- Photopia
Infobox VG
title= Photopia
developer=Adam Cadre
publisher=Self published
designer=Adam Cadre
engine=Z-machine
released= 1998
genre=Interactive Fiction , Adventure
platforms=Z-machine
modes=Single player
media= download
input= Keyboard"Photopia" is a piece of literature by
Adam Cadre rendered in the form ofinteractive fiction , and written inInform . It is regarded as a pioneer in narrative-driven, rather than puzzle- or challenge-driven, interactive fiction, and is perhaps the most successful example of this genre to date. It won first place in the1998 Interactive Fiction Competition ."Photopia" has few puzzles and a linear structure, allowing the player no way to alter the eventual conclusion but maintaining the illusion of non-linearity. This gives weight to some of the story's motifs -- questions of
free will anddeterminism .Development
Adam Cadre has stated that Photopia was heavily influenced by "
The Sweet Hereafter ", a film that prominently features a babysitter and a bus crash.He submitted Photopia to the 1998 Interactive Fiction Competition pseudonymously. He felt that his previous game "
I-0 " would inspire certain expectations in players, since in that game the player character is a young college student who could be instructed to undress. Years later, he dropped the pretense that "Opal O'Donnell" had written Photopia: "it started to bother me that v1.0 of the Phaq had lies in it." [http://adamcadre.ac/content/phaq.txt]External links
* [http://adamcadre.ac Adam Cadre's website] . Adam is the author of Photopia.
* [http://ifcomp.org/comp98/ Interactive Fiction Competition '98] in which Photopia took first place.
* [http://www.wurb.com/if/game/255 Photopia's entry in Baf's Guide to the Interactive Fiction Archive] notes awards that the game has won, links to reviews, and provides links to the game itself.
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* [http://ifarchive.heanet.ie/if-archive/magazines/XYZZYnews/XYZZY18.TXT XYZZY News review of Photopia]
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