Ben Croshaw
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Ben Croshaw often uses the name Arthur Yahtzee, or more frequently just Yahtzee. Arthur Yahtzee is also the name of the protagonist in several of Ben Croshaw's games as well as in Ben Croshaw's webcomic Yahtzee Takes On The World. He has other webcomics and a homepage with humorous articles. He was born and raised in England and lives in Australia.
Author Credits
- Offensive Probing (1999; Z-code).
- Arthur Yahtzee: The Curse of Hell's Cheesecake (2000; Z-code).
- The Sorceror's Appraisal (2002). Graphical game with text interface. Part of Reality-On-The-Norm
- Countdown 1 - the Body (as "Yahtzee"; 04-Jan-2007; Z-code). Written in Inform 7. Download body.zip.
- Countdown 2 - the Soul (as "Yahtzee"; 11-Jan-2007; Z-code). Written in Inform 7. Download soul.zip.
- Countdown 3 - the Mind (as "Yahtzee"; 18-Jan-2007; Z-code). Written in Inform 7. Download mind.zip.
Review and Article Credits
- Review of Above and Beyond!.
- Writes articles for Adventure Gamers, a webzine about adventure games.
Other Credits
- Friday: Death to Arthur Yahtzee (Year unknown). Graphical point-and-click game. First of the Arthur Yahtzee Trilogy.
- Saturday: Arthur's Odyssey (Year unknown.) Graphical point-and-click game. Second of the Arthur Yahtzee Trilogy.
- Yesterday: The D-Gate (Year unknown.) Graphical point-and-click game. Third of the Arthur Yahtzee Trilogy.
- Lunchtime of The Damned (2000). Graphical point-and-click game. First game of Reality-On-The-Norm.
- Rob Blanc I - Better Days of a Defender of the Universe (Year unknown) Graphical point-and-click game. First of the Rob Blanc Trilogy.
- Rob Blanc II - Planet of the Pasteurised Pestilence (Year unknown) Graphical point-and-click game. Second of the Rob Blanc Trilogy.
- Rob Blanc III: The Temporal Terrorists (2001). Graphical point-and-click game. Third of the Rob Blanc Trilogy. Nominated for the following AGS Awards: Best Gameplay in an AGS Game, Best Dialogue Scripting in an AGS Game, Best Player Character in an AGS Game (Rob Blanc), Best Supporting Character in an AGS Game (Paul).
- The Trials of Odysseus Kent (2002) Graphical point-and-click game. Winner of the following AGS Award: Best Dialogue Scripting in an AGS Game. Also nominated for: Best Game Created with AGS for 2002, Best Gameplay in an AGS Game, Best Story in an AGS Game, Best Puzzles in an AGS Game, Best Player Character in an AGS Game (Odysseus Kent), Best Supporting Character in an AGS Game (the priest).
- Fight of Flight (2002). Brief silly Choose Your Own Adventure. Playable on the web.
- 5 Days A Stranger (2003). Graphical point-and-click game. Winner of the following AGS Awards: Best Game Created with AGS for 2003, Best Gameplay in an AGS Game, Best Dialogue Scripting in an AGS Game, Best Puzzles in an AGS Game, Best Scripting in an AGS Game. Also nominated for: Best Story in an AGS Game, Best Player Character in an AGS Game (Trilby), Best Room Art in an AGS Game, Best Character Art in an AGS Game, Best Animation in an AGS Game, Best Sound Effects in an AGS Game. A special edition of the game with commentary exists.
- 7 Days A Skeptic (2004) Graphical point-and-click game. Winner of the following AGS Award: Best Sound Effects in an AGS Game. Also nominated for: Best Game Created with AGS for 2004, Best Gameplay in an AGS Game, Best Story in an AGS Game, Best Dialogue Scripting in an AGS Game, Best Puzzles in an AGS Game, Best Character Art in an AGS Game, Best Animation in an AGS Game. A special edition of the game with commentary exists.
- Adventures in the Galaxy of Fantabulous Wonderment (2005) Graphical point-and-click game.
- The Really, Really Interesting World of Chris Quinn (2005) Platform game, not an adventure game.
- 1213 (2006) Another platform game.
- Trilby's Notes (2006) Graphical game with a text parser.
- 6 Days A Sacrifice (2007) Graphical point-and-click game.
Links
- Fullyramblomatic.com Ben Croshaw's homepage. Contains humorous articles, webcomics and some of his games.
- Ben Croshaw (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
- Ben Croshaw's bio and articles on Adventure Gamers
- Rob Blanc I - Better Days of a Defender of the Universe on Adventure Game Studio.
- Rob Blanc II - Planet of the Pasteurised Pestilence on Adventure Game Studio.
- Rob Blanc III - The Temporal Terrorists on Adventure Game Studio.
- Home of The Underdogs has some of Ben Croshaw's games.
- Lunchtime Of The Damned on the Reality-On-The-Norm page.
- The Sorceror's Appraisal on the Reality-On-The-Norm page.
- Fight Or Flight Choose Your Own Adventure.
- Yahtzee Takes On The World Webcomic.
Interviews
- Adventure-Treff Interview 6. January 2005. In German.