Winners of the 2004 IFComp
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1st place
Earth And Sky 3: Luminous Horizon
Paul O'Brian
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| Score | 7.85 |
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| Votes Cast | 94 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.57 |
2nd place
Blue Chairs
Chris Klimas
This work also won 1st place in the 2004 Miss Congeniality Awards.
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| Score | 7.39 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 114 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.29 |
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.
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| Score | 7.22 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 104 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.08 |
4th place
Sting of the Wasp
Jason Devlin
This work also won 2nd place in the 2004 Miss Congeniality Awards.
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| Score | 7.12 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 98 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.91 |
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?
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| Score | 7.07 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 89 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.98 |
6th place
The Orion Agenda
Ryan Weisenberger
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| Score | 7.01 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 108 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.63 |
7th place
Mingsheng
Deane Saunders
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| Score | 6.67 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 99 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.79 |
8th place
Splashdown
Paul J. Furio
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| Score | 6.62 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 101 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.64 |
9th place
Gamlet
Tomasz Pudlo
This work also won 3rd place in the 2004 Miss Congeniality Awards.
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| Score | 6.55 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 101 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.51 |
10th place
Trading Punches
Mike Snyder
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| Score | 6.32 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 69 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.23 |
11th place
The Great Xavio
Reese Warner
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| Score | 6.05 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 107 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.88 |
12th place
Goose, Egg, Badger
Brian Rapp
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| Score | 6.00 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 104 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.82 |
13th place
The Big Scoop
Johan Berntsson
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| Score | 5.69 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 98 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.37 |
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!
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| Score | 5.68 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 88 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.56 |
15th place
Identity
Dave Bernazzani
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| Score | 5.62 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 107 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.54 |
16th place
Murder at the Aero Club
Penny Wyatt
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| Score | 5.52 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 110 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.46 |
17th place
Bellclap
Tommy Herbert
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| Score | 5.51 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 121 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.99 |
18th place
Magocracy
Joseph Rheaume
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| Score | 5.35 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 83 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.11 |
19th place
Typo!
Peter Seebach and Kevin Lynn
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| Score | 5.32 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 111 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.81 |
20th place
Kurusu City
Kevin Venzke
An IFComp 2004 Entry
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| Score | 5.27 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 96 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.82 |
21st place
Blink
Ian Waddell
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| Score | 4.99 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 113 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.91 |
22nd place
Chronicle Play Torn
Penczer Attila
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| Score | 4.94 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 96 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.99 |
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!
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| Score | 4.92 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 76 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.96 |
24th place
Order
John Evans
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| Score | 4.73 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 112 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.89 |
25th place
Who Created That Monster?
N. B. Horvath
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| Score | 4.54 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 95 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.19 |
26th place
Blue Sky
Hans Fugal
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| Score | 4.30 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 103 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.81 |
27th place
The Realm
Michael Sheldon
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| Score | 4.20 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 91 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.41 |
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.
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| Score | 3.96 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 94 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.61 |
29th place
Stack Overflow
Timofei Shatrov
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| Score | 3.71 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 104 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.49 |
30th place
Zero
William A. Tilli
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| Score | 3.50 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 84 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.62 |
31st place
Zero One
Edward Plant
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| Score | 3.38 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 73 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.63 |
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.
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| Score | 3.23 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 95 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.64 |
33rd place
Getting Back to Sleep
Patrick Evans
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| Score | 3.19 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 47 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.68 |
34th place
Ruined Robots
Nicholas Dudek, Gregory Dudek, and Natasha Dudek
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| Score | 2.77 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 90 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.61 |
35th place
PTBAD 3
Jonathan BERMAN
An execise in fake surreality
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| Score | 2.02 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 96 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.14 |
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!
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| Score | 1.83 |
|---|---|
| Votes Cast | 80 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.16 |
The organizer of the 2004 Annual Interactive Fiction Competition was Stephen Granade.