Technical Development

Specifications Many IF development systems have formal specifications, which allow people to independent or alternative implementations of the software. Discuss them here. Interpreters Written a new interpreter for an IF system? Porting one to a new OS? Having trouble installing one? This is the category for you. Tools For discussing IF tools such as: mapping tools, library or packaging software, disassemblers Inform Extensions Discussion for Inform 7 Extensions. Development Systems Working on a new IF development system? Publishing an update to one? Got a question about hacking the code of the compiler? Here’s the place to discuss all these and more.

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Technical Development category Technical Development	0	1006	February 25, 2019
Publishing your IF (updated 1/21/2014) Technical Development forum-wiki	15	15816	November 6, 2022
Plans for IF-Octane and I Am Prey 1.0 Development Systems	47	389	April 15, 2024
The Puny BuildTools 2.0 are out! (Z-machine project management CLI) Development Systems z-machine , retro , punyinform	24	1361	April 15, 2024
Is the world ready for a new Inform6 grammar format? Tools inform6	43	777	April 14, 2024
I7: Why is latest rule result assignment hardcoded at the end of rulebook routines? Technical Development inform7	0	41	April 14, 2024
StoryMoar Beta (Online Editor) Development Systems	5	162	April 10, 2024
C# and an IF Platform Development Systems	18	187	April 10, 2024
I7: Possible to allow author-defined code chunks for relation tasks? Technical Development inform7	4	101	April 9, 2024
Adventure Quest II - New Adventure Software Development Systems	3	230	April 8, 2024
Using parchment to create an offline distribution file Interpreters parchment	8	128	April 7, 2024
StoryMate: Beta Six is Here to Play! Tools ai	3	163	April 2, 2024
Basic Literacy by Bart Massey Inform Extensions	2	2332	April 2, 2024
Parchment offline? [Kindle 3 / Kindle Keyboard] Interpreters	8	263	April 1, 2024
Updating the Z-Machine Standard Documents Specifications z-machine	267	5861	March 31, 2024
Can I build gargoyle on Windows? Interpreters gargoyle	19	224	March 30, 2024
How would you prefer for files to be organised in Parchment? Interpreters parchment	5	97	March 29, 2024
RemGlk-rs: a Rust port of RemGlk Interpreters glk , remglk	13	346	March 29, 2024
Cross platform save sharing? Interpreters	10	181	March 28, 2024
Scrolling problem in Ink web runner Interpreters javascript , ink	5	95	March 28, 2024
Glk extension proposal: CSS Specifications css , glk	10	320	March 24, 2024
Are there any TADS or Inform interpreters which support IFI, Strand's Interactive Fiction Interface Interpreters	16	297	March 24, 2024
DendryNexus: a StoryNexus-like IF engine Development Systems dendry , storynexus	7	432	March 22, 2024
What percentage of games are plain text, using no multi-media? Technical Development	6	247	March 18, 2024
Is AI Generated IF Discussion OK Here? Technical Development ai	60	953	March 16, 2024
LampGPT: A basis for LLM-enhanced IF experiences Technical Development ai	12	392	March 16, 2024
StoryMate Update 0.4: Choose Your Own Logic Tools ai	2	116	March 15, 2024
Coders, how would you implement a tool to automap as you play i-f? Technical Development	46	1325	March 12, 2024
StoryMate: Where you inform the Roadmap! Tools ai	22	531	March 11, 2024
Beta version of A-code tutorial is now available Development Systems	3	181	March 7, 2024