BeWare: Languages: Inform

Inform

(Languages)

Version: 6.15
By: Stephen van Egmond
E-mail: svanegmo@truespectra.com
Web page: Available
Release Date: Available Now Info Last Modified: 5/13/98
Requires BeOS version: R4 PPC, R3 PPC, R3 Intel
License: Freeware
Cost:
Source Available?: Yes

R3-PPC Download / alt. (1500 kb)
R4-PPC Download / alt. (1500 kb)
R3-Intel Download / alt. (1500 kb)

Description:

Inform is a compiler for interactive fiction games, which are also 
commonly known as "text adventures".  If you were around computers in 
the late-1970s to mid-1980s, you heard of such institutions as Scott 
Adams, Infocom, Zork, Advent, Dungeon, and Planetfall.

Inform lets you create and explore your own text adventure worlds.

Inform is a C-like language, strongly (but not rigidly) object-
oriented, and comes with a rich library that includes prototypes for 
rooms, containers, lights, vehicles, money, timers, inventory, score, 
and much more, which can be extensively customized.  Inform's built-
in parser can be modified to understand most latin-based languages.

This package contains inform, its source code, complete documentation 
in HTML and ASCII, as well as several sample games including the 
original Colossal Cave Adventure by Crowther and Woods.  The BeOS 
port of frotz is included so that you can play your games, although 
your object code can really be played on any platform.

People interested in text adventures in general should visit 
rec.games.int-fiction.  People interested in writing their own would 
like to visit rec.arts.int-fiction.  My web site at http://
www.truespectra.com/~svanegmo/ includes a wide range of materials on 
writing and playing interactive fiction.

This one package contains installations for PowerPC and Intel.

Mirror Download Sites:

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Japan Mirror #1 PPC PPC

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UK Mirror PPC PPC

US Mirror #1 (UIUC) PPC PPC

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