Technical Development

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. Specifications Many IF development systems have formal specifications, which allow people to develop alternative implementations of the software. Discuss them here. 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	1111	February 25, 2019
Publishing your IF (updated 1/21/2014) Technical Development forum-wiki	15	17729	November 6, 2022
Gargoyle 2026.1 Interpreters	29	926	June 10, 2026
Migrating the Å-machine specification to Antora Specifications å-machine	5	119	June 9, 2026
Revived Android App - Incant - runs Glulx sound, graphics Interpreters	24	7811	June 9, 2026
Storyfall - a new IF authoring tool and publishing platform! Development Systems publishing , editor , ai , new-platform , storyfall	174	3454	June 9, 2026
Rewriter - combined walking simulator and text adventure Development Systems	7	235	June 9, 2026
A 32-bit Å-machine Specifications aa-machine , å-machine	53	433	June 6, 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	769	June 5, 2026
ink2nom — A CLI tool to visualize your Ink stories as flow diagrams Tools	9	86	June 4, 2026
Minor Parchment bug with key presses Interpreters parchment	0	40	June 4, 2026
“World Schema Specification” Specifications split-on-request	8	209	June 3, 2026
Visual Novel Nodal Editor - new system Development Systems new-platform , ai , visual-novel	18	490	June 3, 2026
How many nouns and rules should a parser based IF be able to handle? Development Systems	15	207	June 3, 2026
UnZ - Unpack Z-machine file format information Tools inform6 , dialog , zil , z-machine	59	1878	June 2, 2026
Adding MP3 support to the Blorb specification Specifications blorb	18	514	May 30, 2026
Bamboozle 0.9.0 released Tools blorb	1	72	May 30, 2026
PIF - the package manager for IF Tools	8	285	May 30, 2026
Story Builder v0.10 is out! Development Systems new-platform , choice-based , editor	1	85	May 30, 2026
Proposal: An IF LLM Chatbot Technical Development ai	27	759	May 26, 2026
inFict: Twine, Ink, and Inform stories that reach into the real world Development Systems new-platform	7	207	May 26, 2026
Adding other audio formats to Blorb Specifications blorb	37	222	May 25, 2026
IF Whisperer: Parchment play with optional AI transcript hints via MCP Tools ai	10	123	May 25, 2026
Anybody here with Apple ][ experience? Interpreters retro	109	1265	May 25, 2026
List new Development Systems here! Development Systems forum-wiki , new-platform I’ve made this post a wiki, so if you are announcing a new development system and have access, edit this post and add a link to the initial post here. You can also apply the new-platform tag to your announcement post. C…	4	356	December 2, 2025
Emacs major mode for Dialog Development Systems dialog	15	373	May 13, 2026
Achievements by Juhana Leinonen Inform Extensions	5	2343	May 12, 2026
Rez v1.9.8 — an open-source tool to simplify building complex IF games Development Systems rez , new-platform	72	1414	May 8, 2026
AdvSys interpreter and compiler port for Windows Interpreters windows , advsys	6	201	May 6, 2026
Solid Z-machine interpreter that can show disassembly? Interpreters z-machine	51	453	May 4, 2026