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Andrew Plotkin

Interactive fiction programmer and writer

PersonAge 56humanQ4758285

Also known as Zarf

Born: May 15, 1970
Birthplace: Syracuse
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: engineer
Education: Carnegie Mellon University
Notable work: Blorb
, Glk
, Glulx
+8 more

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Andrew Plotkin, also known as Zarf, is an American programmer and writer. He is a central figure in the modern interactive fiction (IF) community. Having both written a number of award-winning games and developed a range of new file formats, interpreters, and other utilities for the design, production, and running of IF games, Plotkin is widely recognised for both his creative and his technical contributions to the homebrew IF scene.

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Given name: Andrew
Family name: Plotkin
Website: eblong.com/zarf/home.html language: English · web feed url: eblong.com
Sex or gender: male
Social media followers: 1,811(April 11, 2024) mastodon address: zarfeblong@mastodon.gamedev.place
1,752(March 16, 2024) mastodon address: zarfeblong@mastodon.gamedev.place
1,742(February 12, 2024) mastodon address: zarfeblong@mastodon.gamedev.place
3,398(January 3, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 16203848

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