Being Andrew Plotkin

Building Comedy IF Comp 2000 3rd of of 53 XYZZY Awards 2000 Best NPCs and Best Game XYZZY Awards 2000 Finalist - Best Story, Best Individual PC, Best Individual NPC, Best Individual Puzzle

A humorous IF parody of the movie Being John Malkovich by "Celie Paradis", the game casts the player as either of the two protagonists Peter and Valerie, as they discover a tunnel leading into the mind of IF author Andrew Plotkin, as well as the truth about their office supervisor.

Being Andrew Plotkin
Author(s)	J. Robinson Wheeler
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	2000
Authoring system	Inform 6
Platform(s)	Z-code 5
Language(s)	English
License(s)	Freeware
Multimedia
Color effects	none
Graphics	none
Sound/Music	none
Ratings
Cruelty scale	Cruelty to be determined

Versions

Competition release

• Being Andrew Plotkin (J. Robinson Wheeler as "Celie Paradis"; 2000; Z-code 5).
  • Release 1 / Serial number 000928 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/10
  • IFID: ZCODE-1-000928-2C24
    IFID links: IFDB
  • IF Comp 2000: 3rd place of 53 entries.
  • XYZZY Awards 2000: Winner of Best Game and Best NPCs. Finalist for Best Individual NPC (Melvin), Best Individual PC, Best Individual Puzzle (the recursive room), and Best Story.
  • Download bap.z5 from the IF Archive - The story file.

Links

General Info

• Being Andrew Plotkin homepage.
• Being Andrew Plotkin (archived) - at Baf's Guide
• Being Andrew Plotkin - at IFDB

Reviews

• Being Andrew Plotkin - at SPAG.
• Being Andrew Plotkin - at IF Ratings.
• Exploring the 'Best Games': Being Andrew Plotkin - by Mathbrush.
• Review - by Paul O'Brian.
• Review - by Dan Shiovitz.

Spoilers

• Download bap_walk.txt from the IF Archive - Walkthrough by the author.
• ClubFloyd transcript.

>examine page
The dreadful truth is, this page is incomplete.

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