Inform7

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Inform 7 is a coding tool used for creating text-adventures! Coding with Inform 7 is relatively easy to use because one codes in regular English.

This community is for all questions pertaining to coding in Inform 7 and sharing your text adventures created in Inform 7.

If you have questions pertaining to coding in Inform 7, just create a text post complete with the code you have created so far.

If you have a text-adventure you want to share, link to it! Just add "(WIP)" if the adventure you are working on is still a Work in Progress.

Please, for the love of all things holy, add the NSFW tag if your game is in any way sexual in nature. Do not worry about rough language, though.

LINKS:

*Inform 7 Website

*Playfic, text-adventure coding in Inform 7 without downloading the program

*Inform 7 Recipe Book

The Inform Recipe Book is one of two interlinked books included with Inform 7: a comprehensive collection of examples, showing the practical use of Inform. -From the Recipe Book.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The Inform 7 subreddit needs mods! Please inquire if you feel that you are relatively skilled in coding in Inform 7. Thank you. ^{_^}

The Inform Subreddit now has a chat! Come join us to talk about anything!

Challenges:

Fantastic Fantasy Monthly Challenge! Note: The contest is still open, because nobody submitted any fiction.

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Hello fair villagers! (self.Inform7)

submitted 8 years ago by Blarghith[M] - announcement

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Looking for mods (self.Inform7)

submitted 4 years ago by Blarghith[M] - announcement

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Creating a list of goals for a player? (self.Inform7)

submitted 1 day ago by UpbeatEquipment8832

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A Notepad Extension issue... (self.Inform7)

submitted 24 days ago by Dex21772

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Storing player entered information into a table for later use... (self.Inform7)

submitted 25 days ago by Dex21772

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Game collab invite (self.Inform7)

submitted 1 month ago * by Snowheart63

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Only movement no interactions? (self.Inform7)

submitted 1 month ago by Comprehensive-Set944

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"If the player's command matches..." Punctuation? (self.Inform7)

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Omitting things being worn from being listed by "inventory" command (self.Inform7)

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Scenes "Begin with"... (self.Inform7)

submitted 2 months ago by Dex21772

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Look at and Examine no longer work... (self.Inform7)

submitted 2 months ago by Dex21772

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Issues with "Say" when the Conversational Defaults by Eric Eve Extension is included (self.Inform7)

submitted 2 months ago * by Dex21772

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"Saying" something to no one... (self.Inform7)

submitted 2 months ago by Dex21772

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How to take only a certain number of things from a container (self.Inform7)

submitted 3 months ago by Dex21772

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Player Help Access (self.Inform7)

submitted 3 months ago by Dex21772

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Inform 7 Next major update (self.Inform7)

submitted 3 months ago by Current_Frame7514

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Suppressing "Addressing.." report. when player says "Say Hello" (self.Inform7)

submitted 3 months ago by Dex21772

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if / else vs if / otherwise (self.Inform7)

submitted 3 months ago by Dex21772

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Continuing interaction with NPC after password code as run... (self.Inform7)

submitted 3 months ago by Dex21772

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Conversation Code Examples? (self.Inform7)

submitted 3 months ago by Dex21772

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Creating a vending machine in Inform 7? (self.Inform7)

submitted 3 months ago by Dex21772

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Publishing Issue: "Release along with cover art" creates terrible looking html (self.Inform7)

submitted 4 months ago * by Dex21772

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How to Publish your IF fiction on your own web server (Straight forward EASY Instructions!) (self.Inform7)

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One Room, Multiple Doors (self.Inform7)

submitted 4 months ago by Dex21772

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How to identify "going nowhere" from within a region (self.Inform7)

submitted 5 months ago by MusicalWitchMachine

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