Squiffy

Squiffy
Authoring system
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Links	Home page Download Run online
Developer	Alex Warren
Format	HTML
Interaction style	Choice
Systems	Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux
System details
Latest version	5.1.3 / 25 Mar 2019
Status	Stable
Implements
Uses
Multimedia support	Colour, graphics, sound: possible.
License	MIT
Notes	Released: 2014.
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Squiffy, created by Alex Warren, is an open-source tool for authoring hyperlink interactive fiction. Works may be created in a dedicated Squiffy editor (online or downloaded) or in a text file. Authors write stories using Markdown, and Squiffy compiles the source to generate HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. A work in Squiffy may have two types of pages: "passages", which let players interact with the current scene, and "sections," which move to the next scene in the story.

Squiffy was first released on July 26, 2014.

Links

Author Resources

• Squiffy documentation and download links at textadventures.co.uk.
• Squiffy online editor at textadventures.co.uk.
• Squiffy forum at textadventures.co.uk.
• Squiffy compiler source at Github.
• Squiffy editor source at Github.

Reviews

• Markers and highlighters: a gamedev metaphor - article comparing Undum, Ramus, and Squiffy.

Development History

• Squiffy development roadmap at textadventures.co.uk.
• Squiffy 1.0 at textadventures.co.uk - July 27, 2014.
• Squiffy 2.0 at textadventures.co.uk - October 11, 2014.
• Squiffy 3 - a new web-based editor for interactive fiction at textadventures.co.uk - April 25, 2015.
• Squiffy 4 - interactive fiction editor for Windows, OS X and Linux at textadventures.co.uk - July 11, 2015.
• Squiffy 5 - an improved editing experience at textadventures.co.uk - November 14, 2015.