Graham Nelson

Graham Nelson, a mathematician and poet, is one of the central figures of the IF community. He helped to reverse-engineer and expand a portable virtual machine, and created a free programming language and compiler for IF. He has also written several influential essays, a well-respected programming manual, and one of the most widely-distributed games in the IF community.

Author Credits

• Curses! (1994; Z-code).
• Balances (1994; Z-code).
• Jigsaw (1995; Z-code).
• The Meteor, the Stone and a Long Glass of Sherbet (as "Angela M. Horns"; 1996; Z-code), for IF Comp 1996 (1st place). Was a finalist for Best Individual Puzzle, Best Puzzles, Best Writing, and Best Game at the XYZZY Awards 1996.
• The Tempest (1997; Z-code). IF Comp 1997: 25th place. Winner of Best Use of Medium at the XYZZY Awards 1997.
• The Reliques of Tolti-Aph (01-Mar-2006; Z-code). Homepage.

Other Credits

• Helped reverse engineer and expand the Z-machine.
• Deja Vu (1993; Z-code). A demo for the Z-machine.
• Designed the Inform authoring system.
• "The Craft of the Adventure." 2nd ed. The IF Archive, 1995.
• "On Jigsaw and I." XYXXYnews #6. The IF Archive and Bran Muffin Communications, 1995.
• Time and Dwarves (1998; Inform source code). Demo code for Inform programmers.
• The Inform Designers Manual. 4th ed. The IF Archive, 2001.
• Ported Adventure, Adventureland, Crobe, Fyleet, and Quest for the Sangraal to the Z-machine.

Links

• Home page of Graham Nelson
• Baf's Guide listing for Graham Nelson
• Graham Nelson at Wikipedia.
• inform-fiction.org - The official Inform website.

Interviews

• Interview with XYZZYnews.
• SPAG #44 - Jimmy Mayer interviews Graham Nelson and Emily Short about Inform 7.