Prizes have always been a fun part of IF events. Rather than give numerical rankings and tiered prizes, we like to do something different: gather interesting, useful, quirky, or funny prizes into a general pool. When the festival closes, authors will rank prizes in order of desirability, and our resident PrizeBot will do its best to pair prizes and authors. (Depending on the number of prizes and entrants, not everyone may receive a prize.) Being awarded a ribbon does not change your chance of receiving a prize.
The prizes donated for the 2024 festival so far are:
- #1: The game Choice of Robots, as a Steam key, donated by Brian Rushton
- #2: The game Sayonara Wild Hearts, as a Steam key, donated by Tim White
- #3: A custom Roblox game, based on your entry. Details here. Donated by Wade Clarke
- #4: Choose Your Own Adventure #49: Danger at Anchor Mine, donated by Sarah Willson
- #5: Choose Your Own Adventure #65: The Mardi Gras Mystery, donated by Sarah Willson
- #6: Choice of Falling Through the Weaving or Shelta's Songbook (paperback or digital), donated by Leia Talon
- #7: Steam Key for Stars Arisen from Choice of Games or Their Majesties' Pleasure from Heart's Choice, donated by Leia Talon.
- #8: Two copies of Halfling Dale, donated by Wysiwyg Wizards.
- #9: 1 steam key for Beyond Eyes, donated by Jacic
- #10: Steam key for Roadwarden, donated by Autumn Chen
- #11: Steam key for If Found..., donated by Autumn Chen
- #12: Steam keys for Vampire: the Masquerade–Night Road, donated by Autumn Chen
- #13: Steam keys for Vampire: the Masquerade–Out for Blood, donated by Autumn Chen
- #14: Steam keys for Vampire: the Masquerade–Parliament of Knives, donated by Autumn Chen
- #15: Steam keys for Vampire: the Masquerade–Sins of the Sires, donated by Autumn Chen
- #16: The game Celeste by Maddy Makes Games and Extremely OK Games, Ltd., as a Steam or Humble key, donated by Mike Kleine
- #17: The game Forgive Me Father by Byte Barrel, as a Steam or Humble key, donated by Mike Kleine
- #18: The game Abzu by Giant Squid, as a Steam or Humble key, donated by Mike Kleine
- #19: The game Rain World by Videocult, as a Steam or Humble key, donated by Mike Kleine
- #20: The game Dicey Dungeons by Terry Cavanagh, as a Steam or Humble key, donated by Mike Kleine
- #21: The game Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice by Ninja Theory, as a Steam or Humble key, donated by Mike Kleine
If you're interested in donating a prize, you are an excellent person, and you should please contact the organizer. Need ideas for prizes? Check out the prize list for past Things (such as ’20 or ’18), or look at the current or past prize lists for IF Comp.
Keep in mind that part of your prize donation, if it's a physical item, is the cost of shipping it to the recipient, who may be from a different country than you. Delivery of prizes won't happen until after the festival closes in May. Please prioritize prize donations you think an interactive fiction fan would be excited to receive.