Technical Development

Specifications Many IF development systems have formal specifications, which allow people to independent or alternative implementations of the software. Discuss them here. 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. 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

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Technical Development category Technical Development	0	1083	February 25, 2019
Publishing your IF (updated 1/21/2014) Technical Development forum-wiki	15	17486	November 6, 2022
ScottKit (compile/decompile Scott Adams game files) Tools	84	7065	September 12, 2025
"Anything goes" IF contest? Development Systems ai	64	803	September 12, 2025
Z-machine - maps, inventory, and miscellaneous Tools z-machine	22	218	September 9, 2025
Å-machine spec: typos, confusing parts, questions and other comments Specifications å-machine , aa-machine	2	425	September 6, 2025
Scott Adams interpreter discrepancies Interpreters scottkit , scottadams	142	4874	September 6, 2025
Bocfel 2.4 (new debug commands overwrite and dump raw bytes) Interpreters	5	55	September 4, 2025
Aa-VM - Aa-machine implementation in Scheme Interpreters	1	82	September 4, 2025
GLUZMA - implementation of Z-machine in Glulx Interpreters	1	928	August 30, 2025
Zork Machine Interpreter and Debugger (ZORKMID for short) Interpreters	19	7863	August 30, 2025
Any new-ish tools for authoring Quill games? Development Systems	27	1399	August 30, 2025
Sharpee - v1.0.0-alpha.1 Development Systems ai	74	634	August 26, 2025
Meaning of the Glk "blockquote" style Specifications glk , glulx	5	138	August 26, 2025
WinZLR a Z-machine debugger Tools z-machine	0	74	August 25, 2025
What screen width should a Discord client report? Specifications z-machine	7	130	August 25, 2025
UnZ - Unpack Z-machine file format information Tools inform6 , dialog , zil , z-machine	42	1217	August 24, 2025
Praxix undo and multi undo questions Interpreters	16	211	August 24, 2025
Parchment not working with Glulx files? Interpreters parchment	3	91	August 20, 2025
Sharpee Milestone - Cloak of Darkness Development Systems	1	125	August 17, 2025
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Twine Dugger (chrome extension debugging powertool) Technical Development harlowe , twine2 , sugarcube2	1	57	August 15, 2025
What is this bug in Windows Frotz? Interpreters dialog	7	113	August 14, 2025
What is a "parser" game? Technical Development ai	63	828	August 13, 2025
Creating a new interactive fiction creation website Development Systems ai	18	447	August 13, 2025
Using generative AI for sub-tasks in text adventures? Development Systems ai	21	530	August 7, 2025
IOCCC Z-machine interpreter Interpreters interpreter , z-machine	8	203	August 6, 2025
Default colours in Z-machine header Specifications	10	109	August 4, 2025
BlorbTool: a web-based blorb editor Tools	7	276	August 3, 2025
Inform 7 ability to read and write Game data to an external file for sharing between different Plays Technical Development inform7	10	129	August 3, 2025