How To Make Rooms

The very first thing you will need to know is that inside and also outside are all classed as rooms. Wherever the location is is is a room. The room in which the player starts in coded slightly different than other rooms which are connected, to it. Sort of like a spider's web.

To create you first room, (the one where the player starts at) do the following

The Lounge is a room.

Simple, but to add description you must do this, (descriptions of the room must be put between speech marks " ".

The Lounge is a room. "You are standing in the middle of the lounge, Nobody is in the room with you only the sound of the TV floods your ears. To the east is The Kitchen."

Now to learn about directions. Other rooms must be connected to the one made in the beginning.

North, east, south, west, in, out, down, up, southwest, northwest, southeast, northeast

These are all the possibilities and connections you can make for any rooms, or places.

To add a room connected to the starting room, do the following. Remember to add the exits in the description of your rooms.

The Kitchen is east of The Lounge. "Full of cooking equipment, the smell of freshly baked bread wafts around you. To the west is The Lounge."

You do the same with rooms connected to any other rooms, only the room the player starts in is different.

Have any questions, just post a comment, anyone can comment. And it will be answered in the comment section ASAP.

How To Start A Text Adventure With Inform 7

Hello again. You may be wondering, how do I start my text adventure. Trust me, many people find this very hard. You can start the game in many different ways, which are all unique and can be edited to suit you. You can start the game, displaying a message or even do nothing at all.

All the details added to your game, the better the end result will be, it also minimizes the need to find out about the game, as the displayed message will more than likely tell the player about it, and what's happened before.

Before You Start To Read Below Remember

1. Punctuation is key, remember to add it.

2. The text you want to display, also known and the description goes between speech marks " ".


To display a message do the following

When play begins:
say "It is 1966 and England has just won the world title in the world cup. England is cheering and everyone celebrates, but where you live, the earth is still. You investigate."

If you don't want to display a message then just leave it clear.

This is Just An Example

Top 5 Interactive Fiction Games

Hello there again. In this post we will be discussing the top 5 text adventure games of 2013. Every year there will be a top 5 list of text adventures that you can try out and see what you think. Hope you like them all. Note: these are listed in my opinion of playing them.

1. Bronze by Emily Short

You are a young woman returning to the castle of the beasts after your short trip to your sister's house. The game asks you whether you have played interactive fiction games before, if not you will be automatically placed on novice mode, if so you will be playing on a more difficult mode of game play.

2. Blue Lacuna by Aaron A. Reed

This is truly a very large novel based game, with many npc characters to anger or befriend. As you progress through the game you encounter new worlds and places. You may have played text adventures before, but you have not played one this detailed.

3. Dragon by Craig Dutton

This is the most hardest and mind boggling text adventure I have ever came across. You should think of cracking its many puzzles.

4. Zork by Infocom

You can't beat the classics, Zork was one of the first text adventures to be made, it is over two decades old. Don't forget the older ones.

5. Island Of The Magi by Craig Dutton

Can you discover the truth about the island of the magi. Island of the magi tests you to see what ability you have, and tests you to the limit. Can you complete the game?

How To Get Started With Inform 7

Before you can start making your game you are going to need the program to put your code and run the game. Note: When I say ' Code ' it's not all the mumble jumble, < or >. Its pure English language.

This is why I like Inform 7. It is quite difficult to use so this is why I run the Inform 7 Handbook. You can make a game in no time, and if you need help y
ou know where to come.


1. So, the first thing you need to do is go to http://inform7.com/download/

2. Find the relevant download for you computer, there is a Linux, Windows, Penguin, and Mac.

3. When the download is complete, you are ready to run Inform 7.

What Is An Interactive Fiction Game?

The first interactive fiction game, also known as a text adventure was released in the late 1980's. One of the first games was called Zork later to have two more Zork games made after it.

Text adventures can be made in many different platforms, but inform 7 allows you to make vertically anything you want. Other platforms may only let you use the tick box options, but everyone has their own opinions.

Interactive fiction games, don't have pictures, well with the odd exception you can add pictures or possibly backing music to your game. But in the late 1980's the only thing you could add was text, that's it.

I prefer to keep an original feel to my games, and to just use text and add minimum modern things to it, but that is for you to decide.

Text adventures appear as one block of text, with a command box. You can examine objects, look around, take stuff, unlock and open chests and so much more.

Welcome To Inform 7 Handbook!

Welcome to Inform 7 Handbook!

You have made it, the one place where you can find the answers and guidance to creating your own interactive fictional game. The way inform 7 runs its language varies in a vast way to the way the English language works.

But in this blog, we will help you personally to create your game. Within seconds you will find what you are looking for and you will be able to add it to your game in the matter of moments.

Our team, will try to help you in every means necessary, to make your game a success. With easy to function web tools it is even easier to navigate around our growing sight, and find what you are looking for.

So please take a look around, feel free to use any tools available and please continue to use your imagination to create an interactive fictional game worth playing, spend the time and earn the prize.