(Originally posted to REC.GAMES.INT-FICTION)
Wow… just six “short” weeks ago the judging started, and just… er… several weeks before that, I started on my entry. It’s over already?
Once again I just missed a placing in the top 3 (The Traveling Swordsman). With such outstanding competition, it’s no surprise. I was braced for
something lower. I’ll have lots more to say later, when it’s not 3:00 AM (and I do work tomorrow). To save the newsgroup from my unfocused ramblings,
I’ll probably just post those thoughts to my website.
I felt that this was an incredibly good competition. Great games. Memorable games. I only played around half of them (a lack of time this year), but it
was mostly a great half. Admittedly, I started skipping and picking from the list, partway through.
But what you’re after are the reviews, right?
Here they are, in order by the score I’d have given if I had voted. I changed my ranking system a little this year to use plus/minus instead of
half-points.
My IFComp 2006 Reviews page is here:
sidneymerk.com/ifcomp06.shtml
The full scoring explanation is at:
sidneymerk.com/comp06/scoring.shtml
You can view all of this on a single (very long) page:
sidneymerk.com/comp06/journal.shtml
Or individually:
Delightful Wallpaper: 10-
sidneymerk.com/comp06/wallpaper.shtml
The Elysium Enigma: 9+
sidneymerk.com/comp06/elysium.shtml
Legion: 9
sidneymerk.com/comp06/legion.shtml
Floatpoint: 9
sidneymerk.com/comp06/float.shtml
The Primrose Path: 9
sidneymerk.com/comp06/primrose.shtml
Madam Spider’s Web: 9-
sidneymerk.com/comp06/spider.shtml
Moon-Shaped: 8+
sidneymerk.com/comp06/moon.shtml
Game Producer!: 8
sidneymerk.com/comp06/game.shtml
Aunts and Butlers: 8
sidneymerk.com/comp06/aunts.shtml
Star City: 8-
sidneymerk.com/comp06/starcity.shtml
Unauthorized Termination: 7+
sidneymerk.com/comp06/unauth.shtml
Mobius: 7
sidneymerk.com/comp06/mobius.shtml
The Bible Retold: 7
sidneymerk.com/comp06/bible.shtml
The Initial State: 7-
sidneymerk.com/comp06/initial.shtml
MANALIVE Part 2: 6+
sidneymerk.com/comp06/manalive2.shtml
MANALIVE Part 1: 5
sidneymerk.com/comp06/manalive1.shtml
Lawn of Love: 4+
sidneymerk.com/comp06/lawn.shtml
Labyrinth: 4
sidneymerk.com/comp06/labyrinth.shtml
Tetellian Island: 3+
sidneymerk.com/comp06/island.shtml
Sisyphus: 3
sidneymerk.com/comp06/sisyphus.shtml
Simple Adventure: 2
sidneymerk.com/comp06/simple.shtml
PTGOOD 8*10^23: 2-
sidneymerk.com/comp06/ptgood.shtml
I regret that I was unable to play every game this year. The reviews I did, though, are fairly lengthy (if a bit rambly and off-topic at times).
Thanks to everybody who made this a great IFComp – the organizers, the other reviewers, judges, and the other authors. Thanks!
---- Mike.