Abbreviations

A list of some abbreviations used in articles about interactive fiction:

• AAS = Advanced Authoring System
• ADRIFT =
• AGT = Adventure Game Toolkit
• AIF = Adult Interactive Fiction
• AMFV = A Mind Forever Voyaging
• BTZ = Better Than Zork
• C.A.T. = Creative Adventure Toolkit
• CRPG = Computer Role-Playing Game
• CYOA = Choose Your Own Adventure
• DM4 = Inform Design Manual version 4
• GAGS = Generic Adventure Game System
• IF = Interactive Fiction
• IFML = Interactive Fiction Markup Language
• JACL = JACL Adventure Creation Language
• LGOP = Leather Goddesses of Phobos
• M.A.C. =
• MDL = MIT Design Language
• MUD = Multi-User Dungeon
• NPC = Non-Player Character
• PC = Player Character
• r*if = refers to both rec.arts.int-fiction and rec.games.int-fiction.
• raif = rec.arts.int-fiction
• rgif = rec.games.int-fiction
• RPG = Role-Playing Game
• SPAG = Society for the Promotion of Adventure Games
• SUDS =
• TADS = Text Adventure Development System
• T.A.G. = Text-Adventure-Generator
• ZIL = Zork Implementation Language

Abbreviations understood by most modern interpreters of interactive fiction:

• D = down
• E = east
• G = again
• I = inventory
• L = look
• N = north
• NE = northeast
• NW = northwest
• O = oops
• Q = quit
• S = south
• SE = southeast
• SW = southwest
• U = up
• W = west
• X = examine
• Y = yes
• Z = wait

Uncommonly understood abbreviations:

• A = ask about
• T = talk to