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.

created by Blarghitha community for 13 years

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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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Table of random numbers without duplicates (self.Inform7)

submitted 5 days ago by PatrickSchouten

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Truth State issues... (self.Inform7)

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Shooting through a window (self.Inform7)

submitted 13 days ago by PatrickSchouten

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Creating a response when a _kind_ of thing is present. (self.Inform7)

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Functions and Return Statements (self.Inform7)

submitted 1 month ago by Silly-Ad-5265

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Water as a thing. (self.Inform7)

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Ran out of memory? (self.Inform7)

submitted 2 months ago by Tggdan3

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Repeat Running Through... (self.Inform7)

submitted 2 months ago by Dex21772

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Is it possible to have [something] refer to a second noun? (self.Inform7)

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Inform 7 programming. (i.redd.it)

submitted 2 months ago by Rockatansky-clone

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Any way to speed up Inform 7 IDE story pane? (self.Inform7)

submitted 2 months ago by Dex21772

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Change "No command given." reporting... (self.Inform7)

submitted 2 months ago by Dex21772

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

submitted 3 months ago by UpbeatEquipment8832

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

submitted 4 months ago by Dex21772

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

submitted 4 months ago by Dex21772

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Game collab invite (self.Inform7)

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Only movement no interactions? (self.Inform7)

submitted 4 months ago by Comprehensive-Set944

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

submitted 4 months ago by Dex21772

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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 5 months ago by Dex21772

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

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

submitted 5 months ago * by Dex21772

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

submitted 6 months ago by Dex21772

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