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cool, any inform6 heads here?
we should collaboratively make a leftypol IF game. We can coordinate over IRC/Matrix.

>>24220
>any inform6 heads here?
As far as I'm concerned, I never used Inform6. Only IF making software I used so far was Quest 5, and it was only a few little projects I made for fun in my spare time. It did teach me a bit about programming though. I would love to learn more about game design and stuff with IF, however ^^
>we should collaboratively make a leftypol IF game
I think that's a great idea! I would love to give a hand if I have some free time, but I don't think I have enough skill to do so. Although, it could be a good opportunity to learn more.

>>24231
> I don't think I have enough skill to do so
when it comes to IF, the story is more important than the code. If you have an idea, you can sketch out a transcript (or a playthrough if you will) and we can write code around that.

What’s an IF

>>24260
Interactive fiction. Like a choose-your-own-adventure book, but in digital form with way more options of interaction.

>>24261
Thanks for the answer

I've been wanting to get into making IF using Twine, but this is the first time I've ever heard of Inform. It looks very interesting, but I'm curious what makes it more appealing than Twine? And why anons in this thread specifically reference Inform6 when Inform7 exists? Does it have benefits over the newer version? Thanks in advance

>>26413
>anons in this thread specifically reference Inform6 when Inform7 exists
Inform7 is a macro-language on top of inform6. I know of some projects done in inform7 that experienced significant drops in performance each time they had major updates. You would want to avoid that.

>>26413
yeah, there are reasons to choose inform 6. Programming languages with a natural language syntax don't sit well with me because I find it a bit verbose. But that's purely subjective.
On the plus side, Inform7 adds some nice libraries and an IDE, and performance shouldn't be too big of an issue these days. Go for I7 if that appeals to you. Twine is also good.