Adam Cadre (born February 5, 1974, in Silver Spring, Maryland[1]) is an American writer active in a number of forms—novels, screenplays, webcomics, essays—but best known for his work in interactive fiction.
[2] Cadre's 1998 piece Photopia pioneered a new direction in interactive fiction, removing the puzzle and resource-management elements that had previously been dominant; it has been cited as "hugely influential to IF development"[3] and "important to video games as a whole, to the advancement of our understanding of the interactive medium.
[5] His game 9:05 is commonly seen as a solid entry point for people wanting to engage with interactive fiction.
Both are tongue-in-cheek contests that take place annually and in which entrants are invited "to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels."
The Lyttle Lytton Contest varies from the Bulwer-Lytton in favoring shorter first sentences, initially limited to 25 words or fewer.