Who has managed to tug at your heart strings, scare you silly, you or keep you immersed for hours with their storyline? Who shows mastery at suspending your disbelief?
Unfortunately no game made this year has pulled that effect on me, if it's still valid I'll nominate Hiromu (http://rmrk.net/index.php?action=profile;u=15172) for Witchtooth (http://rmrk.net/index.php/topic,42723.0.html) (which I only played this year).
I don't recall if zylos made his GIAW horror submission this year, if so I nominate Zyylos for scaring the crap out of me. . .
I'm nominating Yuyubabe for her GIAW projects, in particularly the neat way she came up with a new case for her Phoenix Wright fangame.
I wish I could renominate Reives for To The Moon, since it was re-released on Steam this year, but I think that might be pushing it. I also wish I could remember who posted what story idea in Gracie's guild. x.x
I always enjoy Dark Gaia's (http://rmrk.net/index.php?action=profile;u=7027) stories.
I'll throw in blueperiod (http://rmrk.net/index.php?action=profile;u=7165) and joy (http://rmrk.net/index.php?action=profile;u=7153)