Authoring

Story Research and Design Need help with math for a puzzle? To discuss the structures of your relationship trees? Need input on motivation for your route-finding PC? Feedback on whether the grandfather-clock grind relates well with your plot? You’re commas and apostrophe’s, are out of hand. Publishing For discussions about the process of publishing a work of IF: tips and tricks, places to share your work, etc. Choice-based IF For discussion about authoring in choice-based IF in general - structures, theory, gameplay mechanics, conversations, and more. Dialog Discussion about the Dialog IF authoring Language. Inform 6 For posts about developing Interactive Fiction works in the Inform 6 language, whether using the standard Inform6lib, or one of the alternative libraries. Looking for Collaborators Here you can look for collaborators on a project, be they writers, designers, artists, or programmers. ZIL For questions and discussion about ZIL and ZILF. TADS Questions and discussion relating to authoring IF using TADS 2 and TADS 3. Resources A place to share resources for games. Make sure all media is owned by you or Public Domain or freely available via an appropriate Creative Commons (CC) or similar license. Other Development Systems Questions and discussion relating to authoring IF using any other IF Development Systems. Adventuron For topics about using the Adventuron development system. Twine For questions and discussion about the Twine development system. General Design Discussions A board to learn more about what it takes to create Interactive Fiction! Discussions about story, puzzles, writing, and game design belong here. If you have a question about a specific development system, please write in that board instead. Inform 7 Questions and discussion relating to authoring IF using Inform 7.