Lucian P. Smith

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Note: Lucian's nickname on the ifMUD is lpsmith.

Contents 1 Author Credits 2 Review and Article Credits 3 Organizational Credits 4 Testing Credits 5 Other Credits 6 Game Appearances 7 Links 7.1 Interviews and Discussion Transcripts

Author Credits

• The Edifice (1997; Z-code). IF Comp 1997: 1st place. Winner at the XYZZY Awards 1997 for Best Puzzles and Best Individual Puzzle. Also, a finalist for Best Individual NPC and Best Game.
• The Chicken Under the Window (1998; Z-code). ChickenComp.
• CompXX (1998–2005; Z-code), for The Annual IF Competition. Not a game. CompXX is rewritten for every IF Comp, and is used by the judges in various ways.
• Three Steps to the Left (1998; Z-code). Speed-IF 3.
• Coke Is It! (with Adam Cadre, David Dyte, Michael Fessler, Dan Shiovitz, Adam Thornton, and J. Robinson Wheeler; 1999; Z-code).
• An Escape To Remember (the 2nd IF Whispers Team; 04-Jul-2006; Z-code). IF Whispers.
• House of Dream of Moon (the 3rd IF Whispers Team; 06-Dec-2007; Z-code). IF Whispers.

Review and Article Credits

• Has contributed to IF theory at Interactive Fiction Patterns.
• Parlez Vous Nalian? and Reporter's Notebook: International Game Developer's Network (IGDN) Conference - XYZZYnews #16, 1998.
• IF Comp reviews:
  • 1996.
  • 1998.
  • 2000: Intro, 1, 2, 3, 4 and transcripts.
  • 2003: Reviews and transcripts.
  • 2005: Reviews and transcripts.
• IF Art Show reviews: Spring 1999.
• SmoochieComp: reviews.

Organizational Credits

• Organized the First Ever (And Maybe The Only) Interactive Fiction Mini-Competition in 1998.
• One of the judges for the first four IF Art Shows.
• One of the official reviewers for SmoochieComp (2001).
• Assists with The Annual IF Competition; see CompXX above.
• Created The IF Beta Site with Liza Daly, to faciliate getting authors and beta-testers together.
• Started The Interactive Fiction Book Club.

Testing Credits

• Child's Play (Stephen Granade; 17-Jul-2006; Z-code).

Other Credits

• Wrote InvisiClues for Andrew Plotkin's So Far.

Game Appearances

As an NPC:

• Yay Games (David Welbourn; 2004; Z-code).

Cameo appearance:

• Are You A Chef? (Adam Biltcliffe; 2000; Z-code). As lpsmith, tragically turned into a cabbage.

Links

• Lucian's Interactive Fiction Page.
• Baf's Guide listing for Lucian P. Smith.

Interviews and Discussion Transcripts

• IF Roundtable: The Art of the Puzzle - XYZZYnews #14, 1998. Adam Cadre, Lucian Smith, Andrew Plotkin, and Neil deMause discuss puzzles.
• Replayability, an ifMUD transcript from August 27, 1998.
• SPAG Issue 13 (1998) contains an interview with Lucian P. Smith.
• IF Italia interviews Lucian P. Smith.
• Lucian's MUD Interview (1998), as part of the third IF Writer's Forum.