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. 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 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	1123	February 25, 2019
Publishing your IF (updated 1/21/2014) Technical Development forum-wiki	15	17839	November 6, 2022
JDR-Bot : Play and Create Interactive Fiction, Parser Game, Escape-Game, etc Interpreters interpreter , new-platform	1	98	September 7, 2026
Arcturus - a new programming language & compiler for the Z-machine Development Systems ai , new-platform , arcturus	112	2342	September 7, 2026
GlkOte protocol for measuring styles Specifications glkote	5	89	September 7, 2026
MAD Candy Interactive Fiction Studio 1.3.3 is now released Development Systems	23	908	September 6, 2026
ThunderSOS Development Systems split-on-request , new-platform	109	1423	September 6, 2026
Detecting multiplication overflow on 6502 Interpreters å-machine	3	96	September 6, 2026
Porting Interpreters: A Voxam Case Study Interpreters	19	285	September 5, 2026
Lanthorn (was Babelmap) - Rust Z-Machine/Glulx/Scott TUI w/ Graphics and Sound - Linux/MacOS/Windows Interpreters ai	41	736	September 5, 2026
MCIF Android App Technical Development	1	64	September 4, 2026
Help Dialog choose a Commodore 64 color palette! Interpreters dialog , commodore64	15	287	September 3, 2026
Colossal Cave Adventure in the Browser — FORTRAN IV to WebAssembly with LFortran Technical Development retro , adventure	5	83	September 2, 2026
VΘXΔM: a Z-Machine, Glulx, and Å-machine interpreter in Python Interpreters	56	471	August 31, 2026
Help improve the accessibility of Dialog! Interpreters dialog , aa-machine	32	488	August 31, 2026
New intFic Software - iFStudio Development Systems choice-based , software , new-platform	10	251	August 30, 2026
Announcing Beguile 0.1.0-preview.3 Development Systems inform6 , glulx , debugging , punyinform , ai , beguile	2	107	August 30, 2026
Spatterlight, now with AI slop Interpreters macos , ai , spatterlight	44	982	August 30, 2026
Automaps in a Glk extension Interpreters glk	27	545	August 30, 2026
Storyfall - a new IF authoring tool and publishing platform! Development Systems publishing , editor , ai , new-platform , storyfall	176	4319	August 29, 2026
Should we standardize a pseudo-CSS property for "reverse video"? Specifications	33	311	August 29, 2026
blorple.py: Extract release and serial number from interactive fiction files Tools	1	62	August 26, 2026
Diction: Z-machine and Glulx interpreter on iOS supporting text-to-speech and voice commands Interpreters speech , mobile , accessibility , voice-recognition	5	170	August 26, 2026
Cross Platform Font Rendering Technical Development	12	176	August 25, 2026
Ink(y) / Porting the Ink compiler to the browser? Tools	11	1491	August 24, 2026
Quick review of Nathan Tech's AccessiIF Interpreters	2	132	August 24, 2026
Parchment error on Itch: "Error: dialog_storage_version is newer than this library supports" Interpreters parchment , itchio	12	231	August 23, 2026
web interpreters and mobile devices (looking for testers with android devices) Interpreters	36	666	August 23, 2026
New vs. Old Approaches in Systems Technical Development	2	162	August 20, 2026
Verhaler: A new choice based IF platform with built in combat, trading, and wikis Technical Development new-platform	3	139	August 20, 2026