Dialog

Dialog 0g/01, library 0.26, is out. It features a new compiler backend for the Å-machine, which allows you to put Dialog stories on the web with extensive CSS support. The Å-machine story format is compact, and potentially quite fast on vintage hardware, although that remains to be proved.

Z-machine support remains at the heart of Dialog, and will not go away.

Language-wise, the only new thing in 0g is hyperlinks, which can be used on the Å-machine to simplify text-entry on mobile devices.

Explore online play with a new release of Tethered, my IFComp 2018 entry.

Release 2 of Cloak of Darkness (Dialog source
code
) illustrates how to enhance touchscreen play with clickable links.

Note that there are some known issues with certain browsers, and so far screen readers don’t work. More details are in the Å-machine thread.

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