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Inform

Inform is a programming language and design system for interactive fiction originally created in 1993 by Graham Nelson. Inform can generate programs designed for the Z-code or Glulx virtual machines. Versions 1 through 5 were released between 1993 and 1996. Around 1996, Nelson rewrote Inform from first principles to create version 6 (or Inform 6). Over…

Inform 6, Inform 7 & Z-Machine and Glulx

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Developer
Graham Nelson
License
Artistic 2.0
Operating system
Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, others
Original author
Graham Nelson
Stable release
10.1.2 / August 31, 2022 (2022-08-31)
Type
Interactive fiction development and play

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Z-Machine and Glulx

Inform 6

Inform 7

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Inform

Nodes65
Edges64
Triples173
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.030769
Components1

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Inform

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related to Notable games developed in Inform 6 or earlier versions · 34
Inform → Activision, Adam Cadre, Anchorhead, Best Game, Considered, Curses, Daniel Ravipinto, Emily Short, Foster, Galatea, Gentry, Gerry Kevin Wilson, Given, Graham Nelson, Grand Inquisitor, Infocom's, Interactive Fiction Competition, It, Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, Marc Blank
related to Further reading · 21
Inform → An, Emily Short, Graham Nelson, Graham Nelson's Inform Designer's, Inform's, Interactive Fiction, ISBN, It, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Manual, Natural Language, Roger Firth, Semantic Analysis, Sonja Kesserich, The, The Inform Beginner's Guide, The SPAG Interview, This
related to Inform 7 IDE · 21
Inform → Andrew Hunter, Books, Chapters, Comments, David Kinder, GNOME Inform, Headings, IDE, It, Like, Linux, Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, Parts, Philip Chimento, Sections, The Inform, The Linux IDE, The Mac OS, The Microsoft Windows IDE
related to Inform 7 · 15
Inform → As, Blorb, GitHub, Glulx, Graham Nelson, IDE, Linux, Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, On April, Since April, The, The Inform, The Standard Rules, Z-code
related to Notable games written in Inform 7 · 14
Inform → April, Bronze, Damnatio Memoriae, Emily Short, Graham Nelson's The Reliques, It, March, Mystery House Possessed, Mystery House Taken Over, On March, Savoir-Faire, Short, Tolti-Aph, When
related to External links · 11
Inform → Cloak, Darkness, FAQ Archived October, Guncho, Inform Archived August, MUD-like, Official, Playfic, Roger Firth's IF Pages, The Interactive Fiction Archive, Wayback Machine
related to The Inform 6 programming language · 11
Inform → All, Because, However, In, Interactive, Later, Object, Objects, Since, The Inform, Typically
related to Example game · 8
Inform → Blank, Hello Deductible, Here, It, Statements, The, The Inform, The Standard Rules
related to Z-Machine and Glulx · 8
Inform → Because, Glulx, Infocom, Originally Inform, The Inform, The Z-machine, Z-code, Z-machine
related to Inform 6 library · 7
Inform → InformATE, Platypus, Some, Spanish, The Inform, There, Zork

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interactive fiction game language ide code objects compiler nelson library programming source glulx version also graham z-machine released z-code games

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
InformDeveloperGraham Nelson1.00infobox
InformLicenseArtistic 2.01.00infobox
InformOperating systemMicrosoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, others1.00infobox
InformOriginal authorGraham Nelson1.00infobox
InformStable release10.1.2 / August 31, 2022 (2022-08-31)1.00infobox
InformTypeInteractive fiction development and play1.00infobox
InformWebsitehttps://ganelson.github.io/inform-website/1.00infobox
Informis aprogramming language and design system for interactive fiction originally created in 1993 by Graham Nelson0.90text
Informrelated to Example gameHere0.60section
Informrelated to Example gameThe Inform0.60section
Informrelated to Example gameStatements0.60section
Informrelated to Example gameBlank0.60section

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