inform vs fuzion

inform

The core software distribution for the Inform 7 programming language. (by ganelson)

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fuzion

The Fuzion Language Implementation (by tokiwa-software)

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inform		fuzion
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13	Mentions	1
1,255	Stars	44
-	Growth	-
9.3	Activity	9.9
5 days ago	Latest Commit	5 days ago
C	Language	Java
Artistic License 2.0	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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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.

What engine do you use for making true IF games?
1 project | /r/interactivefiction | 8 Feb 2023

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
Open source Inform available for multiple platforms
1 project | /r/Inform7 | 3 Sep 2022

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
2 projects | /r/zork | 31 Jul 2022
Six programming languages I’d like to see
28 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Jul 2022

Did you know Inform is now (finally) open source?! https://github.com/ganelson/inform
Gaiman: Programming language for text-based games in browser
6 projects | /r/programming | 19 Jun 2022

Inform 6 is still being developed, and Inform 7 went open source earlier this year: https://github.com/ganelson/inform
Donald Knuth Was Framed
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 8 May 2022
Is there a way to package an interpreter with a story?
1 project | /r/Inform7 | 3 May 2022

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
1 project | /r/learnpython | 2 May 2022
Inform 7 now open source
1 project | /r/opensourcegames | 29 Apr 2022

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
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Apr 2022

fuzion

Posts with mentions or reviews of fuzion. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-13.

Six programming languages I’d like to see
28 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Jul 2022

What are some alternatives?

When comparing inform and fuzion you can also consider the following projects:

gruescript - Point-and-click text adventure maker

roast - 🦋 Raku test suite

zork1 - Zork I (Microcomputer Version) by Infocom

plasmic - Visual builder for React. Build apps, websites, and content. Integrate with your codebase.

power-fx-host-samples - Samples for hosting Power Fx engine.

inform7-ide - A design system for interactive fiction based on natural language.

dafny - Dafny is a verification-aware programming language

Lazy - Lazily evaluated (late-binding) definition for Dyalog APL

Svelte - Cybernetically enhanced web apps

halo - An experimental graph-based meta programming language

Glimmer - DSL Framework consisting of a DSL Engine and a Data-Binding Library used in Glimmer DSL for SWT (JRuby Desktop Development GUI Framework), Glimmer DSL for Opal (Pure Ruby Web GUI), Glimmer DSL for LibUI (Prerequisite-Free Ruby Desktop Development GUI Library), Glimmer DSL for Tk (Ruby Tk Desktop Development GUI Library), Glimmer DSL for GTK (Ruby-GNOME Desktop Development GUI Library), Glimmer DSL for XML (& HTML), and Glimmer DSL for CSS