J. Robinson Wheeler

Note: J. Robinson Wheeler's nickname on the ifMUD is Rob. Also sometimes known as jrw.

Author Credits

Four in One (1998; TADS 2). IF Comp 1998: 16th place.
SpeedIF #2 (1998; Z-code). Speed-IF 2.
Coke Is It! (with Adam Cadre, David Dyte, Michael Fessler, Lucian P. Smith, Dan Shiovitz, and Adam Thornton; 1999; Z-code).
A Rock and a Hard Place (2000; TADS 2). Speed-IF 5.5.
Your Choice (2000; TADS 2).
A scurvy gift for Bosn Chuck (2000; TADS 2). Speed-IF 12.
Being Andrew Plotkin (as "Celie Paradis"; 2000; Z-code). IF Comp 2000: 3rd Place. BAP won the Xyzzy Awards in 2000 for Best Game and Best NPCs, and was also a finalist for Best Individual PC, Best Individual NPC, and Best Individual Puzzle.
Centipede (2001; Z-code). IF Arcade.
The Tale of the Kissing Bandit (as "Cary Valentino"; 2001; Z-code). SmoochieComp. Winner of Best Individual PC, XYZZY Awards 2001.
First Things First (2001; TADS 2). Winner for Best Puzzles; finalist for Best Game and Best Story, XYZZY Awards 2001.
Pick Up the Phone Booth and Aisle (with Ola Sverre Bauge, Steve Bernard, Jon Blask, John Cater, Liza Daly, David Dyte, Stephen Granade, Iain Merrick, Rob Noyes, Dan Schmidt, Emily Short, and Dan Shiovitz; 2001; Z-code). Finalist for Best Use of Medium, XYZZY Awards 2001.
Colours (as Anonymous; 2001; Z-code). IF Comp 2001: 32nd place.
ASCII and the Argonauts (2003; Z-code). Speed-IF Argonaut. Winner of Best Use of Medium, XYZZY Awards 2003.
speedif zombie (23-Aug-2005; Z-code). Speed-IF Zombie.
The Corn Identity (with many others; 2005; Z-code). IF Whispers.

Contributed a dream sequence to Narcolepsy (2003) by Adam Cadre, along with Stephen Bond, Liza Daly, Jennifer Earl, Stephen Granade, Jon Ingold, Nick Montfort, Paul O'Brian, Andrew Plotkin, Dan Shiovitz, Emily Short, and Bridget Sweeney.
Provided illustrations for Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus (2003), written by Dan Shiovitz and Emily Short.
Drew illustrations for each of the 30 games entered in IF Comp 2003.
Wrote reviews of IF Competition games and individual games. See his personal IF website.
Wrote essays about IF craft:
- Make IF Fast!
- Mapping the Tale: Scene Description in IF
Wrote an Inform port of the board game Puerto Rico.