Winners of the 2020 IFComp

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1st place (tie) The Impossible Bottle by Linus Åkesson
1st place (tie) Tavern Crawler by Josh Labelle
3rd place Vain Empires by Thomas Mack and Xavid
4th place Limerick Quest by Pace Smith
5th place The Magpie Takes the Train by Mathbrush
6th place The Eleusinian Miseries by Mike Russo
7th place A Rope of Chalk by Ryan Veeder
8th place (tie) A Murder In Fairyland by Abigail Corfman
8th place (tie) Stuff of Legend by Lance Campbell
10th place Sense of Harmony by Scenario World
11th place (tie) Flattened London by Carter X Gwertzman
11th place (tie) Doppeljobs by Lei
13th place Vampire Ltd by Alex Harby
14th place Alone by Paul Michael Winters
15th place Sage Sanctum Scramble by Arthur DiBianca
16th place (tie) Lore Distance Relationship by Naomi Norbez (call me Bez, e/he)
16th place (tie) Captivity by Jim Aikin
18th place Congee by Becci
19th place Red Radish Robotics by Gibbo
20th place Shadow Operative by Michael Lauenstein
21st place Ulterior Spirits by E.J. Holcomb
22nd place Ascension of Limbs by AKheon
23rd place Ferryman's Gate by Daniel Maycock
24th place Happyland by Rob Fitzel
25th place Jay Schilling's Edge of Chaos by Robb Sherwin & Mike Sousa
26th place Entangled by Dark Star
27th place Academic Pursuits (As Opposed To Regular Pursuits) by ruqiyah
28th place Little Girl In Monsterland by Maurizio Colucci (writing as “Mike Stallone”)
29th place Electric word, "life" by Lance Nathan
30th place The Eidolon's Escape by Mark Clarke
31st place (tie) Babyface by Mark Sample
31st place (tie) Chorus by Skarn
33rd place (tie) Seasonal Apocalypse Disorder by Zan and Xavid
33rd place (tie) How The Elephant's Child Who Walked By Himself Got His Wings by Peter Eastman
35th place Lovely Assistant: Magical Girl by Bitter Karella
36th place Turbo Chest Hair Massacre by Joey Acrimonious
37th place The Cursèd Pickle of Shireton by Hanon Ondricek
38th place High Jinnks by M. Nite Chamberlain
39th place The Brutal Murder of Jenny Lee by Daniel Gao
40th place Ghostfinder: Shift by Han-Joo Kim
41st place For a Place by the Putrid Sea by Arno von Borries
42nd place (tie) Mother Tongue by Nell Raban
42nd place (tie) Tragic by Jared Jackson
44th place Dr Ego and the egg of Man-Toomba by Wesley Werner (writing as “Special Agent”)
45th place A Catalan Summer by Neibucrion
46th place The Moon wed Saturn by Pseudavid
47th place The Call of Innsmouth by Tripper McCarthy
48th place The Copyright of Silence by Ola Hansson
49th place (tie) Captain Graybeard's Plunder by Julian Mortimer Smith
49th place (tie) BYOD by n-n
51st place Phantom by Peter Eastman
52nd place What the Bus? by Emery Joyce
53rd place Deelzebub by Morgan Elrod-Erickson, Skyler Grandel, and Jan Kim
54th place Minor Arcana by Jack Sanderson Thwaite
55th place The Land Down Under by The Marino Family
56th place "Terror in the Immortal's Atelier" by Gevelle Formicore by Gevelle Formicore
57th place You Couldn't Have Done That by Ann Hugo
58th place "Incident! Aliens on the Teresten!" by Tarquin Segundo by Tarquin Segundo
59th place (tie) The Incredibly Mild Misadventures of Tom Trundle by B F Lindsay
59th place (tie) Deus Ex Ceviche by Tom Lento, Chandler Groover
59th place (tie) "Adventures in the Tomb of Ilfane" by Willershin Rill by Willershin Rill
62nd place Trusting My Mortal Enemy?! What a Disaster! by Storysinger Presents
63rd place A Calling of Dogs by Arabella Collins, Grey Havens
64th place (tie) Accelerate by The TAV Institute
64th place (tie) The Cave by Neil Aitken
66th place Where the Wind Once Blew Free by No Sell Out Productions
67th place Stoned Ape Hypothesis by James Heaton
68th place Quintessence by Andrea M. Pawley
69th place Savor by Ed
70th place (tie) Desolation by Earth Traveler
70th place (tie) Stand Up / Stay Silent by Y Ceffyl Gwyn
72nd place Radicofani. by Rob
73rd place The Wayward Story by Ralfe Rich (writing as “Cristmo Ibarra”)
74th place The Pinecone by Joseph Pentangelo
75th place Under They Thunder by Andrew Schultz
76th place Quest for the Sword of Justice by Damon L. Wakes
77th place (s)wordsmyth by Tristan Jacobs
78th place Tombs & Mummies by Matthew Warner
79th place The Turnip by Joseph Pentangelo
80th place Passages by Jared W Cooper
81st place The Arkhill Darkness by Jason Barrett
82nd place Big Trouble in Little Dino Park by Seth Paxton and Rachel Aubertin
83rd place Standing on the Shoulders of Giants by Kenneth Pedersen (writing as “Ilmur Eggert”)
84th place Just another Fairy Tale by Finn Rosenløv
85th place The Shadow In The Snow by Andrew Brown
86th place Return to Castle Coris by Larry Horsfield
87th place INFINITUBE by Tom Charles Bair III
88th place Sheep Crossing by Andrew Geng
89th place Sonder Snippets by N/A
90th place Tangled Tales by JimJams Games
91st place Move on by Serhii Mozhaiskyi
92nd place Creatures by Andreas Hagelin
93rd place (tie) Saint Simon's Saw by Samuel Thomson
93rd place (tie) Last House on the Block by Jason Olson
95th place SOUND by CynthiaP
96th place At Night by Oscar
97th place You Will Thank Me as Fast as You Thank a Werewolf by B.J. Best
98th place Amazing Quest by Nick Montfort
99th place The Place by CynthiaP (writing as “Ima”)
100th place #VanLife by Victoria
101st place Equal-librium by Ima
102nd place Fight Forever by Fight Forever (writing as “Pako”)
103rd place Popstar Idol Survival Game by CrunchMasterGowon

The organizer of the 2020 Annual Interactive Fiction Competition was Jacqueline Ashwell.