I am the author of a number of IF games including To Hell in a Hamper and Alias 'The Magpie', winner of IFComp 2018.
I first discovered IF in the Eighties, playing and writing games on the Acorn Electron and BBC Micro. After 12 years in the wilderness, I rediscovered it in 2002.
IF Blog: jjguest.blogspot.com Website: jjguest.com
Alias 'The Magpie', by J. J. Guest (2018) (68 ratings) Sir Rodney Playfair, gentleman thief, has a simple plan: impersonate a psychiatrist, infiltrate a country house, steal a priceless Egyptian scarab and make it back to London in time for cocktails....
To Hell in a Hamper, by J. J. Guest (2003) (112 ratings) Professor Pettibone, eminent Victorian balloonist, has a problem. He can't get it up. His balloon that is. If he can't reach an altitude of 20,000 feet, and soon, both he and his mysterious...
Excalibur, by J. J. Guest, G. C. Baccaris, and Duncan Bowsman (2021) (19 ratings) The psychedelic science fantasy series Excalibur was wiped by the BBC. It lives on, in the memories of its fans. Author's Comment: "Welcome to the Excalibur Wiki. This fan-run encyclopaedia...
To Sea in a Sieve, by J. J. Guest (2023) (19 ratings) Peter Petibon, cabin boy, hath a problem. He be goin' down -- to Davy Jones' locker, by the powers! Lest he seize the booty o' the dread pyrate Booby, and heave it all o'erboard, he and the Cap'n...
Renegade Brainwave, by J. J. Guest (2010) (14 ratings) "Beware! Beware! Take care! For you are about take part in an interactive story that will reveal the terrifying truth behind the mysterious Soviet space programme! Revelations of incredible horrors...
"This is one of the best Adventuron games I've played, from the author of last year's The Faeries of Haelstowne, which I also enjoyed. The..." - See the full review
"This is a short lecture on the merits of eating insects, written as if delivered by an annoyingly self-righteous person who has cornered..." - See the full review
"When I read the title of this game I assumed that the word "filthy" was meant in the sense of "sexually offensive". Surely everyone has..." - See the full review
"The Magpie Takes the Train was written for me, as my chosen prize for winning IFComp 2018, and what a prize it turned out to be! I..." - See the full review
"I first encountered Return of the Diamond in a book called "Games and other programs for the Acorn Electron", published by Penguin Books...." - See the full review
