Winners of the 1999 IFComp
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1st place
Winter Wonderland
Laura Knauth
Young Gretchen could have only imagined the fanciful events that were to occur before finding herself lost in a winter wonderland.
This work also won 2nd place (tie) in the 1999 Miss Congeniality Awards.
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| Score | 7.41 |
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| Votes Cast | 100 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.83 |
2nd place
For a Change
Dan Schmidt
The sun has gone. It must be brought. You have a rock.
This work also won 1st place in the 1999 Miss Congeniality Awards.
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| Score | 7.25 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 103 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.91 |
3rd place
Six Stories
Neil K. Guy
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| Score | 7.08 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 88 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.85 |
4th place
A Day for Soft Food
Tod Levi
Ever since the provider's sickness began, he's been all hisses and growls. Even the slightest misstep seems to annoy him. Perhaps that's why your bowl has held nothing but hard food lately. And not much of that.
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| Score | 6.89 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 105 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.94 |
5th place
Exhibition
Ian Finley
The Hartman Gallery extends their invitation to an exhibition of Anatoly Domokov's "American Paintings." Who draws the line between art and life? HTML enhanced.
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| Score | 6.80 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 93 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.15 |
6th place
Halothane
Ravi Rajkumar
You're having a hard enough time getting your second novel to work; how could it ever be possible that you, Harold Banks - world's most unsuccessful published author - could actually be sent on a quest to - er - save the world? Anyway, all you want to do right now is sleep....
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| Score | 6.69 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 99 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.35 |
7th place
On the Farm
Lenny Pitts
Visiting Grandma and Grandpa on the farm for the weekend is not your idea of a good time. Mom has told you countless stories about the great adventures she had growing up there. Days spent feeding the chickens and pigs, and riding the horses, but that was before Grandpa got too old to work the land. Now the farm consists of barren fields, rusting equipment and empty pens.
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| Score | 6.46 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 85 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.81 |
8th place
Hunter, in Darkness
This work also won 2nd place (tie) in the 1999 Miss Congeniality Awards.
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| Score | 6.43 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 100 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.42 |
9th place
Beat the Devil
Robert M. Camisa
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| Score | 6.30 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 111 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.02 |
10th place
Jacks or Better to Murder, Aces to Win
J. D. Berry
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| Score | 6.29 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 111 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.04 |
11th place
Erehwon
Richard Litherland
You are standing next to the only traffic light in the one-horse town of Erehwon, Aksarben. You are 13 years old, and desperate to gain the approval of Smurf and his gang. You will know you have this when they invite you to join in their of "Nowhere, Nebraska".
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| Score | 6.07 |
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| Votes Cast | 86 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.26 |
12th place
Lunatix - The Insanity Circle
Mike Snyder
The escapes continue. The patients are out of control. The asylum is terribly understaffed. As Dr. Hammer (the hospital administrator) you must uncover the truth about the so-called "Insanity Circle" in the midst of this unending chaos.
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| Score | 5.64 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 50 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.18 |
13th place
Bliss
Cameron Wilkin
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| Score | 5.45 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 95 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.70 |
14th place
Stone Cell
Steve Kodat
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| Score | 5.44 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 96 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.05 |
15th place
Four Seconds
Jason Reigstad
Tria leans back against the table and says, "I've heard that in the last few seconds you don't see your life pass before your eyes, but the world that you've built from what you've accomplished. This is how you know your heaven...or your hell."
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| Score | 5.38 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 94 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.77 |
16th place
The HeBGB Horror!
Eric Mayer
What ever happened to those legendary punk rockers The Laughing Kats? If you can discover the terrible secret lurking in the HeBGB rock club you might just become a star.
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| Score | 5.16 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 68 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.12 |
17th place
Only After Dark
Gunther Schmidl
"HERE BE DRAGONS" is what the rutter said, but the small island turned out to be free of those animals after all. Instead, you landed near a tiny village full of friendly natives. Aaah, shore leave! You can't remember when the last time was you could relax, take a night off and stroll through town to pick up a girl or two.
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| Score | 5.08 |
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| Votes Cast | 103 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.90 |
18th place
A Moment of Hope
Simmon Keith
At first glance, you look the same as always; waist-title_length brown hair tied back, red-blonde spanish goatee scraggly as ever, a few studs sticking through each earlobe, and fingernails -- except for the thumbs -- clipped short.Upon closer examination, however, anyone who knows you well could tell something is up. Your hair has been brushed and neatly braided. The area around your beard is shaved smooth, and your teeth have been brushed recently. You aren't wearing your pajamas.You try to put her out of your mind and think about something else. It doesn't work.
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| Score | 5.03 |
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| Votes Cast | 94 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.12 |
19th place
Chaos
Shay Caron
In Chaos, you are "Captain Chaos". Well, actually, no, you're just an observer. Captain Chaos is an evil villain and builder of robots whose ship has just clipped a tree and is slowly headed for the ground. It's your job to help him fix his ship, land safely, and ensure the existence of a sequel.
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| Score | 4.92 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 86 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.98 |
20th place
Strangers in the Night
Rich Pizor
Being immortal is cool, except for that whole "drinking the blood of the innocent" part...
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| Score | 4.91 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 81 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.89 |
21st place
Lomalow
Brendan Barnwell
This game has one puzzle, and the solution to this is given immediately as the game begins. It's about loss, sadness, love, mystery, supernatural beings, and moving to a higher plane of existence. It is all about reading what comes up on the screen, and the only "puzzle" is to figure out how to access and read all that text.
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| Score | 4.80 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 95 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.84 |
22nd place
King Arthur's Night Out
Mikko Vuorinen
You are King Arthur of Britain who wants to spend the night in a pub. But your wife, Queen Guinevere, won't let you. Adventures await as you try to leave your castle without your wife knowing.
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| Score | 4.70 |
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| Votes Cast | 74 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.98 |
23rd place
Calliope
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| Score | 4.67 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 110 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.85 |
24th place
Music Education
Bill Linney
A typical day in the life of a college music student.
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| Score | 4.53 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 94 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.80 |
25th place
Spodgeville Murphy and the Jewelled Eye of Wossname
David Fillmore
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| Score | 4.47 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 109 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.76 |
26th place
Life on Beal Street
Ian Finley
This is not a game, but rather an experiment in telling a story using a dynamic and interactive medium. Leave your expectations at the curb side and take a walk down Beal Street.
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| Score | 4.41 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 98 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.22 |
27th place
Remembrance
Casey Tait
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| Score | 4.36 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 73 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.11 |
28th place
Thorfinn's Realm
Robert Hall and Roy Main
Travel back in time, find all the treasure to join the Adventurer's Society.
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| Score | 4.27 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 91 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.74 |
29th place (tie)
Death to my Enemies
Jon Blask (as Roody Yogurt)
A tale of revenge and high-larious hijinx. Warning: consists heavily of low-brow humor and strong language. Not recommended for children and what not.
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| Score | 4.25 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 111 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.03 |
29th place (tie)
The Water Bird
Athan Skelley
A text adventure based on the folklore of the Miwok Indians of the Yosemite area.
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| Score | 4.25 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 73 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.12 |
31st place
Chicks Dig Jerks
An ancient evil threatens to invade a decadent mountain town, yet all that concerns young grave robber Avandre Varick is hitting on gorgeous babes.
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| Score | 4.22 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 111 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.88 |
32nd place
SNOSAE
R. Dale McDaniel
Find the 4 items the alien demands or the earth will be destroyed.
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| Score | 3.88 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 59 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.08 |
33rd place
Pass the Banana
Admiral Jota
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| Score | 3.35 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 115 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.15 |
34th place
Outsided
Chad Elliott
You are about to have the worst day of your life...
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| Score | 2.94 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 99 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.48 |
35th place
Lurk. Unite. Die. Invent. Think. Expire.
Ryan Stevens
Morning seems strange, almost out place.
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| Score | 2.38 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 105 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.83 |
36th place
Guard Duty
Jason F. Finx
Another night, another job guarding a treasure-laden underground lair against ransacking adventurers...
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| Score | 2.23 |
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| Votes Cast | 62 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.68 |
37th place
Skyranch
Jack Driscoll
A future that's not post-apocalyptic!
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| Score | 2.02 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 48 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.10 |
The organizer of the 1999 Annual Interactive Fiction Competition was Stephen Granade.