Background:
There have been a few ports here of interpreters for playing Interactive Fiction games of the z-code type:
Such games can now be created directly on the Kindles! Inform is a command line compiler to create such z-code games.
Original Author: Graham Nelson (1993)
Source:
Version: 6.31
Website: http://inform-fiction.org/
Compatibility: Should work on all jailbroken kindles from Kindle Touch onwards.
Tested ok on: pw1, pw3, kt3
Requires:- jailbroken kindle
- KUAL
- kterm terminal emulator.
- frotz interpreter (see the 1st link above), for running the compiled z-code games. This is included in the package here.
Installation and usage:- Extract zip into /mnt/us/extensions/.
- Select inform6 from the KUAL menu. This opens kterm in the folder /mnt/us/extensions/inform6/.
- Create your own inform story file(a normal text file) with .inf extension and save in the inform6/src/ folder. You can use a command line editor like vi or nano. For help on creating story files, syntax, etc., see links below.
- Compile by running script: ./inf.sh <story file name> from the inform6/ folder. The compiled z-code file with .z5 extension is created in the inform6/ folder.
- Run the compiled z-code game with the script ./frz.sh <story file name>.z5. In the game, type q to quit and return to kterm.
Sample game source files:
There are several sample source files in the src/ folder. Try compiling and running them. Example: ./inf.sh advent. This creates the game file of the original adventure by Crowther and Woods.
Documentation:
Some readmes are in the doc/ folder.
Further reading: