Results are in from the 2005 XYZZY Awards. Congratulations to Jason Devlin, whose Vespers took Best Game, Best Writing, Best Setting, and Best NPC. The full results are:
- Best game: Vespers, by Jason Devlin
- Best writing: Vespers, by Jason Devlin
- Best story: Beyond, by Mondi Confinanti (Roberto Grassi, Paolo
Lucchesi, and Alessandro Peretti)
- Best setting: Vespers, by Jason Devlin
- Best puzzles: Distress, by Mike Snyder
- Best NPCs: Vespers, by Jason Devlin
- Best individual puzzle: Following the murderer in Beyond (by Mondi
Confinanti (Roberto Grassi, Paolo Lucchesi, and Alessandro Peretti)
- Best individual NPC: The storyteller in Whom the Telling Changed (by
Aaron A. Reed)
- Best individual PC: Wendy Little In Tough Beans (by Sara Dee)
- Best use of medium: Mystery House Possessed, by Emily Short
I'll have the transcript up in a day or so.
Michael Coyne has updated Risorgimento Represso, his XYZZY-Award-nominated work of interactive fiction. Both a z8 and a glulx version are available.
While we're in the updating mood, Cal Harrison has updated The Act of Misdirection, her XYZZY-Award-nominated work of interactive fiction. As per usual, you can grab it from the IF Archive.
