Chris Klimas
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Chris Klimas maintains web sites and uses the name klimas on ifMUD.
Author Credits
- Mercy (1997; Z-code). Was a finalist for Best Setting and Best Story at the XYZZY Awards 1997.
- Once (1998; Z-code). Textfire 12-Pack.
- Blue Chairs (2004; Z-code). IF Comp 2004: 2nd place. Awarded Miss Congeniality by the authors of IF Comp 2004. Awarded Best Game, Best Writing, and Best Story at the XYZZY Awards 2004; was also a finalist for Best NPCs, Best Individual Puzzle (the toilet), and Best Individual PC (Dante).
Review and Article Credits
Technical Credits
- Created Twine and Twee in the summer of 2009. Twine is a wiki-based CYOA authoring system, and Twee is a command-line interface to Twine.
Organizational Credits
- Co-founder of the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation.
Other Credits
- Winner of The IF Archive CSS Competition. His entry style was called Chartist.
- Tech editor for the book Writing Interactive Fiction with Twine, by Melissa Ford.
Links
- Chris Klimas (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
Interviews
- Interview with SPAG.
- From Infocom to 80 Days: An oral history of text games and interactive fiction. Anna Washenko interviewed Andrew Plotkin, Graham Nelson, Emily Short, Chris Klimas, Jason McIntosh, Jon Ingold, Kevin Wilson, and Liza Daly for Ars Technica. June 20, 2024.