Lectrote

Lectrote
Interpreter
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Links	Home page Download
Developer	Andrew Plotkin
Formats	ADRIFT 4, Glulx, Hugo, Ink JSON, TADS 2, TADS 3, Z-code
Interaction style
Systems	Windows, macOS, Linux
System details
Latest version	1.5.2 / 3 Dec 2024
Status	Stable
Uses interpreter	Emglken, Quixe, Ifvms.js, inkjs
Multimedia support	Color, Graphics (No TADS multimedia support)
License	Mostly MIT, some interpreters BSD, GPL-2.0
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Lectrote, an interpreter app by Andrew Plotkin, allows players to play Adrift 4, Glulx, Hugo, TADS, and Z-machine works, as well as ink works that have been compiled to .json format. Lectrote is based on the Quixe interpreter and packaged with Electron. There are release packages for Linux, MacOS and Windows available.

You can also use this package to construct a "bound game". This is a package containing Chromium, the interpreter, your game file, and perhaps some additional configuration. You can distribute this as a standalone game application. Packaging requires Linux, for discussion on how to make this work on Windows, see trying to make standalone game w/ Lectrote - Sep 14, 2017

Links

• Lectrote at github.com.
• Introducing Lectrote, an interpreter - January 26, 2016.
• Intfiction forum threads:
  • Lectrote beta release 0.1.0 - January 26, 2016.
  • Lectrote 1.0 - April 29, 2016.
  • Lectrote 1.1.0, now with Ink support - July 11, 2016.
  • Lectrote 1.1.3, now with Z-machine support - October 1, 2016.
  • Lectrote 1.2.0 - December 29, 2016.
  • Lectrote 1.2.4 now supports Hugo - April 1, 2017.