Adam Cadre
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Adam Cadre is a U.S.
writer. He gained prominence in the world of interactive fiction
with works like I-0
(1997), Photopia
(1998) and Varicella
(1999), for which he has won several XYZZY Awards and been the subject of academic study http://nickm.com/twisty/. Photopia additionally won the 1998 Interactive Fiction Competition
. He founded and organised the Spring Thing
, an alternative interactive fiction competition, in 2002 and 2003. He has also written a novel, Ready, Okay! (2000, ISBN 0-06-019558-4).
Cadre hosts the Lyttle Lytton Contest
every year from his website.
United States
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writer. He gained prominence in the world of interactive fiction
Interactive fiction
Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, describes software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literary narratives and as video games. In common usage, the term refers to text...
with works like I-0
I-0
I-0 is a piece of interactive fiction written by Adam Cadre about the adventures of a teenage girl hitch-hiking on the interstate freeway . It won the Best Game and Best Individual Player Character awards at the 1997 Xyzzy Awards, and was a finalist for six other categories...
(1997), Photopia
Photopia
Photopia is a piece of literature by Adam Cadre rendered in the form of interactive fiction, and written in Inform. It is regarded as a pioneer in narrative-driven, rather than puzzle- or challenge-driven, interactive fiction...
(1998) and Varicella
Varicella (computer game)
Varicella is a 1999 work of interactive fiction by Adam Cadre, distributed in z-code format as freeware. It is set in an alternate history which features roughly modern technology mixed with Renaissance-style principalities and court politics...
(1999), for which he has won several XYZZY Awards and been the subject of academic study http://nickm.com/twisty/. Photopia additionally won the 1998 Interactive Fiction Competition
Interactive Fiction Competition
The Interactive Fiction Competition is one of the best known of several annual competitions for works of interactive fiction. It has been held since 1995. It is intended for fairly short games, as judges are only allowed to spend two hours playing a game before deciding how many points to award it...
. He founded and organised the Spring Thing
Spring Thing
Spring Thing is an annual competition to highlight works of Interactive Fiction .Adam Cadre, author of several works of Interactive Fiction, including Photopia and Varicella, announced the Spring Thing in 2001, both to promote works that would be longer than those entered into the Interactive...
, an alternative interactive fiction competition, in 2002 and 2003. He has also written a novel, Ready, Okay! (2000, ISBN 0-06-019558-4).
Cadre hosts the Lyttle Lytton Contest
Lyttle Lytton Contest
The Lyttle Lytton Contest is a diminutive derivative of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, and was first run in the year 2001. Both are tongue-in-cheek contests that take place annually and in which entrants are invited "to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels."The...
every year from his website.
Awards
- Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best GameXYZZY Award for Best GameThis is a list of XYZZY Awards results, grouped by award rather than year. The XYZZY Awards are the annual awards given by the publication "XYZZYnews" to works of interactive fiction, serving a similar role to the Academy Awards for film...
in 1997 for I-0 - Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Individual Player Character in 1997 for Tracy Valencia in I-0
- Winner of the 1998 Interactive Fiction CompetitionInteractive Fiction CompetitionThe Interactive Fiction Competition is one of the best known of several annual competitions for works of interactive fiction. It has been held since 1995. It is intended for fairly short games, as judges are only allowed to spend two hours playing a game before deciding how many points to award it...
with PhotopiaPhotopiaPhotopia is a piece of literature by Adam Cadre rendered in the form of interactive fiction, and written in Inform. It is regarded as a pioneer in narrative-driven, rather than puzzle- or challenge-driven, interactive fiction... - Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Writing in 1998 for Photopia and 2003 for Narcolepsy
- Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best GameXYZZY Award for Best GameThis is a list of XYZZY Awards results, grouped by award rather than year. The XYZZY Awards are the annual awards given by the publication "XYZZYnews" to works of interactive fiction, serving a similar role to the Academy Awards for film...
in 1999 for Varicella - Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Non-Player Characters in 1999 for Varicella
- Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Individual Non-Player Character in 1999 for Miss Sierra in Varicella
- Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Individual Player Character in 1999 for Primo Varicella in Varicella
- Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Use of Medium in 2000 for shrapnel
- Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Individual Non-Player Character in 2002 for Boldo in Lock & Key
- Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Individual Puzzle in 2002 for the traps in Lock & Key
- Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Non-Player Characters in 2003 for Lock & Key
External links
- Adam's website, with interactive fiction, several short stories (including two that extend the Ready, Okay! world), ongoing webcomicWebcomicWebcomics, online comics, or Internet comics are comics published on a website. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers or often in self-published books....
, short essays, and more.