Technical Development

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 develop 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.

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Technical Development category Technical Development	0	1102	February 25, 2019
Publishing your IF (updated 1/21/2014) Technical Development forum-wiki	15	17656	November 6, 2022
Anybody here with Apple ][ experience? Interpreters retro	94	787	April 4, 2026
UnZ - Unpack Z-machine file format information Tools inform6 , dialog , zil , z-machine	52	1688	April 3, 2026
Announcing Storyfall - a new IF authoring tool and publishing platform! Development Systems publishing , editor , ai , new-platform , storyfall	125	2351	April 3, 2026
Cornerstone's VM (was: Cornerstone for Atari) Technical Development infocom	16	364	April 3, 2026
Supporting audio for parser games on the web Interpreters	5	136	April 1, 2026
Accelerating Inform 6 games on 8-bit interpreters Interpreters z-machine	49	445	April 1, 2026
C64 disk acceleration for Ozmoo Interpreters ozmoo	1	57	April 1, 2026
Is it better to use [30m colors or [90m colors? Technical Development	42	350	March 31, 2026
Anybody here with 6502 experience? Interpreters retro	12	253	March 28, 2026
What controls the overall background color on Z-machine? Specifications z-machine	13	142	March 27, 2026
ZILF 1.7 released Development Systems zil	32	1197	March 26, 2026
Sharpee Lantern Development Systems sharpee	2	82	March 26, 2026
What is the IFComp automatic-transcript-saving protocol? Interpreters	14	171	March 25, 2026
Made my own engine for my Oric illustrated adventure game. Development Systems	4	118	March 23, 2026
Just a teaser of what I'm working on... Development Systems	4	165	March 22, 2026
Zym II, an 8-bit Z-machine interpreter for SymbOS Interpreters z-machine	3	101	March 21, 2026
Spatterlight 1.4.9 is released Interpreters macos , spatterlight	3	104	March 21, 2026
Fabularium - Android GLK + TADS HTML IF interpreter Interpreters	75	20234	March 20, 2026
Qynari - Development Progress Technical Development qynari	1	104	March 19, 2026
Is there a standard way to measure performance? Interpreters z-machine	13	151	March 19, 2026
CodeMirror support for Ink Technical Development editor , ink	8	175	March 19, 2026
Rez v1.8.0 — An Open-Source tool for creating choice based games/IF Development Systems rez , new-platform	56	951	March 19, 2026
Why is writing interactive fiction still drawing diagrams instead of writing? Development Systems new-platform	124	848	March 18, 2026
Twine Constructor: A visual block-based editor for SugarCube 2 (Looking for feedback) Technical Development sugarcube2 , twine	9	129	March 16, 2026
Seamless Sass integration for a Twine/SugarCube project within VSCode - Step-By-Step! Tools tutorial , sugarcube2 , twine	10	87	March 16, 2026
Twine app performance with large games Technical Development	1	80	March 15, 2026
Experiment with AI trapdoor for Dialog Interpreters dialog , ai	6	198	March 14, 2026
I didn't know Twine existed, so I built my own branching story editor starting from an office experiment. Did I just waste my time? Development Systems new-platform	43	552	March 11, 2026