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Mathbrush is a pseudonym for Brian Rushton, a mathematician. He is a prolific reviewer at IFDB.

Author Credits

Ether (01-Oct-2015; Glulx). IF Comp 2015: 10th place.
Halloween Dance (31-Oct-2015; Glulx). Ectocomp 2015: 5th place in La Petite Mort division.
Barroom Brawl (14-Mar-2016; Glulx). The First Quadrennial Ryan Veeder Exposition for Good Interactive Fiction: 2nd place.
Fridgetopia (04-Apr-2016; Z-code).
Untie (as "Alex Ellis"; 02-May-2016; Web browser).
Color the Truth (01-Oct-2016; Glulx). IF Comp 2016.
9 Secret Steps (2017; Web browser).
Absence of Law (01-Oct-2017; Inform 7; Web browser). IF Comp 2017: 5th place.
Swigian (as "Rainbus North"; 01-Oct-2017; Glulx). IF Comp 2017: Tied for 21st place.
Sherlock Indomitable (7-Apr-2018; Glulx). Spring Thing 2018.
The Origin of Madame Time (01-Oct-2018; Glulx). IF Comp 2018: 17th place.
Scarlet Portrait Parlor (as "Prismatik"; 2020; Glulx). Second Quadrennial Ryan Veeder Exposition for Good Interactive Fiction: 3rd place for Event One (8 points out of 10).
The Magpie Takes the Train (01-Oct-2020; Glulx). IF Comp 2020: 5th place.
The Impossible Stairs (01-Jul-2022; Dialog). ParserComp 2022: 1st place.
Never Gives Up Her Dead (22-Dec-2023; Inform 7).

Review and Article Credits

Reviews - at IFDB.
Learning from the Best of Text, an ebook collecting many of the below essays. (v1.0.1 released 05-Sep-2024)
Author Highlights - a series of essays about IF authors who have written "a notable corpus of games":
Exploring the 'Best Games' - a series of articles examining works that won "Best game" in the XYZZY Awards:
History of IFComp, year by year - a series of articles summarizing the influences, notable entries, and impact of each year's IF Comp, started in 2017:

Game development and historical analysis posts advertising the game Sherlock Indomitable:
What makes a ‘best puzzle’?
What I learned from playing every Choicescript game (patterns in good/bad games)

Organization Credits

Organizer for The Emily Short Anniversary Contest 2020.
Organizer for Spring Thing (2023 onwards).

Tech Credits

Creator of Bisquixe, an Inform 7 / Javascript user interface library.

Links

Interviews

An Interview with Brian Rushton - January 25, 2020.

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 * ''[[Ether]]'' (01-Oct-2015; [[Glulx]]). [[IF Comp 2015]]: 10th place.
 * ''[[Halloween Dance]]'' (31-Oct-2015; Glulx). [[Ectocomp 2015]]: 5th place in La Petite Mort division.
-* ''[[Barroom Brawl]]'' (14-Mar-2016; Glulx). [[The Ryan Veeder Exposition for Good Interactive Fiction]]: 2nd place.
+* ''[[Barroom Brawl]]'' (14-Mar-2016; Glulx). [[The First Quadrennial Ryan Veeder Exposition for Good Interactive Fiction]]: 2nd place.
 * ''[[Fridgetopia]]'' (04-Apr-2016; Z-code).
 * ''[[Untie]]'' (as "Alex Ellis"; 02-May-2016; Web browser).
 * ''[[Color the Truth]]'' (01-Oct-2016; Glulx). [[IF Comp 2016]].
+* ''[[9 Secret Steps]]'' (2017; Web browser).
 * ''[[Absence of Law]]'' (01-Oct-2017; Inform 7; Web browser). [[IF Comp 2017]]: 5th place.
 * ''[[Swigian]]'' (as "Rainbus North"; 01-Oct-2017; Glulx). [[IF Comp 2017]]: Tied for 21st place.
+* ''[[Sherlock Indomitable]]'' (7-Apr-2018; Glulx). [[Spring Thing 2018]].
+* ''[[The Origin of Madame Time]]'' (01-Oct-2018; Glulx). [[IF Comp 2018]]: 17th place.
+* ''[[Scarlet Portrait Parlor]]'' (as "Prismatik"; 2020; Glulx). [[Second Quadrennial Ryan Veeder Exposition for Good Interactive Fiction]]: 3rd place for Event One (8 points out of 10).
+* ''[[The Magpie Takes the Train]]'' (01-Oct-2020; Glulx). [[IF Comp 2020]]: 5th place.
+* ''[[The Impossible Stairs]]'' (01-Jul-2022; Dialog). [[ParserComp 2022]]: 1st place.
+* ''[[Never Gives Up Her Dead]]'' (22-Dec-2023; Inform 7).
 ==Review and Article Credits==
-* [http://ifdb.tads.org/allreviews?id=nufzrftl37o9rw5t Reviews] - at [[IFDB]].
+* [http://ifdb.org/allreviews?id=nufzrftl37o9rw5t Reviews] - at [[IFDB]].
-* Exploring the 'Best Games' - a series examining works that won "Best game" in the [[XYZZY Awards]].
+* [https://github.com/brirush84/IFTextbook/releases Learning from the Best of Text], an ebook collecting many of the below essays. (v1.0.1 released 05-Sep-2024)
+* Author Highlights - a series of essays about IF authors who have written "a notable corpus of games":
+** {{link|url=https://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=26224|archive=|Author Highlights: Adam Cadre}}.
+** {{link|url=https://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=26437|archive=|Author Highlights: Victor Gijsbers}}.
+** {{link|url=https://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=26331|archive=|Author Highlights: Chandler Groover}}.
+** {{link|url=https://intfiction.org/t/author-highlights-brendan-patrick-hennessy/42556|archive=|Author Highlights: Brendan Patrick Hennessy}}.
+** {{link|url=https://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=26234|archive=|Author Highlights: Jon Ingold}}.
+** {{link|url=https://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=26243|archive=|Author Highlights: Steve Meretzky}}.
+** {{link|url=https://intfiction.org/t/author-highlights-katherine-morayati/45847|archive=|Author Highlights: Katherine Morayati}}.
+** {{link|url=https://intfiction.org/t/author-highlights-graham-nelson/14099|archive=|Author Highlights: Graham Nelson}}.
+** {{link|url=https://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=26284|archive=|Author Highlights: C.E.J. Pacian}}.
+** {{link|url=https://intfiction.org/t/author-highlights-paul-allen-panks/46062|archive=|Author Highlights: Paul Allen Panks}}.
+** {{link|url=https://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=26228|archive=|Author Highlights: Andrew Plotkin}}.
+** {{link|url=https://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=26237|archive=|Author Highlights: Porpentine}}.
+** {{link|url=https://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=26373|archive=|Author Highlights: Aaron Reed}}.
+** {{link|url=https://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=26230|archive=|Author Highlights: Emily Short}}.
+** {{link|url=https://intfiction.org/t/author-highlights-mike-snyder/41860|archive=|Author Highlights: Mike Snyder}}.
+** {{link|url=https://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=26277|archive=|Author Highlights: Ryan Veeder}}.
+* Exploring the 'Best Games' - a series of articles examining works that won "Best game" in the [[XYZZY Awards]]:
 ** {{link|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=20216 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721222438/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=20216|Exploring the 'Best Games': So Far, by Andrew Plotkin}}.
 **{{link|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=20224 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721222438/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=20216|Exploring the 'Best Games': I-0, by [redacted]}}.
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 **{{link|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=20306 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721225313/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=20306|Exploring the 'Best Games': Birdland, by Brendan Hennessy}}
 **{{link|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=20310 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721230253/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=20310|Conclusion: What makes a 'Best Game'}}
-* History of IFComp, year by year - a series summarizing the influences, notable entries, and impact of each year's [[IF Comp]].
+* <span id="history_year_by_year"/>History of IFComp, year by year - a series of articles summarizing the influences, notable entries, and impact of each year's [[IF Comp]], started in 2017:
 ** {{link|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=22768 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716202849/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=22768|History of IFComp, year by year: 1995}}.
 ** {{link|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=22771 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716202913/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=22771|History of IFComp, year by year: 1996}}.
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 ** {{link|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=22893 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808012641/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=22893|History of IFComp, year by year: 2015}}.
 ** {{link|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=22896 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808012655/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=22896|History of IFComp, year by year: 2016}}.
-** {{link|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=22900 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811033506/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=22900|The future of IFcomp and IF (plus a list of boring tips)}}.
+** {{link|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=22900 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811033506/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=22900|The future of IFcomp and IF (plus a list of boring tips)}} (written July 2017).
+** [https://intfiction.org/t/history-of-ifcomp-year-by-year-2017/67186 History of IFComp, year by year: 2017] (series resumed publishing in 2024)
+** [https://intfiction.org/t/history-of-ifcomp-year-by-year-2018/67270 History of IFComp, year by year: 2018]
+** [https://intfiction.org/t/history-of-ifcomp-year-by-year-2019/67502 History of IFComp, year by year: 2019]
+** [https://intfiction.org/t/history-of-ifcomp-year-by-year-2020/68198 History of IFComp, year by year: 2020]
+** [https://intfiction.org/t/history-of-ifcomp-year-by-year-2021/68482 History of IFComp, year by year: 2021]
+** [https://intfiction.org/t/history-of-ifcomp-year-by-year-2022/69787 History of IFComp, year by year: 2022]
+** [https://intfiction.org/t/history-of-ifcomp-year-by-year-2023/69806 History of IFComp, year by year: 2023]
 *Game development and historical analysis posts advertising the game [[Sherlock Indomitable]]:
 **{{ac|url=https://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=25530 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322214824/https://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=25530|An essay on adapting books/stories into parser games}}.
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 ** {{ac|url=https://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=25915 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322213435/https://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=25915|An essay on indie and freelance writing communities}}.
 ** {{link|url=https://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=26111 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407121727/https://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=26111|A Brief History of Spring Thing}}.
+* {{link|url=https://intfiction.org/t/what-makes-a-best-puzzle/46852|archive=http://web.archive.org/web/20200904202030/https://intfiction.org/t/what-makes-a-best-puzzle/46852|What makes a ‘best puzzle’?}}
+* {{link|url=https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/what-i-learned-from-playing-every-choicescript-game-patterns-in-good-bad-games/97506|What I learned from playing every Choicescript game (patterns in good/bad games)}}
+==Organization Credits==
+* Organizer for [[The Emily Short Anniversary Contest 2020]].
+* Organizer for [[Spring Thing]] (2023 onwards).
+==Tech Credits==
+* Creator of [[Bisquixe]], an Inform 7 / Javascript user interface library.
+==Links==
+===Interviews===
+* [https://mikespiveyif.home.blog/2020/01/25/an-interview-with-brian-rushton/ An Interview with Brian Rushton] - January 25, 2020.
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 [[Category:Inform 7 authors]]
+[[Category:Interviewed]]
 [[Category:Twine authors]]
 [[Category:Reviewers]]
+[[Category:Prolific authors]]