The 2011 competition was organized by Greg Boettcher.
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What to Do
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Voting ended on May 15, 2011. 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 all the entrants.
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Results
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| Place | Game | Author | Avg. | Std. Dev. | No. Votes | Prize Chosen | |
| 1 | The Lost Islands of Alabaz | Michael Gentry | 6.58 | 2.17 | 24 | $500;
Reed book |
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| 2 | Bonehead | Sean M. Shore | 6.33 | 1.95 | 24 | $315 | |
| 3 | Wetlands | Clara Raubertas | 6.21 | 1.67 | 24 | $200; Wheatley book | |
| 4 | Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis | One of the Bruces and Drunken Bastard | 6.17 | 3.56 | 24 | $123 | |
| 5 | The Promise | Sean Huxter | 5.92 | 2.02 | 24 | $77 | |
| 6 | Hallow Eve | Michael Wayne Phipps Jr. | 4.46 | 2.36 | 24 | $48 | |
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Downloads
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| All six games in one archive | SpringThing2011.zip |
12.8 MB
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ST.net | IF Archive | IF Archive Mirror |
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| Bonehead by Sean M. Shore |
Glulx | Bonehead.zip |
1.6 MB
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ST.net | IF Archive | IF Archive Mirror |
| Hallow Eve by Michael Wayne Phipps Jr. |
Glulx | HallowEveSpring ThingRelease.zip |
1.2 MB
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ST.net | IF Archive | IF Archive Mirror |
| The Lost Islands
of Alabaz by Michael Gentry |
Glulx | TheLostIslands OfAlabaz.zip |
2.4 MB
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ST.net | IF Archive | IF Archive Mirror |
| Mentula Macanus:
Apocolocyntosis by One of the Bruces and Drunken Bastard |
Glulx | MMA.zip |
3.9 MB
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ST.net | IF Archive | IF Archive Mirror |
| The Promise by Sean Huxter |
Glulx | Promise-ST1.zip |
2.6 MB
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ST.net | IF Archive | IF Archive Mirror |
| Wetlands by Clara Raubertas |
Glulx |
wetlands.zip |
1.3 MB
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ST.net | IF Archive | IF Archive Mirror |
| wetlands- walkthrough.txt |
0.0 MB
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ST.net | IF Archive | IF Archive Mirror |
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| ST2011readme.txt |
0.0 MB
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ST.net | IF Archive | IF Archive Mirror |
You'll need an interpreter to play these games. Actually, you'll just need one interpreter, since all the games take the Glulx interpreter. To find out which Glulx interpreter is best for your system, consult the following web page: ifwiki.org's list of IF interpreters.
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Special Thanks
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The Spring Thing would like to thank the following people:
Adam Cadre,
for starting the competition;
Mike Snyder, for writing the voting program and for
running a mirror;
Peter Seebach, for past hosting and technical help;
Stephen Granade, for occasional advice; and
the prize donors, for their generosity.
Obviously, the general purpose of Spring Thing is to promote interactive fiction. More specifically, there are three aims that make the Spring Thing different from the annual IF Comp:
- To provide a place for promoting medium-sized to long works of interactive fiction.
- To provide some springtime relief to the dry season between the autumn deluges of the IF Comp.
- To encourage excellence in game authorship and discourage shoddiness. (The entry fee seems to be fairly effective for this purpose, usually weeding out substandard games.) .
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