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Inform

Inform is a design system for interactive fiction, enabling authors to create text-based adventure games and stories. It provides a high-level programming language and development environment to define game mechanics, narrative structures, and player interactions.

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About Inform

Inform was created in 1993 by Graham Nelson. It was developed to enable the creation of interactive fiction, specifically for generating stories compatible with the Z-machine virtual machine used by Infocom games. Inform evolved over time, becoming a comprehensive tool for writing and designing text-based adventures.

Inform's strengths include its powerful natural language-like syntax, extensive library for interactive fiction, and strong community support. Weaknesses involve a steep learning curve for beginners and limited graphical capabilities. Competitors include Twine, TADS, and ChoiceScript.

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An Inform expert must have proficiency in the Inform programming language, strong understanding of interactive fiction design principles, and experience with the Z-machine virtual machine. They should also be skilled in narrative scripting, debugging complex story logic, and using the Inform 7 IDE effectively.

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