Lucian P. Smith

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

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? (archive) and Reporter's Notebook: International Game Developer's Network (IGDN) Conference (archive) - XYZZYnews #16, 1998.
• IF Comp reviews:
  • 1996 (archive).
  • 1998 (archive).
  • 2000: Intro, 1, 2, 3, 4 and transcripts (archive).
  • 2003: Reviews and transcripts (archive).
  • 2005: Reviews and transcripts.
• IF Art Show reviews: Spring 1999.
• SmoochieComp: reviews.
• Reviews of EnvComp.

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).
• Was an official judge for EnvComp.
• 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.
• Co-organizer of SeedComp! (2023-ongoing)

Testing Credits

• Child's Play (Stephen Granade; 17-Jul-2006; Z-code).
• Delphina's House (Alice Grove; 2015; Glulx).

Other Credits

• Wrote InvisiClues for Andrew Plotkin's So Far (archive).

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 (archive).
• Lucian P. Smith (archived) - at Baf's Guide.

Interviews and Discussion Transcripts

• Lucian's MUD Interview (archive) by Lelah Conrad (Saudade), as part of the third IF Writer's Forum (25-Apr-1998). (announcement)
• IF Roundtable: The Art of the Puzzle - XYZZYnews #14, 1998. Adam Cadre, Lucian Smith, Andrew Plotkin, and Neil deMause discuss puzzles.
• Replayability (archive), an ifMUD transcript from August 27, 1998. (Lucian's summary (archive).)
• SPAG Issue 13 (1998) contains an interview with Lucian P. Smith.
• IF Italia interviews Lucian P. Smith.
• GET LAMP: Lucian Smith. Interview video clips of Lucian Smith for Get Lamp.