Emily Short | |
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 Emily Short in 2010 | |
| Known for | Galatea Counterfeit Monkey |
| Spouse | Graham Nelson[1][2] |
| Website | emshort |
Emily Short is an interactive fiction (IF) writer. From 2020 to 2023, she was creative director of Failbetter Games, the studio behind Fallen London and its spinoffs.[3][4]
She is known for her debut game Galatea (2000)[5] and her use of psychologically complex non-player characters (NPCs).[6]
Short has been called "a visionary in the world of text-based games for years,"[7] and is the author of over forty works of IF.[8] She wrote the chapters "Challenges of a Broad Geography" and "NPC Conversation Systems" for the 2011 The IF Theory Reader.[9]
She wrote a regular column on IF for Rock Paper Shotgun.[10]
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- ^ Ryan, Marie-Laure. (2006). Avatars of story. U of Minnesota Press.
- ^ Stuart, Keith (5 Jun 2015). "Lonely planet: the solitude of open-world games when the story is over". The Guardian.
- ^ Alderman, Naomi (22 Sep 2014). "The magic of words opens a whole new world of fun". The Guardian.
- ^ "Emily Short Member Profile". Interactive Fiction Database. 2022
- ^ Kevin Jackson-Mead, J. Robinson Wheeler. "IF Theory Reader", ifarchive.org, March 2011.
- ^ Short, Emily (15 June 2016). "Text Adventures For People Who Hate Guessing The Verb". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2016-09-06.