Technical Development

Tools For discussing IF tools such as: mapping tools, library or packaging software, disassemblers 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. Specifications Many IF development systems have formal specifications, which allow people to develop alternative implementations of the software. Discuss them here. 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	1094	February 25, 2019
Publishing your IF (updated 1/21/2014) Technical Development forum-wiki	15	17603	November 6, 2022
Sharpee Updates 1/13/2026 Development Systems	23	246	January 20, 2026
ChronicleHub: a QBN engine like StoryNexus Development Systems new-platform , chroniclehub	114	1578	January 20, 2026
Emacs major mode for Dialog Development Systems dialog	11	243	January 19, 2026
Atrament, an interactive fiction engine powered by Ink Development Systems choice-based , ink , new-platform	13	421	January 19, 2026
Memory read/write alignment Specifications memory , z-machine	1	50	January 17, 2026
ZILF 1.0 released Development Systems zil	9	540	January 17, 2026
Mangle VM Development Systems	7	296	January 17, 2026
Announcing "Zart" 2.0, a multi-platform Interpreter Library Interpreters	40	542	January 17, 2026
How do interpreters typically compute the object count? Interpreters z-machine	6	110	January 13, 2026
Need advice to expand my DSL ScribeScript to be more writer-friendly Development Systems	17	135	January 11, 2026
Can a z machine property live in static memory? Interpreters z-machine	4	90	January 10, 2026
Scribarchy - collaborative storytelling platform Development Systems	7	108	January 9, 2026
Utility that checks room descriptions for completeness Technical Development adv3lite , tads3	7	209	January 4, 2026
TAB (ThinBasic Adventure Builder) Interpreters	33	8943	January 1, 2026
Sharpee - event processing and mutations Development Systems	2	107	December 30, 2025
Bardic: a Python-first Interactive Fiction engine for complex game state with visual graph-based story editing and live passage preview Development Systems new-platform	34	852	December 29, 2025
Updates on Vezza and MxZVM - z80 z-machine/inform Interpreters	4	154	December 27, 2025
Zork I port to Intel 4004-based system Interpreters	0	79	December 24, 2025
AdventureWriter games for Atari 8-bit computers Development Systems	5	177	December 24, 2025
Any new-ish tools for authoring Quill games? Development Systems	36	1770	December 24, 2025
Rez v1.8.0 — An Open-Source tool for creating choice based games/IF Development Systems rez , new-platform	24	500	December 22, 2025
Chatscript concept maps Technical Development chatscript	0	65	December 15, 2025
QTads/Hugor Accessibility Bug Reports Interpreters	2	97	December 14, 2025
zorkie - zil/zilf to .z compiler v1-8 Development Systems new-platform , zil , ai	21	391	December 14, 2025
The early stages of working on building a ScreenFree Interactive Fiction Platform Development Systems ai , new-platform	10	352	December 12, 2025
Things people want to know about your new system Development Systems	10	481	December 12, 2025
Glazer 1.2.0 released Tools glulx	0	117	December 11, 2025
Z-machine - maps, inventory, and miscellaneous Tools z-machine	32	560	December 11, 2025