Jon Ingold | |
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| Born | 1981 (age 42–43) England |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | British |
| Notable works | Overboard!, Over the Alps, Heaven's Vault, 80 Days |
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Jon Ingold (born 1981) is a British author of interactive fiction and co-founder of inkle, where he co-directed and co-wrote 80 Days, and wrote Heaven's Vault and Overboard!. His interactive fiction has frequently been nominated for XYZZY Awards and has won on multiple occasions, including Best Game, Best Story and Best Setting awards for All Roads in 2001. Ingold's works are notable for their attention to the levels of knowledge that the player and player character have of the in-game situation, with the effect often depending on a player who understands more than the character or vice versa.[1][2] Ingold has also written a number of plays, short stories and novels.
Ingold's main contribution so far has been in his greater sensitivity to the levels of the interactor's and player character's awareness ...
The most significant distinctive of Make It Good is how it plays with what the player knows compared to the player character, who initially knows far more than the player. ... Ingold himself used this in his earlier games Fail-Safe and Insight.