J. Robinson Wheeler

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Familiarly known as Rob. Also sometimes posts online as jrw.

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[edit] Profile

Self-employed creative professional; President, JRW Digital Media (1994-present), business name for freelance writing, illustration, sound recording, videography, editing. JRW Digital Media is also the production company for the movie Krone Experiment and the publisher of the interactive fiction story First Things First.

  • I'm a freelance contract worker, operating in print, web, audio, and film/video.
  • I maintain a continuous flow of personal creative projects that I design, plan, execute, revise, finish, and deliver on a self-imposed schedule, in a variety of media and styles.

[edit] Writing Experience

  • Professional screenwriter (scripts have been optioned multiple times).
  • Author of highly regarded interactive fiction games since 1998.
  • Studied creative writing at Stanford University and screenwriting at USC School of Cinema-Television.
  • Script consultant and editor (and game tester) for other writers.
  • Freelance manuscript editor and proofreader, including the popular science book Cosmic Catastrophes.
  • Movie and game reviews.
  • Essays, articles, and other blog fodder.

[edit] Game Design: Interactive Fiction

15 released games, 13 Xyzzy Awards nominations, 5 wins, plus 3rd place in IF-Competition 2000. The shareware release of First Things First (2001) was covered by a feature article in the Austin American-Statesman.

Published games include:

  • Four in One (1998; TADS 2). IF Comp 1998.
  • Coke Is It! (with others; 1999; Z-code).
  • Being Andrew Plotkin (2000; Z-code). IF Comp 2000: 3rd Place. BAP won the Xyzzy Awards in 2000 for Best Game and Best NPCs, and was also a finalist for Best Individual PC, Best Individual NPC, and Best Individual Puzzle.
  • Centipede (for IF-Arcade; 2001; Z-code).
  • The Tale of the Kissing Bandit (2001; Z-code). Winner of Best Individual PC, XYZZY Awards 2001.
  • First Things First (2001; TADS 2). Winner for Best Puzzles; finalist for Best Game and Best Story, XYZZY Awards 2001.
  • Pick Up the Phone Booth and Aisle (with others; 2001; Z-code). Finalist for Best Use of Medium, XYZZY Awards 2001.
  • ASCII and the Argonauts (2003; Z-code). Winner of Best Use of Medium, XYZZY Awards 2003.
  • Narcolepsy (by Adam Cadre and others; 2003; Glulx).
  • The Corn Identity (with many others; 2005; Z-code).

[edit] Porting Credits

  • Wrote an Inform port of the board game Puerto Rico.
  • Wrote the English localization for the Italian IF story Little Falls (2007) (English version) by Alessandro Schillaci, Roberto Grassi and Enrico Simonato, published by Mondi Confinanti.

[edit] Published Articles

  • Mapping the Tale: Scene Description in IF for IF-Theory, edited by Emily Short.
  • Make IF Fast! On the use of mock transcripts to speed IF design and authoring, for Brasslantern.org, March 2001.
  • "It's all in the family for The Krone Experiment", for Indie Slate magazine, Jan 2001.
  • Reviews of IF-Competition games, for SPAG e-zine, issue #35, Dec 2003; #36, Mar 2004.

[edit] Links

[edit] Interviews

[edit] Groups and Affiliations

  • Austin Film Society (Filmmaker membership)
  • International Game Developers Association - Austin Chapter, Writers SIG
  • Stanford Alumni Association
  • Stanford Alumni in Hollywood
  • League of Technical Voters - Advisory Board

[edit] Other Interests

  • Crossword puzzles, music composition and recording, painting, voice acting, learning French.
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