Adam Cadre

Adam Cadre (born February 5, 1974 in Silver Spring, Maryland^[1]) 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 ^[2] [1]. Photopia additionally won the 1998 Interactive Fiction Competition.^[3] 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).

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^[4]
• Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Individual Player Character in 1997 for Tracy Valencia in I-0^[4]
• Winner of the 1998 Interactive Fiction Competition with Photopia
• Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Writing in 1998 for Photopia^[5] and 2003 for Narcolepsy^[6]
• Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Game in 1999 for Varicella^[7]
• Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Non-Player Characters in 1999 for Varicella^[7]
• Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Individual Non-Player Character in 1999 for Miss Sierra in Varicella^[7]
• Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Individual Player Character in 1999 for Primo Varicella in Varicella^[7]
• Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Use of Medium in 2000 for shrapnel^[8]
• Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Individual Non-Player Character in 2002 for Boldo in Lock & Key^[9]
• Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Individual Puzzle in 2002 for the traps in Lock & Key^[9]
• Winner of the XYZZY Award for Best Non-Player Characters in 2003 for Lock & Key^[6]

See also

• Lyttle Lytton Contest

References

1. ^ Adam Cadre. "101". AdamCadre.ac. Archived from the original on 2006-11-03. http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://adamcadre.ac/calendar/10443.html. Retrieved 2007-05-11. 
2. ^ http://nickm.com/if/Varicella.pdf
3. ^ "The 4th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition". Ifcomp.org. http://www.ifcomp.org/comp98/. Retrieved 2010-09-19. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "XYZZY Awards: 1997 Winners". Xyzzynews.com. http://www.xyzzynews.com/97winners.html. Retrieved 2010-09-19. 
5. ^ "XYZZY Awards: 1998 Winners". Xyzzynews.com. 1999-02-06. http://www.xyzzynews.com/98winners.html. Retrieved 2010-09-19. 
6. ^ ^{a b} "XYZZY Awards: Winning Games of 2003". Xyzzynews.com. http://www.xyzzynews.com/2003winners.html. Retrieved 2010-09-19. 
7. ^ ^{a b c d} "XYZZY Awards: 1999 Winners". Xyzzynews.com. http://www.xyzzynews.com/99winners.html. Retrieved 2010-09-19. 
8. ^ "XYZZY Awards: Winning Games of 2000". Xyzzynews.com. http://www.xyzzynews.com/2000winners.html. Retrieved 2010-09-19. 
9. ^ ^{a b} "XYZZY Awards: Winning Games of 2002". Xyzzynews.com. http://www.xyzzynews.com/2002winners.html. Retrieved 2010-09-19. 

External links

• Adam's website, with interactive fiction, several short stories (including two that extend the Ready, Okay! world), ongoing webcomic, short essays, and more.