Archivist and the Revolution, by Autumn Chen
Nominee: The Bones of Rosalinda, by Agnieszka Trzaska
Nominee: The Impossible Stairs, by Mathbrush
Nominee: Of Their Shadows Deep, by Amanda Walker
Nominee: Trouble in Sector 471, by Arthur DiBianca

Best Use of Innovation

Winner: The Bones of Rosalinda, by Agnieszka Trzaska
Nominee: The Absence of Miriam Lane, by Abigail Corfman
Nominee: Cannelé & Nomnom - Defective Agency, by Younès R. & Yazaleea

Best Use of Multimedia

Winner: Gent Stickman vs Evil Meat Hand, by AZ / ParserCommander
Nominee: The Absence of Miriam Lane, by Abigail Corfman
Nominee: Cannelé & Nomnom - Defective Agency, by Younès R. & Yazaleea
Nominee: Computerfriend, by Kit Riemer
Nominee: The Grown-Up Detective Agency, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy

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