Got a copy of this wonderful book for Christmas and followed along the first Heidi implementation. I recommend it very much to anyone interrested in interactive fiction.

#Presentation ( 1/2)

I make interactive fiction games, using #Inform6, #Inform7 and #textallion (#cyoa system), in French.

Some of my creations:
https://ifdb.org/showuser?id=8b63iggeafjjqlt7

My other activities :
- Programming:
- Exploring the #forth programming language: https://gitlab.com/garvalf/forth-is-fun
- hacking the lightweight markup system #txt2tags :
https://github.com/farvardin/textallion
- a simple #wiki system: https://lionwiki-t2t.sourceforge.io/

#Présentation ( 1/2)

Je réalise des jeux de fictions interactives, avec #Inform6, #Inform7 et #textallion (système de #ldvelh), en français.

Quelques unes de mes créations :
https://ifdb.org/showuser?id=8b63iggeafjjqlt7

Mes autres activités :
- Programmation :
- Explorer le langage de programmation #forth : https://gitlab.com/garvalf/forth-is-fun
- hacker le sysème de balisage léger #txt2tags :
https://github.com/farvardin/textallion
- un #wiki léger: https://lionwiki-t2t.sourceforge.io/

I now realize that I've spent so much time thinking about and responding to shortcomings in #Inform7's documentation that I've failed to apprehend the state of affairs with #Inform6.

https://intfiction.org/t/i6-the-list-of-inform-6-documentation/48409

Here's the DM4. It's current as of last millennium before Glulx existed, i.e., Inform 6 6.21 and the I6 6/10 library. Here are the errata that have never been integrated. Here's the Reference Addendum discussing changes to the compiler since then, including everything to do with Glulx.

#Inform6 6.42 was released at the end of Februrary.

https://github.com/DavidKinder/Inform6/releases/tag/v6.42

And, as of yesterday, both a new PunyInform, v5.4, and a new release of the Inform6 standard library, 6.12.7.

https://github.com/johanberntsson/PunyInform/releases

https://661.org/proj/if/

That last link goes to a page that also includes a bundle of all of the above for ease of installation.

I feel kind of bad for realising that I've actually managed to teach #Inform6 to a poor grad student who's studying under a friend of mine.

I was able to send a link to an example of abusing anonymous functions in a #PunyInform `cheap_scenery` block, and another showing how to use named constants/functions to extend the number of dictionary words that can refer to the same handler, and she just ran off and implemented it all.

This is not going to serve anyone well in Industry or Research, but hot dang is this a fun project!

#PunyJam 4 is live, for anyone who likes the idea of making a text adventure for old computers using #PunyInform, a lightweight #Inform6 library: https://itch.io/jam/punyjam-4

Nice loose theme, great documentation & friendly community! Imagine worlds.
#InteractiveFiction

Spontaneous (and probably unnecessary) update of my #C64 #InteractiveFiction game 'Ghost Mountain' appears!

https://shinmc.itch.io/ghost-mountain

Fixed a bug, made some minor improvements, added new Ozmoo features (command history, REU scrollback buffer).

A short spooky text adventure, good for dark nights (and it's almost Halloween...).

It's good motivation to see your games in development running on real hardware. Today it's a Powerbook 3400c running MacOS 8.6.

Learning a new language: #Inform7. Going to write a simple text adventure for my 6-year-old (to play with some assistance).

What a weird language. I think I like it though. It is, at the very least, a tremendous improvement over #inform6.

I can't help but think that #Haskell would be an excellent language in which to write #interactiveFiction . However, I don't have the time to write a whole library for it.

It seems like a lot of modern #TextAdventure authoring systems target web. Sigh.

Doing my part for IF Source Code Amnesty day: I've uploaded the source code for my games Flight of the Hummingbird (2010) and Atrocitron (2016) to the archive. They haven't made it to their final spots in the archive yet, but in the meantime I wrote an article about some of the sillier things I did while writing them.

In the meantime, they're at https://ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archive/unprocessed/ but that link won't stay valid for long.

#inform7 #inform6 #InteractiveFiction

https://bumbershootsoft.wordpress.com/2023/04/02/source-release-flight-of-the-hummingbird-and-the-atrocitron/

When I promised to release the source code for my #interactivefiction game Dorm on April 1 (“Source Code Amnesty Day”) I really thought I’d have time to clean it up and make it less embarrassing first. But nope. Oh well, a deal’s a deal. The #sourcecode in all it’s raw unedited glory is now available at IFDB: https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=hudzdw715cypkx13 #inform6 #PunyInform

PunyJam #3 announced! https://itch.io/jam/punyjam-3

#InteractiveFiction #Inform6 people, write yourself a #PunyInform text adventure that'll run on 80s home computers (and anything beyond that has a z-code interpreter).

Theme announced Feb 2nd, closing date for submissions Feb 26th. Imagine worlds.

Aujourd'hui sur @ifiction vous trouverez un article de votre serviteur

Le sujet est très technique : des astuces ad-hoc en #Inform6 / #PunyInform pour arriver à faire rentrer une aventure textuelle dans le format très contraint des premiers jeux #Infocom. Je voulais écrire et partager mes astuces avant de les oublier http://www.fiction-interactive.fr/economiser-des-objets-en-inform-6/

Si vous n'aimez pas le code ou la technique, jouez plutôt au jeu ! http://hlabrande.itch.io/l-ile-tristam

I knew that many of @zarfeblong 's games' source code was on the IF Archive. But I only just learned that his website has the source for all his #Inform7 and #Inform6 games (even, egad, #Inform5 games), and most of the others, save Hadean Lands.

This includes the new short IF game Advent Mirror.

https://eblong.com/zarf/if.html

(...except for I6 game The Space Under the Window, whose source was lost)