Roger Firth

Roger Firth is usually known simply as, erm, Roger. He lives in the UK.

Author Credits

Co-author with Sonja Kesserich of Heidi, William Tell and Captain Fate (2002, 2004; Z-code) – demonstration games from The Inform Beginner's Guide.
Co-author with Sonja Kesserich of the Inform 6 FAQ (archive).
Authored utilities INSTRUCTOR for reformatting Inform 6 source programs, and INSPECTOR (archive) for analysing Inform game files.
Authored the following Inform 6 extensions:
- boxclever.h – Extends the 'box' statement to allow bold or underlined text.
- CCPL.h – Adds a Creative Commons license.
- checkout.h – Adds a CHECKOUT debugging verb to test room connections.
- daemons.h (with Andrew Plotkin) – Puts daemons and timers in a priority order.
- dump.h – Adds debugging verbs DUMP and IS for analysing Inform game files.
- random.h – Provides a portable Z-machine/Glulx random number generator.
- scenic.h (with Richard Barnett, Joe Mason, and Stefano Gaburri) – Embeds examinable-only scenery 'objects' within a room object.
- shuffle.h – Shuffles a list of numbers and uses them in that order.
- smartcantgo.h (with David Wagner) – Lists a room's exits.
- StatusLineColors.inf (with Jay Goemmer) – Sets colours of the status bar.
- stringmaker.h – Turns a byte character array into a packed string or vice-versa.
- writelist.h – Changes the way object lists are printed so that an object's invent property can also be used within room descriptions.

Co-author with Sonja Kesserich of The Inform Beginner's Guide, The Interactive Fiction Library (IFLibrary.org), 2002.
Creator of the Cloak of Darkness game for comparing IF authoring systems.
Maintainer of the Informary (archive) snippets of Inform news (updated until 2008).
Maintainer of the Parsifal (archive) list of IF links ("People And Resource Summary -- Interactive Fiction Authorship Links").
Maintainer of the IF editors summary (archive).
Originator of the Ifaq (archive).
Originator of the r*if Welcome page (archive).