Technical Development

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

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Technical Development category Technical Development	0	1079	February 25, 2019
Publishing your IF (updated 1/21/2014) Technical Development forum-wiki	15	17383	November 6, 2022
More testers wanted for Shogun and Arthur in Spatterlight EDIT: Official release out! Interpreters macos , spatterlight	0	70	May 2, 2025
UnZ - Unpack Z-machine file format information Tools inform6 , dialog , zil , z-machine	10	602	May 8, 2025
VoiceOver testers wanted for new Spatterlight with Arthur and Shogun support Interpreters macos , spatterlight	8	160	May 6, 2025
Wondering if there is a FOSS downloable tool to convert other formats to HTML Tools sitegen	10	138	May 4, 2025
Frobtads Install Error Interpreters tads3	5	48	May 2, 2025
Hintweaver - a system for creating interactive hint documents Tools	1	82	May 1, 2025
Grumbling about a corner I have painted myself into Development Systems rez	8	253	April 29, 2025
Simple reflection for Inform 7 Inform Extensions	2	109	April 26, 2025
Sharpee Redux Development Systems	6	101	April 25, 2025
Lectrote 1.5.3 crashes on Mac and won't run on 64-bit Windows 7 Interpreters	18	144	April 23, 2025
Parchment query parameters? Interpreters parchment	10	122	April 15, 2025
TexTperience - A text adventure game engine Development Systems	4	232	April 14, 2025
Glk: Image scaling in buffer windows Specifications glk	10	74	April 10, 2025
Glk extension proposal: images in buffer windows Specifications glk	34	738	April 9, 2025
Trouble with window height in Lectrote 1.5.3 Interpreters	11	175	April 6, 2025
Small notes on Arthur behavior for interpreters Interpreters infocom , z-machine	14	209	April 4, 2025
Parser map sanity checker Tools	7	178	March 30, 2025
Tabs as output in non-Z6 games Interpreters infocom , z-machine	8	105	March 29, 2025
Marauder - an automatic mapper for IF Tools glulx , mapper	1	157	March 28, 2025
Generating a ZX Spectrum transcript in Fuse Interpreters zx-spectrum	12	180	March 28, 2025
StoryMate 2.0 - Built to Write! Tools	12	206	March 26, 2025
Better language support for Decker Development Systems twine , decker	2	80	March 22, 2025
What happens if you type an unrecognized character into the Z-machine? Specifications	7	175	March 21, 2025
Which characters cannot appear in http, https, or mailto URLs? Development Systems dialog	16	139	March 20, 2025
Lectrote 1.5.0, now with automatic transcripting Interpreters lectrote	22	504	March 17, 2025
Updating the Z-Machine Standard Documents Specifications z-machine	347	7741	March 9, 2025
Building IF tools with Cosmopolitan Libc; possible game-changer? Technical Development	15	365	March 6, 2025
Somebody's choice-based game hardware project Technical Development	33	646	March 5, 2025