Sam Kabo Ashwell

Note: Sam's nickname on the ifMUD is maga, formerly maga_dogg.

Author Credits

• stupidgame (2001; TADS 2). Speed-IF 17.
• Final Assault of the Big Green Cliches (2001; TADS 2). Speed-IF y=1/x.
• Manna (2002; TADS 2). Speed-IF 18.
• Dithyrambic Bastards (2002; TADS 2). Speed-IF Crinkle-Cut.
• A Spliff in Time (as "George Tall"; 2002; TADS 2). Speed-IF Jacket
• Yellow Dog Running (2002; TADS 2). Speed-IF Halloween 2002.
• Dead By Morning (2003; AAS). AAS April Fool's prank.
• Ugly Chapter (2003; TADS 2). Speed-IF Jacket 2.
• Badland Machine (2003; TADS 2). Speed-IF of Destiny.
• Things (with Jacqueline A. Lott; 2004; TADS 2). Speed-IF >= 20.
• Within a Wreath of Dewdrops, or, A Poisoned Zenith (with Jacqueline A. Lott, both as "Alphonse de l'Entaille"; 2005; Z-code). Third 24 Hours of Inform.
• Upwards (29-Aug-2005; Z-code). Speed-IF Jacket 3.
• The Corn Identity (the 1st IF Whispers Team; 2005; Z-code). IF Whispers.
• Djibouti Dirigible Discombobulation (25-Aug-2007; Z-code). Speed-IF Introcomp.
• House of Dream of Moon (the 3rd IF Whispers Team; 06-Dec-2007; Z-code). IF Whispers.
• The War On New Year's or, Dance Dance January Revolution (30-Dec-2007; Z-code). New Year's Speed.
• What Happens in Vagueness ("The IFW4 Team"; 26-Aug-2008; Z-code). IF Whispers.
• Dulle Griet and the Antenorian Icebox (16-Jan-2010; Z-code). Newer New Year's Speed IF.
• Moondarkling: Elfboon (15-Apr-2011; Z-code). Speed-IF Jacket 4.
• The Cavity of Time (07-May-2011; Undum; Web browser). Indigo New Language Speed-IF.
• Olivia's Orphanorium (11-Jun-2012; Glulx). Cover Stories entry. XYZZY Awards 2012: nominee, Best Individual PC.
• Invisible Parties (as "Psychopup"; 13-May-2014; Glulx). ShuffleComp 2014.

Review and Article Credits

• Reviews on IFDB.
• Various reviews on IF-Review.
• Discussion and author commentary for Bring Out Your Dead.
• IF Comp reviews: 2002, 2003, 2004 (archive), 2005 (archive), 2007 (archive), 2008 (archive), 2009, 2010, 2014, and 2015.
• IntroComp reviews: 2003, 2004 (dead link 🔍), 2005 (archive), 2007 (dead link 🔍), and 2014.
• Reviews for ParserComp 2015.
• Spring Thing reviews: 2014, 2015.
• XYZZY Awards 2008 thoughts (archive).
• Reviews for SPAG.
• Wrote spoilery reviews with Jacqueline A. Lott about: Syberia, Syberia 2, Myst IV, NiBiRu, and Runaway 2.
• Maintained a recommended/favourites list (archive).
• CYOA structures, a series of articles:
  • CYOA structures: The Cave of Time. 05-Aug-2011.
  • CYOA structures: Tween Romance. 07-Aug-2011.
  • CYOA structures: more Packard. 10-Aug-2011.
  • CYOA structures: CYO-RPG. 17-Aug-2011.
  • CYOA structures: Spin-offs. 20-Aug-2011.
  • CYOA structures: IF. 24-Aug-2011.
  • CYOA: Educational. 28-Aug-2011.
  • CYOA structures: graphic novels. 11-Sep-2011.
  • CYOA structures: Revenge of the Return to the Island of the Son of the Cave of Time. 21-Nov-2011.
  • CYOA structures: Millennial Snark. 04-Apr-2012.
• Standard Patterns in Choice-Based Games. January 26, 2015.

• Depicting Grief — An interview with the author of Eurydice - SPAG #61, January 2, 2013.

Organizational Credits

• Organizer for the following Speed-IFs: Speed-IF y=1/x, Speed-IF EXTREME, Speed-IF Orange, Speed-IF Jacket, Speed-IF 19, Speed-IF Jacket 2, Speed-IF 20, Speed-IF of Destiny, Speed-IF That Dare Not Speak Its Number, Speed-IF Autocratic Fist, Speed-IF Jacket 3, Speed-IF Introcomp, Speed-IF Wrist Exercise and Speed-IF Jacket 4.
• Organizer for Cover Stories (2012).
• Organizer for ShuffleComp (2014).
• Organizer for the XYZZY Awards, award years 2011-present.
• Organizer of the Pseudo-Official XYZZY Awards Reviews.

Testing Credits

• Hey, Jingo! (Caleb Wilson; 2002; Glulx).
• City of Secrets (Emily Short; 2003; Glulx).
• A Stop For the Night (Joe Mason; 2003; Z-code).
• The Fire Tower (Jacqueline A. Lott; 2004; Z-code).
• Glass (Emily Short; 30-Apr-2006; Z-code).
• When in Rome 2: Far from Home (Emily Short; 30-Apr-2006; Z-code).
• Floatpoint (Emily Short; 30-Sep-2006; Glulx).
• An Act of Murder (Christopher Huang; 30-Sep-2007; Z-code 8).
• Lost Pig (Admiral Jota; 30-Sep-2007; Z-code 8).
• Child's Play (Stephen Granade; Dec-2007; Z-code.)
• Alabaster (Emily Short et al; 05-Jun-2009; Glulx).
• The King of Shreds and Patches (Jimmy Maher; 15-Jul-2009; Z-code 8).
• Broken Legs (Sarah Morayati; 01-Oct-2009; Glulx).
• Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; 01-Oct-2010; Glulx).
• Gris et Jaune (Jason Devlin; 01-Oct-2010; Glulx).
• Fingertips: I Hear the Wind Blow (Jacqueline A. Lott; 26-Mar-2012; Glulx).
• Muggle Studies (M. Flourish Klink; 31-Mar-2012; Glulx).
• Several games from Cover Stories: Antifascista (Greg Farough; 11-Jun-2012; Z-code), IFDB Spelunking (Joey Jones, 11-Jun-2012, Glulx), Offering (Richard Smyth; 11-Jun-2012; Z-code), Sloth on a Stroller (Juhana Leinonen; 11-Jun-2012; Z-code) and The Subtropical Server Room (Andrew Schultz; 11-Jun-2012; Z-code).
• A Killer Headache (Mike Ciul; 30-Sep-2012; Glulx).
• First Draft of the Revolution (Emily Short; 2012; Inkle).
• Counterfeit Monkey (Emily Short; 31-Dec-2012; Glulx).
• Hunger Daemon (Sean M. Shore; 01-Oct-2014; Glulx).
• To Spring Open (Peter Berman, Yoon Ha Lee; 6-May-2015; Twine).

Other Credits

• Concept Review: Hoosegow (Ben Collins-Sussman and Jack Welch; 01-Feb-2010; Z-code).
• English-language proofreading: Andromeda Apocalypse (Marco Innocenti; 30-Sep-2012; Glulx).

Links

• These Heterogenous Tasks - Sam's game design blog.
• Sam Kabo Ashwell's listing on Baf's Guide (archive).
• Recommended IF (archive) is Sam's list of favorite IF.
• Oxbridge Pissheads (archive) is Sam's webcomic. (Not IF-related.)