Emily Short
Interactive fiction writer of Galatea and Counterfeit Monkey; worked on Inform 7.
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- Emily Short is an interactive fiction writer and author of more than forty works.
- Short is known for Galatea (2000) and for psychologically complex non-player characters.
- Short wrote most of the 300+ examples in the Inform 7 documentation.
- Short was creative director of Failbetter Games from 2020 to 2024.
Key facts
- Works
- Galatea (2000); City of Secrets (2003); Savoir-Faire; Bronze; Metamorphoses; Bee; Counterfeit Monkey1
- Companies
- Co-founded Little TextPeople with Richard Evans (2011), bought by Linden Lab in 2012; Spirit AI from 2016, later chief product officer1
- Failbetter Games
- Creative director, January 2020 to January 20241
- Inform 7
- Wrote most of the 300+ documentation examples and two demo games1
- Also
- Advisory board, Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation1
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