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Alan Interactive Fiction Language

Alan Interactive Fiction Language

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From this page you can download documentation, the standard library, complete systems, compilers, interpreters for the currently available platforms. There is also source code and some utilities available.

NOTE! V2 is obsolete. Version 3 is in alpha state and will be released in a not to distant future. V2 will not be developed or supported further. If you are starting with Alan, you are recommended to jump directly to v3!

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Documentation
The Manual
The Tutorial by This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Standard library
The proposed standard library is currently at version 0.3.1. Latest revision by This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Compilers and Complete packages
Complete packages (including both compiler and interpreter) for different platforms. Current version is 2.8! Until all platforms have been ported you will find 2.7 versions here also.
Version 2.8:
  • 2.8(7) for Windows (including GLK-based interpreter port #4).
  • 2.8(3) for Sun (SunOS4/Solaris1 or Solaris2)
  • 2.8(2) for Mac (2.8.2.1, port #1 by This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
  • 2.8(1) for PC (for DOS and Windows).
  • 2.8(1) for Linux (port by This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Older 2.7:
Runtime only
These can be used to run games produced with the Alan system.
V2.8
To run games produced with older versions you will need one of these:
V2.7
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V2.6
Source code
Here you can download the sources for the compiler, the interpreter and a large heap of regression test cases.
  • Compiler source, for 2.8(7)
  • Interpreter source, for 2.8(7)
  • 172 test cases for the compiler and interpreter. If you build your own executables running these test can make you more comfortable with the quality of what you have accomplished. Suited for version 2.8.
Utilities
  • ALex, for Win/DOS, a text extraction utility by This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Can be used to extract all text from an Alan game source, e.g. to spell check.
  • XWear, an extended library for implementation of wearing, by Alan Bampbton.
Last Updated on Saturday, 10 July 2010 09:48  

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