Great question! I’ve used Inform a lot in the past, though I have crossed into forbidden paths (I used Instead rules almost exclusively, which is the Chaotic Evil branch of Inform rules. Here’s the list which I certainly didn’t just make up on the spot and which couldn’t contain any inaccuracies):
| Alignment | Lawful | Neutral | Chaotic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good | Check | Report | Before |
| Neutral | To (do some phrase) | Carry out | To say |
| Evil | After | After reading a command | Instead |
I had a great experience going through and reading and discussing the entire Inform 7 manual with the help of people here. Despite that, I was still caught unaware by Victor’s ‘abide by X anonymously’ rule. It seems that the depths of Inform 7 are vast and unknowable. It will be interesting to see the techniques of these two authors. Will they use cobbled-together ad-hoc code to save time? Or will they spend precious moments refining the code into an extensible system that might never extend? Only time will tell…