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| inform7-ide | quest-driven-development | |
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| 35 | 1 | |
| 97 | 1 | |
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| 7.7 | 1.8 | |
| 7 days ago | about 3 years ago | |
| C | Svelte | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | MIT License |
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inform7-ide
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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
quest-driven-development
What are some alternatives?
twinejs - Twine, a tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories
ink - inkle's open source scripting language for writing interactive narrative.
RenPy - The Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine
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.
QuestJS - A major re-write of Quest that is written in JavaScript and will run in the browser.
YarnSpinner - Yarn Spinner is a tool for building interactive dialogue in games!
Windows-Inform7 - Front-end for the Windows version of Inform 7.
inform - The core software distribution for the Inform 7 programming language.
principia - The Principia Rewrite
text-engine - A browser-based text adventure game engine and sample game
jhcr - A compiler to allow hot code reload in WarCraft 3