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An interactive fiction programming language, created by Graham Nelson in 1993 and now one of the most popular popular IF development systems (along with TADS and Hugo). Inform is particularly notable in that it compiles to code for the Z-machine, the same virtual machine used by Infocom. More recent versions of the Inform compiler optionally produce code for the more powerful and flexible virtual machine Glulx.

Inform is portable across many hardware platforms. Interpreters for z-code exist for nearly every computer system ever designed and Glulx interpreters exist for most major operating systems currently in use.

Although Inform is not an easy language to learn, its binaries are widely supported, and many code libraries are freely available on the Internet. Inform is well served by two valuable manuals, the Inform Designer's Manual (often called "the DM4") and the Inform Beginner's Guide. (See: http://www.inform-fiction.org/manual/index.html)

Summary of Inform Variations

Z-code
Glulx
Platypus
Onyx Ring
InformATE
MInform
Triform - alternate Inform library (still in beta as of January 2005).

Tips and Tutorials

FAQ and Troubleshooting by Emily Short. On developing Inform games, both for the Z-machine and Glulx.
See also: Category:Inform Tutorial.

News

Informary by Roger Firth. Latest news and developments concerning all aspects of Inform.

Links

Official Website

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 ==Tips and Tutorials==
 * [http://emshort.home.mindspring.com/trouble.htm FAQ and Troubleshooting] by [[Emily Short]]. On developing Inform games, both for the [[Z-machine]] and [[Glulx]].
-* [[House Tutorial in Inform]]
+* See also: [[:Category:Inform Tutorial]].
 ==News==