For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Puzzles of 2016 - an IFDB Poll
by MathBrush
RSS FeedThis is for suggesting games released in 2016 which you think might be worth considering for Best Puzzles in the XYZZY awards.
This is not a zeroth-round nomination. The category will still be text-entry, and games not mentioned here will remain eligible. This is not an official list. The point of poll is partly to suggest games that others might want to check out, partly as your own reminder for when XYZZY season comes around.
This isn't intended as a straw poll; please don't upvote games already on the list.
[Description adapted from verityvirtue's adaptation of Sam Kabo Ashwell's 2013/2014 polls]
| Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... "Protecting..." [+]"Protecting yourself from the monster on Xyzzy, discovering planets not explicitly mentioned by NPCs, finding buyers for your goods, etc." ( - Full review) --Sobol...  Vote for this game | |
| How to Win at Rock Paper Scissors, by Brian Kwak 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... "Very peculiar..." [+]"Very peculiar systematic puzzles; not hard, but satisfying." () --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Worldsmith, by Ade McT 2 votes "Nothing else like it" [+]"Nothing else like it: There has been nothing else this year with this level of puzzles. Amazing." ( - Full review) --sallychamp2... "Definitely nothing like it." [+]"Definitely nothing like it.: Enormous world and history, delightful technical and puzzle innovations. Seems sprung fully formed out of some alternate IF-verse." () --fhon... Vote for this game | |
| Inside the Facility, by Arthur DiBianca 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --verityvirtue... "It's suprising..." [+]"It's suprising how many different puzzles can be implemented using only N, S, W, E, Z." () --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Darkiss! Wrath of the Vampire - Chapter 2: Journey to Hell, by Marco Vallarino 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Denk... Vote for this game | |
| Portcullis, by Robin Johnson 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... Vote for this game | |
| Pogoman GO!, by Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Denk... Vote for this game | |
| Open Sorcery, by Abigail Corfman 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --verityvirtue... Vote for this game | |
| 16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds, by Abigail Corfman 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |