IFComp 2018

IFComp 2018
Competition
Frequency
Part of series	The Annual IF Competition
Website	https://ifcomp.org/comp/2018
Organiser	Jacqueline Ashwell
IFDB event page	Event
IFDB series page	Series
Total entries	77
Event dates
Registration began	1 July 2018
Registration ended	1 September 2018
Voting began	28 September 2018
Voting began	1 October 2018
Voting ended	15 November 2018
Results announced	17 November 2018
Results
1	Alias 'The Magpie'
2	Bogeyman
3	Animalia
4	Grimnoir
5	Erstwhile
6	The master of the land
7	Junior Arithmancer
8	Ürs
9	Cannery Vale
10	Lux
11	Basilica de Sangre
12	Dungeon Detective
13	Within a circle of water and sand
14 (tie)	En Garde
14 (tie)	Ostrich
16	Terminal Interface for Models RCM301-303
17	The Origin of Madame Time
18	I.A.G. Alpha
19	Dead Man's Fiesta
20 (tie)	DEVOTIONALIA
20 (tie)	The Temple of Shorgil
22	They Will Not Return
23	Tethered
24	Charming
25	Dynamite Powers vs. the Ray of Night!
26	Re: Dragon
27	Writers Are Not Strangers
28	Ailihphilia
29	Abbess Otilia's Life and Death
30	Diddlebucker!
31	Six Silver Bullets
32	Railways of Love
33	The Forgotten Tavern
34 (tie)	Adventures with Fido
34 (tie)	Bi Lines
36	Haywire
37	LET'S ROB A BANK
38	StupidRPG
39	The Mouse Who Woke Up For Christmas
40	I Should Have Been That I Am
41	Pegasus
42	Polish the Glass
43	Into the Lair
44	Stone of Wisdom
45	A Woman's Choice
46	Border Reivers
47	Careless Talk
48	Tower (by Tan)
49	Bullhockey!
50	Time Passed
51	Dream Pieces 2
52 (tie)	Intelmission
52 (tie)	The King of the World
54	Murder at the Manor
55	Smooch.click
56	Flowers of Mysteria
57	Plus equals x
58	Tohu wa Bohu
59	Eunice
60	Instruction Set
61	Anno 1700
62	The Addicott Manor
63	Dreamland (by eejitlikeme)
64	Awake
65	Space Punk Moon Tour
66	The Broken Bottle
67	Escape from Dinosaur Island
68	Dilemma
69	Birmingham IV
70 (tie)	H.M.S. Spaceman
70 (tie)	Shackles of Control
72	A Final Grind
73	And You May Find Yourself
74	Let's Explore Geography! Canadian Commodities Trader Simulation Exercise
75	Nightmare Adventure
76	Campfire Tales
77	Linear Love
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(This year's competition was dedicated to Stu Galley, who passed away in August.)

Competition Schedule

As per the "about the Competition" webpage at the time:

• July 1, 2018: Competition website opens for intents to enter.
• September 1, 2018: Last day to submit intents.
• September 28, 2018: Last day to submit entries.
• October 1, 2018: Games are released to the public, and voting begins.
• November 15, 2018: Voting deadline. Competition results are announced shortly afterwards (recording of livestream).

All deadlines are at 11:59 PM Eastern time on the given dates.

Entries

77 entries were released on October 1st, 2018. Results were announced on November 17, 2018.

1. Alias 'The Magpie' (J. J. Guest).
2. Bogeyman (Elizabeth Smyth).
3. Animalia (Ian Michael Waddell).
4. Grimnoir (ProP).
5. Erstwhile (Maddie Fialla and Marijke Perry).
6. The master of the land (Pseudavid).
7. Junior Arithmancer (Mike Spivey).
8. Ürs (Christopher Hayes and Daniel Talsky of Rabbit, Rabbit).
9. Cannery Vale (Hanon Ondricek as Keanhid Connor).
10. Lux (Agnieszka Trzaska).
11. Basilica de Sangre (Bitter Karella).
12. Dungeon Detective (Wonaglot with art by Caitlin Mulvihill).
13. Within a circle of water and sand (Romain).
14. En Garde (Jack Welch), tied with
    Ostrich (Jonathan Laury).
16. Terminal Interface for Models RCM301-303 (Victor Gijsbers as VigiMech Corporation).
17. The Origin of Madame Time (Mathbrush).
18. I.A.G. Alpha (Serhii Mozhaiskyi).
19. Dead Man's Fiesta (Ed Sibley).
20. DEVOTIONALIA (G.C. Baccaris as "G. Grimoire"), tied with
    The Temple of Shorgil (Arthur DiBianca).
22. They Will Not Return (John Ayliff).
23. Tethered (Linus Åkesson).
24. Charming (Kaylah Facey).
25. Dynamite Powers vs. the Ray of Night! (Mike Carletta).
26. Re: Dragon (Jack Welch).
27. Writers Are Not Strangers (Lynda Clark).
28. Ailihphilia (Andrew Schultz as "N. Y. Llewellyn").
29. Abbess Otilia's Life and Death (Arno von Borries as "A.B.").
30. Diddlebucker! (J. Michael).
31. Six Silver Bullets (William Dooling).
32. Railways of Love (Provodnik Games).
33. The Forgotten Tavern (Peter M.J. Gross).
34. Adventures with Fido (Lucas C. Wheeler), tied with
    Bi Lines (Norbez).
36. Haywire (Peregrine Wade).
37. LET'S ROB A BANK (Bethany Nolan).
38. StupidRPG (Steven Richards).
39. The Mouse Who Woke Up For Christmas (Luke A. Jones).
40. I Should Have Been That I Am (E. K. Wagner).
41. Pegasus (Michael Kielstra).
42. Polish the Glass (Keltie Wright).
43. Into the Lair (Kenna May).
44. Stone of Wisdom (Kenneth Pedersen).
45. A Woman's Choice (Katie Benson).
46. Border Reivers (Vivienne Dunstan).
47. Careless Talk (Diana Rider).
48. Tower (Ryan Tan).
49. Bullhockey! (B F Lindsay).
50. Time Passed (Davis G. See).
51. Dream Pieces 2 (Iam Curio).
52. Intelmission (Martyna Wasiluk), tied with
    The King of the World (G.A. Millsteed).
54. Murder at the Manor (Obter9).
55. smooch.click (Devon Guinn).
56. Flowers of Mysteria (David Sweeney).
57. + = x (Chandler Groover).
58. Tohu wa Bohu (Alex Wesley Moore).
59. Eunice (Gita Ryaboy).
60. Instruction Set (Jared Jackson).
61. Anno 1700 (Finn Rosenløv).
62. The Addicott Manor (Intudia).
63. Dreamland (eejitlikeme).
64. Awake (Soham Sevak).
65. Space Punk Moon Tour (J_J).
66. The Broken Bottle (The Affinity Forge team with lead author Josh Irvin).
67. Escape from Dinosaur Island (Richard Pettigrew).
68. Dilemma (Leonora).
69. Birmingham IV (Peter Emery).
70. H.M.S. Spaceman (Nat Quayle Nelson and Diane Cai), tied with
    Shackles of Control (Sly Merc).
72. A Final Grind (nrsm_ha).
73. And You May Find Yourself (VPC).
74. Let's Explore Geography! Canadian Commodities Trader Simulation Exercise (Carter Sande).
75. Nightmare Adventure (Laurence Emms and Vibha Laljani).
76. Campfire Tales (Matthew Deline).
77. Linear Love (Tom Delanoy).

2018 Miss Congeniality Awards

These awards were voted by the authors of the entries.

1. Alias 'The Magpie' (J. J. Guest).
2. Junior Arithmancer (Mike Spivey).
3. Bogeyman (Elizabeth Smyth).

Links

• IF Comp website (archive), as it stood after the comp.
• Results archive.
• IF Archive.
• IFComp 2018 in Mathbrush's History of IFComp, Year by Year (2024).

Reviews

See also: IFcomp 2018 reviews at intfiction.org, and 24th Annual IF Competition Reviews by Reviewer.

• IfComp 2018 Individual Game Discussion at intfiction.org.
• Reviews - at IFDB.
• Reviews by Anonymous.
• Reviews by antimony.
• Reviews by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
• Reviews by Dark Star.
• Reviews (video) by Thomas Dwyer.
• Reviews by Doug Egan.
• Reviews by Elizabeth.
• Reviews by Enrique.
• Reviews by fumiko666.
• Reviews by Victor Gijsbers.
• Reviews by Herr M.
• Reviews by Christopher Huang.
• Reviews by E. Joyce (The Xenographer).
• Reviews by Celine Kalante Love.
• Reviews by Thomas Mack.
• Reviews by Cat Manning.
• Reviews by McTavish.
• Reviews by Odious.
• Reviews by Michael Wayne Phipps Jr.
• Reviews (podcast) by The Short Game.
• IF Comp Roundup by Emily Short.
• Reviews (in Finnish) by Julius Smed.
• Reviews by swordianmaster.
• Reviews by Jake Wildstrom.
• Reviews by Marshal Tenner Winter.
• Reviews by Brett Witty.
• Reviews by xyzzysqrl.

Author Commentary

See also: IF Comp Post-Mortems.

• Tethered post-mortem by Linus Åkesson.
• Abbess Otilia's Life and Death Postmortem by Arno von Borries.
• Writers Are Not Strangers Mini Post Mortem by Lynda Clark.
• Six Silver Bullets - A Small Postmortem by William Dooling.
• Border Reivers post-mortem by Vivienne Dunstan.
• Erstwhile Postmortem by Maddie Fialla.
• Terminal Interface postmortem by Victor Gijsbers.
• DEVOTIONALIA Post-mortem by G. Grimoire.
• + = x by Chandler Groover.
• Forgotten Tavern Postmortem by Peter M.J. Gross.
• Alias 'The Magpie' Postmortem by J. J. Guest.
• Space Punk Moon Tour postmortem by J_J.
• Instruction Set Postmortem by Jared Jackson.
• Ostrich postmortem by Jonathan Laury.
• Bullhockey! postmortem by B F Lindsay.
• The Origin of Madame Time postmortem by Mathbrush.
• Diddlebucker! postmortem: part 1, part 2 by J. Michael.
• Cannery Vale Postmortem by Hanon Ondricek.
• Stone of Wisdom postmortem by Kenneth Pedersen.
• Grimnoir postmortem by ProP.
• The Master of the Land of postmortems - A confession by Pseudavid.
• Let's Explore Geography postmortem by Carter Sande.
• Ailihphilia Postmortem by Andrew Schultz.
• Bogeyman postmortem by Elizabeth Smyth.
• Junior Arithmancer postmortem by Mike Spivey.
• Lux Postmortem by Agnieszka Trzaska.
• Animalia post-mortem by Ian Michael Waddell.
• En Garde and Re: Dragon (post-mortem) by Jack Welch.
• Dungeon Detective postmortem by Wonaglot.
• Two-parter in Russian: Railways of Love. A ball of technologies inside a simple text game. Part 1 and Railways of Love. A ball of technologies inside a simple text game. Part 2 by RomanVlasov.