INSTEAD
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| INSTEAD | |
|---|---|
| Authoring system | |
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| Links | Home page Download Run online |
| Developer | Peter Kosyh |
| Format | Other |
| Interaction style | Parser, Choice, Parser-choice hybrid |
| Systems | Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Other |
| System details | Haiku, OpenBSD, FreeBSD |
| Latest version | 3.5.1 / 1 Sep 2023 |
| Status | Stable |
| Multimedia support | graphics, sound |
| License | MIT |
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INSTEAD — an INterpreter of Simple TExt ADventure, created by Peter Kosyh in 2009 and now one of the actively developing engines in Russia. Games are written in the programming language Lua.
Games in English
- Am I a monster?
- Backup
- Constellation
- Crash Dive!
- ESCAPE OF THE CAT
- Escape The Toilet Pack: A Triple Flush
- I.A.G. Alpha by Serhii Mozhaiskyi (Best Game in the Nomination XYZZY "Awards Best use of innovation" 2018)
- Kayleth
- Mainland
- Miner Bold
- Project B
- Return of Red Hood
- Returning of the quantum cat (file "instead-cat_en"). Incomplete translation and old version.
- SCRUMBLE SLUG
- Starfighter
- The Archive
- The Maze of The Death
- Шарики INSTEAD
- A small tutorial is included in the package program.
Publishing online
The engine itself is purely offline but there are several community conversions.
excelenter's Haxe solution compiles into a Flash game, epoxa's gives you a server-side game, or there is an Emscripten approach for a regular downloadable JavaScript game page, though note that it's not the best utilising the browser capabilities and may have some performance issues.
Links
| Authoring systems | |
|---|---|
| By style | Parser • Choice • Parser-choice hybrid |
| By system | Browser • Android • iOS • Linux • macOS • Windows |
| Browse | Stable authoring systems • Search form • Drilldown |
| Other software | Interpreters • Utilities |