Winners of the 2004 IFComp
1st place
Earth And Sky 3: Luminous Horizon
2nd place
Blue Chairs
3rd place
All Things Devours
half sick of shadows
All Things Devours is a short piece of interactive fiction, leaning strongly towards the text-adventure end of the spectrum. It explores an all-too-familiar science fiction paradigm in what I hope is a rather refreshing and satisfying manner. However, due to the intrinsic nature of its subject matter, it is more cruel than one might hope for a modern piece of interactive fiction. In particular, any move you make may put things into an unwinnable state. You are therefore encouraged to save frequently, and also to realise that you will probably have to start over several times to find the most satisfactory ending.
4th place
Sting of the Wasp
5th place
Square Circle
Eric Eve
What is your crime? Why do you feel both guilty and unjustly punished? What has happened to your memory? How will you draw a square circle and get out of your prison? What will you find then?
6th place
The Orion Agenda
7th place
Mingsheng
8th place
Splashdown
9th place
Gamlet
10th place
Trading Punches
11th place
The Great Xavio
12th place
Goose, Egg, Badger
13th place
The Big Scoop
14th place
I Must Play
Geoff Fortytwo
Why are the older boys so mean? You stood around the arcade all day and weren't able to play even one game on any of the machines! You thought you had your chance when nearly everyone else went home earlier in the evening in order to beat the storm that was gathering outside. Unfortunately, the arcade owner decided to call it quits early as well. Luckily, when the call went out that he was closing up, you were able to sneak into the ball room and hide under the balls. The owner finally left and now it's time to play some games!
15th place
Identity
16th place
Murder at the Aero Club
17th place
Bellclap
18th place
Magocracy
19th place
Typo!
20th place
Kurusu City
21st place
Blink
22nd place
Chronicle Play Torn
23rd place
A Day In The Life Of A Superhero
David Whyld
The fiendish Tax Collector and his gang of cronies are threatening the city and only YOU - the fabled Masked Defender - can stop him!
24th place
Order
25th place
Who Created That Monster?
26th place
Blue Sky
27th place
The Realm
28th place
Redeye
John Pitchers
Waking from a big night out, Stanley finds himself at a bikie bar in outback Australia in alot of trouble with the law.
29th place
Stack Overflow
30th place
Zero
31st place
Zero One
32nd place
A Light's Tale
Zach Flynn
A journey through the world of the dark places. Your only weapon is Light. Light shall overcome all darkness. Darkness is the absence of light.
33rd place
Getting Back to Sleep
34th place
Ruined Robots
Nicholas Dudek, Gregory Dudek, and Natasha Dudek
35th place
PTBAD 3
Jonathan BERMAN
An execise in fake surreality
36th place
Ninja
Paul Allen Panks
You are a lone ninja, protecting a shinto shrine of Japan. Your goal is to avoid capture by the Evil One, a deft ninja from a rival shrine. He is nearby, but you don't know exactly where. And it is dark outside, with only your senses to trust... There is said to be a rare golden idol in the Evil One's shrine to the west. You must reach it before the rival ninjas find out!