Welcome, judges! The stage is now almost set.
In addition to these five and the competing chefs, yet one more role will play a part during the coming contest, that of technical advisor. The task of the technical advisor is subtle yet essential: to provide insight into the development system in use and context for the techniques demonstrated by the competing chefs.
For this episode, our technical advisor is Zed Lopez (@Zed), curator of the Inform 7 documentation and resources post, purveyor of fine resources like the Inform 7 docs web remix, and author of the
@inform7tipsmicroblog. As the most prolific reporter of Inform 10.1 issues, he has single-handedly ruined several of Graham Nelson’s weekends, but he taketh away and giveth: as a contributor to Inform, he has added new features and even fixed a couple of those bugs. For contributions to Mad Science soaring beyond common sense or basic decency, Zed has received an unprecedented five Bubbling Beaker Awards.
Judges will be able to turn to Zed for answers to their technical questions about any code that the competing chefs share during the match, and – for your edification – he will be providing an overview of Inform 7’s most unique and powerful features. He may also occasionally point out details of the chefs’ coding that merit special attention, lending his expert eye to those unfamiliar with the language.