I am researching Inform 7 as an editor for a text-based game. I apologize if this is a overused question: Can Inform7 be used to help you develop a iOS or Android app? Or do I need to look elsewhere and learn code? I just figured Inform7 seems amazingly useful and I am probably hoping beyond hope .
People will be chiming in soon enough saying that itās possible indeed - though non-trivial - to āappifyā an I7 gameā¦
ā¦but before they do, Iād just like to note that for iOS there exists an interpreter already, called Frotz, which - depending on your needs - may be simpler than āappificationā.
On the other hand, if youāre asking whether I7 can be used to actually develop an app - the answer is no. It is used to develop I7 games (or works, or stories, or āabusesā); the ensuing file, though (.z5, .z8, .zblorb, .ulx or .gblorb) CAN be run in other platforms, including Android and iOS, as long as there is an interpreter installed.
EDIT - And what with Parchment and Quixe, it is possible to play I7 works in web-browsers, minimising the need for installation.
If I wasnāt clear, the link on the guyās page to the app on the Play store is broken. And yes, I was fully aware this was a year old - but it is one of the few mentions of Text Fiction here on this forum - so this posting is still pretty relevant