We previously posted about the TIGSource 'Text The Halls' competition, which was a Christmas-themed text adventure competition from one of the key independent gaming sites, and hey presto, the winners have been announced.

According to the site: "The winner is Pacian, with the excellent Snowblind Aces – which also finished first with a unanimous Miss Congeniality vote! Congratulations also to Akhel, who managed a very close second place with The Snowman in both the main vote and the MC vote. Finishing third is TIGSaga in the main event (keep an eye out for TIGStory!), and My Magic Tire Hoax in the MC vote (probably the most imaginative entry to the contest)."

If you want to grab them, the TIGSource forum links are down as of queuing this post, but IFWiki has individual links to info page with downloads on each, and Terry @ Distractionware is kindly hosting a ZIP of them all, except the Java-based 'Breathe'.

Also, as the TIGSource-rs note: "IF blogger Jason Dyer has reviews up of the top three, Snowblind Aces, The Snowman, and TIGSaga." It's great to see the multipurpose craziness of today's indie game creator, given I'm presuming a lot of the entrants hadn't made interactive fiction before.