Hi,
A couple months ago I did a half-hearted search for a Zork app on the Android store and came up empty. I’m a software engineer by trade, and I’ve been looking to build skills using AI and agents, so I started on an odd little endeavor to build one. That included writing a home-grown Z-machine VM in Go, with a lot of back-and-forth with Claude and Codex.
Over the last couple months it has grown into an Android app that handles both Z-machine and Glulx/Glk. The Glulx/Glk support is the part I’m most happy with, since it means it plays things like Counterfeit Monkey and Kerkerkruip, not just the original Infocom Zork games. These are all new to me.
Right now a few friends and family have been playing it and giving me feedback. I’m hoping to find around 5 more people who’d be interested in joining the closed testing track on Google Play, so I can get the app in front of folks outside my immediate circle. It’s Android only for now.
Is this a good place to ask? I’ve been learning a lot about modern IF in the process, having been pretty ignorant of it other than my time with Zork on an Apple II+ as a kid.
Thanks,
Scott