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. Tools For discussing IF tools such as: mapping tools, library or packaging software, disassemblers 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. 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.

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Technical Development category Technical Development	0	1099	February 25, 2019
Publishing your IF (updated 1/21/2014) Technical Development forum-wiki	15	17630	November 6, 2022
A hobby project of absurd scale: building an IF schema language with AI as the workforce Development Systems hobby , ai	69	712	February 22, 2026
Fabularium - Android GLK + TADS HTML IF interpreter Interpreters	74	20093	February 20, 2026
Visual Novel Nodal Editor - new system Development Systems new-platform , ai , visual-novel	7	172	February 20, 2026
How do you automatically benchmark a development system? Development Systems dialog	4	85	February 20, 2026
Gargoyle 2026.1 Interpreters	14	362	February 20, 2026
ChronicleHub: a QBN engine like StoryNexus Development Systems new-platform , chroniclehub	141	2158	February 19, 2026
Å-machine Testing Interpreters dialog	5	152	February 19, 2026
Experiment with AI trapdoor for Dialog Interpreters dialog , ai	0	51	February 19, 2026
Sharpee + Screen Readers Development Systems sharpee	1	82	February 19, 2026
Catching memory errors on the Z-machine Interpreters z-machine	6	95	February 18, 2026
Is there any reason to pick Z Machine Version 4 over 5? Technical Development z-machine	15	211	February 18, 2026
“World Schema Specification” Specifications split-on-request	4	111	February 18, 2026
ZILF 1.0 released Development Systems zil	27	962	February 14, 2026
MS DOS Qbasic programs for screenreaders? Technical Development screen-reader , basic , eamon	11	226	February 12, 2026
Vezza, a new Z-Machine for CP/M Interpreters z-machine , retro	80	4319	February 12, 2026
Running a Linux VM on a Mac? Development Systems	8	171	February 11, 2026
Announcing Storyfall - a new IF authoring tool and publishing platform! Development Systems publishing , editor , ai , new-platform	106	1924	February 11, 2026
UnZ - Unpack Z-machine file format information Tools inform6 , dialog , zil , z-machine	51	1637	February 10, 2026
A detailed specification of ScottAdams story files Specifications	37	910	February 9, 2026
Things people want to know about your new system Development Systems new-platform	11	639	February 8, 2026
Glk: Image scaling in buffer windows Specifications glk	24	437	February 7, 2026
Fabularium issues - where to report? Interpreters	2	54	February 7, 2026
Is there any sort of standard debug info format for z-machine games? Technical Development z-machine	12	104	February 7, 2026
Rez v1.8.0 — An Open-Source tool for creating choice based games/IF Development Systems rez , new-platform	25	566	February 5, 2026
Parchment Site Generator creates broken partial files Interpreters sitegen , parchment	1	56	February 5, 2026
How do I search for bytes with @scan_table? Specifications z-machine	3	58	February 4, 2026
Windows ZVM/Lectrote Interpreters dialog	15	92	February 4, 2026
GoDungeon - a web engine to create and read digital interactive story with incorporate dice rolls and inventory Development Systems new-platform	20	338	February 4, 2026