> but many have told me later that they really like coding an IF game using Inform 7 once
TIL a programming language purpose built for text adventure games, Is there any example of a famous game written using it with source? I wonder whether inform is specifically useful where there's meta programming within the game.
Also, You seem to take extra care and effort in teaching your students and I appreciate it.
> Is there any example of a famous game written using it with source?
Here's a page of links to Inform source for a number of games including Zork. Obviously it's a rewrite of Zork using Inform as Infocom predate Inform by many years.
TIL a programming language purpose built for text adventure games, Is there any example of a famous game written using it with source? I wonder whether inform is specifically useful where there's meta programming within the game.
Also, You seem to take extra care and effort in teaching your students and I appreciate it.
Edit: It seems like there are several inform 7 games at itch.io - https://itch.io/games/tag-inform-7 .
Bonus: While searching about how the games are published on web, I found the following snippet -
Apparently that creates a web page and encodes the game as a Parchment (Javascript) file!