Dan Shiovitz

Note: Dan's nickname on the ifMUD is inky. He's a "wizard" there.

Author Credits

Lethe Flow Phoenix (1995).
Jack's Adventures, or, On The Run in Fairyland with a Golden Goose and a Magic Guitar (1998), for Textfire 12-Pack.
Bad Machine (1998). Finalist for Best Individual PC and Best Use of Medium, Xyzzy Awards 1998.
Kids, don't eat your Halloween candy without having your parents inspect it first because there are SICKOS out there who will put RAZOR BLADES in it and you will CUT YOUR MOUTH and GET A POISONED INFECTION and DIE, all from eating your candy early. So don't do that (1998), for Speed-IF 2.
Coke Is It! (1999), co-written with Adam Cadre, David Dyte, Michael Fessler, Lucian P. Smith, Adam Thornton, and J. Robinson Wheeler.
I don't remember why this game is called "Onion" (1999), for Speed-IF 4.
Don't Fire Until You See The Yellows Of Their Niblets (1999), for Speed-IF 5.5.
You are a Chef! (2000), for Speed-IF 8. Finalist for Best Writing, Xyzzy Awards 2000.
Pick Up the Phone Booth and Aisle (2001), 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 J. Robinson Wheeler. Also, finalist for Best Use of Medium, Xyzzy Awards 2001.
Danger School (2001), for Speed-IF 15.
Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus (2003), co-written with Emily Short and illustrated by J. Robinson Wheeler for Spring Thing 2003 (Winner). Also, finalist for Best Writing and Best Individual Puzzle, Xyzzy Awards 2003.

Wrote many many reviews; see his IF Stuff page.
Wrote Snap, a joke authoring system.
Wrote Jetty, a TADS 2 interpreter that one can run as an applet on a webpage.
Wrote essays about IF:
Wrote spec notes for Topaz, a virtual machine.
Wrote the code for Alex, the parrot bot on ifMUD. (Alex isn't IF, but is of interest to most people who visit the ifMUD.)