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) You can follow our show on Twitter at @_shortgame Like the show? Support us by writing a review on iTunes! Your hosts this week were: 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