138: IFComp 2017 Wrap Up

We’re a little late getting this out, but we’re wrapping up our IFComp 2017 coverage with a discussion of the comp as a whole, the top 10 games, and discussions of a few games that we didn’t cover in our earlier episodes.

Our IFComp 2017 Coverage
– 134: Intro to IFComp
– 135: IFComp 2017 pt. 1
– 136: IFComp 2017 pt. 2

The Top Ten:
– The Wizard Sniffer by Buster Hudson
– Eat Me by Chandler Groover
– Harmonia by Liza Daly
– Will Not Let Me Go by Stephen Granade
– Absence of Law by mathbrush
– The Owl Consultsby Thomas Mack, Nick Mathewson, and Cidney Hamilton
– A Beauty Cold and Austere by Mike Spivey
– 1958: Dancing With Fear by Victor Ojuel
– Future Threads by Xavid
– Domestic Elementalism by fireisnormal

Also Mentioned:
– Violet by Jeremy Freese – 1st place IFComp 2008 and former highest score
– Queer In Public: A Brief Essay by Norbez
– Alice Aforethought by Hanon Ondricek
– Swigian by mathbrush (as Rainbus North)

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• Raygan Kelly – @raygank
• Shane Kelly – @8bitShane
• Nate Heininger – @natestl
• Laura Nash – @laurajnash

• (00:00) - The 2017 IFComp
• (07:07) - 1st place: The Wizard Sniffer
• (11:27) - 2nd place: Eat Me
• (14:19) - 3rd place: Harmonia
• (20:28) - 4th place: Will Not Let Me Go
• (26:08) - Queer in Public Queer In Public: A Brief Essay by Norbez - The Golden Banana of Discord winner
• (32:08) - 5th place: Absence of Law
• (36:50) - 6th place: The Owl Consults
• (39:13) - 7th place: A Beauty Cold and Austere
• (41:43) - 8th place: 1958: Dancing With Fear
• (42:55) - 9th place: Future Threads by Xavid
• (46:50) - 10th place: Domestic Elementalism
• (50:07) - Cool stuff outside the top 10
• (59:57) - Wrap-up and Outro