Andrew Plotkin
Interactive fiction author ("Zarf"); designed Glulx and Glk; wrote Spider and Web.
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- Andrew Plotkin, known as Zarf, is an American programmer and writer and a central figure in the interactive fiction community.
- He designed the Glulx virtual machine, the Glk I/O platform and the Blorb archive format.
- His games include So Far, Spider and Web and Hadean Lands, which he funded on Kickstarter.
- In 1997 he made the werewolf version of the party game Mafia.
Key facts
- Born
- 15 May 19701
- Designed
- Glulx virtual machine, Glk I/O platform, Blorb archive format1
- Games
- A Change in the Weather (1995), So Far (1996), Spider and Web (1998), Shade (2000), The Dreamhold (2004), Hadean Lands1
- Awards
- Most XYZZY Awards in total (18) and in one year (5, Spider and Web), as of 20071
- Also
- Werewolf, a rethemed version of the game Mafia (1997)1
Links
- Zarfhome (opens eblong.com)
- Blog (opens blog.zarfhome.com)
- GitHub (opens github.com)
- Bluesky (opens bsky.app)
- Mastodon (opens mastodon.gamedev.place)
- Wikipedia (opens en.wikipedia.org)
- Where they publish (ppll) (opens ppll.app)
- What they believe (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
- What they recommend (rcmnd) (opens rcmnd.app)
Sources
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