Eric Eve is an author,

interactive fiction '' Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, is software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literary narratives, either in the ...

writer, and

New Testament The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christ ...

scholar at

Harris Manchester College Harris Manchester College is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It was founded in Warrington in 1757 as a college for Unitarianism, Unitarian students and move ...

in Oxford. He is known in the

community for his writings on

TADS 3 Text Adventure Development System (TADS) is a prototype-based domain-specific programming language and set of standard libraries for creating interactive fiction (IF) games. History The original TADS 1 was released by High Energy Software ...

, including three tutorial/reference books (''Getting Started in TADS 3'', ''Learning TADS 3'', and the ''TADS 3 Tour Guide'') and several articles fo
Brass Lantern
a site that hosts articles about and reviews of interactive fiction. He has also authored eleven interactive fiction games, several of which have won awards at various competitions. In the academic field, Eric Eve has also written two books relating to the New Testament, ''The Healer from Nazareth: Jesus' Miracles in Historical Context'' and ''The Jewish Context of Jesus' Miracles''.

Contributions

Eric Eve's contributions to interactive fiction include the games Nightfall (2nd-place winner of the

Interactive Fiction Competition The Interactive Fiction Competition (also known as IFComp) is one of several annual competitions for works of interactive fiction. It has been held since 1995. It is intended for fairly short games, as judges are only allowed to spend two hours pl ...

(IFComp)) and ''The Elysium Enigma'' (winner of the 2006 XYZZY Awards for both Best Game and Best Individual NPC). His writings on TADS 3 are some of the only tutorials available for that language, and he has also written a significant comparison of TADS 3 and

Inform 7 Inform is a programming language and design system for interactive fiction originally created in 1993 by Graham Nelson. Inform can generate programs designed for the Z-code or Glulx virtual machines. Versions 1 through 5 were released betwe ...

, the two most popular languages for writing interactive fiction.Comparison of TADS 3 and Inform 7 on the Brass Lantern
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Works

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References

External links

Eric Eve's entry on the IFWiki

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eve, Eric Video game programmers Interactive fiction writers New Testament scholars Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Fellows of Harris Manchester College, Oxford