Adam Cadre

Infobox Person
name = Adam Cadre


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birth_date = February 5, 1974
birth_place = Silver Spring, Maryland
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known_for = "I-0" (1997), "Photopia" (1998)
occupation = interactive fiction Writer
nationality = U.S.

Adam Cadre (born February 5, 1974 in Silver Spring, Maryland [cite web
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accessdate=2007-05-11] ) is a U.S. writer. He gained prominence in the world of interactive fiction with works like "I-0" (1997), "Photopia" (1998) and "Varicella" (1999), for which he has won several XYZZY Awards and been the subject of academic study [http://nickm.com/if/Varicella.pdf] [http://nickm.com/twisty/] . "Photopia" additionally won the 1998 Interactive Fiction Competition [ [http://www.ifcomp.org/comp98/ The 4th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition] ] . He founded and organised the Spring Thing, an alternative interactive fiction competition, in 2002 and 2003. He has also written a novel, "Ready, Okay!" (2000, ISBN 0-06-019558-4).

Adam Cadre hosts the Lyttle Lytton Contest every year from his website.

Awards

* Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Game in 1997 for "I-0" [http://www.xyzzynews.com/97winners.html XYZZY Awards: 1997 Winners] ]
* Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Individual Player Character in 1997 for Tracy Valencia in "I-0"
* Winner of the 1998 Interactive Fiction Competition with "Photopia"
* Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Writing in 1998 for "Photopia" [http://www.xyzzynews.com/98winners.html XYZZY Awards: 1998 Winners] ] and 2003 for "Narcolepsy" [http://www.xyzzynews.com/2003winners.html XYZZY Awards: Winning Games of 2003] ]
* Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Game in 1999 for "Varicella" [http://www.xyzzynews.com/99winners.html XYZZY Awards: 1999 Winners] ]
* Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Non-Player Characters in 1999 for "Varicella"
* Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Individual Non-Player Character in 1999 for Miss Sierra in "Varicella"
* Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Individual Player Character in 1999 for Primo Varicella in "Varicella"
* Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Use of Medium in 2000 for "shrapnel" [http://www.xyzzynews.com/2000winners.html XYZZY Awards: Winning Games of 2000] ]
* Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Individual Non-Player Character in 2002 for Boldo in "Lock & Key"
* Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Individual Puzzle in 2002 for the traps in "Lock & Key" [http://www.xyzzynews.com/2002winners.html XYZZY Awards: Winning Games of 2002] ]
* Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Non-Player Characters in 2003 for "Lock & Key"

References

ee also

*Lyttle Lytton Contest

External links

* [http://adamcadre.ac Adam's website] , with interactive fiction, several short stories (including two that extend the "Ready, Okay!" world), ongoing webcomic, short essays, and more.