Winners of the 2010 IFComp
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1st place
Aotearoa
An Interactive Adventure
Matt Wigdahl
The Fish of Maui. The Land of the Long Cloud. Aotearoa. An entire continent of untamed wilds, and the last place on Earth where dinosaurs still roam. If only you'd come ashore under better circumstances...
This work also won 1st place (tie) in the 2010 Miss Congeniality Awards.
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| Score | 7.98 |
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| Votes Cast | 100 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.31 |
2nd place
Rogue of the Multiverse
Congratulations, convict 76954! You have been selected for scientific experimentation! You will be matter-transmitted to exotic non-Treaty worlds - where opportunities abound to take in fantastic sights and mingle with colourful locals!
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| Score | 7.43 |
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| Votes Cast | 105 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.46 |
3rd place
One Eye Open
Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine
Had you known the bloody history of Corona Labs, you would never have signed up as a test subject. But now, plunged into that history, surrounded by the damned and the dying, you must find the truth. Perhaps you will even survive it.
This work also won 3rd place (tie) in the 2010 Miss Congeniality Awards.
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| Score | 7.41 |
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| Votes Cast | 81 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.76 |
4th place
The Blind House
Amanda Allen (writing as “Maude Overton”)
I scarcely know the woman at my side. I don't even know why she was the one I turned to. I can only hope that we haven't been followed, that she won't ask too many questions. The only choice left to me now is to trust her.
This work also won 3rd place (tie) in the 2010 Miss Congeniality Awards.
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| Score | 7.11 |
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| Votes Cast | 103 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.66 |
5th place
Death off the Cuff
Simon Christiansen
This work also won 1st place (tie) in the 2010 Miss Congeniality Awards.
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| Score | 7.05 |
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| Votes Cast | 117 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.72 |
6th place
Mite
Sara Dee
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| Score | 6.83 |
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| Votes Cast | 102 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.48 |
7th place
The People's Glorious Revolutionary Text Adventure Game
Taylor Vaughan
Sure, there's only five of you against a world full of reactionaries, but you have Revolutionary Spirit! You can't possibly fail. Nothing can stand in your way! Now if only you could find your Revolutionary to-do list...
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| Score | 6.78 |
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| Votes Cast | 106 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.49 |
8th place
Flight of the Hummingbird
An Interactive Costumed Caper
Michael Martin
Dr. Sinister is at it again! The Concordance of Powered Response isn't entirely clear on what it is he's planning, but it's big. This is clearly a task for one of the world's mightiest champions!
Unfortunately, they've had to send you instead.
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| Score | 6.67 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 99 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.64 |
9th place (tie)
Gris et Jaune
Jason Devlin (writing as “Steve van Gaal”)
She wanted answers. He wanted a cure. You just wanted to live.
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| Score | 6.58 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 97 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.75 |
9th place (tie)
The Warbler's Nest
Surely the reed bank counts as a wild place. While it gives you so much, you've never tended it, not really, not like you do with your garden. It's something like the forest, then, but much safer to search without attracting attention. So here you are.
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| Score | 6.58 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 98 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.78 |
11th place
Divis Mortis
Lynnea Glasser
(writing as “Lynnea Dally”)
The infection has spread. They are coming.
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| Score | 6.33 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 82 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.70 |
12th place
Oxygen
A Game of Survival
ShadowK
An explosion rattles the Aegis mining station and the oxygen tanks are leaking. Who gets the remaining oxygen and who will perish? The choice is up to you, a lowly technician trapped in an access conduit.
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| Score | 6.23 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 80 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.40 |
13th place
The Bible Retold: Following a Star
Justin Morgan
You are Balthasar, a magus from Babylon. You and your companions, Gaspar and Melchior, are about to embark on a journey to Judea, a client kingdom of the Roman Empire, to venerate a newborn king. You'll need to bring gifts.
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| Score | 6.16 |
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| Votes Cast | 70 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.87 |
14th place
Leadlight
15-year-old Belinda Nettle is studying at Linville Girls High School in Australia's Blue Mountains. After falling asleep in the library one afternoon, she wakes from her mundane existence into a nightmare.
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| Score | 5.46 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 68 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.29 |
15th place
Gigantomania
Michelle Tirto and Mike Ciul
Living under the Stalin era, in four parts.
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| Score | 5.24 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 80 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.79 |
16th place
Under, In Erebus
Brian Rapp
Board that Drain-Bound El for an adventure that could only happen in Erebus.
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| Score | 5.19 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 81 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.72 |
17th place (tie)
The 12:54 to Asgard
J. Robinson Wheeler
Your mood is foul as you drive down to the studio in the middle of the night to fix a leak that's threatening to short circuit the entire studio. A chilling feeling haunts you tonight, and you feel pushed to the end of the line. Is this it, all there is?
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| Score | 4.90 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 100 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.86 |
17th place (tie)
Pen and Paint
An Interactive Scribbling
Owen Parish
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| Score | 4.90 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 89 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.71 |
19th place
The Bible Retold: The Lost Sheep
Ben Pennington
There is dissent in the ranks! One of your sheep makes a run for the next field, jumping gracefully over the hedgerows. You stand up quickly and collect your crook. You need that sheep!
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| Score | 4.79 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 101 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.49 |
20th place
Heated
Timothy Peers
Get to work early, don't get too angry and get your raise.
You've been a slacker for long enough, and this is your one opportunity to really wow the boss!
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| Score | 4.49 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 95 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.66 |
21st place
Ninja's Fate
Sent by his village elders to retrieve a stolen gold idol, a ninja finds himself in a Panksian world. Little does he know his true destiny is waiting for him here...
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| Score | 4.46 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 91 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.80 |
22nd place
The Sons of the Cherry
A multiple-choice game
Alex Livingston
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| Score | 4.38 |
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| Votes Cast | 97 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.91 |
23rd place
East Grove Hills
XYZ
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| Score | 4.32 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 101 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.81 |
24th place
R
(Pron: Arrr)
therealeasterbunny
Ye be the Dread (but handsome n' quite nice on occasion) Pirate Goattybeard. Ye quest? Why, it be t'get the treasure and rescue ye wench o'course!
There be sharks, grog, caves, bones, an' all manner o' piratey things afoot! Arrr...
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| Score | 3.06 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 50 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.52 |
25th place
A Quiet Evening at Home
Ruth Alfasso (writing as “anonymous”)
They say you should write what you know. Sorry.
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| Score | 2.80 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 124 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.48 |
26th place
The Chronicler
John Evans
A short game with a few interesting tricks.
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| Score | 2.79 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 98 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.61 |
The organizer of the 2010 Annual Interactive Fiction Competition was Stephen Granade.