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XYZZY Awards: Nominate Your Favorite Games of 2005
Yes, it's that time again: time to vote for the best IF games of the year in the annual XYZZY Awards. All games first released in 2005 are eligible. Voting will be split into two rounds. The first round will select the nominees, the top five vote-getters in each category. There will then be a second round of voting to select from the nominees the winners, one in each category.
The rules are as follows:
Eligibility: All IF games publicly released during the year 2005 are eligible for the 2005 XYZZYs. A complete listing of all the eligible games (in alphabetical order) is given at the bottom of this page. Voting: Anyone is eligible to vote. You may not vote twice. Authors may not vote for their own games. While it is suggested that you play as many of the eligible games as possible before casting your ballot, we're not going to get ridiculous here. Categories: There are ten XYZZY categories this year: Best Game, Best Writing, Best Story, Best Setting, Best Puzzles, Best NPCs, Best Individual Puzzle, Best Individual NPC, Best Individual PC and Best Use of Medium. In the "individual" categories, vote for a particular NPC, PC, or puzzle; in the rest, vote for the game as a whole. Vote once in each category, then stop. Deadline: The deadline for first-round voting is Sunday, February 12, 2006, at midnight Eastern Standard Time. Deadline for second-round voting is Sunday, March 5th. More details about the online award ceremony itself are still to come! Submit your ballot by filling out the online form below and pressing the Submit button. You may also send an e-mail to eileen.mullin@gmail.com by February 12. And now, on with the first-round voting:
List of Eligible Games
23:15, by Jon Ripley
A Day At The Seaside, by Matthew Hunter
A New Life, by Alexandre Owen Muñiz
A Spot of Bother, by David Whyld
A Sugared Pill, by Colin Borland
A Walk At Dusk, by Eric Mayer
Adventures in the Galaxy of Fantabulous Wonderment, by Ben Croshaw
Age Arena, by Carlos Gómez
Al Fondo Del Pozo, by Xp'ktro
All Hope Abandon, by Eric Eve
Amissville II, by Santoonie Corporation
Annihilation of Think.com 3, by Adam Dundas
Archie's Birthday - Chapter 1: Reggie's Gift, by Purple Dragon
Attempted Assassination, by Matt Slotnick
Authority, by Eva Vikström
Bananenrepublik, by Christof Menear
Beyond, by Mondi Confinanti (Roberto Grassi, Paolo Lucchesi, and Alessandro Peretti)
Bolivia By Night, by Aidan Doyle
Book and Volume, by Nick Montfort
Building, by Mike Tulloch
Can I do it?, by chillindawg
Can It Be All So Simple?, by The Dominant Species
Casa Tomada, by Daniel Garrido
Casting, by fellatrix_uk
Castle Draconia, by Paul Allen Panks
Chancellor, by Kevin Venzke
Cheiron, by Sarah Clelland and Elisabeth Polli
Choices, by David Whyld
Conan Kill Everything, by Ian Haberkorn
Consequences, by David Whyld
Crawler's Delight, by A. Troll
Crazy Old Bag Lady, by Sprite
Creepy Mansion (demo), by Kevin Lyons
Crossworlds Part 3: The Final Far Far Away Frontier, by BBBen
Das Kopialbuch, by Maximilian Klaus
Dastardly, by Andy Chase
Dawn of the Demon, by Paul Drallos
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Sex, by captain_cranky_pants2000
Deadsville, by William McDuff
Decisions, by David Whyld
Die Queste I, by Jonas Engels
Distress, by Mike Snyder
Dog Show, by Mrs. Drallos' Fourth Grade PACE class
DRAX, by Paul Allen Panks
Dreamlands (aka Echappée Belle Dans Les Contrées du Rêve), by JB Ferrant
Dreary Lands, by Paul Lee
El Cantar de Romanfredo, by Aryekaix
El Castillo Del Silencio, by Xp'ktro
El Protector, by Juan Sebastián Armas Maturana (as Incanus)
El Trono de Inglaterra, by Selena and Baltasar
Eragon (a.k.a. Alagaësia Adventure), by Anonymous
Escape From St. Mary's, by Ryan Menezes
Escape to New York, by Richard Otter
ESPER: The Secret of Drom Bennacht, by Ian McDermott
Exploring AGC (aka The alt.games.creatures game), by Alex Watson
Façade, by Michael Mateas and Andrew Stern
Fever Cabin, by GoddoG
Finding Martin, by Gayla Wennstrom
Fire in the Blood, by Richard Otter
Flat Feet, by Joel Ray Holveck
Fran and Bart Want a Snowman! Part V: Halfway Back Again, by Tommy Herbert
Frustrated Interviewee, by Robert Street (as Robert Rafgon)
FutureGame (tm): The Game of the Future, by The FutureGame Corporation
Gilded, by John Evans (as A Hazard)
Glass Boxes, by Yune Kyung Lee and Yoon Ha Lee
Graduation Night at the Brothel, by strgzr02002
Haunted Horror, by Matt Slotnick
Hello Sword - The journey, by Andrea Rezzonico
History Repeating, by Mark and Renee Choba
Ideal Pacific Coast University, by NewKid
Impulso, by Expio
In The Claws Of Clueless Bob, by David Whyld
Internal Vigilance, by Simon Christiansen
Jesus of Nazareth, by Paul Allen Panks as "dunric"
Jug2k, by Lumpi
Kaboot's Story, by Josh Giesbrecht
King's Quest V - The Text Adventure (Part 1 of 2), by Steve Lingle
l'Armando, by Andrea Rezzonico
La Caja de Sarimek, by Luis David Arranz Pérez (as Jarel)
La Canción del Bardo, by Bruce Humphrey
La Cara Oculta De La Luna, by KRAC
La Mansión: Una Aventura Breve, by Juan Sebastián Armas Maturana (as Incanus)
La Musa, by Javier Carrascosa
Laboratory R.A.T.S., by Christy Henshaw
Las Aventuras de Rudolphine Rur, by David Carbonell
Lauren's Awakening, by TotalDirt2000
Le Cercle des Gros Geeks disparus, by Adrien Saurat
Le Temple de Feu, by Eric Forgeot
Lemniscata, by Depresiv
Les Feux de l'enfer, by Sabine Gorecki
Lights, Camera, Action!, by David Whyld
Little Falls, by Mondi Confinanti (Alessandro Schillaci, Roberto Grassi, Simonato Enrico)
Los alegres hombres de Sherwood, by Vingthor
Marmalade Skies, by evil_flagpole
Meine Dalix, by Alice Merridew
Mix Tape, by Brett Witty
Mortality, by David Whyld
Murder Mansion, by Roy Lee as "Reelyor"
Must Escape!, by Robert Street (as Robert Rafgon)
Mystery House Kracked by the Flippy Disk, by Nick Montfort
Mystery House Makeover!, by Adam Cadre
Mystery House Nightmared, by Art Destroyer
Mystery House Possessed, by Emily Short
Mystery House Remixedup, by Scott Rettberg
Mystery House: Occluded Vengeance, by Guy Minor
Negotis: Book 1, by Robert DeFord
Neon Nirvana, by Tony Woods
Ninja II, by Paul Allen Panks as "Dunric"
Notice Me, by Wotan-Anubis
Oakwood School, by rav_p89
Of Masters and Mistresses: Abduction, by Grimm Sharlak
Off the Trolley, by Krisztian Kaldi
On Optimism, by Zach Flynn (as "Tim Lane")
Operation: Sleepover, by Justin Bailey
Options, by David Whyld
Outline, by Robert Street (as Robert Rafgon)
Palace of Shadows, by Christos Stogiannopoulos
Pathway To Destruction, by Richard Otter
Phantom: Caverns of the Killer, by Brandon Coker
Pink Bunnies from the Planet Zorptizon, by Paul Allen Panks
Point 2 Point, by Christy Henshaw
Private Eye, by David Whyld
Provenance, by Corey W. Arnett
Psyche's Lament: An Interactive Geek Myth, by John and Lara Sichi
PTBAD5: The Attack of Jesus Christ and The Church of The Seventeenth Day Robots!, by Jonathan Berman (as Xorax)
PTBAD6.5: THE URL THAT DIDN'T WORK, OR:HAVE YOU SEEN THE MUFFIN MAN? HE IS QUITE LARGE!, by Jonathan Berman as "Slan Xorax"
Qui a tué Dana ?, by Vegeta
Rachel's Bad Day, by Sly Dog
Regrets, by David Whyld
Rift, by Red-Sith
Rock'Em Sock'Em Robots, by Benjamin Mullins
Sabotage on the Century Cauldron, by Thomas de Graaff
Second Chance, by David Whyld
Sex Artist, by A. Ninny
Shadow Of The Past, by Catharine Post
Shadowjack, by Arnold Rimmer
Showtime at the Gallows, by The Dominant Species
Silk Road Secrets: Samarkand to Lop Nor, by Christy Henshaw
Smile, by Chris Molloy Wischer
Snatches: An Interactive Horror Story, by Gregory Weir
Snowman Sextet Part I: But For A Single Flake, by Roger Carbol
Snowman Sextet Part II, by Jessica Knoch
Somewhen, by Bryce J. Rhaiz
Son of a..., by C.S. Woodrow
Space Boy's First Adventure, by David Parish (as thatguy)
Space Horror I: Prey for Your Enemies, by Jerry
Space War!...and the PDP-1, by Paul Allen Panks
speedif zombie, by J. Robinson Wheeler
Star Wars: Escape from Dagobah, by David Leavitt
Take One, by Robert Street
Target, by Richard Otter
The Adventure of Space Boy!, by David Parish
The Amazing Uncle Griswold, by David Whyld
The Cabin - Inspiration Does Not Come Standard, by Blue Roses
The Colour Pink, by Robert Street
The Corn Identity, by Carl Muckenhoupt, Serhei Makarov, Tama Wise, J. Robinson Wheeler, Alexandre Owen Muñiz, Admiral Jota, Andrew Schepler, Jacqueline A. Lott, Sam Kabo Ashwell, Dan Shiovitz, John Cater, Duchess, and Mark Musante
The Demon Hunter, by David Parish
The Early Years, by Samuel Stoddard
The Escape, by Anonymous
The Final Question, by David Whyld
The First Mile, by Malinche Entertainment (Howard A. Sherman)
The Fluid of Life, by Carl Muckenhoupt
The Former, by DirkW
The Fox, The Dragon, and The Stale Loaf of Bread, by David Welbourn
The Great Machine: A Fragment, by Jonas Kyratzes
The Hentai Adventures of Captain Cumshot, by Jake Wildstrom
The Hobbit, by Serhei Makarov
The House Husband, by Christy Henshaw
The Hunter, by Red Assassin
The Last Detective, by Catalin
The Lazy Gun Cult, by Felic Roman
The Plague (Redux), by Laurence Moore as "Cannibal"
The Sword of Malice, by Anthony Panuccio
The White Singularity, by Irene Villanueva
Things that Don't Exist, by Nicholas Matteo
This is a test of several forms combat in IF. (a.k.a. BattleSim Demo), by James Mallette
Those Annoying Aliens, by EvilBob
Three Worlds, by Zach Kelly
Threnody, by John "Doppler" Schiff
Tomorrow Never Comes, by A. Bomire
Tough Beans, by Sara Dee
Train, by Sly Dog
txt adventure, by Chris (Mr Pants)
Una Pequeña Historia De Navidad, by Lenko
Unforgotten, by Quintin Pan
Upwards, by Sam Kabo Ashwell
Vendetta, by James Hall (as Fuyu Yuki)
Vespers, by Jason Devlin
Veteran Knowledge, by Robert Street (as Robert Rafgon)
Village of Love and Lust, by Deckmaster
Waldo's Pie, by Michael Arnaud
Weekend, by Pierre
Weishaupt Scholars: Prologue, by Michael C. Martin
Where There's A Will, by Dan Shiovitz
Whom The Telling Changed, by Aaron A. Reed
Within a Wreath of Dewdrops, or, A Poisoned Zenith, by Jacqueline A. Lott and Sam Kabo Ashwell (together as "Alphonse de l'Entaille")
Wizards Playground, by evil_flagpole
Wumpus 2000, by Muffy St. Bernard
X-Men: First Day at the Institute, by captain_cranky_pants2000
Xen: The Contest, by Xentor
You wake up itching., by Michael Gentry
Zack Smackfoot, by Ken Franklin
Zendyr's Labyrinth, by Carlos Gómez
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