Adam Butcher (artist)

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Adam Butcher is a British artist, game developer, and filmmaker. His work includes interactive, sci-fi and horror genres. He's best known for his web content, including Internet Story and What Happened to Crow 64?

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Biography

Butcher is from the United Kingdom, and studied at the University of Bristol. [1] One of his first projects was a PC video game Tobias and the Dark Sceptres. It took "half of his life" to develop, starting it when he was 13, and finishing at 26. His development would be documented in his film, titled The Game That Time Forgot. [2] [3] [4] Butcher works has been described as distinct and atmospheric, with genres that include interactive, sci-fi and horror. [5] Butcher's early work includes creating promos for BBC shows like Doctor Who and The Last Kingdom. [1]

Internet career

Internet Story

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In 2011, Butcher released his pseudo-documentary short film Internet Story. It follows a narrated mockumentary about the disappearance of a YouTube user "Fortress". [6] The user finds a website titled "Al1's Nine Grand", which claimed to have buried 9,000 pounds some where in the UK. The website has a list of "quests" which when solved would reveal where the money is. Fortress solves all the quests and eventually discovers the money is claimed to be in a farm in Wales. [7] Fortress then disappears, the films narrator show a BBC News article titled "Body discovered on Welsh farm". [8]

Internet Story received positive reviews. [9] CBS News praised the mystery, and that you couldn't tell if the it was "real or fake". [10] TechTheLead called it a "criminally underrated short film". [11] Reverse Shot compared it to the film Lake Mungo . [7] In an interview, Butcher stated that it was "far bigger reaction than I thought it would ever get." and that it put "a lot of pressure on me for my future films". [10]

What Happened to Crow 64?

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In 2020, Butcher released another pseudo-documentary titled What Happened to Crow 64? Formatted like a YouTube video essay, it discuss a cancelled Nintendo 64 game, Catastrophe Crow! The game was created by German game developer Manfred Lorenz, inspired by a crayon drawing his daughter created. His daughter, Thea Lorenz, died during the production of the game following a fall down stairs. Manfred experiences intense guilt, as he ignored phone calls regarding Thea's death, and often disregarded her while he was working. [12]

What Happened to Crow 64? received positive reviews. Kotaku praised its realism, and said it was "equal parts soothing and creepy. ". [13] Short of the Week called it "one of the most interesting and exciting short films" that the writers seen in 2020. [5] UnBoxedTV's first impressions of the ARG aspects of Catastrophe Crow! where "incredibly positive". [14] The Digital Fix called it an "incredible video game creepypasta". [15]

Stretchmancer

Stretchmancer is a 2023 puzzle-platform game made for the Ludum Dare game jam. The original was made in 72 hours, and won first place. [16] [17] The gameplay is from a 3D first-person perspective, where the level environment can be squash and stretch your environment to solve. Stretchmancer will be getting a full released, and is on Steam for wishlist. [18] [19]

Awards

Butcher was the winner of the BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Showcase and his film Bradley Manning Had Secrets won Best Short Film at MIX Copenhagen in 2013. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "ADAM BUTCHER | Linda Seifert Management Ltd". lindaseifert.com. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  2. ↑ "Adam Butcher, a young game developer - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  3. ↑ "Meet the developer who spent 13 years making his childhood game". Game Developer. 2014-06-19. Archived from the original on 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2025-11-26.
  4. ↑ Hernandez, Patricia (2014-06-18). "The Amazing Story Of A Game That Took 13 Years To Make". Kotaku. Retrieved 2025-11-26.
  5. 1 2 Munday, Rob. "WHAT HAPPENED TO CROW 64? by Adam Butcher". Short of the Week. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  6. ↑ "The Freaky, Forgotten World of Abandoned Websites". PCMAG. 2012-01-18. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  7. 1 2 "Internet Story". Reverse Shot. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  8. ↑ Lucia (2018-04-30). "This Is A True Story About The Internet: On Adam Butcher's "Internet Story" & The Horror Of Real Life". The Ghost In My Machine. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  9. ↑ Heayes, Jacob (2021-02-12). "Blue Screen Of Death: How The Desktop Reinvented Horror". The Indiependent. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  10. 1 2 "Modern-day fable "Internet Story" is so riveting - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2011-10-14. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  11. ↑ ""Internet Story" Is An Incredible Modern-Day Fable About the Dangers of the Web". TechTheLead. 2023-03-11. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  12. ↑ Lucia (2021-03-08). "What Happened To Crow 64? Decoding The 'Catastrophe Crow' ARG & The N64 Game That Doesn't Exist". The Ghost In My Machine. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  13. ↑ Walker, Ian (2020-10-15). "The Story Of Crow 64, A Game That Did Not Exist". Kotaku. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  14. ↑ Enigma (2020-10-21). "Catastrophe Crow, the game that never existed | UnboxedTV" . Retrieved 2025-11-25.
  15. ↑ ""What Happened to Crow 64?" – an incredible video game creepypasta that you need to see". The Digital Fix. Archived from the original on 2021-10-31. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  16. ↑ O'Connor, Alice; O'Connor, Alice (2023-10-24). "Stretch reality to solve platforming puzzles in this fun little free game". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
  17. ↑ "This Unity-Based Indie Game Lets You Stretch Your Surroundings". 80.lv. 2023-10-10. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
  18. ↑ "Scratch Your Superliminal Itch with Game Inspired by 90s Cartoons". 80.lv. 2025-11-03. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
  19. ↑ Round 16, Triangle Wave. "Stretchmancer". UK Games Fund. Retrieved 2025-11-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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