Inform 7

I had some internet connectivity issues and while I was getting them straightened out, I started looking at Inform 7.

It turns out, I didn’t need to hunt down a separate copy of Inform 6 to create my .Z5 game files.  Inform 7 uses Inform 6 to create its game files.

I have been completely sidetracked by Inform 7, which only very distantly relates to the Apple II. It lets me build game files which can be run using the Inform interpreters for the Apple //gs.

I will say that it is and amazing programming environment.  With just a few paragraphs Inform 7 expands what you write into a game environment.  For example:

Northern Area is a room.  Northern Area is north of Southern Area.

creates an extremely simple two room adventure, which include two rooms, Northern Area and Southern Area, links then with north and south exits, creates a map of the rooms and lists all the rooms and objects involved.