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[[Image:Gl-davidw.jpg|right|300px|thumb|David Welbourn, 2007. From GET LAMP.]]

Prodigious game-player of IF, as well as occasional author. Helps maintain IFWiki and has composed maps and walkthroughs for many IF games over the past 25 years. David's nickname on [[ifMUD]] is DavidW. On IFWiki, he's [[User:Dswxyz|Dswxyz]].

==Author Credits==
* ''[[A speedIF O entry]]'' (2001; [[Z-code]]). [[Speed-IF O]].
* ''[[Squeaky on the Moon]]'' (2001; Z-code). [[Speed-IF Pi-Theta-Aleph-Parallax]].
** ''Fajfeta sur la Luno'' (Z-code). [[Esperanto]] translation.
* ''[[Cheeseshop]]'' (2002; [[ifMud]], Z-code, [[TADS 3]]).
* ''[[Krakatoa Tuna Melt]]'' (2002; Z-code). [[Speed-IF 10^-9|Speed-IF 10<sup>&minus;9</sup>]].
* ''[[The Angel Curse]]'' (2003; Z-code). [[Speed-IF 19]].
* ''[[Yay Games]]'' (2004; Z-code). [[Speed-IF Century]].
* ''[[The Fox, The Dragon, and The Stale Loaf of Bread]]'' (24-Jul-2005; Z-code). [[IntroComp 2005]]: Second Runner-up.
* ''[[This is the game that I wrote]]'' (21-Jan-2006; Z-code). [[Speed-IF Gruff]].
* ''[[Beanstalk the and Jack]]'' (04-Jun-2008; [[ADRIFT]] 4). [[The Comp With No Name 2008]]: winner.
* ''[[69,105 Keys]]'' (02-Mar-2009; Z-code).
* ''[[Four Days of Summer]]'' (08-Jul-2017; Glulx). [[Speed-IF Potato Peeler]].
* ''[[Easter Egg Hunt 2020]]'' (11-Apr-2020; Glulx).

==Porting Credits==
* Ported ''[[It's Easter, Peeps!]]'' ([[Sara Brookside]]; 14-May-2006; [[ADRIFT]] 4) to Inform 6.

==Review and Article Credits==
* [[IF Comp]] reviews: [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/85d62345823a9d10 1999], {{link|url=http://www.plover.net/~davidw/comp02reviews.html|2002}}, {{link|url=http://www.plover.net/~davidw/comp04reviews.html|2004}} and {{link|url=http://www.plover.net/~davidw/comp02reviews.html|2005}}.
* [[IFLibrary Comp]] reviews: [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/daf9f260120ba78e 2002].
* [http://forum.adrift.co/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=6112 Reviews] of [[Ectocomp 2008]].
* [http://www.sparkynet.com/spag/reviewers.html Reviews] for [[SPAG]].
* {{dead link|url=http://www.wurb.com/if/person/1152|archive=http://web.archive.org/web/20120501000000/http://wurb.com/if/person/1152|Reviewer}} for [[Baf's Guide]].
* [http://www.ministryofpeace.com/if-review/reviews/20020614.html Review] of ''[[Tinseltown Blues]]'' - at [[IF-Review]].
* {{ifdb reviewer|David|3wcnay8ie4ajtyrm}}.

==Organizational Credits==
* Co-admin of the [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Interactive-Fiction/15566496862 Interactive Fiction] fan page on [[Facebook]].
* Occassional host for [[ClubFloyd]] when [[Jacqueline A. Lott|Jacqueline]] can't be there.

==Testing Credits==
* ''[[Beyond]]'' ([[Mondi Confinanti]]; 01-Oct-2005; [[Glulx]], [[Z-code]]).

==Game Appearances==
As an NPC:
* ''[[Four Days of Summer]]'' (David Welbourn; 2017; Glulx). A shameless self-insertion, David is your companion in this game and makes frequent references to other works of interactive fiction.

As a cameo appearance:
* ''[[The Day I came back]]'' ([[Marius Müller]]; 2014). In a clear reference to his game ''[[69,105 Keys]]'', David is not named   but presented with the words: <blockquote>Suddenly, a man appears from the cabin. He has glasses, a moustache and a friendly face.</blockquote>

As a reference only:
* ''[[Nothing But Mazes]]'' ([[Greg Boettcher]]; 2006; TADS 3). David is mentioned in the response to the "[[plover]]" command.
* ''[[The Day I mauled ...]]'' ([[Taleslinger]]; 2008; Z-code). "[[Cheeseshop]]" by David Welbourn is one of the songs playing on the kitchen laptop.
* ''[[Pogomon GO!]]'' ([[Jack Welch]] and [[Ben Collins-Sussman]]; 2016; Glulx). There is a location called "Welbourn Travel" that has several maps.

==Other Credits==
* Wrote [[walkthrough]]s for many games.
* Converted [[DM4]] from PDF to HTML, with assistance from [[David Cornelson]].
* Contributed to [[AAS]] April Fool's prank.
* Assembled list of year's games for [[XYZZY Awards]] 2002&ndash;2011.
* An administrator and frequent contributor to [[IFWiki]].

==Links==
* {{link|url=http://www.plover.net/~davidw/ifindex.html|David Welbourn's IF Index Page}}.
* {{baf person|David Welbourn|1152}}.
* {{ifdb profile|David Welbourn|3wcnay8ie4ajtyrm}}.
* {{ifwizz|David Welbourn|interactive-fiction-autor-david-welbourn}}.

===Interviews===
* [http://newsletter.aifcommunity.org/2007-03-31.txt AIF Newsletter], April 2007. Interviewed by [[A. Ninny]].
* [http://archive.org/details/getlamp-welbourn GET LAMP: David Welbourn]. Interview clips of Welbourn for [[Get Lamp]], 2007.

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