Winners of the 2003 IFComp
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1st place
Slouching Towards Bedlam
Star Foster and Daniel Ravipinto
In the beginning was the Word, and it was hungry.
Enter a steampunk adventure set in a London that might have been. The year is 1885. Bedlam Hospital still stands in Moorsfield, a decaying shell used to house the poor and the hopeless. Steam-driven mechanical wonders roam the streets. Gear-wheeled analytical engines spin out reams of thought onto punched paper tapes.
And in the darkness - in the alleys and the side shops - hide secrets.
This work also won 1st place in the 2003 Miss Congeniality Awards.
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| Score | 8.39 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 107 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.77 |
2nd place
Risorgimento Represso
Michael J. Coyne
This work also won 2nd place in the 2003 Miss Congeniality Awards.
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| Score | 7.76 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 92 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.70 |
3rd place
Scavenger
Quintin Stone
Search a war-shattered world for secrets of the past.
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| Score | 7.51 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 91 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.69 |
4th place
The Erudition Chamber
Daniel Freas
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| Score | 7.32 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 107 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.79 |
5th place
Gourmet
Aaron A. Reed and Chad Barb
Missing employees, wily crustaceans, malfunctioning kitchen equipment and a terminal food shortage, all on the night the most important culinary critic in the world has chosen to review your debut restaurant? Surely there's nowhere to go but up.
This work also won 3rd place in the 2003 Miss Congeniality Awards.
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| Score | 7.13 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 104 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.64 |
6th place
shadows on the mirror
Chrysoula Tzavelas
I am falling, I am fading, I am drowning, help me to breathe...
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| Score | 6.93 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 76 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.83 |
7th place
The Recruit
Mike Sousa
Try your hand at the Real Life Interactive Gaming Simulacra! You'll face a variety of challenges and simulations and have a chance to win some money and great prizes. Apply today!
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| Score | 6.59 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 108 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.70 |
8th place
Baluthar
Chris Molloy Wischer
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| Score | 6.23 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 104 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.69 |
9th place
Cerulean Stowaway
Roger Descheneaux
A stowaway gets more of a ride than he bargained for.
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| Score | 6.17 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 103 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.85 |
10th place
The Atomic Heart
Stefan Blixt
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| Score | 5.87 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 102 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.84 |
11th place
Episode in the Life of an Artist
Peter Eastman
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| Score | 5.69 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 108 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.06 |
12th place
A Paper Moon
Andrew Krywaniuk
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| Score | 5.42 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 96 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.97 |
13th place
Sardoria
Anssi Räisänen
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| Score | 5.41 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 79 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.63 |
14th place
Caffeination
Michael Loegering
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| Score | 5.05 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 110 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.92 |
15th place
Temple of Kaos
Peter Gambles
A temple, a poem, out of time; a searcher, a believer, chaotic rhyme.
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| Score | 5.03 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 96 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.10 |
16th place
Sophie's Adventure
David Whyld
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| Score | 4.97 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 60 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.02 |
17th place
Adoo's Stinky Story
B. Perry
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| Score | 4.86 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 98 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.86 |
18th place
Domicile
John Evans
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| Score | 4.74 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 98 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.66 |
19th place
Internal Documents
Tom Lechner
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| Score | 4.20 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 90 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.68 |
20th place
Sweet Dreams
Papillon
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| Score | 4.16 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 70 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.26 |
21st place
The Adventures of the President of the United States
Mikko Vuorinen
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| Score | 4.01 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 88 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.10 |
22nd place
No Room
Ben Heaton
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| Score | 3.97 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 117 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.02 |
23rd place
Delvyn
William A. Tilli
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| Score | 3.15 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 97 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.70 |
24th place
Little girl in the big world
Peter Wendrich
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| Score | 3.08 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 76 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.78 |
25th place
Bio
David Linder
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| Score | 2.88 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 112 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.45 |
26th place
Hercules First Labor
Robert Carl Brown
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| Score | 2.45 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 102 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.22 |
27th place
Amnesia
Dustin Rhodes
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| Score | 2.40 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 112 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.54 |
28th place
Curse of Manorland
James King
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| Score | 2.20 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 70 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.17 |
29th place
The Fat Lardo and the Rubber Ducky
Anonymous
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| Score | 2.19 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 118 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.94 |
30th place
Rape, Pillage, Galore!
Kristian Kirsfeldt
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| Score | 2.14 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 78 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.08 |
The organizer of the 2003 Annual Interactive Fiction Competition was Stephen Granade.