inform-fiction.org
The Z-Machine Standards Document: Contents
http://inform-fiction.org/zmachine/standards/z1point0/index.html
The Z-Machine Standards Document. Two misprints corrected, 9th August. Resources appendix updated and discovery added to header table, 4th September. Resources appendix updated and annexe covering Quetzal added, 30th September. Corrections and clarifications added, 21th February 2014 - David Fillmore. Overview of Z-machine architecture. 1 The memory map. 2 Numbers and arithmetic. 3 How text and characters are encoded. 4 How instructions are encoded. 5 How routines are encoded. 8 The screen model.
inform7.com
Standards Compliance: Inform
http://inform7.com/if/standards
Inform generates story files which follow existing standards, and contain no proprietory secrets. So if you want to use Inform-produced story files on a new platform, or embed them in some other technology, you don't need any permission from anyone to go ahead, and everything you need to know is public. Inform adheres to the following standards:. The Z-Machine Standards Document. Andrew Plotkin's formal description of the Glulx virtual machine, which continues to evolve. The Treaty of Babel.
eblong.com
Blorb: An IF Resource Collection Format Standard
http://eblong.com/zarf/blorb
Blorb: An IF Resource Collection Format Standard. This is the Blorb specification, version 2.0.4. HTML version of Blorb specification. Plain text version of Blorb specification. PostScript version of Blorb specification. Here is The Treaty of Babel. A standard for IF bibliographic data which can make use of Blorb. Here is Graham Nelson's Blorb page. Including his "perlBlorb" tool for assembling Blorb files from individual graphics and sound files. Here is blorbtool.py. Here is Blorblib 1.0.2.
tads.org
IFID Generator
http://www.tads.org/ifidgen/ifidgen
Search the TADS Manuals:. Go Search TADS 3 Search TADS 2. This page randomly generates an IFID for you to use in a new Interactive Fiction project, written in TADS or any other Babel. Aware authoring system. The IFID below has just been generated for your use. Generate a new IFID. Use IFIDs to identify games in their databases. Because an IFID is universal, it lets everyone be sure they're talking about the same game. The IFID system is described in detail in the Treaty of Babel.
grotesque.invergo.net
Grotesque: Grotesque
http://grotesque.invergo.net/fossil/home
Grotesque is a utility that helps you manage your collection of interactive fiction, or text adventures. It collects bibliographic and other information from story files and presents a convenient interface to build and organize a catalog of your games. Supports all formats covered by the Treaty of Babel. For extracting metadata from story files, but you can define your own formats with their own associated interpreters and you may manually add metadata for any file.
gofp.wordpress.com
Interactive Narrative in Theory and Practice | A Garden of Forking Paths
https://gofp.wordpress.com/resources-interactive-narratives
Interactive Narrative in Theory and Practice. A Garden of Forking Paths. Cultivating a venue for interactive stories. Interactive Narrative in Theory and Practice. My paper from last century on approaches to interactive narratives: A Plot Beyond a Line. Browsing the The Interactive Fiction Archive. I get the sense, simultaneously, of a strong and motivated creative community, and a largely ignored and slightly forlorn band of eccentrics. I think both are true. Chris Crawford’s Phrontisterions. Follow &ld...
superglus.blogspot.com
Superglús: Novedades en Superglús 1.2
http://superglus.blogspot.com/2010/04/novedades-en-superglus-12.html
Sistema de autoría de aventuras conversacionales. Viernes, 23 de abril de 2010. Novedades en Superglús 1.2. Quería comentaros algunas de las cosas que podréis ver en Superglús 1.2, aunque Supergús 1.2 será probablemente una versión principalmente de correción de bugs, y no tendrá novedades importantes. No obstante, allá vamos:. El condacto RNDWRITE tiene como parámetros tres cadenas de caracteres, y mostrará aleatoriamente una de las tres. Sirve para diversificar las descripciones y tratar de evitar ...
amov-archive.trenchcoatsoft.com
TrenchcoatSoft Interactive
http://amov-archive.trenchcoatsoft.com/projects.html
Here, you will find tools and programs with some practical use. For programs with impractical use, see my games. By using optical methods rather than the more sophisticated laser-based devices used in some competing products, the DX-42 produces comparable results at a fraction of the cost. The DX-42 also offers the flexibility of using your own existing hardware for even greater savings. The DX-42 Particle Analyzer is commercial software. email me. For a price quote, output samples, and more information.
