InteractiveFiction

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Interactive Fiction (IF) in Ubuntu

Contents

  1. Packages for Ubuntu
  2. (Semi-) Related Projects on Launchpad
  3. Programming for Interactive Fiction
    1. Python
  4. IF Resources

Packages for Ubuntu

  • Gargoyle: an IF player where text is treated as art. Gargoyle is in Ubuntu universe.

  • Inform7: though not in Ubuntu, it runs on Maverick (packaged for Ubuntu). Currently doesn't run on Natty.

  • Myriad-Worlds: a Python IF experiment, based on Paul McGuire's PyParsing adventure engine example.

  • Isotope/Isomyr: projects that support basic text adventuring with isometric views.

Programming for Interactive Fiction

Python

Brian Wisti has put together a set of tutorials for Python beginners, using Interactive Fiction as the learning context:

  1. Interactive Fiction with Python

  2. Handling a Single Round

  3. Tying the Scenes Together

  4. Handling Multiple Turns

Paul McGuire made an example adventure game using PyParsing. It is now included in the examples which you can download from SF (link is on the project page). You can download Paul's PyCon 2006 presentation ("An Interactive Adventure Game Engine Built Using Pyparsing") here.

Python Universe Builder (PUB) is an Interactive Fiction module for Python. It provides a programming environment similar to that of Inform or TADS but runs under any Python interpreter.

IF Resources