Tim Hardy

Inform 7 has been released, a new version of the langugage used to write Infocom-style text-based adventure games (am I showing my age?). Whereas Inform 6 resembled an OO language, version 7 resembles structured English.

In place of traditional computer programming, the design is built by writing natural English-language sentences:

1. Martha is a woman in the Vineyard.
2. The cask is either customs sealed, liable to tax or stolen goods.
3. The prevailing wind is a direction that varies.
4. The Old Ice House overlooks the Garden.
5. A container is bursting if the total weight of things in it is greater than its breaking strain.

Although the exams are over, I still have my project to complete so I probably won’t touch this for a few months but I’m looking forward to exploring it.

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