Adam Thornton

Adam Thornton

Adam Thornton is a hard-drinking, dazzlingly original Missouri classicist whose yet unreleased and much-awaited Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis promises to become a seminal work of art. Adam sometimes uses the nickname Bruce.

Author Credits

• Sins Against Mimesis (as "One of The Bruces"; 1997; Z-code). IF Comp 1997: 9th place. Finalist for Best Individual NPC, Best Individual Puzzle, and Best Setting at the XYZZY Awards 1997.
• Chicken and Egg (1998; Z-code). ChickenComp.
• In The End II (1998; Z-code). IF Fan Fest 1998: Winner.
• Coke Is It! (with Adam Cadre, David Dyte, Michael Fessler, Lucian P. Smith, Dan Shiovitz and J. Robinson Wheeler; 1999; Z-code).
• Dragon! (2000; Z-code). DragonComp.
• Stiffy Makane: The Undiscovered Country (2001; Glulx). IF Comp 2001: 30th place. Finalist for Best Individual NPC and Best Puzzles at the XYZZY Awards 2001.
• Fellowship of the Ring (2002; Atari). IntroComp 2002.
• An Abbreviated Night Before Christmas (Dec-2006; Z-code).

Tech Credits

• Ported the underlying Inform 7 tools for Linux.

Review and Article Credits

• IF Comp reviews: 1997.
• IntroComp reviews: 2002.
• IF Art Show reviews: 2004 and 2007.
• RomanceNovelComp: reviews.
• Review of Fallacy of Dawn.
• Wrote reviews for SPAG.

Organizational Credits

• One of the official judges for RomanceNovelComp (2002).
• One of the official judges for 2004 IF Art Show.
• One of the editors for the IF Theory Book.

Testing Credits

• Awarded "Best Overall Criticism on All Aspects of the Game and Best Comments on Grammar" at BetaComp 2003.
• Awarded "Funniest Report and Most Critical Without Actually Insulting the Author" at BetaComp 2004.
• Necrotic Drift (Robb Sherwin; 2004; Hugo).
• Beta Tester for Gamlet (2004).

Other Credits

• The Prophetic Dream of Adam Cadre, a text-only transcript, submitted to IF Fan Fest 1998.

Links

• Baf's Guide listing for Adam Thornton.

Interviews

• Interview with One of the Bruces - Trotting Krips, c. 2003.