Andrew Plotkin | |
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 Plotkin in 2010 | |
| Born | May 15, 1970 |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Zarf |
| Occupation(s) | interactive fiction writer, programmer |
| Known for | System's Twilight (1994), Spider and Web (1998) |
| Website | www |
Andrew Plotkin (born May 15, 1970), also known as Zarf, 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.