inform
The core software distribution for the Inform 7 programming language. (by ganelson)
inform7-ide
A design system for interactive fiction based on natural language. (by ptomato)
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| 9.3 | 7.7 | |
| 7 days ago | 10 days ago | |
| C | C | |
| Artistic License 2.0 | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
inform
Posts with mentions or reviews of inform.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-31.
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What engine do you use for making true IF games?
Inform 7 is the most popular IF engine. The best place to download it in 2023 is from GitHub: https://github.com/ganelson/inform/releases
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Open source Inform available for multiple platforms
Releases can currently be found via this link: https://github.com/ganelson/inform/releases
- I am writing an interactive fiction builder in C#. I decided to put it to the test by recreating Zork 1
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Six programming languages I’d like to see
Did you know Inform is now (finally) open source?! https://github.com/ganelson/inform
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Gaiman: Programming language for text-based games in browser
Inform 6 is still being developed, and Inform 7 went open source earlier this year: https://github.com/ganelson/inform
- Donald Knuth Was Framed
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Is there a way to package an interpreter with a story?
Here's the github repo, it was just open sourced last week. You can compile it from source now, and I imagine the UI frontends will be updated in a couple of weeks. IIRC, compiling directly to other languages is now possible, although I'm not sure how much that impacts your use case.
- First python text-based adventure
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Inform 7 now open source
For those who don't know it, Inform 7 is the venerable "design system" for interactive fiction. It has been freely available for some time with the promise of a release as open source for some time now. Looks like that has happened.
- Inform 7 is now open source
inform7-ide
Posts with mentions or reviews of inform7-ide.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-23.
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The Futures of Inform
For those looking for Linux packages instead of compiling themselves, there's a github build project of an earlier version this year https://github.com/ptomato/inform7-ide/actions/runs/19915523...
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Share a niche programming language you have tinkered with before
Inform 7 is a domain-specific language for creating parser-based works of interactive fiction (i.e. old-school "text adventure games"). It does the heavy lifting of parsing and maintaining the consistency of the world model for the programmer.
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How does programming language syntax affect screen readers?
Inform 7 takes this to the extreme, allowing code such as "A distance is a kind of value. 5 miles specifies a distance."
- Ask HN: Best language/framework to develop web-based text games today?
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Does anyone have examples of "dead" game genres?
Pure parser-based games have become niche, but they are still out there and, like others mentioned, have continued to evolve (see Inform 7). You no longer have to "guess the verb".
- What Languages to Learn for Interactive Fiction Right Now?
- Ask HN: How to keep my daughter busy while tickling her curiosity
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Gaiman: Programming language for text-based games in browser
Neat. Have you ever seen Inform? http://inform7.com/ Might offer some inspiration on future features. It's a pretty cool language that's been around for a long time and has the same use case.
- How is the method for wirting for a text advnture?, i like writting a story and then writting the variables, how can i write whit score in mind?
- Inform 7 v10.1.0 is now open-source
What are some alternatives?
When comparing inform and inform7-ide you can also consider the following projects:
gruescript - Point-and-click text adventure maker
twinejs - Twine, a tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories
zork1 - Zork I (Microcomputer Version) by Infocom
ink - inkle's open source scripting language for writing interactive narrative.
power-fx-host-samples - Samples for hosting Power Fx engine.
RenPy - The Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine
Lazy - Lazily evaluated (late-binding) definition for Dyalog APL
quest-driven-development
halo - An experimental graph-based meta programming language
Skript - Skript is a Bukkit plugin which allows server admins to customize their server easily, but without the hassle of programming a plugin or asking/paying someone to program a plugin for them.
fuzion - The Fuzion Language Implementation
QuestJS - A major re-write of Quest that is written in JavaScript and will run in the browser.