Hello, Informers!

Welcome to the Inform Programming pages. Inform is a free compiler for adventure games, written by Graham Nelson, and if you haven't met it before you should read this introduction. If you're accessing this from the United States, try the US mirror.

Last update: 14^th October 1996 - what's new?

The Inform Programming pages are split into four sections:

Gameplay

For adventure game players: how to play Inform games, news, information and files.

Criticism

Reviews of Inform and other new-generation adventures.

Writing

Analysis of effective adventure writing.

Codeface

The coding of Inform adventure games: example code, utilities and library files.

There are also links to other Interactive Fiction pages.