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Inform / Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3) Development Environment

License

Please see the individual components' websites, as they are separately licensed. The Inform / Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3) Development Environment consists of:

BBC Micro Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3) Interpreter by Jon Welch
BeebEm for Windows maintained by Mike Wyatt
Inform 6.15 by Graham Nelson

Getting Started

Download the development environment archive below.
Unzip the archive to a folder on your computer.
Use your preferred text editor (or an IF Editor) to view the source code of the sample v3 Inform 6.15 game, MyGame1.inf.
At a command prompt, run the sample batch file MyGame1.bat to automatically compile the Inform 6.15 source code, wrap it into a BBC Micro disk image and run the emulator & Z-Machine Interpreter with the resulting v3 Z-code file.

Now you can start building your own game! You can make a start by reading the Inform Beginner's Guide, as well as the Inform Designer's Manual 3rd and 4th edition which are supplied in the docs folder. Roger Firth's Inform 6: FAQ also contains lots of useful information.

For support developing your game with the Inform 6.15 language, the community at rec.arts.int-fiction should be your first port of call. If you're having difficulty or have found any issues with the BeebEm emulator, the BBC Micro Z-Machine Interpreter or any other part of the Inform / Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3) Development Environment, post to the Retro Software forum:

Discuss Inform / Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3) Development Environment

Downloads

Inform / Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3) Development Environment - Windows
First release.
http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/informz3devenv.zip

Featured Projects

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Change Log

First release

Retrieved from "http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/wiki/index.php/BBC_Micro_Z-Machine_Interpreter_informz3"

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 [[BBC Micro Z-Machine Interpreter|BBC Micro Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3) Interpreter]] by Jon Welch<br>
 [http://www.mikebuk.dsl.pipex.com/beebem/ BeebEm for Windows] maintained by Mike Wyatt<br>
-[http://www.inform-fiction.org/ Inform] by Graham Nelson<br>
+[http://www.inform-fiction.org/ Inform] 6.15 by Graham Nelson<br>
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 * Download the development environment archive below.
 * Unzip the archive to a folder on your computer.
-* Use your preferred text editor (or [http://www.firthworks.com/roger/editors/index.html an IF Editor]) to view the source code of the sample v3 Inform game, <code>MyGame1.inf</code>.
+* Use your preferred text editor (or [http://www.firthworks.com/roger/editors/index.html an IF Editor]) to view the source code of the sample v3 Inform 6.15 game, <code>MyGame1.inf</code>.
-* At a command prompt, run the sample batch file <code>MyGame1.bat</code> to automatically compile the Inform source code, wrap it into a BBC Micro disk image and run the emulator and Z-Machine Interpreter with the resulting v3 Z-code file.
+* At a command prompt, run the sample batch file <code>MyGame1.bat</code> to automatically compile the Inform 6.15 source code, wrap it into a BBC Micro disk image and run the emulator & Z-Machine Interpreter with the resulting v3 Z-code file.
 Now you can start building your own game!  You can make a start by reading the ''Inform Beginner's Guide'', as well as the ''Inform Designer's Manual'' 3rd and 4th edition which are supplied in the docs folder.  Roger Firth's [http://www.firthworks.com/roger/informfaq/index.html Inform 6: FAQ] also contains lots of useful information.
-For support developing your game with the ''Inform'' language, the community at [nntp://rec.arts.int-fiction/ rec.arts.int-fiction] should be your first port of call.  If you're having difficulty or have found any issues with the ''BeebEm'' emulator, the ''BBC Micro Z-Machine Interpreter'' or any other part of the ''Inform / Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3) Development Environment'', post to the ''Retro Software'' forum:
+For support developing your game with the ''Inform 6.15'' language, the community at [nntp://rec.arts.int-fiction/ rec.arts.int-fiction] should be your first port of call.  If you're having difficulty or have found any issues with the ''BeebEm'' emulator, the ''BBC Micro Z-Machine Interpreter'' or any other part of the ''Inform / Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3) Development Environment'', post to the ''Retro Software'' forum:
 [http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=30 Discuss Inform / Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3) Development Environment]

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