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	17842	November 6, 2022
Glk extension proposal: CSS Specifications glk , css	26	670	September 13, 2026
Changing the open window background color in Glk Specifications glk	16	51	September 13, 2026
GlkOte protocol for measuring styles Specifications glkote	7	119	September 13, 2026
Should we standardize a pseudo-CSS property for "reverse video"? Specifications	39	346	September 13, 2026
MAD Candy Interactive Fiction Studio 1.4.0 is now released Development Systems	25	1018	September 12, 2026
Parser level functions Technical Development	21	259	September 12, 2026
Quest in the Treaty of Babel Specifications	1	116	September 12, 2026
Emacs major mode for Dialog Development Systems dialog	16	465	September 11, 2026
ThunderSOS Development Systems split-on-request , new-platform	111	1472	September 11, 2026
Detecting multiplication overflow on 6502 Interpreters å-machine	15	209	September 11, 2026
Introducing TALYXR_: a freeform parser engine Development Systems ai , new-platform	5	167	September 10, 2026
Terminal in Unix/Linux OS, History of commands with cursor up/down Interpreters	8	204	September 10, 2026
Arcturus - a new programming language & compiler for the Z-machine Development Systems ai , new-platform , arcturus	114	2469	September 9, 2026
Announcing Beguile 0.1.0-preview.4 Development Systems inform6 , glulx , debugging , punyinform , ai , beguile	3	144	September 9, 2026
Ink(y) / Porting the Ink compiler to the browser? Tools	12	1533	September 8, 2026
JDR-Bot : Play and Create Interactive Fiction, Parser Game, Escape-Game, etc Interpreters interpreter , new-platform	1	119	September 7, 2026
Porting Interpreters: A Voxam Case Study Interpreters	19	302	September 5, 2026
Lanthorn (was Babelmap) - Rust Z-Machine/Glulx/Scott TUI w/ Graphics and Sound - Linux/MacOS/Windows Interpreters ai	41	771	September 5, 2026
MCIF Android App Technical Development	1	67	September 4, 2026
Help Dialog choose a Commodore 64 color palette! Interpreters dialog , commodore64	15	292	September 3, 2026
Colossal Cave Adventure in the Browser — FORTRAN IV to WebAssembly with LFortran Technical Development retro , adventure	5	84	September 2, 2026
VΘXΔM: a Z-Machine, Glulx, and Å-machine interpreter in Python Interpreters	56	498	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	259	August 30, 2026
Spatterlight, now with AI slop Interpreters macos , ai , spatterlight	44	1000	August 30, 2026
Automaps in a Glk extension Interpreters glk	27	551	August 30, 2026
Storyfall - a new IF authoring tool and publishing platform! Development Systems publishing , editor , ai , new-platform , storyfall	176	4348	August 29, 2026
blorple.py: Extract release and serial number from interactive fiction files Tools	1	64	August 26, 2026