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The winners were announced in a live, online ceremony on [[ifMUD]]. (Link to transcript should go here.) (Link to the full list of nominees for 1999.)<br />
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== 1999 XYZZY Award Winners ==<br />
* '''Best Game''': ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* '''Best Writing''': ''For a Change'' ([[Dan Schmidt]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* '''Best Story''': ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
* '''Best Setting''': ''Hunter, in Darkness'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* '''Best Puzzles''': ''The Mulldoon Legacy'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* '''Best NPCs''': ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* '''Best Individual Puzzle''': The maze, in ''Hunter, in Darkness'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* '''Best Individual NPC''': Miss Sierra, in ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* '''Best Individual PC''': Primo Varicella, in ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* '''Best Use of Medium''': ''Aisle'' ([[Sam Barlow]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
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== 1999 XYZZY Award Winners and Finalists ==<br />
* '''Best Game''': ''<b>Varicella</b>'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''For a Change'' ([[Dan Schmidt]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Lunatix: The Insanity Circle'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; MS-DOS).<br />
** Finalist: ''The Mulldoon Legacy'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
* '''Best Writing''': ''<b>For a Change</b>'' ([[Dan Schmidt]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Exhibition'' ([[Ian Finley]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Lunatix: The Insanity Circle'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; MS-DOS).<br />
** Finalist: ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
* '''Best Story''': ''<b>Worlds Apart</b>'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Aisle'' ([[Sam Barlow]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Common Ground'' ([[Stephen Granade]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Lunatix: The Insanity Circle'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; MS-DOS).<br />
** Finalist: ''The Mulldoon Legacy'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* '''Best Setting''': ''<b>Hunter, in Darkness</b>'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Erehwon'' ([[Richard Litherland]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''For a Change'' ([[Dan Schmidt]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''The Mulldoon Legacy'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Winter Wonderland'' ([[Laura A. Knauth]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
* '''Best Puzzles''': ''<b>The Mulldoon Legacy</b>'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Lunatix: The Insanity Circle'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; MS-DOS).<br />
** Finalist: ''Not Just An Ordinary Ballerina'' ([[Jim Aikin]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
* '''Best NPCs''': ''<b>Varicella</b>'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''A Day for Soft Food'' ([[Tod Levi]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''The Frenetic Five vs. Mr. Redundancy Man'' ([[Neil deMause]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''The Mulldoon Legacy'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
* '''Best Individual Puzzle''': The maze, in ''<b>Hunter, in Darkness</b>'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Break-In'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: Stopping the flood, in ''For a Change'' ([[Dan Schmidt]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: The clone puzzle, in ''The Frenetic Five vs. Mr. Redundancy Man'' ([[Neil deMause]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
** Finalist: Getting the light upstairs, in ''The Mulldoon Legacy'' ([[Jon Ingold]]).<br />
*** <span style="color:red">Note: The gypsum flowers, in ''[[Jewel of Knowledge]]'' ([[Francesco Bova]]; Z-code), was never actually nominated. This was a joke made during the ceremony.</span><br />
* '''Best Individual NPC''': Miss Sierra, in ''<b>Varicella</b>'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: Anatoly Domokov, in ''Exhibition'' ([[Ian Finley]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
** Finalist: The wumpus, in ''Hunter, in Darkness'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: Princess Charlotte, in ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: Lyric/Echo, in ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
* '''Best Individual PC''': Primo Varicella, in ''<b>Varicella</b>'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: The player character in ''Aisle'' ([[Sam Barlow]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: The cat, in ''A Day for Soft Food'' ([[Tod Levi]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: The wife, in ''Exhibition'' ([[Ian Finley]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
** Finalist: Sarah, in ''Winchester's Nightmare'' ([[Nick Montfort]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* '''Best Use of Medium''': ''<b>Aisle</b>'' ([[Sam Barlow]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Hunter, in Darkness'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Six Stories'' ([[Neil K. Guy]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
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<div>this should be updated due to jewewl of knowledge not having been nominated.<br />
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official source: http://www.xyzzynews.com/99finalists.html</div>Nespressohttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=XYZZY_Awards_(Best_Individual_Puzzle)&diff=21554XYZZY Awards (Best Individual Puzzle)2007-02-15T18:20:44Z<p>Nespresso: /* Best Individual Puzzle Winners and Finalists */</p>
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==Best Individual Puzzle Winners==<br />
* '''1996 Best Individual Puzzle''': Opening the gate, in ''[[So Far]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* '''1997 Best Individual Puzzle''': The language puzzle, in ''[[The Edifice]]'' ([[Lucian P. Smith]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
* '''1998 Best Individual Puzzle''': Getting out of the chair, from ''[[Spider and Web]]'' (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).<br />
* '''1999 Best Individual Puzzle''': The maze, in ''[[Hunter, in Darkness]]'' (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).<br />
* '''2000 Best Individual Puzzle''': The whole game of ''[[Rematch]]'' ([[Andrew Pontious]]).<br />
* '''2001 Best Individual Puzzle''': Deciphering the language, in ''[[The Gostak]]'' ([[Carl Muckenhoupt]]; Z-code).<br />
* '''2002 Best Individual Puzzle''': Setting the traps in ''[[Lock & Key]]'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Glulx]]).<br />
* '''2003 Best Individual Puzzle''': The purple room in ''[[The Recruit]]'' ([[Mike Sousa]]; TADS 2).<br />
* '''2004 Best Individual Puzzle''': The time travel puzzle in ''[[All Things Devours]]'' ([[half sick of shadows]]; Z-code).<br />
* '''2005 Best Individual Puzzle''': Following the murderer, in ''[[Beyond]]'' ([[Roberto Grassi]], [[Paolo Lucchesi]], and [[Alessandro Peretti]]; publisher: [[Mondi Confinanti]]; Glulx).<br />
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==Best Individual Puzzle Winners and Finalists==<br />
* '''1996 Best Individual Puzzle''': Opening the gate, in ''<b>[[So Far]]</b>'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: The crystals, in ''[[Fear]]'' ([[Chuan-Tze Teo]]; Z-code).<br />
** Finalist: The elephant, in ''[[The Meteor, The Stone And A Long Glass Of Sherbet]]'' ([[Graham Nelson]]; Z-code).<br />
** Finalist: (cramped, crawling), in ''[[So Far]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code). <br />
** Finalist: Riding the creature, in ''[[So Far]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).<br />
* '''1997 Best Individual Puzzle''': The language puzzle, in ''<b>[[The Edifice]]</b>'' ([[Lucian P. Smith]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
** Finalist: Setting the digital clock, in ''[[Heist]]'' ([[Andy Phillips]]; Z-code).<br />
** Finalist: The whole game of ''[[Pick Up The Phone Booth And Die]]'' ([[Rob Noyes]]; Z-code).<br />
** Finalist: Defeating the Kunkel, in ''[[Sins Against Mimesis]]'' ([[Adam Thornton]]; Z-code).<br />
** Finalist: Building the sand castle, in ''[[Sunset Over Savannah]]'' ([[Ivan Cockrum]]; TADS 2).<br />
* '''1998 Best Individual Puzzle''': Getting out of the chair, from ''<b>[[Spider and Web]]</b>'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).<br />
** Finalist: The snack machine, in ''[[Little Blue Men]]'' ([[Michael Gentry]]; Z-code).<br />
** Finalist: The granite cube, in ''[[Losing Your Grip]]'' ([[Stephen Granade]]; TADS 2).<br />
** Finalist: Getting out of the maze, in ''[[Photopia]]'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; Z-code).<br />
** Finalist: Entering the warehouse, in ''[[The Plant]]'' ([[Michael J. Roberts]]; TADS 2).<br />
* '''1999 Best Individual Puzzle''': The maze, in ''<b>[[Hunter, in Darkness]]</b>'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).<br />
** Finalist: ''[[Break-In]]'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; Z-code).<br />
** Finalist: Stopping the flood, in ''[[For a Change]]'' ([[Dan Schmidt]]; Z-code).<br />
** Finalist: The clone puzzle, in ''[[The Frenetic Five vs. Mr. Redundancy Man]]'' ([[Neil deMause]]; TADS 2).<br />
** Finalist: Getting the light upstairs, in ''[[The Mulldoon Legacy]]'' ([[Jon Ingold]]).<br />
*** <span style="color:red">Note: The gypsum flowers, in ''[[Jewel of Knowledge]]'' ([[Francesco Bova]]; Z-code), was never actually nominated. This was a joke made during the ceremony.</span><br />
* '''2000 Best Individual Puzzle''': The whole game of ''<b>[[Rematch]]</b>'' ([[Andrew Pontious]]).<br />
** Finalist: The whole game of ''[[9:05]]'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; Z-code).<br />
** Finalist: The mannequin, in ''[[Above and Beyond!]]'' ([[Mike Sousa]]; TADS 2).<br />
** Finalist: The letter rooms, in ''[[Ad Verbum]]'' ([[Nick Montfort]]; Z-code).<br />
** Finalist: The recursive room, in ''[[Being Andrew Plotkin]]'' ([[J. Robinson Wheeler]]; Z-code).<br />
* <b>2001 Best Individual Puzzle</b>: Deciphering the language, in ''<b>[[The Gostak]]</b>'' ([[Carl Muckenhoupt]]; Z-code).<br />
** Finalist: The birds, in ''[[All Roads]]'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; Z-code).<br />
** Finalist: Switching the glasses, in ''[[Pytho's Mask]]'' ([[Emily Short]]; Z-code).<br />
** Finalist: The chess game, in ''[[Silicon Castles]]'' ([[David Given]]; Z-code).<br />
** Finalist: [unspecified], in ''[[Textfire Golf]]'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; Z-code).<br />
** Finalist: Disarming the bomb, in ''[[Vicious Cycles]]'' ([[Simon Mark]]; Z-code).<br />
* <b>2002 Best Individual Puzzle</b>: Setting the traps in ''<b>[[Lock & Key]]</b>'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Glulx]]).<br />
** Finalist: The maze in ''[[Constraints (by Bays)|Constraints]]'' ([[Martin Bays]]; Z-code).<br />
** Finalist: Entering the church in ''[[Forever Always]]'' ([[Iain Merrick]]; [[TADS 3]]).<br />
** Finalist: Decoding the letter in ''[[Savoir-Faire]]'' ([[Emily Short]]; Z-code).<br />
** Finalist: The computer password in ''[[Till Death Makes a Monk-Fish Out of Me!]]'' ([[Jon Ingold]] and [[Mike Sousa]]; TADS 2).<br />
* <b>2003 Best Individual Puzzle</b>: The purple room in ''<b>[[The Recruit]]</b>'' ([[Mike Sousa]]; TADS 2).<br />
** Finalist: Escaping the quicksand in ''[[Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus]]'' ([[Dan Shiovitz]] and [[Emily Short]]; TADS 3).<br />
** Finalist: Making the sandwich in ''[[Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus]]'' ([[Dan Shiovitz]] and [[Emily Short]]; TADS 3).<br />
** Finalist: Creating the black powder in ''[[Risorgimento Represso]]'' ([[Michael Coyne]]; Z-code).<br />
** Finalist: Getting into the farm in ''[[Risorgimento Represso]]'' ([[Michael Coyne]]; Z-code).<br />
* <b>2004 Best Individual Puzzle</b>: The time travel puzzle in <b>''[[All Things Devours]]''</b> ([[half sick of shadows]]; Z-code).<br />
** Finalist: The toilet in ''[[Blue Chairs]]'' ([[Chris Klimas]]; Z-code).<br />
** Finalist: The cistern in ''[[The Dreamhold]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).<br />
** Finalist: Cracking Eno's computer in ''[[Future Boy!]]'' ([[Kent Tessman]]; [[Hugo]]).<br />
** Finalist: The poltergeist in ''[[Necrotic Drift]]'' ([[Robb Sherwin]]; Hugo).<br />
* '''2005 Best Individual Puzzle''': Following the murderer, in '''''[[Beyond]]''''' ([[Roberto Grassi]], [[Paolo Lucchesi]], and [[Alessandro Peretti]]; publisher: [[Mondi Confinanti]]; Glulx).<br />
** Finalist: Moving the stone (after the labyrinth), in ''[[All Hope Abandon]]'' ([[Eric Eve]]; TADS 3).<br />
** Finalist: Finding something to eat, in ''[[Chancellor]]'' ([[Kevin Venzke]]; TADS 2).<br />
** Finalist: Beating the creature, in ''[[Distress]]'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; Hugo).<br />
** Finalist: Identifying the killer, in ''[[Mystery House Possessed]]'' (Emily Short; Z-code).<br />
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==Links==<br />
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XYZZY_Award_for_Best_Individual_Puzzle XYZZY Award for Best Individual Puzzle] at Wikipedia.<br />
[[Category:XYZZY Awards]] [[Category:Puzzles]]</div>Nespressohttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=XYZZY_Awards_1999&diff=21553XYZZY Awards 19992007-02-15T18:16:52Z<p>Nespresso: /* 1999 XYZZY Award Winners and Finalists */</p>
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<div>{{Xyzzies}}<br />
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The winners were announced in a live, online ceremony on [[ifMUD]]. (Link to transcript should go here.) (Link to the full list of nominees for 1999.)<br />
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== 1999 XYZZY Award Winners ==<br />
* '''Best Game''': ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* '''Best Writing''': ''For a Change'' ([[Dan Schmidt]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* '''Best Story''': ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
* '''Best Setting''': ''Hunter, in Darkness'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* '''Best Puzzles''': ''The Mulldoon Legacy'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* '''Best NPCs''': ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* '''Best Individual Puzzle''': The maze, in ''Hunter, in Darkness'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* '''Best Individual NPC''': Miss Sierra, in ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* '''Best Individual PC''': Primo Varicella, in ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* '''Best Use of Medium''': ''Aisle'' ([[Sam Barlow]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
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== 1999 XYZZY Award Winners and Finalists ==<br />
* '''Best Game''': ''<b>Varicella</b>'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''For a Change'' ([[Dan Schmidt]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Lunatix: The Insanity Circle'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; MS-DOS).<br />
** Finalist: ''The Mulldoon Legacy'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
* '''Best Writing''': ''<b>For a Change</b>'' ([[Dan Schmidt]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Exhibition'' ([[Ian Finley]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Lunatix: The Insanity Circle'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; MS-DOS).<br />
** Finalist: ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
* '''Best Story''': ''<b>Worlds Apart</b>'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Aisle'' ([[Sam Barlow]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Common Ground'' ([[Stephen Granade]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Lunatix: The Insanity Circle'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; MS-DOS).<br />
** Finalist: ''The Mulldoon Legacy'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* '''Best Setting''': ''<b>Hunter, in Darkness</b>'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Erehwon'' ([[Richard Litherland]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''For a Change'' ([[Dan Schmidt]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''The Mulldoon Legacy'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Winter Wonderland'' ([[Laura A. Knauth]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
* '''Best Puzzles''': ''<b>The Mulldoon Legacy</b>'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Lunatix: The Insanity Circle'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; MS-DOS).<br />
** Finalist: ''Not Just An Ordinary Ballerina'' ([[Jim Aikin]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
* '''Best NPCs''': ''<b>Varicella</b>'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''A Day for Soft Food'' ([[Tod Levi]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''The Frenetic Five vs. Mr. Redundancy Man'' ([[Neil deMause]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''The Mulldoon Legacy'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
* '''Best Individual Puzzle''': The maze, in ''<b>Hunter, in Darkness</b>'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Break-In'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: Stopping the flood, in ''For a Change'' ([[Dan Schmidt]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: The clone puzzle, in ''The Frenetic Five vs. Mr. Redundancy Man'' ([[Neil deMause]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
** Finalist: Getting the light upstairs, in ''The Mulldoon Legacy'' ([[Jon Ingold]]).<br />
*** <span style="color:red">Note: Baf's lists ''Break-In'' as a finalist, as does the official nominations page; Dylan's XYZZY page lists ''Jewel of Knowlege'' in its place.</span><br />
* '''Best Individual NPC''': Miss Sierra, in ''<b>Varicella</b>'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: Anatoly Domokov, in ''Exhibition'' ([[Ian Finley]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
** Finalist: The wumpus, in ''Hunter, in Darkness'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: Princess Charlotte, in ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: Lyric/Echo, in ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
* '''Best Individual PC''': Primo Varicella, in ''<b>Varicella</b>'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: The player character in ''Aisle'' ([[Sam Barlow]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: The cat, in ''A Day for Soft Food'' ([[Tod Levi]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: The wife, in ''Exhibition'' ([[Ian Finley]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
** Finalist: Sarah, in ''Winchester's Nightmare'' ([[Nick Montfort]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* '''Best Use of Medium''': ''<b>Aisle</b>'' ([[Sam Barlow]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Hunter, in Darkness'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Six Stories'' ([[Neil K. Guy]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).<br />
** Finalist: ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
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<div>==Best Individual Puzzle==<br />
About the the Best Individual Puzzle: I think the water puzzle in "Break-In" was a nominee and the gypsum flowers in "Jewel of Knowledge" were not. My sources are:<br />
* [http://www.xyzzynews.com/99finalists.html The official XYZZY Awards page] and [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/browse_thread/thread/138201ccb38fd122/e525b3abab6ace40 the R*IF thread about 1999 XYZZY Awards nominees].<br />
* [http://www.eblong.com/zarf/award-transcript3.html The 1999 XYZZY Awards ifMUD ceremony transcript (on Andrew Plotkin's website)]. There, GuyStuckInAChair tells what the nominees for Best Individual Puzzle are. He does mention "Break-In", but doesn't mention "Jewel of Knowledge" himself: it seems to be a joke by Thazz. --[[User:Eriorg|Eriorg]] 10:48, 15 February 2007 (EST)<br />
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the authentic list is here:<br />
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http://www.xyzzynews.com/99finalists.html<br />
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no jewel of knowledge, only break-in. i have corrected it. [[User:Nespresso|Nespresso]] 13:13, 15 February 2007 (EST)</div>Nespressohttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Beta-testing&diff=21394Beta-testing2007-02-03T12:10:57Z<p>Nespresso: (DEAD LINK)</p>
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<div>The process of allowing people other than the [[author]] to play a game that is otherwise essentially complete, for the purpose of discovering flaws and bugs before the official public release. <br />
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By contrast, allowing people to play the game before the [[plot]] has been completely written or when other parts of the game are fundamentally unfinished is [[alpha-testing]].<br />
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Beta-testing is an IF form of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usability_testing usability testing], which also helps the author identify what parts of a work-in-progress the players enjoy most.<br />
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==Links==<br />
* [http://www.plover.net/~textfire/beta.html IF Beta Site] helps authors find volunteer beta-testers.<br />
* [http://www.plover.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/beta IF Betatesting List] is a mailing list for the IF Beta Site. (DEAD LINK)<br />
* [http://www.xyzzynews.com/xyzzy.8f.html Oh No! Beta! Tips and Techniques for Beta-Testing Games-in-Progress] by [[C. E. Forman]] for XYZZYnews #8.<br />
* [http://www.xyzzynews.com/xyzzy.8g.html Beta-Testers I Have Loved] by [[Neil deMause]] for XYZZYnews #8.<br />
* [http://emshort.home.mindspring.com/Testing.html Some Suggestions on Beta-testing] by [[Emily Short]]. Covers both the tester's and author's side of the issue. (Currently down. [http://web.archive.org/web/20050207043257/http://emshort.home.mindspring.com/Testing.html Last version] mirrored at the Internet Archive).<br />
* [[BetaComp]] is a beta-testing minicomp run by Jessica Knoch.<br />
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{{game infobox|title=Countdown 1 - the Body|image=|author=[[Ben Croshaw]]|publisher=n/a|released=04-Jan-2007|authsystem=[[Inform 7]]|platform=[[Z-code]] 5|language=English|license=Freeware|color=none|graphics=none|sound=none|cruelty=Merciful}}<br />
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==How It Begins==<br />
August 18th, 1779. You are Jack Frehorn, carrying nothing. You are in the "harpsichord room" of your home, which now only contains a decorative end table bearing a bottle of rum, curtainless windows, the stairs up, a trapdoor down, and the door that leads outside. The cursed harpsichord you smashed on that horrible day, just over a year ago.<br />
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On July 28th, 1778, you murdered your greatest friend Wilbur with a gun and then butchered the body with an axe. At the grave, you pleaded for your life when a mysterious figure in black appeared. Satisfied, he disappeared. Exactly a year later, the Tall Man returned with instructions from his foetid master. Now, twenty-one days later, you will complete those instructions.<br />
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==Trivia and Comments==<br />
* This is the first part of a trilogy of text adventure games. The trilogy was a build-up to the release of a graphical adventure game ''6 Days A Sacrifice'', the final part of the ''[[5 Days a Stranger series]]''. <br />
* The player only gets an overview of what is an extensive [[backstory]]. This game (and the rest of the Countdown series) continues a storyline begun in Croshaw's freeware amateur graphical adventure ''5 Days a Stranger'', continued in ''7 Days a Skeptic'' and ''Trilby's Notes'', and concluded in ''6 Days a Sacrifice''.<br />
<br />
==Versions==<br />
===Release 1===<br />
* ''Countdown 1 - the Body'' ([[Ben Croshaw]] as "Yahtzee"; 04-Jan-2007; [[Z-code]] 5).<br />
** Release 1 / Serial number 061219 / Inform 7 build 4B91 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/11N) <br />
** [[IFID]]: 11901B81-89E3-11DB-88B0-00902790B6B8<br />
** Room count: 3<br />
** Download <tt>[http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/6days/body.zip body.zip]</tt> from the author's website.<br />
<br />
==Links==<br />
* [http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/ Fully Ramblomatic.com] - Announced in the blog entry for 4/1/07: Counting Down.<br />
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{{Countdown series}}<br />
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[[Category:Games]] [[Category:Games in 2007]] [[Category:Inform 7 games]] [[Category:Z-code games]]</div>Nespressohttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Countdown_2_-_the_Soul&diff=21224Countdown 2 - the Soul2007-01-25T14:12:50Z<p>Nespresso: /* Trivia and Comments */</p>
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<div><table style="width:100%;margin-bottom:1em;clear:both"><tr><td>{{horror}}{{sci-fi}}{{religious}}{{building}}{{underground}}</td></tr></table><br />
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{{game infobox|title=Countdown 2 - the Soul|image=|author=[[Ben Croshaw]]|publisher=n/a|released=11-Jan-2007|authsystem=[[Inform 7]]|platform=[[Z-code]] 5|language=English|license=Freeware|color=none|graphics=none|sound=none|cruelty=Merciful}}<br />
<br />
==How It Begins==<br />
You are a woman who joined a strange cult, the "Order of the Blessed Agonies", seeking direction in your life. As part of the initiation you are taken to a sealed room and given a gun. In the room, your boyfriend, Jason, is gagged and lashed to a chair.<br />
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<br />
==Trivia and Comments==<br />
* This is the second part of a trilogy of text adventure games. The trilogy was a build-up to the release of a graphical adventure game ''6 Days A Sacrifice'', the final part of the ''[[5 Days a Stranger series]]''. <br />
* The player only gets an overview of what is an extensive [[backstory]]. This game (and the rest of the Countdown series) continues a storyline begun in Croshaw's freeware amateur graphical adventure ''5 Days a Stranger'', continued in ''7 Days a Skeptic'' and ''Trilby's Notes'', and concluded in ''6 Days a Sacrifice''.<br />
<br />
==Versions==<br />
===Release 1===<br />
Download <tt>[http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/6days/soul.zip soul.zip]</tt> from the author's website.<br />
<br />
==Links==<br />
* [http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/ Fully Ramblomatic.com] - Announced in the blog entry for 11/1/07: Still Counting Down.<br />
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{{Countdown series}}<br />
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[[Category:Games]] [[Category:Games in 2007]] [[Category:Inform 7 games]] [[Category:Z-code games]]</div>Nespressohttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Countdown_3_-_the_Mind&diff=21223Countdown 3 - the Mind2007-01-25T14:12:26Z<p>Nespresso: /* Trivia and Comments */</p>
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<div><table style="width:100%;margin-bottom:1em;clear:both"><tr><td>{{sci-fi}}{{building}}</td></tr></table><br />
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{{game infobox|title=Countdown 3 - the Mind|image=|author=[[Ben Croshaw]]|publisher=n/a|released=18-Jan-2007|authsystem=[[Inform 7]]|platform=[[Z-code]] 5|language=English|license=Freeware|color=none|graphics=none|sound=none|cruelty=Merciful}}<br />
<br />
==How It Begins==<br />
February 3rd, AD 2386.<br />
<br />
The double doors of the New Delhi Mental Hospital hiss closed as you step into the lobby. The weight of a mail satchel cuts into your shoulder. Just as you did twenty separate times during the shuttle ride here, you wonder how you got into this mess.<br />
<br />
The man in red assured you there would be further instructions when you arrived, but hadn't elaborated before disappearing into the shadowy alleyway where he had requested to meet you.<br />
<br />
You almost didn't take the job. You're not in the business of delivering the parcels of homeless weirdos in tattered rags. But that had all changed when the weirdo had produced a wad of cash as thick as your thumb.<br />
<br />
Had you not been so tired, you would probably have asked where the money had come from. But there was something about the man in red's voice. So smooth and charismatic, impossible to resist. Kind of like what God's voice must be like. Not merely instructing, or requesting, but simply stating how things were going to be, like he knew everything...<br />
<br />
Forget it. Just another job. Get the instructions and deliver the parcel. Then enjoy the money and forget all about weirdos in red.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Trivia and Comments==<br />
* This is the third part of a trilogy of text adventure games. The trilogy was a build-up to the release of a graphical adventure game ''6 Days A Sacrifice'', the final part of the ''[[5 Days a Stranger series]]''. <br />
* The player only gets an overview of what is an extensive [[backstory]]. This game (and the rest of the Countdown series) continues a storyline begun in Croshaw's freeware amateur graphical adventure ''5 Days a Stranger'', continued in ''7 Days a Skeptic'' and ''Trilby's Notes'', and concluded in ''6 Days a Sacrifice''.<br />
<br />
==Versions==<br />
===Release 1===<br />
Download <tt>[http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/6days/mind.zip mind.zip]</tt> from the author's website.<br />
<br />
==Links==<br />
* [http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/ Fully Ramblomatic.com] - Announced in the blog entry for 18/1/07: The Final Countdown.<br />
<br />
{{Countdown series}}<br />
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[[Category:Games]] [[Category:Games in 2007]] [[Category:Inform 7 games]] [[Category:Z-code games]]</div>Nespressohttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Countdown_3_-_the_Mind&diff=21222Countdown 3 - the Mind2007-01-25T14:11:46Z<p>Nespresso: /* Trivia and Comments */</p>
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<div><table style="width:100%;margin-bottom:1em;clear:both"><tr><td>{{sci-fi}}{{building}}</td></tr></table><br />
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{{game infobox|title=Countdown 3 - the Mind|image=|author=[[Ben Croshaw]]|publisher=n/a|released=18-Jan-2007|authsystem=[[Inform 7]]|platform=[[Z-code]] 5|language=English|license=Freeware|color=none|graphics=none|sound=none|cruelty=Merciful}}<br />
<br />
==How It Begins==<br />
February 3rd, AD 2386.<br />
<br />
The double doors of the New Delhi Mental Hospital hiss closed as you step into the lobby. The weight of a mail satchel cuts into your shoulder. Just as you did twenty separate times during the shuttle ride here, you wonder how you got into this mess.<br />
<br />
The man in red assured you there would be further instructions when you arrived, but hadn't elaborated before disappearing into the shadowy alleyway where he had requested to meet you.<br />
<br />
You almost didn't take the job. You're not in the business of delivering the parcels of homeless weirdos in tattered rags. But that had all changed when the weirdo had produced a wad of cash as thick as your thumb.<br />
<br />
Had you not been so tired, you would probably have asked where the money had come from. But there was something about the man in red's voice. So smooth and charismatic, impossible to resist. Kind of like what God's voice must be like. Not merely instructing, or requesting, but simply stating how things were going to be, like he knew everything...<br />
<br />
Forget it. Just another job. Get the instructions and deliver the parcel. Then enjoy the money and forget all about weirdos in red.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Trivia and Comments==<br />
* This is the third part of a trilogy of text adventure games. The trilogy was a build-up to the release of a graphical adventure game ''6 Days A Sacrifice'', the final part of the ''[[5 Days a Stranger series]]''. <br />
* The player only gets an overview of what is an extensive [[backstory]]. This game (and the rest of the Countdown series) continues a storyline begun in Croshaw's freeware amateur graphical adventure ''5 Days a Stranger'' and continued in ''7 Days a Skeptic'' and ''Trilby's Notes''.<br />
<br />
==Versions==<br />
===Release 1===<br />
Download <tt>[http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/6days/mind.zip mind.zip]</tt> from the author's website.<br />
<br />
==Links==<br />
* [http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/ Fully Ramblomatic.com] - Announced in the blog entry for 18/1/07: The Final Countdown.<br />
<br />
{{Countdown series}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Games]] [[Category:Games in 2007]] [[Category:Inform 7 games]] [[Category:Z-code games]]</div>Nespressohttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Ben_Croshaw&diff=21221Ben Croshaw2007-01-25T14:09:57Z<p>Nespresso: /* Other Credits */ * ''6 Days A Sacrifice'' (2007) Graphical point-and-click game.</p>
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<div>'''Ben Croshaw''' often uses the name Arthur Yahtzee, or more frequently just Yahtzee. Arthur Yahtzee is also the name of the protagonist in several of Ben Croshaw's games as well as in Ben Croshaw's webcomic Yahtzee Takes On The World. He has other webcomics and a homepage with humorous articles. He was born and raised in England and lives in Australia.<br />
<br />
==Author Credits==<br />
* ''[[Offensive Probing]]'' (1999; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* ''[[Arthur Yahtzee: The Curse of Hell's Cheesecake]]'' (2000; Z-code).<br />
* ''[[The Sorceror's Appraisal]]'' (2002). Graphical game with text interface. Part of [[Reality-On-The-Norm]]<br />
* ''[[Countdown 1 - the Body]]'' (as "Yahtzee"; 04-Jan-2007; Z-code). Written in Inform 7. Download [http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/6days/body.zip body.zip].<br />
* ''[[Countdown 2 - the Soul]]'' (as "Yahtzee"; 11-Jan-2007; Z-code). Written in Inform 7. Download [http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/6days/soul.zip soul.zip].<br />
* ''[[Countdown 3 - the Mind]]'' (as "Yahtzee"; 18-Jan-2007; Z-code). Written in Inform 7. Download [http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/6days/mind.zip mind.zip].<br />
<br />
==Other Credits==<br />
* ''Friday: Death to Arthur Yahtzee'' (Year unknown). Graphical point-and-click game. First of the Arthur Yahtzee Trilogy. <br />
* ''Saturday: Arthur's Odyssey'' (Year unknown.) Graphical point-and-click game. Second of the Arthur Yahtzee Trilogy. <br />
* ''Yesterday: The D-Gate'' (Year unknown.) Graphical point-and-click game. Third of the Arthur Yahtzee Trilogy. <br />
* ''Lunchtime of The Damned'' (2000). Graphical point-and-click game. First game of [[Reality-On-The-Norm]].<br />
* ''Rob Blanc I - Better Days of a Defender of the Universe'' (Year unknown) Graphical point-and-click game. First of the Rob Blanc Trilogy.<br />
* ''Rob Blanc II - Planet of the Pasteurised Pestilence'' (Year unknown) Graphical point-and-click game. Second of the Rob Blanc Trilogy. <br />
* ''Rob Blanc III: The Temporal Terrorists'' (2001). Graphical point-and-click game. Third of the Rob Blanc Trilogy. Nominated for the following AGS Awards: Best Gameplay in an AGS Game, Best Dialogue Scripting in an AGS Game, Best Player Character in an AGS Game (Rob Blanc), Best Supporting Character in an AGS Game (Paul).<br />
* ''The Trials of Odysseus Kent'' (2002) Graphical point-and-click game. Winner of the following AGS Award: Best Dialogue Scripting in an AGS Game. Also nominated for: Best Game Created with AGS for 2002, Best Gameplay in an AGS Game, Best Story in an AGS Game, Best Puzzles in an AGS Game, Best Player Character in an AGS Game (Odysseus Kent), Best Supporting Character in an AGS Game (the priest).<br />
* ''Fight of Flight'' (2002). Brief silly Choose Your Own Adventure. Playable on the web. <br />
* ''5 Days A Stranger'' (2003). Graphical point-and-click game. Winner of the following AGS Awards: Best Game Created with AGS for 2003, Best Gameplay in an AGS Game, Best Dialogue Scripting in an AGS Game, Best Puzzles in an AGS Game, Best Scripting in an AGS Game. Also nominated for: Best Story in an AGS Game, Best Player Character in an AGS Game (Trilby), Best Room Art in an AGS Game, Best Character Art in an AGS Game, Best Animation in an AGS Game, Best Sound Effects in an AGS Game. A special edition of the game with commentary exists.<br />
* ''7 Days A Skeptic'' (2004) Graphical point-and-click game. Winner of the following AGS Award: Best Sound Effects in an AGS Game. Also nominated for: Best Game Created with AGS for 2004, Best Gameplay in an AGS Game, Best Story in an AGS Game, Best Dialogue Scripting in an AGS Game, Best Puzzles in an AGS Game, Best Character Art in an AGS Game, Best Animation in an AGS Game. A special edition of the game with commentary exists.<br />
* ''Adventures in the Galaxy of Fantabulous Wonderment'' (2005) Graphical point-and-click game.<br />
* ''The Really, Really Interesting World of Chris Quinn'' (2005) Platform game, not an adventure game.<br />
* ''1213'' (2006) Another platform game.<br />
* ''Trilby's Notes'' (2006) Graphical game with a text parser.<br />
* ''6 Days A Sacrifice'' (2007) Graphical point-and-click game.<br />
* Writes articles for Adventure Gamers, a webzine about adventure games.<br />
<br />
==Links==<br />
* [http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/ Fullyramblomatic.com] Ben Croshaw's homepage. Contains humorous articles, webcomics and some of his games. <br />
* [http://www.wurb.com/if/person/313 Baf's Guide page for Ben Croshaw]<br />
* [http://www.adventuregamers.com/bio.php?id=59 Ben Croshaw's bio and articles on Adventure Gamers]<br />
* [http://www.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&id=8 Rob Blanc I - Better Days of a Defender of the Universe] on Adventure Game Studio.<br />
* [http://www.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&id=9 Rob Blanc II - Planet of the Pasteurised Pestilence] on Adventure Game Studio.<br />
* [http://www.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&id=10 Rob Blanc III - The Temporal Terrorists] on Adventure Game Studio.<br />
* [http://www.the-underdogs.org Home of The Underdogs] has some of Ben Croshaw's games.<br />
* [http://ron.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=92 Lunchtime Of The Damned] on the Reality-On-The-Norm page.<br />
* [http://ron.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=115 The Sorceror's Appraisal] on the Reality-On-The-Norm page.<br />
* [http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/fof/ Fight Or Flight] Choose Your Own Adventure.<br />
* [http://yahtzee.keenspace.com/ Yahtzee Takes On The World] Webcomic.<br />
<br />
'''Interviews'''<br />
* [http://www.adventure-treff.de/artikel/interviews.php?id=30 Adventure-Treff Interview] 6. January 2005. In [[German]].<br />
[[Category: People|Croshaw, Ben]] [[Category:Inform 6 authors|Croshaw, Ben]] [[Category:Inform 7 authors|Croshaw, Ben]] [[Category:Interviewed|Croshaw, Ben]]</div>Nespressohttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Ben_Croshaw&diff=21144Ben Croshaw2007-01-18T15:17:39Z<p>Nespresso: /* Author Credits */</p>
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<div>'''Ben Croshaw''' often uses the name Arthur Yahtzee, or more frequently just Yahtzee. Arthur Yahtzee is also the name of the protagonist in several of Ben Croshaw's games as well as in Ben Croshaw's webcomic Yahtzee Takes On The World. He has other webcomics and a homepage with humorous articles. He was born and raised in England and lives in Australia.<br />
<br />
==Author Credits==<br />
* ''[[Offensive Probing]]'' (1999; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* ''[[Arthur Yahtzee: The Curse of Hell's Cheesecake]]'' (2000; Z-code).<br />
* ''[[The Sorceror's Appraisal]]'' (2002). Graphical game with text interface. Part of [[Reality-On-The-Norm]]<br />
* ''[[Countdown 1 - the Body]]'' (as "Yahtzee"; 04-Jan-2007; Z-code). Written in Inform 7. Download [http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/6days/body.zip body.zip].<br />
* ''[[Countdown 2 - the Soul]]'' (as "Yahtzee"; 11-Jan-2007; Z-code). Written in Inform 7. Download [http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/6days/soul.zip soul.zip].<br />
* ''[[Countdown 3 - the Mind]]'' (as "Yahtzee"; 18-Jan-2007; Z-code). Written in Inform 7. Download [http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/6days/mind.zip mind.zip].<br />
<br />
==Other Credits==<br />
* ''Friday: Death to Arthur Yahtzee'' (Year unknown). Graphical point-and-click game. First of the Arthur Yahtzee Trilogy. <br />
* ''Saturday: Arthur's Odyssey'' (Year unknown.) Graphical point-and-click game. Second of the Arthur Yahtzee Trilogy. <br />
* ''Yesterday: The D-Gate'' (Year unknown.) Graphical point-and-click game. Third of the Arthur Yahtzee Trilogy. <br />
* ''Lunchtime of The Damned'' (2000). Graphical point-and-click game. First game of [[Reality-On-The-Norm]].<br />
* ''Rob Blanc I - Better Days of a Defender of the Universe'' (Year unknown) Graphical point-and-click game. First of the Rob Blanc Trilogy.<br />
* ''Rob Blanc II - Planet of the Pasteurised Pestilence'' (Year unknown) Graphical point-and-click game. Second of the Rob Blanc Trilogy. <br />
* ''Rob Blanc III: The Temporal Terrorists'' (2001). Graphical point-and-click game. Third of the Rob Blanc Trilogy. Nominated for the following AGS Awards: Best Gameplay in an AGS Game, Best Dialogue Scripting in an AGS Game, Best Player Character in an AGS Game (Rob Blanc), Best Supporting Character in an AGS Game (Paul).<br />
* ''The Trials of Odysseus Kent'' (2002) Graphical point-and-click game. Winner of the following AGS Award: Best Dialogue Scripting in an AGS Game. Also nominated for: Best Game Created with AGS for 2002, Best Gameplay in an AGS Game, Best Story in an AGS Game, Best Puzzles in an AGS Game, Best Player Character in an AGS Game (Odysseus Kent), Best Supporting Character in an AGS Game (the priest).<br />
* ''Fight of Flight'' (2002). Brief silly Choose Your Own Adventure. Playable on the web. <br />
* ''5 Days A Stranger'' (2003). Graphical point-and-click game. Winner of the following AGS Awards: Best Game Created with AGS for 2003, Best Gameplay in an AGS Game, Best Dialogue Scripting in an AGS Game, Best Puzzles in an AGS Game, Best Scripting in an AGS Game. Also nominated for: Best Story in an AGS Game, Best Player Character in an AGS Game (Trilby), Best Room Art in an AGS Game, Best Character Art in an AGS Game, Best Animation in an AGS Game, Best Sound Effects in an AGS Game. A special edition of the game with commentary exists.<br />
* ''7 Days A Skeptic'' (2004) Graphical point-and-click game. Winner of the following AGS Award: Best Sound Effects in an AGS Game. Also nominated for: Best Game Created with AGS for 2004, Best Gameplay in an AGS Game, Best Story in an AGS Game, Best Dialogue Scripting in an AGS Game, Best Puzzles in an AGS Game, Best Character Art in an AGS Game, Best Animation in an AGS Game. A special edition of the game with commentary exists.<br />
* ''Adventures in the Galaxy of Fantabulous Wonderment'' (2005) Graphical point-and-click game.<br />
* ''The Really, Really Interesting World of Chris Quinn'' (2005) Platform game, not an adventure game.<br />
* ''1213'' (2006) Another platform game.<br />
* ''Trilby's Notes'' (2006) Graphical game with a text parser.<br />
* Writes articles for Adventure Gamers, a webzine about adventure games.<br />
<br />
==Links==<br />
* [http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/ Fullyramblomatic.com] Ben Croshaw's homepage. Contains humorous articles, webcomics and some of his games. <br />
* [http://www.wurb.com/if/person/313 Baf's Guide page for Ben Croshaw]<br />
* [http://www.adventuregamers.com/bio.php?id=59 Ben Croshaw's bio and articles on Adventure Gamers]<br />
* [http://www.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&id=8 Rob Blanc I - Better Days of a Defender of the Universe] on Adventure Game Studio.<br />
* [http://www.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&id=9 Rob Blanc II - Planet of the Pasteurised Pestilence] on Adventure Game Studio.<br />
* [http://www.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&id=10 Rob Blanc III - The Temporal Terrorists] on Adventure Game Studio.<br />
* [http://www.the-underdogs.org Home of The Underdogs] has some of Ben Croshaw's games.<br />
* [http://ron.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=92 Lunchtime Of The Damned] on the Reality-On-The-Norm page.<br />
* [http://ron.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=115 The Sorceror's Appraisal] on the Reality-On-The-Norm page.<br />
* [http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/fof/ Fight Or Flight] Choose Your Own Adventure.<br />
* [http://yahtzee.keenspace.com/ Yahtzee Takes On The World] Webcomic.<br />
<br />
'''Interviews'''<br />
* [http://www.adventure-treff.de/artikel/interviews.php?id=30 Adventure-Treff Interview] 6. January 2005. In [[German]].<br />
[[Category: People|Croshaw, Ben]] [[Category:Inform 6 authors|Croshaw, Ben]] [[Category:Inform 7 authors|Croshaw, Ben]] [[Category:Interviewed|Croshaw, Ben]]</div>Nespressohttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy&diff=21137The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy2007-01-18T14:03:42Z<p>Nespresso: /* Trivia and Comments */</p>
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{{game infobox|title=The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|image=|author=[[Douglas Adams]] and [[Steve Meretzky]]|publisher=[[Infocom]], BBC|released=1984|authsystem=[[ZIL]]|platform=[[Z-code]]|language=English|license=[[Commercial]]|color=none|graphics=none|sound=none|cruelty=Cruel}}<br />
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==How It Begins==<br />
You are Arthur Dent. You have just woken up in the dark. You have a splitting headache and no tea.<br />
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==Notable Features==<br />
* Possibly one of the earliest text adventures to deliberately lie to the player.<br />
* The [[babel fish puzzle]] was so notorious, the term has entered the common lexicon of IF terminology to refer to a cascading type of puzzle, where solving part of the puzzle introduces new difficulties.<br />
* Multiple PCs. For most of the game, the PC is Arthur Dent. However, some sections of the game are played as Ford Prefect, Zaphod Beeblebrox, or Trillian. (Possibly one of the first text adventures to have multiple PCs.)<br />
* The bizarre "no tea" object in Arthur's [[inventory]]; it can't be dropped except by taking "tea".<br />
* The equally bizarre "thing your aunt gave you which you don't know what it is"; its very properties are a puzzle to be figured out.<br />
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==Trivia and Comments==<br />
* Although based on Douglas Adams's radio play and book of the same name, knowledge of either is not necessary to play the game.<br />
* This game did not appear on the [[Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces of Infocom]] CD-ROM because ownership of the game reverted to Douglas Adams by that time.<br />
* A sequel was planned but never written.<br />
* Represented text adventure games in the "Game On!" exhibition at London's Science Museum.<br />
<br />
==Versions==<br />
===Infocom releases===<br />
* ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' ([[Douglas Adams]] and [[Steve Meretzky]]).<br />
** Release 59 / Serial number 851108 (publisher: [[Infocom]]; 1984; Z-code)<br />
*** Versions were published for the Apple II, Macintosh, Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, and the IBM PC.<br />
*** [http://www.douglasadams.com/creations/infocomjava.html Play online] at douglasadams.com.<br />
** Release 31 / Serial number 871119 (publisher: [[Activision]]; 1991; Z-code)<br />
*** This was the version included in ''The Lost Treasures of Infocom''.<br />
<br />
====Feelies====<br />
[[Feelies]] are extra items included in the game package.<br />
* "How Many Times Has This Happened To You?". - A mini-booklet that includes the game documentation.<br />
* Fluff. - A bit of cotton in a tiny plastic bag stapled shut.<br />
* Destruct Orders for Your Home and Planet. - Two sheets of paper: a folded yellow page titled "ORDER FOR DESTRUCTION" and a folder silver page in heavier stock whose text is entirely in "alien" symbols (a mix of Greek, astrology, and other glyphs). The English destruct orders places Arthur Dent's home at 155 Country Lane, Cottington, Cottingshire County, UK, and sets the date of the demolition (and thus the game events itself) on October 4th, 1982. The last signature on the page is that of [[Steve Meretzky]], as the Earle of Cottingshire.<br />
* "Don't Panic!" button. - A wearable red button with "DON'T PANIC!" in yellow lettering.<br />
* Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril-Sensitive Sunglasses. - A piece of heavy black paper stock cut in the shape of sunglasses, with the arms folded back. There are no cutouts to see through; the "glasses" are solid black.<br />
* Official Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy&trade; Microscopic Space Fleet. - An empty plastic bag with an pasteboard label stapled on top.<br />
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===BBC illustrated versions===<br />
* ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' (illustrator: [[Rod Lord]], publisher: BBC; 21-Sep-2004; Flash/Z-code hybrid).<br />
** Note: The illustrated version of the game is really the same Z-code version as before, but uses a ''very'' specialized Z-machine interpreter to provide additional interface features, including the graphics.<br />
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA#Interactive Interactive BAFTA Award]: winner for Best Online Entertainment on March 2, 2005.<br />
** [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/game.shtml Play it online] at bbc.co.uk.<br />
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==Links==<br />
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_%28computer_game%29 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (computer game)] at Wikipedia.<br />
* [http://www.mobygames.com/game/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy/ The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy] at [[MobyGames]].<br />
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[[Category:Games|Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]<br />
[[Category:Comedy|Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]<br />
[[Category:Crazy quilt|Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]<br />
[[Category:Games in 1984|Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]<br />
[[Category:Infocom|Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]<br />
[[Category:Outer space|Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]<br />
[[Category:Science fiction|Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]<br />
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<div>==Game Releases==<br />
===January 2007 Game Releases===<br />
* ''[[Countdown 3 - the Mind]]'' ([[Ben Croshaw]] as "Yahtzee"; 18-Jan-2007; Z-code). Inform 7.<br />
* ''[[Countdown 2 - the Soul]]'' ([[Ben Croshaw]] as "Yahtzee"; 11-Jan-2007; Z-code). Inform 7.<br />
* ''[[Countdown 1 - the Body]]'' ([[Ben Croshaw]] as "Yahtzee"; 04-Jan-2007; Z-code). Inform 7. See [http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/ his website].<br />
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===December 2006 Game Releases===<br />
* ''[[Resaca]]'' ([[Alberto Viñuela]]; 2006; Z-code; Spanish). Inform port of ''Resaca'' (Alberto Viñuela; 1990; [[PAW]]). (Spotted in IF Archive's unprocessed directory.)<br />
* The [[Russian IF-Competition 2006]] released the following six games (all of them in [[Russian]]):<br />
** ''[[Гэд]]'' ([[Davarg]] and [[Nunhan]]; [[RTADS]]).<br />
** ''[[Джинн из машины]] (Genie ex machine)'' ([[Корвин]]; [[URQ]]).<br />
** ''[[Дримор. Часть первая]]'' ([[GrAnd]]; RTADS).<br />
** ''[[Клара - расхитительница варенья]]'' ([[Belial]]). Authoring system: "6 days"(?).<br />
** ''[[Ожидание утра]]'' ([[Стас "Unreal" Старков]]; RTADS).<br />
** ''[[Stone of shady sands: First way]]'' ([[Зыков Иван]] a.k.a. ZEVS; DHTML).<br />
* ''[[The Ebb and Flow of the Tide]]'' ([[Peter Nepstad]]; 16-Dec-2006; [[TADS 2]]).<br />
* ''[[Monza's Phantom]]'' ([[Sebastiano Gobbo]] and [[Federico Gobbo]]; Dec-2006; Z-code).<br />
* ''[[Last Resort]]'' ([[Jim Aikin]]; Dec-2006; [[Glulx]]).<br />
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===November 2006 Game Releases===<br />
* ''[[Moments Out of Time (Adventure Type)]]'' ([[L. Ross Raszewski]]; Nov-2006; [[Glulx]]).<br />
* ''[[The Journey of the King]]'' ([[Peter Nepstad]]; 26-Nov-2006; TADS 2). [http://www.illuminatedlantern.com/if/games/the_journey_of_the_king.html Homepage].<br />
* ''[[Ekphrasis]]'' ([[JB]]; Nov-2006; Glulx; [[French]]). [http://ginko968.free.fr/jeux/ekphrasis.htm Homepage].<br />
* ''[[Collision ... In Space!]]'' ([[Captain Midnight]]; 06-Nov-2006; Z-code). AIF. Written in I7.<br />
* ''[[In the House of Professor Evil: The HAM HOUSE]]'' ([[S. John Ross]]; publisher: [[Cumberland Games]]; 04-Nov-2006; Z-code). Available from Cumberland's [http://www222.pair.com/sjohn/freestuff.htm Free Stuff] page.<br />
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===October 2006 Game Releases===<br />
* ''[[Ron Weasley and the Quest for Hermione]]'' ([[captainc22]]; 30-Oct-2006; ADRIFT 3.9). [[AIF]].<br />
* [http://www.engin.umd.umich.edu/CIS/course.des/cis487/z5/index.php University of Michigan Dearborn CIS 487/587 games]. 25 small Z-code games released in October; 5 were written in Inform 7.<br />
** ''[[The Adventures of Bobo the Monkey]]'' ([[Pat Handy]]).<br />
** ''[[The Alchemist's Home]]'' ([[Mike Manard]]).<br />
** ''[[Breakout]]'' ([[Peter Wilkins]]).<br />
** ''[[CASL Rush]]'' ([[Walker]]).<br />
** ''[[Contrived Text Adventure Game]]'' ([[Alan Batsford]]).<br />
** ''[[Death at Sea]]'' ([[Roger Davis]]).<br />
** ''[[Disaster at the Acme Tower]]'' ([[Ryan Beehler]]). Inform 7.<br />
** ''[[Escape from the CIS Building]]'' ([[Nick Martineau]]). Inform 7.<br />
** ''[[Grounded]]'' ([[Justin Lado]]).<br />
** ''[[Halloween Beer Party]]'' ([[Michael Alff]]).<br />
** ''[[The Knight Trials]]'' ([[Pete Kinnunen]]).<br />
** ''[[Lost Space Colony: Infestation]]'' ([[John Gaffrey]]).<br />
** ''[[The M Adventure]]'' ([[Don Lonser]]).<br />
** ''[[Master Thief]]'' ([[Brian Rodriguez]]).<br />
** ''[[Merlin's Treasure (by Crabtree)|Merlin's Treasure]]'' ([[Nicholas A. Crabtree]]). Inform 7.<br />
** ''[[Neighbor from Hell]]'' ([[Rich Hojnacki]]).<br />
** ''[[Ogre Woes]]'' ([[Michael Berryman]]).<br />
** ''[[Old Man Simmons]]'' ([[Mark Leich]]).<br />
** ''[[Project Seed]]'' ([[Chris Pieprzak]]). Inform 7.<br />
** ''[[The Quest for the Sword of 1000 Truths]]'' ([[Carl Saenz]]).<br />
** ''[[Sneaky Game]]'' ([[Jim Nardecchia]]).<br />
** ''[[Stranded (by Lowe)|Stranded]]'' ([[Jorden Lowe]]).<br />
** ''[[The Testing]]'' ([[Joseph Brogowski]]).<br />
** ''[[The Three Rooms Game]]'' ([[Jason Sabada]]). Inform 7.<br />
** ''[[You're Fired]]'' ([[Aaron Stokes]]).<br />
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* ''[[Bob's Garage]]'' ([[A. Bomire]]; 25-Oct-2006; Z-code). AIF.<br />
* ''[[Gifts of Phallius 2: The Key to Eternity]]'' ([[GoblinBoy]]; 25-Oct-2006; TADS 2). AIF.<br />
* ''[[La Cité des Eaux]]'' ([[Adrien Saurat]]; 24-Oct-2006; Z-code; [[French]]). [[French Minicomp 2006]] entry.<br />
* [[Speed-IF Copyright]] released 2 games on October 23rd:<br />
** ''[[Pirates of the Caribou]]'' ([[jerith]]; Z-code).<br />
** ''[[Sharing All The Way To The Bank]]'' ([[Giacomo di Valenti]]; Z-code).<br />
* ''[[The Good Neighbor]]'' ([[Reluctant Sire]]; 21-Oct-2006; TADS 3). AIF.<br />
* ''[[Sarvegne]]'' ([[Eric Forgeot]] as "Xxyzy"; 21-Oct-2006; Z-code, Glulx; French). [[French Minicomp 2006]] entry.<br />
* ''[[Malaise]]'' ([[A. Ninny]]; 17-Oct-2006; TADS 2). AIF.<br />
* ''[[S Tar Dus T]]'' ([[Arnzie]]; 12-Oct-2006; ADRIFT 3.9).<br />
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''(See also [[Games Released in 2006]].)''<br />
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==Reviews and News==<br />
===Reviews and News in January 2007===<br />
* [http://www.musicwords.net/if/if_clever_author.htm Playing Fair with the Player] ia a new article by [[Jim Aikin]].<br />
* [http://www.joltcountry.com/trottingkrips/narcolepsy.html Trotting Krips Review] of ''[[Narcolepsy]]'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; 2003; Glulx). (You remember [[Trotting Krips]], right?)<br />
* [http://jayisgames.com/bestof/2006/best_of_interactive_art_results.php Best of Interactive Art or Fiction Results]. [[Jay Is Games]] picked the works of [[Andrew Plotkin]] (Zarf) as best in this category for the year 2006, although Zarf placed last in the popular vote.<br />
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===Reviews and News in December 2006===<br />
* [http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20061220&mode=classic User Friendly] (Dec. 20 webcomic). [[Zork]] refs in this one and the following day.<br />
* [http://jayisgames.com/bestof/2006/best_of_interactive_art.php Best of Interactive Art or Fiction]. [[Jay Is Games]] invites its visitors to vote for their favorite casual games that were reviewed on its site in the last year for its Best of Casual Gameplay of 2006. Nominees in the Interactive Art or Fiction category include ''[[Floatpoint]]'', ''[[Fa&ccedil;ade]]'', and the works of [[Andrew Plotkin]] (Zarf). Results to be posted January 1st.<br />
* [http://nbhorvath.blogspot.com/2006/12/inform-7-code-poem-challenge.html Inform 7 Code Poem Challenge] - posting on [[N. B. Horvath]]'s Blog.<br />
* [http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=566 "Informless"] - [[Shamus Young]] reviews [[Inform 7]] for Twenty Sided: "Inform tried to allow programming without the use of a programming language, and what they built is programming with a confusing language that has nebulous rules."<br />
* [http://www.ministryofpeace.com/if-review/reviews/20061215.html "Guess the Author"] - [[Greg Boettcher]] reviews ''[[An Escape To Remember]]'' (2nd [[IF Whispers]] group; 2006; Z-code) for [[IF-Review]].<br />
* [http://www.northcountrynotes.org/jason-rohrer/arthouseGames/seedBlogs.php?action=display_post&post_id=jcr13_1166015683_0&show_author=1&show_date=1 Interview: Nick Montfort] - [[Jason Rohrer]] interviews [[Nick Montfort]] for Arthouse Games.<br />
* [http://www.game-couch.com/features/2006/12/interview_mike_gentry/ Game Couch: Interview with Mike Gentry] - December 14, 2006.<br />
* [[Westfield Chandler Publishing]], a new IF publisher founded by [[David A. Cornelson]], reveals its existence. See the [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/browse_frm/thread/4ec9faacf803366e/64f6c4748d1c9165#64f6c4748d1c9165 rgif announcement].<br />
* [[T-shirts from IF Comp|IF Comp T-shirts]] can now be ordered. [[Mike Snyder]] has once again graciously agreed to handle t-shirts for the competition. You can order a [[12th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition|2006 IF Competition]] t-shirt from http://www.intfiction.org/tshirt06/. You have until December 17th to get your order in.<br />
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===Reviews and News in November 2006===<br />
* [http://www.shadowvault.net/32.htm InsideADRIFT 32] contains an interview with [[Jason Guest]]; reviews of ''[[The Amazing TV Caper]]'', ''[[Locked Out]]'', ''[[The Mystery Of Brackly Hall]]'', ''[[The Sisters]]'', ''[[Unauthorized Termination]]'', ''[[Winter Wonderland]]'', and ''[[The Wumpus Run]]''; and articles by [[Stefan Donati]], [[Ren]], [[C. Henshaw]], and editor [[David Whyld]].<br />
* [http://grandtextauto.gatech.edu/2006/11/29/book-and-volume-joins-slamdance-finalists/ ''Book and Volume'' Joins Slamdance Finalists] - article at [[Grand Text Auto]].<br />
* [http://usuarios.lycos.es/SPAC/spac47.htm SPAC 47] - The latest issue of [[SPAC]], the [[Spanish]] IF newsletter, has been published.<br />
* [http://specgram.com/choose/index.html Choose Your Own Career in Linguistics] by [[Trey Jones]]. This little CYOA in HTML is from November 2005, but, y'know, we're just finding out about it now.<br />
* [http://www.retroblast.com/odin_images/Zork%20Imagination.jpg Imagination poster]. (Okay, so it's not a reviews or news item. But it is IF-related.)<br />
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===Reviews and News in October 2006===<br />
* [[Electronic Literature Collection Volume One]] was published by the [[Electronic Literature Organization]] in October 2006. This collection is both a web and a CD-ROM publication, and contains many electronic literary works, including a few works of IF: ''[[All Roads]]'', ''[[Bad Machine]]'', ''[[Galatea]]'', ''[[Savoir-Faire]]'', and ''[[Whom the Telling Changed]]''. Visit the [http://collection.eliterature.org/1/ collection's homepage] for complete information.<br />
* [http://www.ministryofpeace.com/if-review/reviews/20061020.html Making your day with a visit to McDreamland]. [[Emily Short]] wrote mini-reviews for [[IF-Review]] of ''[[The Retreat]]'', ''[[No Famous]]'', and ''[[Dreadwine]]'', all of which were entries to the [[IF Dreams]] mini-competition.<br />
* [http://www.sparkynet.com/spag/backissues/spag46.html SPAG #46] issued on October 17th. Reviewed in this issue: ''[[Attack of the Yeti Robot Zombies]]'', ''[[Dreadwine]]'', ''[[Eragon]]'', ''[[Escape from the Crazy Place]]'', ''[[Gilded]]'', ''[[The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters]]'', ''[[Off the Trolley]]'', ''[[Provenance]]'', ''[[Snatches]]'', ''[[Son of a...]]'', ''[[A Spot Of Bother]]'', and ''[[Time to Shine]]''.<br />
* [[The Non-Comp Review Project]] has a new chief, [[Peter Mattsson]], and he is looking for reviews for any and all [[Games Released in 2006|games released in 2006]] outside of a competition. (See the [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/browse_frm/thread/60a60d74c03a7a8e/bf080053c86fd07d#bf080053c86fd07d rgif announcement].)<br />
* [http://www.allgames.com/radio.asp?show=blackwolf&ep=64 The Bobby Blackwolf Show], a podcast, interviewed [[Stephen Granade]] about the [[IF Competition]]. October 8, 2006.<br />
* The annual [[Adventure Convention]] in Coventry, England is scheduled for sometime in late October. (Embarrassingly, the IFWiki doesn't have any real information on this long-running annual event; perhaps people on the [[CASA]] forum would know more?) Organizer: [[Doreen Bardon]]. <br />
* [http://etoychest.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5180&Itemid=43 IF Comp Coverage Begins at Etoychest.org]. During the comp period, [[Karl Parakenings]], aka Orikae, will be interviewing [[IF Comp 2006]] authors and reviewing games from earlier competitions in the meantime.<br />
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''(See also: [[News in 2006]], [[Reviews]], [[:Category:Publications]], and [[:Category:Websites]].)''<br />
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==Competitions &amp; Contest News==<br />
===What's Hot===<br />
* [[InsideADRIFT Awards 2006]] Voting deadline: 11.59pm on the 28th January 2007. Organizer: [[Ren]].<br />
* [[Erins 2006]] nominees for the best [[AIF]] games of 2006 to be announced on January 3rd, and the voting to begin. Voting deadline: January 21st. Organizer: [[BBBen]].<br />
* Watch this space for news about [[XYZZY Awards 2006]], which should be starting sometime early in the new year.<br />
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===Results of Recent Competitions===<br />
* [[InsideADRIFT Game of the Year Comp 2006]] for both new [[ADRIFT]] games and ADRIFT games previously released during the 2006 calendar year. The voting deadline was Sunday, December 31, 2006, 15:00 GMT. The result was joint winners of ''[[Unauthorized Termination]]'' by [[Richard Otter]] and ''[[The Warlord, The Princess & The Bulldog]]'' by [[David Whyld]]. Organizer: [[Ken Franklin]].<br />
* [[Russian IF-Competition 2006]] a.k.a. KRIL-06 occured in December. See the [http://www.rtads.org KRIL-06 Homepage]. There were six entries, and the winner was ''[[Дримор. Часть первая]]'' ([[GrAnd]]; [[RTADS]]).<br />
* [[French Minicomp 2006]] is a comp for games in [[:Category:French|French]]. 4 games. Voting concluded in late December. The winning game is ''[[La Cité des Eaux]]'' ([[Adrien Saurat]]; Z-code). Organizer: [[Eric Forgeot]].<br />
* [[GESCH MiniComp]] is for new cheese-themed games written in either [[Inform 7]] or [[TADS 3]]. Other restrictions include: English only, between 25 to 100 rooms, no violence or profanity, must include walkthrough and complete source code, must be released in the public domain; see the [http://telyni.echoz.com/geschcomp07/ GESCH Comp homepage] for more details. Organizer: [[Radical Al]]. '''This comp is *CANCELLED*. There were no intents to enter or judge.'''<br />
* [[12th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition]] a.k.a. [[IF Comp 2006]]. The big comp of the year released 43 new games to an eager public in the late evening of September 30th, 2006. The top three games were ''[[Floatpoint]]'', ''[[The Primrose Path]]'', and ''[[The Elysium Enigma]]''. Congratulations to all. Organizer: [[Stephen Granade]].<br />
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===Upcoming Competitions===<br />
Authors should be working on their entries for:<br />
* [[NaAdWriMo 2007]] or National ADRIFT Writing Month is for an [[ADRIFT]] game written during the month of January 2007. Deadline for entry is 4th February, 2007. Organizer: [[David Whyld]].<br />
* [[Spring Thing 2007]] for longer and better-tested games. Intents-to-enter must be submitted to the organizer between noon EDT on September 30, 2006 and noon EST on March 1, 2007. Organizer: [[Greg Boettcher]].<br />
* [[InsideADRIFT Summer Comp 2007]] is open for any unreleased, but complete, ADRIFT games. Submission deadline: June 30, 2007. Organizer: [[Ken Franklin]].<br />
* [[IF Dreams]] is a recurring monthly minicomp. Organizer: [[David Cornelson]].<br />
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''(See also: [[:Category:Competitions]], [[:Category:Minicomp]], and the [[Competition Calendar {{CURRENTYEAR}}|Competition Calendar]].)''<br />
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==[[Z-code]]==<br />
===[[Inform 7]]===<br />
* ''[[Countdown 1 - the Body]]'' ([[Ben Croshaw]] as "Yahtzee"; 04-Jan).<br />
* ''[[Countdown 2 - the Soul]]'' ([[Ben Croshaw]] as "Yahtzee"; 11-Jan).<br />
* ''[[Countdown 3 - the Mind]]'' ([[Ben Croshaw]] as "Yahtzee"; 18-Jan).<br />
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[[Category:Games by year|2007]] [[Category:2007]]</div>Nespressohttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Countdown_1_-_the_Body&diff=21134Countdown 1 - the Body2007-01-18T13:54:03Z<p>Nespresso: /* Trivia and Comments */</p>
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==How It Begins==<br />
August 18th, 1779. You are Jack Frehorn, carrying nothing. You are in the "harpsichord room" of your home, which now only contains a decorative end table bearing a bottle of rum, curtainless windows, the stairs up, a trapdoor down, and the door that leads outside. The cursed harpsichord you smashed on that horrible day, just over a year ago.<br />
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On July 28th, 1778, you murdered your greatest friend Wilbur with a gun and then butchered the body with an axe. At the grave, you pleaded for your life when a mysterious figure in black appeared. Satisfied, he disappeared. Exactly a year later, the Tall Man returned with instructions from his foetid master. Now, twenty-one days later, you will complete those instructions.<br />
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==Trivia and Comments==<br />
* This is the first part of a trilogy of text adventure games. The trilogy is a build-up to the release of a graphical adventure game which will be the fourth part of the ''[[5 Days a Stranger series]]''. <br />
* The player only gets an overview of what is an extensive [[backstory]]. This game (and the rest of the Countdown series) continues a storyline begun in Croshaw's freeware amateur graphical adventure ''5 Days a Stranger'' and continued in ''7 Days a Skeptic'' and ''Trilby's Notes''.<br />
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==Versions==<br />
===Release 1===<br />
* ''Countdown 1 - the Body'' ([[Ben Croshaw]] as "Yahtzee"; 04-Jan-2007; [[Z-code]] 5).<br />
** Release 1 / Serial number 061219 / Inform 7 build 4B91 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/11N) <br />
** [[IFID]]: 11901B81-89E3-11DB-88B0-00902790B6B8<br />
** Room count: 3<br />
** Download <tt>[http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/6days/body.zip body.zip]</tt> from the author's website.<br />
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==Links==<br />
* [http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/ Fully Ramblomatic.com] - Announced in the blog entry for 4/1/07: Counting Down.<br />
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{{Countdown series}}<br />
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[[Category:Games]] [[Category:Games in 2007]] [[Category:Inform 7 games]] [[Category:Z-code games]]</div>Nespressohttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Countdown_2_-_the_Soul&diff=21133Countdown 2 - the Soul2007-01-18T13:53:23Z<p>Nespresso: /* Trivia and Comments */</p>
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==How It Begins==<br />
You are a woman who joined a strange cult, the "Order of the Blessed Agonies", seeking direction in your life. As part of the initiation you are taken to a sealed room and given a gun. In the room, your boyfriend, Jason, is gagged and lashed to a chair.<br />
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==Trivia and Comments==<br />
* This is the second part of a trilogy of text adventure games. The trilogy is a build-up to the release of a graphical adventure game which will be the fourth part of the ''[[5 Days a Stranger series]]''. <br />
* The player only gets an overview of what is an extensive [[backstory]]. This game (and the rest of the Countdown series) continues a storyline begun in Croshaw's freeware amateur graphical adventure ''5 Days a Stranger'' and continued in ''7 Days a Skeptic'' and ''Trilby's Notes''.<br />
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==Versions==<br />
===Release 1===<br />
Download <tt>[http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/6days/soul.zip soul.zip]</tt> from the author's website.<br />
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==Links==<br />
* [http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/ Fully Ramblomatic.com] - Announced in the blog entry for 11/1/07: Still Counting Down.<br />
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{{Countdown series}}<br />
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==How It Begins==<br />
February 3rd, AD 2386.<br />
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The double doors of the New Delhi Mental Hospital hiss closed as you step into the lobby. The weight of a mail satchel cuts into your shoulder. Just as you did twenty separate times during the shuttle ride here, you wonder how you got into this mess.<br />
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The man in red assured you there would be further instructions when you arrived, but hadn't elaborated before disappearing into the shadowy alleyway where he had requested to meet you.<br />
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You almost didn't take the job. You're not in the business of delivering the parcels of homeless weirdos in tattered rags. But that had all changed when the weirdo had produced a wad of cash as thick as your thumb.<br />
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Had you not been so tired, you would probably have asked where the money had come from. But there was something about the man in red's voice. So smooth and charismatic, impossible to resist. Kind of like what God's voice must be like. Not merely instructing, or requesting, but simply stating how things were going to be, like he knew everything...<br />
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Forget it. Just another job. Get the instructions and deliver the parcel. Then enjoy the money and forget all about weirdos in red.<br />
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==Trivia and Comments==<br />
* This is the third part of a trilogy of text adventure games. The trilogy is a build-up to the release of a graphical adventure game which will be the fourth part of the ''[[5 Days a Stranger series]]''. <br />
* The player only gets an overview of what is an extensive [[backstory]]. This game (and the rest of the Countdown series) continues a storyline begun in Croshaw's freeware amateur graphical adventure ''5 Days a Stranger'' and continued in ''7 Days a Skeptic'' and ''Trilby's Notes''. <br />
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==Versions==<br />
===Release 1===<br />
Download <tt>[http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/6days/mind.zip mind.zip]</tt> from the author's website.<br />
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==Links==<br />
* [http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/ Fully Ramblomatic.com] - Announced in the blog entry for 18/1/07: The Final Countdown.<br />
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{{Countdown series}}<br />
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[[Category:Games]] [[Category:Games in 2007]] [[Category:Inform 7 games]] [[Category:Z-code games]]</div>Nespressohttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:Cruelty_scale&diff=21087Talk:Cruelty scale2007-01-14T19:16:45Z<p>Nespresso: question</p>
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<div>Removed gratuitous link to truffle recipe. -- OKB 2002/11/20<br />
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not sure i understand this scale... does "stuck" mean unwinnable? if so, does it mean a game filled with "instant death" is merciful because you cant make the game unwinnable and can just undo the death move?</div>Nespressohttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Attack_of_the_Yeti_Robot_Zombies&diff=21061Attack of the Yeti Robot Zombies2007-01-13T21:39:58Z<p>Nespresso: </p>
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<div><table style="width:100%;margin-bottom:1em;clear:both"><tr><td>{{comedy}}{{wilderness}}{{underground}}{{building}}{{city}}</td></tr></table><br />
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{{game infobox|title=Attack of the Yeti Robot Zombies|image=|author=[[Øyvind Thorsby]]|publisher=n/a|released=27-Aug-2006|authsystem=[[Inform]] 6|platform=[[Z-code]] 5|language=English|license=[[Freeware]]|color=none|graphics=none|sound=none|cruelty=Polite}}<br />
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==How It Begins==<br />
This is a try-to-win-on-the-first-attempt game. The point of the game is to try to win on the first attempt. Or, failing that, to win in as few attempts as possible. You are not supposed to use "undo" or "restore" if things are going badly. (Though it is OK to use "save" and then later "restore" if you have to leave the game for a while. And it is OK to save the game as often as you like.)<br />
Get it? Yes or no?<br />
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Norway 1994. The country is overrun by yeti robot zombies! Death tolls are high. The cities are particularly strongly infested, and many people have fled to more desolate places. You too have escaped from a city, and have traveled to your cabin in Jotunheimen.<br />
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Outside your cabin<br />
High up in Jotunheimen, on a path going west (where you came from) and east. To the north of you is your cabin, to the south a long drop. Behind your cabin is a steep tall mountain wall. The door to your cabin is gone. Bullet holes show it has been shot away. It must have been done by humans; yeti robot zombies don't carry guns.<br />
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==Trivia and Comments==<br />
* A "try-to-win-in-the-first-attempt" game.<br />
* Examine, look at, look inside, look under, look behind, look <direction> and search have not been implemented. You can still use look, inventory and read.<br />
* No time passes when you use "look" or "inventory".<br />
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==Versions==<br />
===Release 0===<br />
* ''Attack of the Yeti Robot Zombies'' ([[Øyvind Thorsby]]; 27-Aug-2006; [[Z-code]] 5).<br />
** Release 0 / Serial number 060825 / Inform v6.30 Library 6/11 S<br />
** {{ifarchive|games/zcode/|AOTYRZ.z5}}<br />
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==Links==<br />
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/browse_frm/thread/8be08baac0ca49b1 (Ann) Attack of the Yeti Robot Zombies] - Announcement on rgif.<br />
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===Reviews===<br />
* {{spag review|a|attack}} - by [[Emily Short]], October 2006.<br />
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[[Category:Games]] [[Category:Games in 2006]] [[Category:Inform 6 games]] [[Category:Z-code games]]</div>Nespressohttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Strange_Geometries&diff=21060Strange Geometries2007-01-13T21:25:21Z<p>Nespresso: </p>
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(''Note: the subtitle of the game is "Terror Within the Odd Angles of Reality".'')<br />
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{{game infobox|title=Strange Geometries|image=|author=[[Phillip Chambers]]|publisher=n/a|released=30-Sep-2006|authsystem=[[Inform 7]]|platform=[[Z-code]] 8|language=English|license=[[Freeware]]|color=none|graphics=none|sound=none|cruelty=TBD}}<br />
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==How It Begins==<br />
You are a newspaper reporter working in Malnoxet, the city at the end of the world and the begiining of new lives. You are investigating a series of strange disappearances that appear to be impossible. Eye-witnesses have claimed to have seen a "seething mass" in the latest disapperance in the middle of a crowded marketplace.<br />
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You need to go to press for another edition tonight and the biggest story in history is happening just outside your door. You couldn't be happier...<br />
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==Notable Features==<br />
Some standard commands are disabled for storyline reasons.<br />
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==Versions==<br />
===Competition version===<br />
* ''Strange Geometries'' ([[Phillip Chambers]]; 30-Sep-2006; [[Z-code]] 8).<br />
** Release 1 / Serial number 060929 / Inform 7 build 3Z95 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/11N)<br />
** [[IF Comp 2006]]: 14th place of 43 games.<br />
** {{ifarchive|games/competition2006/zcode/geometries/|geometries.z8}}.<br />
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==Links==<br />
* {{baf game|Strange Geometries|2954}}.<br />
===Spoilers===<br />
* [http://mirror.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/competition2006/zcode/geometries/geometries.log Walkthrough].<br />
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{{game stub|Genres; How It Begins; Notable Features; [[IFID]]}}<br />
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[[Category:Z-code games]]</div>Nespressohttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Ben_Croshaw&diff=21050Ben Croshaw2007-01-12T20:53:14Z<p>Nespresso: /* Author Credits */</p>
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<div>'''Ben Croshaw''' often uses the name Arthur Yahtzee, or more frequently just Yahtzee. Arthur Yahtzee is also the name of the protagonist in several of Ben Croshaw's games as well as in Ben Croshaw's webcomic Yahtzee Takes On The World. He has other webcomics and a homepage with humorous articles. He was born and raised in England and lives in Australia.<br />
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==Author Credits==<br />
* ''[[Offensive Probing]]'' (1999; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* ''[[Arthur Yahtzee: The Curse of Hell's Cheesecake]]'' (2000; Z-code).<br />
* ''[[The Sorceror's Appraisal]]'' (2002). Graphical game with text interface. Part of [[Reality-On-The-Norm]]<br />
* ''[[Countdown 1 - the Body]]'' (as "Yahtzee"; 04-Jan-2007; Z-code). Written in Inform 7. Download [http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/6days/body.zip body.zip].<br />
* ''[[Countdown 2 - the Soul]]'' (as "Yahtzee"; 11-Jan-2007; Z-code). Written in Inform 7. Download [http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/6days/soul.zip soul.zip].<br />
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==Other Credits==<br />
* ''Friday: Death to Arthur Yahtzee'' (Year unknown). Graphical point-and-click game. First of the Arthur Yahtzee Trilogy. <br />
* ''Saturday: Arthur's Odyssey'' (Year unknown.) Graphical point-and-click game. Second of the Arthur Yahtzee Trilogy. <br />
* ''Yesterday: The D-Gate'' (Year unknown.) Graphical point-and-click game. Third of the Arthur Yahtzee Trilogy. <br />
* ''Lunchtime of The Damned'' (2000). Graphical point-and-click game. First game of [[Reality-On-The-Norm]].<br />
* ''Rob Blanc I - Better Days of a Defender of the Universe'' (Year unknown) Graphical point-and-click game. First of the Rob Blanc Trilogy.<br />
* ''Rob Blanc II - Planet of the Pasteurised Pestilence'' (Year unknown) Graphical point-and-click game. Second of the Rob Blanc Trilogy. <br />
* ''Rob Blanc III: The Temporal Terrorists'' (2001). Graphical point-and-click game. Third of the Rob Blanc Trilogy. Nominated for the following AGS Awards: Best Gameplay in an AGS Game, Best Dialogue Scripting in an AGS Game, Best Player Character in an AGS Game (Rob Blanc), Best Supporting Character in an AGS Game (Paul).<br />
* ''The Trials of Odysseus Kent'' (2002) Graphical point-and-click game. Winner of the following AGS Award: Best Dialogue Scripting in an AGS Game. Also nominated for: Best Game Created with AGS for 2002, Best Gameplay in an AGS Game, Best Story in an AGS Game, Best Puzzles in an AGS Game, Best Player Character in an AGS Game (Odysseus Kent), Best Supporting Character in an AGS Game (the priest).<br />
* ''Fight of Flight'' (2002). Brief silly Choose Your Own Adventure. Playable on the web. <br />
* ''5 Days A Stranger'' (2003). Graphical point-and-click game. Winner of the following AGS Awards: Best Game Created with AGS for 2003, Best Gameplay in an AGS Game, Best Dialogue Scripting in an AGS Game, Best Puzzles in an AGS Game, Best Scripting in an AGS Game. Also nominated for: Best Story in an AGS Game, Best Player Character in an AGS Game (Trilby), Best Room Art in an AGS Game, Best Character Art in an AGS Game, Best Animation in an AGS Game, Best Sound Effects in an AGS Game. A special edition of the game with commentary exists.<br />
* ''7 Days A Skeptic'' (2004) Graphical point-and-click game. Winner of the following AGS Award: Best Sound Effects in an AGS Game. Also nominated for: Best Game Created with AGS for 2004, Best Gameplay in an AGS Game, Best Story in an AGS Game, Best Dialogue Scripting in an AGS Game, Best Puzzles in an AGS Game, Best Character Art in an AGS Game, Best Animation in an AGS Game. A special edition of the game with commentary exists.<br />
* ''Adventures in the Galaxy of Fantabulous Wonderment'' (2005) Graphical point-and-click game.<br />
* ''The Really, Really Interesting World of Chris Quinn'' (2005) Platform game, not an adventure game.<br />
* ''1213'' (2006) Another platform game.<br />
* ''Trilby's Notes'' (2006) Graphical game with a text parser.<br />
* Writes articles for Adventure Gamers, a webzine about adventure games.<br />
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==Links==<br />
* [http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/ Fullyramblomatic.com] Ben Croshaw's homepage. Contains humorous articles, webcomics and some of his games. <br />
* [http://www.wurb.com/if/person/313 Baf's Guide page for Ben Croshaw]<br />
* [http://www.adventuregamers.com/bio.php?id=59 Ben Croshaw's bio and articles on Adventure Gamers]<br />
* [http://www.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&id=8 Rob Blanc I - Better Days of a Defender of the Universe] on Adventure Game Studio.<br />
* [http://www.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&id=9 Rob Blanc II - Planet of the Pasteurised Pestilence] on Adventure Game Studio.<br />
* [http://www.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&id=10 Rob Blanc III - The Temporal Terrorists] on Adventure Game Studio.<br />
* [http://www.the-underdogs.org Home of The Underdogs] has some of Ben Croshaw's games.<br />
* [http://ron.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=92 Lunchtime Of The Damned] on the Reality-On-The-Norm page.<br />
* [http://ron.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=115 The Sorceror's Appraisal] on the Reality-On-The-Norm page.<br />
* [http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/fof/ Fight Or Flight] Choose Your Own Adventure.<br />
* [http://yahtzee.keenspace.com/ Yahtzee Takes On The World] Webcomic.<br />
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'''Interviews'''<br />
* [http://www.adventure-treff.de/artikel/interviews.php?id=30 Adventure-Treff Interview] 6. January 2005. In [[German]].<br />
[[Category: People|Croshaw, Ben]] [[Category:Inform 6 authors|Croshaw, Ben]] [[Category:Inform 7 authors|Croshaw, Ben]] [[Category:Interviewed|Croshaw, Ben]]</div>Nespressohttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Last_Resort&diff=21049Last Resort2007-01-12T20:44:25Z<p>Nespresso: </p>
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{{game infobox|title=Last Resort|image=|author=[[Jim Aikin]]|publisher=n/a|released=Dec-2006|authsystem=[[Inform]]|platform=[[Z-code]], [[Glulx]]|language=English|license=[[Freeware]]|color=none|graphics=none|sound=none|cruelty=Cruel}}<br />
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==How It Begins==<br />
You play a teenage girl, brought to the Deep South of America by your aunt, who is acting mysteriously. She tells you to prepare for a picnic later that evening. Lovecraftian horror ensues.<br />
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==Notable Features==<br />
* The hint system is protected by a password which can only be discovered by emailing the author.<br />
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==Versions==<br />
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==Links==<br />
* [http://wurb.com/if/game/2996] at Baf's Guide to the IF archive.<br />
* [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/browse_thread/thread/793e261ecd124db1/22843ceebad5c7c5?lnk=st&q=google+groups+jim+aikin+last+resort&rnum=1&hl=en#22843ceebad5c7c5] Release announcement on rec.arts.int-fiction<br />
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[[Category:Games]] [[Category:Games in 2006]] [[Category:Horror]] [[Category:Glulx games]] [[Category:Inform 6 games]]</div>Nespressohttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Countdown_2_-_the_Soul&diff=21048Countdown 2 - the Soul2007-01-12T20:42:05Z<p>Nespresso: </p>
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{{game infobox|title=Countdown 2 - the Soul|image=|author=[[Ben Croshaw]]|publisher=n/a|released=11-Jan-2007|authsystem=[[Inform 7]]|platform=[[Z-code]] 5|language=English|license=Freeware|color=none|graphics=none|sound=none|cruelty=Merciful}}<br />
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==How It Begins==<br />
You are a woman who joined a strange cult, the "Order of the Blessed Agonies", seeking direction in your life. As part of the initiation you are taken to a sealed room and given a gun. In the room, your boyfriend, Jason, is gagged and lashed to a chair.<br />
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==Trivia and Comments==<br />
* This is the second part of a trilogy of text adventure games to be released shortly. The trilogy is intended as a build-up to the release of a graphical adventure game which will be the fourth part of the ''[[5 Days a Stranger series]]''. <br />
* The player only gets an overview of what is an extensive [[backstory]]. This game (and the rest of the Countdown series) continues a storyline begun in Croshaw's freeware amateur graphical adventure ''5 Days a Stranger'' and continued in ''7 Days a Skeptic'' and ''Trilby's Notes''. <br />
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==Versions==<br />
===Release 1===<br />
Download <tt>[http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/6days/soul.zip soul.zip]</tt> from the author's website.<br />
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==Links==<br />
* [http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/ Fully Ramblomatic.com] - Announced in the blog entry for 11/1/07: Still Counting Down.<br />
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{{Countdown series}}<br />
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[[Category:Games]] [[Category:Games in 2007]] [[Category:Inform 7 games]] [[Category:Z-code games]]</div>Nespressohttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Countdown_1_-_the_Body&diff=21047Countdown 1 - the Body2007-01-12T20:41:40Z<p>Nespresso: </p>
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{{game infobox|title=Countdown 1 - the Body|image=|author=[[Ben Croshaw]]|publisher=n/a|released=04-Jan-2007|authsystem=[[Inform 7]]|platform=[[Z-code]] 5|language=English|license=Freeware|color=none|graphics=none|sound=none|cruelty=Merciful}}<br />
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==How It Begins==<br />
August 18th, 1779. You are Jack Frehorn, carrying nothing. You are in the "harpsichord room" of your home, which now only contains a decorative end table bearing a bottle of rum, curtainless windows, the stairs up, a trapdoor down, and the door that leads outside. The cursed harpsichord you smashed on that horrible day, just over a year ago.<br />
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On July 28th, 1778, you murdered your greatest friend Wilbur with a gun and then butchered the body with an axe. At the grave, you pleaded for your life when a mysterious figure in black appeared. Satisfied, he disappeared. Exactly a year later, the Tall Man returned with instructions from his foetid master. Now, twenty-one days later, you will complete those instructions.<br />
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==Trivia and Comments==<br />
* This is the first part of a trilogy of text adventure games to be released shortly. The trilogy is intended as a build-up to the release of a graphical adventure game which will be the fourth part of the ''[[5 Days a Stranger series]]''. <br />
* The player only gets an overview of what is an extensive [[backstory]]. This game (and the rest of the Countdown series) continues a storyline begun in Croshaw's freeware amateur graphical adventure ''5 Days a Stranger'' and continued in ''7 Days a Skeptic'' and ''Trilby's Notes''. <br />
<br />
==Versions==<br />
===Release 1===<br />
* ''Countdown 1 - the Body'' ([[Ben Croshaw]] as "Yahtzee"; 04-Jan-2007; [[Z-code]] 5).<br />
** Release 1 / Serial number 061219 / Inform 7 build 4B91 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/11N) <br />
** [[IFID]]: 11901B81-89E3-11DB-88B0-00902790B6B8<br />
** Room count: 3<br />
** Download <tt>[http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/6days/body.zip body.zip]</tt> from the author's website.<br />
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==Links==<br />
* [http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/ Fully Ramblomatic.com] - Announced in the blog entry for 4/1/07: Counting Down.<br />
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{{Countdown series}}<br />
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[[Category:Games]] [[Category:Games in 2007]] [[Category:Inform 7 games]] [[Category:Z-code games]]</div>Nespressohttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Template:Countdown_series&diff=21046Template:Countdown series2007-01-12T20:40:57Z<p>Nespresso: </p>
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<tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#CCF"><b>Countdown series by [[Ben Croshaw]]</b></td></tr><br />
<tr><td>''[[Countdown 1 - the Body]]''<br>(2007)</td><td>''[[Countdown 2 - the Soul]]''<br>(2007)</td><td>''[[Countdown 3 - the Mind]]''<br>(2007)</td></tr><br />
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<noinclude>[[Category:Game series templates|Countdown series]]</noinclude></div>Nespressohttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Countdown_2_-_the_Soul&diff=21044Countdown 2 - the Soul2007-01-12T20:36:16Z<p>Nespresso: </p>
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<br />
==How It Begins==<br />
You are a woman who joined a strange cult, the "Order of the Blessed Agonies", seeking direction in your life. As part of the initiation you are taken to a sealed room and given a gun. In the room, your boyfriend, Jason, is gagged and lashed to a chair.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Trivia and Comments==<br />
* This is the second part of a trilogy of text adventure games to be released shortly. The trilogy is intended as a build-up to the release of a graphical adventure game which will be the fourth part of the ''[[5 Days a Stranger series]]''. <br />
* The player only gets an overview of what is an extensive [[backstory]]. This game (and the rest of the Countdown series) continues a storyline begun in Croshaw's freeware amateur graphical adventure ''5 Days a Stranger'' and continued in ''7 Days a Skeptic'' and ''Trilby's Notes''. <br />
<br />
==Versions==<br />
===Release 1===<br />
Download <tt>[http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/6days/soul.zip soul.zip]</tt> from the author's website.<br />
<br />
==Links==<br />
* [http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/ Fully Ramblomatic.com] - Announced in the blog entry for 11/1/07: Still Counting Down.<br />
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[[Category:Games]] [[Category:Games in 2007]] [[Category:Inform 7 games]] [[Category:Z-code games]]</div>Nespressohttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Works_released_in_2007&diff=21043Works released in 20072007-01-12T20:23:32Z<p>Nespresso: /* Inform 7 */ add countdown 2</p>
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==[[Z-code]]==<br />
===[[Inform 7]]===<br />
* ''[[Countdown 1 - the Body]]'' ([[Ben Croshaw]] as "Yahtzee"; 04-Jan).<br />
* ''[[Countdown 2 - the Soul]]'' ([[Ben Croshaw]] as "Yahtzee"; 11-Jan).<br />
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[[Category:Games by year|2007]] [[Category:2007]]</div>Nespressohttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Last_Resort&diff=21042Last Resort2007-01-12T20:20:17Z<p>Nespresso: </p>
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{{game infobox|title=Last Resort|image=|author=[[Jim Aikin]]|publisher=n/a|released=Dec-2006|authsystem=[[Inform]]|platform=[[Z-code]], [[Glulx]]|language=English|license=[[Freeware]]|color=none|graphics=none|sound=none|cruelty=Cruel}}<br />
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==How It Begins==<br />
You play a teenage girl, brought to the Deep South of America by your aunt, who is acting mysteriously. She tells you to prepare for a picnic later that evening. Lovecraftian horror ensues.<br />
<br />
==Notable Features==<br />
* The hint system is protected by a password which can only be discovered by emailing the author.<br />
<br />
==Versions==<br />
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==Links==<br />
* [http://wurb.com/if/game/2996] at Baf's Guide to the IF archive.<br />
* [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/browse_thread/thread/793e261ecd124db1/22843ceebad5c7c5?lnk=st&q=google+groups+jim+aikin+last+resort&rnum=1&hl=en#22843ceebad5c7c5] Release announcement on rec.arts.int-fiction<br />
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[[Category:Games]] [[Category:Games in 2006]] [[Category:Horror]] [[Category:Glulx games]] [[Category:Inform 6 games]]</div>Nespressohttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Last_Resort&diff=21041Last Resort2007-01-12T20:13:01Z<p>Nespresso: created</p>
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{{game infobox|title=Last Resort|image=|author=[[Jim Aikin]]|publisher=n/a|released=Dec-2006|authsystem=[[Inform]]|platform=[[Z-code]], [[Glulx]]|language=English|license=[[Freeware]]|color=none|graphics=none|sound=none|cruelty=Cruel}}<br />
<br />
==How It Begins==<br />
You play a teenage girl, brought to the Deep South of America by your aunt, who is acting mysteriously. She tells you to prepare for a picnic later that evening. Lovecraftian horror ensues.<br />
<br />
==Notable Features==<br />
* The hint system is protected by a password which can only be discovered by emailing the author.<br />
<br />
==Versions==<br />
<br />
==Links==<br />
* [http://wurb.com/if/game/2996] at Baf's Guide to the IF archive.<br />
* [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/browse_thread/thread/793e261ecd124db1/22843ceebad5c7c5?lnk=st&q=google+groups+jim+aikin+last+resort&rnum=1&hl=en#22843ceebad5c7c5] Release announcement on rec.arts.int-fiction<br />
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[[Category:Games]] [[Category:Games in 2006]] [[Category:Horror]] [[Category:Glulx games]] [[Category:Inform 6 games]]</div>Nespressohttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Countdown_1_-_the_Body&diff=21040Countdown 1 - the Body2007-01-12T19:54:23Z<p>Nespresso: clarify trivia, cruelty=merciful</p>
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{{game infobox|title=Countdown 1 - the Body|image=|author=[[Ben Croshaw]]|publisher=n/a|released=04-Jan-2007|authsystem=[[Inform 7]]|platform=[[Z-code]] 5|language=English|license=Freeware|color=none|graphics=none|sound=none|cruelty=Merciful}}<br />
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==How It Begins==<br />
August 18th, 1779. You are Jack Frehorn, carrying nothing. You are in the "harpsichord room" of your home, which now only contains a decorative end table bearing a bottle of rum, curtainless windows, the stairs up, a trapdoor down, and the door that leads outside. The cursed harpsichord you smashed on that horrible day, just over a year ago.<br />
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On July 28th, 1778, you murdered your greatest friend Wilbur with a gun and then butchered the body with an axe. At the grave, you pleaded for your life when a mysterious figure in black appeared. Satisfied, he disappeared. Exactly a year later, the Tall Man returned with instructions from his foetid master. Now, twenty-one days later, you will complete those instructions.<br />
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==Trivia and Comments==<br />
* This is the first part of a trilogy of text adventure games to be released shortly. The trilogy is intended as a build-up to the release of a graphical adventure game which will be the fourth part of the ''[[5 Days a Stranger series]]''. <br />
* The player only gets an overview of what is an extensive [[backstory]]. This game (and the rest of the Countdown series) continues a storyline begun in Croshaw's freeware amateur graphical adventure ''5 Days a Stranger'' and continued in ''7 Days a Skeptic'' and ''Trilby's Notes''. <br />
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==Versions==<br />
===Release 1===<br />
* ''Countdown 1 - the Body'' ([[Ben Croshaw]] as "Yahtzee"; 04-Jan-2007; [[Z-code]] 5).<br />
** Release 1 / Serial number 061219 / Inform 7 build 4B91 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/11N) <br />
** [[IFID]]: 11901B81-89E3-11DB-88B0-00902790B6B8<br />
** Room count: 3<br />
** Download <tt>[http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/6days/body.zip body.zip]</tt> from the author's website.<br />
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==Links==<br />
* [http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/ Fully Ramblomatic.com] - Announced in the blog entry for 4/1/07: Counting Down.<br />
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[[Category:Games]] [[Category:Games in 2007]] [[Category:Inform 7 games]] [[Category:Z-code games]]</div>Nespressohttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&diff=20491Talk:Main Page2006-12-15T23:00:27Z<p>Nespresso: ==wikipedia==</p>
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<div>Rob tells me the CSS on this page looks [http://raddial.com/stuff/wiki_bad.jpg horrible]. I'm going to try simplifying it. There's no way div heights could be a good idea here. -- [[User:Dswxyz|David Welbourn]] 04:48, 15 Jan 2005 (Central Standard Time)<br />
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The change is a definite improvement from where I'm standing. - [[User:Maga|Maga]] 05:38, 15 Jan 2005 (Central Standard Time) <br />
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And I figured out that the <nowiki><center></nowiki> tag is turned into <nowiki><div></nowiki> tags and messes with CSS stuff. I removed them. --[[User:David Cornelson|David Cornelson]] 12:10, 15 Jan 2005 (Central Standard Time) <br />
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Is there a place yet on this site to discuss what features we would like to see in the future? For instance, I think it would be nice to have a page that lists all of the users of ifWiki. -- --[[User:Gtwade|Gtwade]] 13:19, 15 Feb 2005 (Central Standard Time) <br />
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To Gtwade: That feature's already here: [[Special:Listusers]]. I found it by clicking on the Special Pages link over in the "toolbox". -- [[User:Dswxyz|David Welbourn]] 21:25, 15 Feb 2005 (Central Standard Time) <br />
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Greetings everyone. I have some time to offer, and am a IF supporter and archiver. Instead of using <nowiki><center></nowiki> tags, try using "align=center" within tags, eg. use <nowiki><h3 align=center>My Title Here</h3> instead of "<center><h3>xyz</h3></center>"</nowiki> <br />
I would suggest two points- make the Community Portal into an active discussion forum. One good forum package is at http://www.invisionboard.com/. Second point- add a short IF community links page, giving credit to well-run websites that link to here, eg. Baf's Guide at http://www.wurb.com/if/ currently links to ifwiki.org. Thanks. regards ;) --[[User:Eric.xyzzy|Eric.xyzzy]] 09:29, 6 Mar 2005 (Central Standard Time) <br />
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== greetings == <br />
Nice site! Perhaps you should consider hosting some WikiIF as well. Uncyclopedia has rather stolen the march on this with their [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Zork Zork] [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Game Game]. What do you say the real IF community does something to catch up? --[[User:Nerd42|Nerd42]] 20:01, 1 Nov 2005 (Central Standard Time) <br />
* Personally, that's not the sort of thing I'd want on the IFWiki, but that's just me. Incidently, this idea has come up before; see [[Wiki Based Interactive Fiction System]] ([[Talk:Wiki Based Interactive Fiction System|Talk]]). Although now that I look at it again, that's not really the same thing as you're suggesting. -- [[User:Dswxyz|David Welbourn]] 04:21, 2 Nov 2005 (Central Standard Time) (edited) <br />
* Well ... all wikiIF pages could have their own namespace so it could be kept seperate from the actual encyclopedia articles ... oh never mind. It's your site, do what you like with it. ;) --[[User:Nerd42|Nerd42]] 16:08, 2 Nov 2005 (Central Standard Time) <br />
:by the way, I heard somebody over at wikicities has already suggested having a wikicity entirely devoted to writing WikiIF ... but I don't know if it's actually going to happen. That'd be neat though --[[User:Nerd42|Nerd42]] 11:36, 7 Nov 2005 (Central Standard Time)<br />
* '''NEW''': I see that Nerd42 has found the Novelas fiction wikia for hosting works of WikiIF; see http://novelas.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Interactive_Fiction which Nerd42 has created to host his short ''[[3Wishes]]'' game. -- [[User:Dswxyz|David Welbourn]] 22:13, 15 June 2006 (EST)<br />
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Well, yeah, but 3Wishes wasn't really intended as, like, a publishable work of IF - I mean, it was like a demo/example of how to write stories - like a template for people to copy. And then [http://novelas.wikia.com/wiki/Rose_Hollow someone did] but if you're going to count those, there is also a large [http://fanstuff.hrwiki.org/index.php/Text_Adventures Homestar Runner Wiki] IF writing group that has new games coming out all the time. --[[User:Nerd42|Nerd42]] 15:07, 13 October 2006 (EST)<br />
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==Porter's Section== <br />
Could we have a page for those of us trying to convert old adventures and old adventure systems (e.g. Scott Adams, Magnetic Scrolls ad nauseam - akin to a wiki form of if-legends). As I have a few scribbles of code and notes that may benefit others, but don't fit within any of the if-legends sub-pages. --[[User:dave|David Lodge]] 20:12, 16 Nov 2005 (Greenwich Meantime) <br />
* Sure, I don't see any obvious problems with that on the wiki. Go ahead and create them. If there are license issues, make sure you change the license of the relevant pages from the default public domain declaration to something more appropriate. We already have [[:Category:Scott Adams]] and [[:Category:Magnetic Scrolls]] to put pages in. We could also create a Porting category, if that would be useful; we already have a similar category called [[:Category:Rakontointeraktiva]] for Non-English porting efforts. I don't know how to advise you properly on how to name your pages without more details, though. I'm guessing you'll want pages like "Examples of Magnetic Scrolls code", "Magnetic Scrolls to Inform", "Porting advice", and so on. -- [[User:Dswxyz|David Welbourn]] 18:03, 16 Nov 2005 (Central Standard Time) <br />
** Okay, What I'll do is add the pages under the publisher section, and then link notes to the Category, I've started with the [[Robico Software]] Section. --[[User:dave|David Lodge]] 19:37, 19 Nov 2005 (Greenwich Meantime) <br />
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==Wikibugs== <br />
The login/account creation system seems kinda buggy. I forgot my password so I hit the "Mail me a new password" button, which results in an error message (Error sending mail: mail() [<a href='function.mail'>function.mail</a>]: &quot;sendmail_from&quot; not set in php.ini or custom &quot;From:&quot; header missing) <br />
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Then I tried crreating a new account, but since I was using the same mail address as with my original account, another half page of page occurred (A database error has occurred <br />
Query: INSERT INTO `ifwiki_objectcache` (keyname,value,exptime) VALUES('wikidb:messages:Sitenotice','+¶2°RR²?\0','2005-11-30 16:16:54') <br />
Function: MediaWikiBagOStuff:_doquery" and so on) <br />
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Anyone willing to fix this? [[User:PDD3|PDD3]] 10:17, 30 Nov 2005 (Central Standard Time) <br />
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I have several tasks on my list and plan to get to this at some point. I don't see anything happening before 2006 though. --[[User:David Cornelson|David Cornelson]] 11:21, 30 Nov 2005 (Central Standard Time)<br />
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== Current events notice? ==<br />
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I think I have a good idea. I have an ulterior motive for giving it, but I think it's a good idea just the same.<br />
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Below the "Land of FAQ" area, there was recently a box giving a notice about the XYZZY Awards winners. I was just thinking, wouldn't it be cool if that box were there year-round, with its contents changing based on current events of the IF community?<br />
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My ulterior motive is that I'd like people to be aware of my Spring Thing competition, which is going on right now. But there are also other things to announce... IntroComp is coming up, LoTech Comp is coming up, just to give a couple of comp examples.<br />
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My thought is that that box need not contain big text. If the text were smaller, it could more easily contain announcements about more than one current event, whenever appropriate.<br />
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Anyway, take this idea and do what you want with it. I'd be interested to hear people's reactions. -- Greg Boettcher<br />
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* I have thought a teensy bit about this kind of idea before, and of course, the info you want is already at [[Current events#Competitions & Contest News]]. It's just a matter of a) how do I summarize that ''really'' succinctly, and where on the Main Page would it squeeze in? My current thinking is to squeeze the bottom section over to the left and put a comp news summary to its right and under the Feature Article section. The summarization question is more difficult to answer. -- [[User:Dswxyz|David Welbourn]] 16:19, 3 April 2006 (EST)<br />
* Okay, I've tried to add a new section to the Main Page. It's not very pretty, but it's a start. -- [[User:Dswxyz|David Welbourn]] 17:24, 3 April 2006 (EST)<br />
* I think it looks really good. I didn't have in mind just comp news, but maybe that is most of what news there is, after all. You solved both of the two issues you mentioned really well. Yay! -- [[User:Gregb|Greg Boettcher]] 19:45, 3 April 2006 (Central Daylight Time)<br />
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==Requests==<br />
Could someone with permissions add [[CreatureComp]] to the list of upcoming competitions? The deadline is September 22nd. Thanks ! - [[David Fisher]]<br />
* Sure. I should perhaps mention that that section is currently done by editing [[Template:Comp news]]; you don't need to directly edit the Main Page for that. -- [[User:Dswxyz|David Welbourn]] 04:17, 22 August 2006 (EST)<br />
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== TADS 3 announcement? ==<br />
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Considering the way in which Inform 7 was trumpeted on this page in a big bold box last spring, I think it'd be nice to do something similar for TADS 3, now that its general release has finally come out. -- [[User:Gregb|Greg Boettcher]] 16 September 2006<br />
* This message is way too late, but I just wanted to say that I did notice the fact that you responded to my request, and I wanted to say thanks to all concerned. -- [[User:Gregb|Greg Boettcher]] 16 November 2006<br />
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==wikipedia==<br />
i've been creating individual pages on en.wikipedia.org for all the XYZZY "Best Game" winners [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XYZZY_Award_for_Best_Game] and all the IFComp winners [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_Fiction_Competition] down the years. they pass wikipedia notability requirements by virtue of winning the 2 biggest prizes in IF. but they're just stubs so wondering if they could be expanded somehow? <br />
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also, a lot of those game articles dont have corresponding game articles here, so would it be possible to just copy and paste those to ifwiki? [[User:Nespresso|Nespresso]] 18:00, 15 December 2006 (EST)</div>Nespresso