Greebo wrote:Thanks for the mention of Inform 7. A little research shows that the Inform 7 integrated development environment (IDE) is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows and Linux, and there are interpreters for all three platforms.
(Taken from my
AIF FAQ)
Inform is one of the oldest (or most mature, if you prefer) authoring systems. Inform 7 went into open beta in 2006, succeeding Inform 6 (although Inform 7 games are still compiled into Inform 6 code). It's the most popular authoring system in the mainstream interactive fiction community, and there are also a few gurus at the aifarchive Yahoo group.
Inform 7's major selling point is that it uses natural language (or something close to it) rather than code for programming. That means that Inform 7 source code is much less intimidating for non-programmers. Another point to consider if you're not using Windows, is that Inform 7 has fully functional Mac and Linux versions.
http://inform7.com/