Technical Development

Specifications Many IF development systems have formal specifications, which allow people to develop alternative implementations of the software. Discuss them here. 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. Tools For discussing IF tools such as: mapping tools, library or packaging software, disassemblers Inform Extensions Discussion for Inform 7 Extensions. 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.

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Technical Development category Technical Development	0	1116	February 25, 2019
Publishing your IF (updated 1/21/2014) Technical Development forum-wiki	15	17770	November 6, 2022
What Would be the Sentiment to an Experimental Rust Port of Inform7 Made With AI Assistance? Technical Development ai	28	288	July 10, 2026
Can we start over? Ferrytale's use of ClubFloyd transcripts. Technical Development ai	25	267	July 9, 2026
Interpreter Recommendations/Help for Accessibility Interpreters speech , linux , accessibility	6	61	July 9, 2026
Looking for Mac VoiceOver users to test Zork Zero in Spatterlight Interpreters macos , accessibility , spatterlight	2	69	July 9, 2026
Sharpee 2.1 Development Systems ai , sharpee	4	106	July 8, 2026
Diction: Z-machine and Glulx interpreter on iOS supporting text-to-speech and voice commands Interpreters speech , mobile , accessibility , voice-recognition	4	120	July 8, 2026
Story Builder v0.10 is out! Development Systems choice-based , editor , new-platform	2	139	July 7, 2026
Rewriter - combined walking simulator and text adventure Development Systems	16	350	July 6, 2026
Rez v1.9.8 — an open-source tool to simplify building complex IF games Development Systems rez , new-platform	76	1646	July 5, 2026
A 32-bit Å-machine Specifications å-machine , aa-machine	62	616	July 4, 2026
Built an IF authoring tool and I need you to break it Tools new-platform	0	115	July 3, 2026
Cloak of Darkness... in Lamp? What's that? (Now with 100% more Phobos!) Development Systems ai , new-platform	23	453	July 1, 2026
where is the glkunix interface documented? Specifications glk	2	84	June 29, 2026
Atrament, an interactive fiction engine powered by Ink Development Systems choice-based , ink , new-platform	14	754	June 26, 2026
Sharpee v1 Development Systems ai , sharpee	2	124	June 25, 2026
Building a new Android IF App (Z-machine/Glulx) and looking for testers Interpreters glulx , z-machine , android , ai	4	118	June 25, 2026
The Puny BuildTools are out! (Z-machine project management CLI) Development Systems z-machine , retro , punyinform	33	2245	June 24, 2026
Question about Infocom ZIL syntax Development Systems zil	11	172	June 18, 2026
andstar &* \| plain-text engine for dialogue games with dice, skills, and equipment Development Systems	8	243	June 17, 2026
A longtime IF fan's experiment: writing the Z-Machine V3 Standard as a formal, executable spec Specifications interpreter , z-machine , translation	12	229	June 16, 2026
ZILF 1.9 released Development Systems zil	34	1512	June 13, 2026
Lectrote 1.5.0, now with automatic transcripting Interpreters lectrote	28	947	June 11, 2026
Gargoyle 2026.1 Interpreters	30	1068	June 11, 2026
Migrating the Å-machine specification to Antora Specifications å-machine	5	138	June 9, 2026
Revived Android App - Incant - runs Glulx sound, graphics Interpreters	24	7855	June 9, 2026
Storyfall - a new IF authoring tool and publishing platform! Development Systems publishing , editor , ai , new-platform , storyfall	174	3783	June 9, 2026
Would you use a visual first, logic second, tool if it were as powerful as Inform but as a "no-code" offering? Development Systems	59	869	June 5, 2026
ink2nom — A CLI tool to visualize your Ink stories as flow diagrams Tools	9	105	June 4, 2026