Technical Development

Inform Extensions Discussion for Inform 7 Extensions. Tools Discuss the development and use of general existing IF tools here such as: mapping tools, library or packaging software, disassemblers, etc. Specifications Formal specifications in many IF development systems enable alternative software implementations. Development Systems Have a question about a development system or resource? Hacking the code of the compiler? Here’s the place to discuss all these and more. If you’re announcing a newly released resource, tool, or system, you can do so in Announcements > Systems & Resources Interpreters Working on a new interpreter for an IF system? Porting one to a new OS? Having trouble installing or using one? This is the place for discussion.

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Technical Development category Technical Development	0	1128	February 25, 2019
Publishing your IF (updated 1/21/2014) Technical Development forum-wiki	15	17937	November 6, 2022
Audio IF Development Systems	67	2411	October 18, 2026
voice recognition for a mobile interpreter for parser games? Interpreters	8	143	October 18, 2026
Voice support for iOS Frotz — TestFlight testers welcome Interpreters speech , mobile , ai , voice-recognition	0	25	October 18, 2026
I6: Coalescing and optimizing strings Development Systems inform6	2	47	October 18, 2026
I6: Compiler option to coalesce identical packed strings? Development Systems inform6	42	678	October 13, 2026
Spatterlight, now with AI slop Interpreters macos , ai , spatterlight	45	1155	October 18, 2026
Starlane: a reimplementation of the ADRIFT 5 runner Interpreters adrift , ai	4	198	October 18, 2026
Lanthorn and The Golden Lanthorn - Rust Z-Machine/Glulx/Scott TUI w/ Graphics and Sound - Linux/MacOS/Windows Interpreters ai	56	1282	October 18, 2026
Informant - A complete Inform 7 IDE in VSCode - Compile, Play, Docs, Index, Skein, and more! Development Systems inform7 , ai , vscode	2	198	October 18, 2026
Help Getting Gargoyle to Run on my windows pc. Interpreters help	4	71	October 17, 2026
Anybody here with Apple ][ experience? Interpreters retro	125	2387	October 14, 2026
Previewing lyre, a narrative scripting system for quality-based narratives Development Systems	38	476	October 14, 2026
I have made a new system to play z5, glulx and blorb formats Interpreters	3	182	October 14, 2026
Trizbort region colours lost when importing into Trizbort.io Tools mapper	2	74	October 14, 2026
Glk extension proposal: CSS Specifications glk , css	77	1383	October 13, 2026
Squiffy 6.0 Development Systems squiffy	6	348	October 13, 2026
Changing the open window background color in Glk Specifications glk	25	253	October 13, 2026
Informant Toolchains - Github Actions to Compile Inform 10.1.2 for Linux, Mac, Windows Development Systems	5	105	October 12, 2026
Gnome-inform7 6L38/6M62 IDE now running on modern Ubuntu & Fedora OS Development Systems	145	8782	October 12, 2026
A-Code Compiler, Level 9 Archive, Specs, game sources: made public! Specifications level9	18	982	October 10, 2026
Fonts in blorbs Specifications blorb	13	298	October 8, 2026
Windows Scarier: A Windows interpreter for ADRIFT Interpreters ai	1	80	October 8, 2026
Inform Builder and Inform Ecosystem for VSCode Tools	0	69	October 3, 2026
Interested in testing an Android z-machine/glulx app? Interpreters glulx , z-machine , android , ai	0	45	October 3, 2026
Web-based z6 interpreter? Interpreters	10	204	October 1, 2026
Dialog and AA-machine audio Development Systems dialog , aa-machine	3	100	September 28, 2026
Glk Mapping extension Interpreters glk	31	843	September 28, 2026
Is it safe to enlarge the upper window while it has text in it? Specifications z-machine , dialog	6	95	September 26, 2026