Spring Thing2007
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The 2007 competition was organized by Greg Boettcher.

Current Status

Voting ended on April 25, 2007. If you haven't already played the games, you can download them below.

A big thanks to all who voted in the comp, and to those who donated prizes. And congratulations to the entrants.

Results
               
Place Game Author Avg. Std. Dev. No. Votes Prize Chosen  
1 Fate Victor Gijsbers 7.89 1.49 19 $140 0 votes for 10 votes for 20 votes for 30 votes for 41 vote for 53 votes for 63 votes for 75 votes for 84 votes for 93 votes for 10
2 The Reluctant Resurrectee David Whyld 6.53 1.84 19 $85 1 vote for 10 votes for 20 votes for 31 vote for 41 vote for 55 votes for 66 votes for 73 votes for 82 votes for 90 votes for 10
3 Starship Volant: Stowaway C. Henshaw 5.37 1.95 19 $37.85 1 vote for 10 votes for 22 votes for 32 votes for 45 votes for 54 votes for 64 votes for 70 votes for 80 votes for 91 vote for 10
4 The Epic Origins of CamelGirl! Brandi Wilcox 5.26 2.42 19 $30 2 votes for 10 votes for 22 votes for 34 votes for 43 votes for 51 vote for 63 votes for 72 votes for 82 votes for 90 votes for 10
               
Downloads
 
All four games in one archive   SpringThing2007.zip 
915 kb
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The Epic Origins of CamelGirl!
by Brandi Wilcox
TADS 3 CamelGirl.zip
372 kb
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Fate
by Victor Gijsbers
Z-Code Fate.z8
471 kb
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The Reluctant Resurrectee
by David Whyld
ADRIFT With graphics:
rking
(graphics).taf
180 kb
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Without graphics:
rking (no
graphics).taf
97 kb
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Starship Volant: Stowaway
by C. Henshaw
ADRIFT

volant.zip

65 kb
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    readme.txt
4 kb
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You'll need an interpreter to play these games. Actually, you'll need more than one interpreter, one for each game type (ADRIFT, TADS 3, and Z-Code). To find out which interpreters are best for your system, consult ifwiki.org's list of IF interpreters.

Special Thanks

The Spring Thing would like to thank the following people:

Adam Cadre, for starting the competition;
Mike Snyder, for writing the voting program;
Peter Seebach, for hosting and technical help;
Stephen Granade, for occasional advice; and
all of the prize donors, for their generosity. here here

Purpose

Obviously, the general purpose of Spring Thing is to promote interactive fiction. More specifically, there are three aims that make Spring Thing different from the annual IF Comp:

  1. To provide a place for promoting medium-sized to long works of interactive fiction.
  2. To provide some springtime relief to the dry season between the autumn deluges of the IF Comp.
  3. To encourage excellence and discourage shoddiness. (The entry fee seems to be fairly effective for this purpose, usually weeding out substandard games.

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