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Cliff Johnson (born 1953) is the designer of the award-winning computer puzzle games The Fool's Errand and 3 in Three. His work is notable for its unique meta-puzzle structure and playful hands-on visual puzzles.
Johnson made Super 8 movies in high school and later attended University of Southern California's film school where he became a teaching assistant in animation. His modest film career included the Monty Pythonesque animations for Nickelodeon's television series Out of Control.
In 1984, using his first computer, a 512K so-called "Fat" Mac, he learned to program, and created his first game, The Fool's Errand which GAMES Magazine named "The Best Retro Game Ever" in 2003.
Authored games
- The Fool's Errand (1987) — GAMES Magazine's Best Puzzle Game of the Year;
- At the Carnival (1989)
- Disney's Cartoon Arcade (1990)
- 3 in Three (1990) — MacUser's Best Game of the Year; GAMES Magazine's Best Puzzle Game of the Year;
- Hanna Barbera's Cartoon Carnival (1993)
- Merlin's Apprentice (1994)
- Labyrinth of Crete (1995)
- The Fool and His Money (projected April 2006)
Other contributed works
- Game designer: Of Light and Darkness: The Prophecy, 1998
- Designer of $100,000 treasure hunt for the book: Mysterious Stranger, 2002, by street magician David Blaine
References
- Inside Mac Games, March 31, 2003, "Cliff Johnson's April Fool's Treasure Hunt"
- GAMES magazine, November 2003, Cliff Johnson interview (archived copy)
- GAMES, June 2005, "Retrospective: Cliff Johnson" (PDF)
External link
- The Fool's Errand et al. is Johnson's official website.