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 independent or 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	1066	February 25, 2019
Publishing your IF (updated 1/21/2014) Technical Development forum-wiki	15	17314	November 6, 2022
BlorbTool: a web-based blorb editor Tools	2	30	December 21, 2024
Compile Dialog in Visual Studio Development Systems dialog	6	56	December 21, 2024
Versioned autosaves proposal Specifications autosaves	9	110	December 20, 2024
StoryMate: tagging system feedback Tools	4	73	December 19, 2024
StoryMate. A New No-Code Interactive Fiction Tool with AI Assistant Tools ai	14	1120	December 19, 2024
Updating the Z-Machine Standard Documents Specifications z-machine	337	7402	December 19, 2024
"Async" Parchment update: ready for final testing (Dec 2024) Interpreters parchment	55	638	December 18, 2024
Sharpee: C# or TypeScript? Development Systems	18	191	December 18, 2024
Bamboozle - a new Blorb creation tool Tools blorb	12	215	December 16, 2024
Squashed globals in Z-code Specifications z-machine	9	94	December 16, 2024
Extracting Vorple transcript from IndexedDB? Interpreters vorple	4	449	December 16, 2024
Debugging v8 support in my interpreter; I'm out of ideas Interpreters	12	126	December 13, 2024
Notes on Bedquilt's world model Development Systems	14	214	December 12, 2024
V3 Development Started - Status Line by Christopher Drum Interpreters pico-8 , status_line	4	90	December 12, 2024
Embedding Twine Stories within Decker Development Systems twine	3	105	December 11, 2024
Gargoyle Status Bar Layout Interpreters	4	72	December 9, 2024
Request for help: JSON protocol for Glk sound Specifications glk , json , glkote	25	556	December 9, 2024
_read with no parse buffer passed? Specifications interpreter , z-machine	6	52	December 8, 2024
Lectrote 1.5.0, now with automatic transcripting Interpreters lectrote	13	243	December 7, 2024
JavaScript, browsers, and interactivity Technical Development split-on-request , javascript , browser	80	431	December 6, 2024
Customising/Reimplementing ChoiceScript Development Systems choicescript	24	141	December 5, 2024
Spatterlight 1.2.7 Interpreters macos	68	489	November 28, 2024
"FrankenDrift": Play ADRIFT games on Mac and Linux Interpreters adrift	68	4115	November 24, 2024
Quixe 2.2.5 Interpreters	0	56	November 23, 2024
Wanted: VoiceOver users to test Journey hack Interpreters accessibility	23	209	November 15, 2024
Gnome-inform7 6L38/6M62 IDE now running on modern Ubuntu & Fedora OS Development Systems	144	7377	November 8, 2024
Windows, WSL, Inform 7 and Zarf's regtest.py Tools	2	65	November 8, 2024
Metacommander — a simple Python wrapper (preparser) for terminal-based interpreters and games Interpreters	3	286	November 8, 2024