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Wednesday, November 20, 2024

IFWiki is an encyclopedia of interactive fiction, including IF history, theory, craft, tools, and people. IFWiki serves as both a historical record of community knowledge and a guide to resources for playing and creating interactive fiction.

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  • 9 Jun 2024: Each month we send a report about the wiki to the IFTF Board. You can help write it by going to: IFWiki reports to the IFTF Board.
  • 2 Feb 2024: We added a Dark Mode toggle to the wiki. Just click on the "Dark mode" link in the Navigation menu (log in to see it).
  • 2 Feb 2024: Automatic formatting of code is now possible on the wiki. Just use the <syntaxhighlight> tag to enclose code. See the extension's page on the MediaWiki website for full details.

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Interpreter

An interpreter (or terp, for short) is an application program ("app") which reads a story file and presents the game contained inside that file to the player.

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