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Spring Thing 2016
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The Spring Thing 2016 stories are now available for download. There are seventeen entries this year.

The winner of the Audience Choice ribbon was "Tangaroa Deep" by Astrid Dalmady. The winner of the Alumni's Choice ribbon was "The Xylophoniad" by Robin Johnson.

In the Main Festival (eligible for prizes and ribbons):

Evita Sempai, by Florencia Rumpel Rodriguez a.k.a Rumpelcita (Twine)
Harmonic Time-Bind Ritual Symphony, by Ben Kidwell and Maevele Straw (Inform/Z)
Ms. Lojka, by Jordan Magnuson (Twine)
Rough Draft, by Erica Kleinman (Ren'Py)
Shipwrecked, by Andrew G. Schneider (Twine)
Sisters of Claro Largo, by David T. Marchand (Twine)
Superhero Stress, by Michael Yadvish (Twine)
Tangaroa Deep, by Astrid Dalmady (Twine)
The Xylophoniad, by Robin Johnson (HTML/Javascript)
Three-Card Trick, by Chandler Groover (Inform/Glulx)


In the Back Garden:

Dead Man's Hill, by Arno von Borries (Inform/Glulx)
Dr. Sourpuss Is Not A Choice-Based Game, by P.B. Parjeter (Twine)
Famous Baby, by N.C. Kerklaan (Twine)
Foo Foo, by Buster Hudson (Inform/Glulx)
Fourdiopolis, by Andrew Schultz (Inform/Glulx)
Nocked! True Tales of Robin Hood, by Andrew G. Schneider (Twine)
Standoff, by Matthew R.F. Balousek (PDF)


The 2016 festival opened April 7, 2016 and closed May 7, 2016. You can find out everything you need to know at:
http://www.springthing.net/2016/

You'll find the links to download the entries or play them online on that page.

Some games may require an interpreter program to open. See the festival site at the link above for details on running a particular game.

The deadline for submitting ribbon nominations was May 7, 2016.

Feel free to contact me if there are any problems.

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To all the players, and all the entrants, have fun! 

Aaron