Article: Inform 7 is a popular and powerful tool for creating text games, more often called interactive fiction. Its programming language is designed to look like simple English sentences, while still allowing full functionality. Inform 7 is free and available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Adrift is another popular, easy to use interactive fiction language and compiler. Because it relies on a graphical interface instead of coding, it may be the easiest tool for a non-programmer to use. Adrift is free and available for Windows only, although games created with it can be played on any operating system or in a browser. If you'd rather approach text game creation as a coding project, TADS 3 may be the most comprehensive software of this type. It will be especially easy to pick up if you are familiar with C++ and/or Javascript. TADS 3 is free and available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The Windows version (only) of TADS 3 comes with a "Workbench" addition that makes it much more accessible to non-programmers, and more convenient to use in general. Programmers may be interested in this in-depth comparison between Inform 7 and TADS 3. The tools above are by far the most popular, but there are several others that have strong followings in the interactive fiction community. If none of the tools above interest you or you want to explore more options, try these next: Hugo ALAN You can jump in and get started without any downloads using one of the following tools: Quest (more similar to the IF tools above) Twine (easy to use visual editor) StoryNexus (the player clicks options instead of guessing what to type; StoryNexus hosts your game online)
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Try Inform 7. Use Adrift for easy game creation on Windows. Consider TADS 3 if you know some programming. Explore other mainstream options. Try a browser-based option.