Inform

Inform
Original author(s)Graham Nelson
Developer(s)Graham Nelson
Stable release
10.1.1 / August 21, 2022 (2022-08-21)[1]
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, others
TypeInteractive fiction development and play
LicenseArtistic 2.0[2]
Websitehttps://ganelson.github.io/inform-website/

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).[3] Over the following decade, version 6 became reasonably stable and a popular language for writing interactive fiction. In 2006, Nelson released Inform 7 (briefly known as Natural Inform), a completely new language based on principles of natural language and a new set of tools based around a book-publishing metaphor.

  1. ^ "Release notes for Inform v10.1.0 and v10.1.1". github.com. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  2. ^ "Inform 7 v10.1.0 is now open-source". April 28, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  3. ^ "The SPAG Interview: Graham Nelson and Emily Short on Inform 7". SPAG #44. The Society for the Promotion of Adventure Games. April 30, 2006. Retrieved November 7, 2015.

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