Spring Thing2011
Or Fall Fooferall, for our Southern Hemisphere friends.

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The 2011 competition was organized by Greg Boettcher.

What to Do

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.

Results
               
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
0 votes for 12 votes for 20 votes for 32 votes for 42 votes for 55 votes for 65 votes for 72 votes for 85 votes for 91 vote for 10
2 Bonehead Sean M. Shore 6.33 1.95 24 $315 1 vote for 10 votes for 21 vote for 32 votes for 42 votes for 56 votes for 64 votes for 76 votes for 82 votes for 90 votes for 10
3 Wetlands Clara Raubertas 6.21 1.67 24 $200; Wheatley book 0 votes for 11 vote for 21 vote for 30 votes for 47 votes for 53 votes for 65 votes for 77 votes for 80 votes for 90 votes for 10
4 Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis One of the Bruces and Drunken Bastard 6.17 3.56 24 $123 5 votes for 11 vote for 22 votes for 31 vote for 40 votes for 50 votes for 62 votes for 75 votes for 83 votes for 95 votes for 10
5 The Promise Sean Huxter 5.92 2.02 24 $77 0 votes for 10 votes for 23 votes for 33 votes for 45 votes for 55 votes for 63 votes for 71 vote for 83 votes for 91 vote for 10
6 Hallow Eve Michael Wayne Phipps Jr. 4.46 2.36 24 $48 1 vote for 15 votes for 23 votes for 33 votes for 47 votes for 52 votes for 60 votes for 70 votes for 82 votes for 91 vote for 10
               
Downloads
 
All six games in one archive SpringThing2011.zip 
12.8 MB
ST.net IF Archive IF Archive
Mirror
Bonehead
by Sean M. Shore
Glulx Bonehead.zip
1.6 MB
ST.net IF Archive IF Archive
Mirror
Hallow Eve
by Michael Wayne Phipps Jr.
Glulx HallowEveSpring ThingRelease.zip
1.2 MB
ST.net IF Archive IF Archive
Mirror
The Lost Islands of Alabaz
by Michael Gentry
Glulx TheLostIslands OfAlabaz.zip
2.4 MB
ST.net IF Archive IF Archive
Mirror
Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis
by One of the Bruces and Drunken Bastard
Glulx MMA.zip
3.9 MB
ST.net IF Archive IF Archive
Mirror
The Promise
by Sean Huxter
Glulx Promise-ST1.zip
2.6 MB
ST.net IF Archive IF Archive
Mirror
Wetlands
by Clara Raubertas
Glulx

wetlands.zip

1.3 MB
ST.net IF Archive IF Archive
Mirror
  wetlands-
walkthrough.txt
0.0 MB
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    ST2011readme.txt
0.0 MB
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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.

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 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. here here

Purpose

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:

  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 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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