Being Andrew Plotkin
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 Building  Comedy  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 | |
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| 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 |
Contents |
How It Begins
Notable Features
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,Babel metadata, Babel download.(Note: Babel services at IF Archive are not yet available.) - 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 ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive - The story file.
Links
General Info
Reviews
- Being Andrew Plotkin - at SPAG.
- Being Andrew Plotkin - at IF Ratings.
- Review - by Paul O'Brian.
- Review - by Dan Shiovitz.
Spoilers
- Download bap_walk.txt ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive - Walkthrough by the author.
- ClubFloyd transcript.
>examine page
The dreadful truth is, this page is incomplete.
TODO: How It Begins, Notable Features
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