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We've compiled a list of 9 free and paid alternatives to Inform. The primary competitors include ChoiceScript, Inklewriter. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between Inform and Spatterlight, ADRIFT, Dedalus. Also you can look at other similar options here: Development Tools.


ChoiceScript
Free Open Source

ChoiceScript is a simple programming language for writing multiple-choice games (MCGs) like Choice...

Inklewriter is a free tool by inkle, designed to allow anyone to write and publish interactive...

Spatterlight
Free Open Source

Spatterlight is a native Cocoa application which plays most kinds of interactive fiction game files.

ADRIFT Developer is a Windows application that allows you to create complex interactive fiction...

Dedalus
Free Open Source

Dedalus is an authoring system for generating Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) narrative.

Quest lets you create sophisticated text-based games, without having to program.

TADS 3 is a robust, modern programming environment specially designed for creating Interactive...

Undum is a game framework for building a sophisticated form of hypertext interactive fiction.

Squiffy is a tool for creating multiple choice interactive fiction.

Inform is a design system for interactive fiction based on natural language.

Inform Platforms

tick-square Linux
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Inform Overview

Inform is a design system for interactive fiction based on natural language. It is a radical reinvention of the way interactive fiction is designed, guided by contemporary work in semantics and by the practical experience of some of the world's best-known writers of IF.

Inform Features

tick-square Natural Language Processing
tick-square No coding required
tick-square IDE

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interactive-fiction-maker text-adventure-maker text-adventure interactive-fiction programming

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