Glulx on Portable Phones

Robert_Rothman · January 7, 2012, 4:20pm

I sent a copy of my recently released Glulx game to a friend, who asked whether it could be played on his portable phone. I’m sure this is a very basic question, but I know nothing about these new-fangled telephones (I just recently traded in my set of tin cans and a string for a rotary-dial phone. ) Is there a Glulx interpreter that can run on telephones?

Thanks.

Robert Rothman

George · January 8, 2012, 6:59pm

On iPhones he can use Frotz. Nothing native yet for Android, but he could try Parchment I guess?

Robert_Rothman · January 8, 2012, 7:18pm

Unfortunately, the game was a little bit too big to compile to z-machine (probably due to my inefficient code), so I had to use glulx. I thought that Frotz only plays z-machine games – is that not correct?

Thanks.

Robert Rothman

zarf · January 8, 2012, 7:25pm

iPhone Frotz now includes Glulxe.

Robert_Rothman · January 8, 2012, 8:01pm

Thanks. Where is it available?

Robert Rothman

Juhana · January 8, 2012, 9:33pm

The same place every iOS app is: in the App Store. If he has an iPhone he’ll know how to find it.

Erik_Temple · January 8, 2012, 9:39pm

Note that it’s called iFrotz.

zarf · January 8, 2012, 9:54pm

No, it’s called “Frotz” in the App Store.

Erik_Temple · January 8, 2012, 10:08pm

Hrm, wonder where I got that idea…?

Jizaboz · January 11, 2012, 3:17pm

Stuff like this http://mac.softpedia.com/get/iPhone-Applications/Tools-Utilities/iFrotz.shtml probably.