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Re:First Infocom Z-machine implemented in hardware by techtalsky on Sunday November 30, 2014 @05:58PM (#8678550)
You know, I love inform 7 and was incredibly inspired when I first saw it and played with it. I DID try to create a simple game but was stymied by the documentation. There's a tutorial with the most basic game, and then there's in-depth documentation. There's not a lot of in-between. Syntax examples of how to do a handful of common things would have been wonderful.
Re:First Infocom Z-machine implemented in hardware by AgentIcarus on Sunday November 30, 2014 @06:36PM (#8678688)
I can recommend the book "Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform 7" - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Creating-Interactive-Fiction-Inform-... - it walks through the process of creating a quite complex game and has some useful recipes and examples.
Re:First Infocom Z-machine implemented in hardware by yzzxy on Sunday November 30, 2014 @06:18PM (#8678629)
I've had the exact same experience. Sometime I need to get around to reading source for a bunch of Inform games to get how larger programs are structured.