Adam Cadre

Adam Cadre is one of the most renowned authors in the IF community. He is also the author of the novel Ready, Okay!.

Author Credits

• Interstate Zero a.k.a. I-0 (1997; Z-code). Winner of Best Game and Best Individual PC (Tracy Valencia), XYZZY Awards 1997. Also, finalist for Best Use of Medium, Best Individual NPC, Best NPCs, Best Setting, Best Story, and Best Writing.
• Photopia (as "Opal O'Donnell"; 1998; Z-code, Glulx). IF Comp 1998: 1st place. Winner of Best Writing and Best Story, XYZZY Awards 1998. Also, finalist for Best Individual NPC, Best Individual Puzzle, Best NPCs, Best Game, and Best Use of Medium.
• Flowers for Algernon (as "Deborah Keyes"; 1998; Z-code). Textfire 12-Pack.
• Coke Is It! (Adam Cadre, David Dyte, Michael Fessler, Lucian P. Smith, Dan Shiovitz, Adam Thornton, J. Robinson Wheeler; 1999; Z-code).
• Varicella (1999; Z-code). Winner for Best Game, Best NPCs, Best Individual NPC (Miss Sierra), and Best Individual PC (Primo Varicella), XYZZY Awards 1999. Finalist for Best Use of Medium, Best Puzzles, Best Story, and Best Writing.
• 9:05 (1999; Z-code). Finalist at XYZZY Awards 2000 for Best Individual Puzzle.
• shrapnel (2000; Z-code). Winner at XYZZY Awards 2000 for Best Use of Medium; also, finalist for Best Setting and Best Story.
• 1981 (as "A.D. McMlxxxi"; 2001; Z-code). SmoochieComp.
• Textfire Golf (2001; Z-code). Finalist at XYZZY Awards 2001 for Best Individual Puzzle, Best Use of Medium, Best NPCs, and Best Setting.
• Jigsaw 2 (2001; Z-code). WalkthroughComp.
• Pac-Man (as Anonymous; 2001; Z-code). IF Arcade.
• Lock & Key (2002; Glulx). Winner at XYZZY Awards 2002 for Best NPCs, Best Individual NPC, and Best Individual Puzzle; also finalist for Best Puzzles, Best Use of Medium, and Best Game.
• Narcolepsy (2003; Glulx). With dream sequences written by: Stephen Bond, Liza Daly, Jennifer Earl, Stephen Granade, Jon Ingold, Nick Montfort, Paul O'Brian, Andrew Plotkin, Dan Shiovitz, Emily Short, Bridget Sweeney, and J. Robinson Wheeler. Winner at XYZZY Awards 2003 for Best Writing; finalist for Best Story, Best Setting, Best NPCs, Best Individual NPC, Best Individual PC, and Best Use of Medium.
• Mystery House Makeover (2005; Glulx). Mystery House Taken Over.

Other Credits

• Authored (or helped author) the following Inform extensions: flags.h, newflags.h (with Fredrik Ramsberg), phtalkoo.h (with David Glasser), and plphtoo.h (with David Glasser and Alexandre Owen Muñiz).

Links

• http://adamcadre.ac/ - Adam Cadre's website
• Adam Cadre's listing on Baf's Guide
• wikipedia:Adam Cadre

Interviews

• "Photopia is a short story, Varicella is a world." - Interview by L'avventura è L'avventura, January 2002. (Also in Italian.)
• Handwritten design notes - SPOILERS for I-0, Photopia, and Varicella.
• PC Gamer UK Interview: Adam Cadre - by Richard Cobbett for PC Gamer UK, issue 118, January 2003.