Being Andrew Plotkin

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Comedy

IF Comp 2000
3rd of of 53

XYZZY Awards 2000
Best NPCs and Best Game

XYZZY Awards 2000
Finalist - Best Story, Best Individual PC,
Best Individual NPC, Best Individual Puzzle

A humorous IF parody of the movie Being John Malkovich by "Celie Paradis", the game casts the player as either of the two protagonists Peter and Valerie, as they discover a tunnel leading into the mind of IF author Andrew Plotkin, as well as the truth about their office supervisor.

Being Andrew Plotkin

Author(s)	J. Robinson Wheeler
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	2000
Authoring system	Inform 6
Platform(s)	Z-code 5
Language(s)	English
License(s)	Freeware
Multimedia
Color	none
Graphics	none
Sound/Music	none
Ratings
Cruelty scale	Cruelty to be determined

1 How It Begins
2 Notable Features
3 Versions
- 3.1 Competition release
4 Links

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How It Begins

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Notable Features

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Versions

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Competition release

Being Andrew Plotkin (J. Robinson Wheeler as "Celie Paradis"; 2000; Z-code 5).
- Release 1 / Serial number 000928 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/10
- IFID: ZCODE-1-000928-2C24
  Babel: ~~metadata, download.~~ (Babel services at IF Archive are not yet available.)
- IF Comp 2000: 3rd place of 53 entries.
- XYZZY Awards 2000: Winner of Best Game and Best NPCs. Finalist for Best Individual NPC (Melvin), Best Individual PC, Best Individual Puzzle (the recursive room), and Best Story.
- Download bap.z5 ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive - The story file.