Technical Development

Tools For discussing IF tools such as: mapping tools, library or packaging software, disassemblers 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. 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. 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	1094	February 25, 2019
Publishing your IF (updated 1/21/2014) Technical Development forum-wiki	15	17595	November 6, 2022
ChronicleHub: a QBN engine like StoryNexus Development Systems new-platform	82	1283	January 13, 2026
Mangle VM Development Systems	4	188	January 13, 2026
How do interpreters typically compute the object count? Interpreters z-machine	6	86	January 13, 2026
Need advice to expand my DSL ScribeScript to be more writer-friendly Development Systems	17	129	January 11, 2026
Can a z machine property live in static memory? Interpreters z-machine	4	87	January 10, 2026
Scribarchy - collaborative storytelling platform Development Systems	7	99	January 9, 2026
Announcing "Zart" 2.0, a multi-platform Interpreter Library Interpreters	39	461	January 8, 2026
ZILF 1.0 released Development Systems zil	8	485	January 6, 2026
Atrament, an interactive fiction engine powered by Ink Development Systems choice-based , ink , new-platform	12	374	January 5, 2026
Utility that checks room descriptions for completeness Technical Development adv3lite , tads3	7	209	January 4, 2026
TAB (ThinBasic Adventure Builder) Interpreters	33	8941	January 1, 2026
Sharpee - event processing and mutations Development Systems	2	106	December 30, 2025
Bardic: a Python-first Interactive Fiction engine for complex game state with visual graph-based story editing and live passage preview Development Systems new-platform	34	819	December 29, 2025
Updates on Vezza and MxZVM - z80 z-machine/inform Interpreters	4	152	December 27, 2025
Zork I port to Intel 4004-based system Interpreters	0	78	December 24, 2025
AdventureWriter games for Atari 8-bit computers Development Systems	5	172	December 24, 2025
Any new-ish tools for authoring Quill games? Development Systems	36	1765	December 24, 2025
Emacs major mode for Dialog Development Systems dialog	9	209	December 24, 2025
Rez v1.8.0 — An Open-Source tool for creating choice based games/IF Development Systems rez , new-platform	24	487	December 22, 2025
Chatscript concept maps Technical Development chatscript	0	65	December 15, 2025
QTads/Hugor Accessibility Bug Reports Interpreters	2	97	December 14, 2025
zorkie - zil/zilf to .z compiler v1-8 Development Systems new-platform , zil , ai	21	384	December 14, 2025
The early stages of working on building a ScreenFree Interactive Fiction Platform Development Systems ai , new-platform	10	348	December 12, 2025
Things people want to know about your new system Development Systems	10	473	December 12, 2025
Glazer 1.2.0 released Tools glulx	0	112	December 11, 2025
Z-machine - maps, inventory, and miscellaneous Tools z-machine	32	558	December 11, 2025
Introduction and PlayNook AudioGames description Development Systems gamebook , sound , cyoa , new-platform	7	132	December 11, 2025
Booktasy: Development Systems ai , new-platform	20	293	December 9, 2025