TADS
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | TADS (Text Adventure Development System) is an [[Interactive Fiction]] development system by Michael J. Roberts. [[TXT|Plain text]] source code files are created using the TADS programming language, and then compiled into a system-independent game file. | + | TADS (Text Adventure Development System) is an [[Interactive Fiction]] development system by Michael J. Roberts. [[TXT|Plain text]] source code files are created using the TADS programming language, and then compiled into a system-independent game file. Compiled game files can be played on any system that has an appropriate interpreter. |
| − | The term "TADS", unqualified, generally refers to TADS version 2 and below. [[TADS 3]] | + | The term "TADS", unqualified, generally refers to TADS version 2 and below. [[TADS 3]], the current version, is a complete redesign of the system and is incompatible with previous versions. See the [[TADS 3]] page for more information. |
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| + | == Extensions == | ||
| + | * .t: Source code | ||
| + | *.gam: Compiled game file | ||
== Compilers == | == Compilers == | ||
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== Interpreters == | == Interpreters == | ||
| − | * HTML TADS Interpreter (Windows, freeware, [http://www.tads.org/tads3.htm website]): the official TADS 2 and TADS 3 interpreter with full multimedia support | + | * HTML TADS Interpreter (Windows, freeware, [http://www.tads.org/tads3.htm website]): the official TADS 2 and TADS 3 interpreter with full multimedia support. Despite the name, it does not run on the web. |
| + | * Jetty (cross-platform, open source, [http://inky.org/if/jetty/index.html website]: a TADS 2 interpreter written in Java | ||
* QTads (cross-platform, open source, [http://www.tads.org/frobtads.htm website]): a TADS 2 and TADS 3 interpreter with full multimedia support | * QTads (cross-platform, open source, [http://www.tads.org/frobtads.htm website]): a TADS 2 and TADS 3 interpreter with full multimedia support | ||
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| + | == Other Tools == | ||
| + | *[http://ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXprogrammingXtads2.html IF Archive: TADS 2 programming] | ||
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| + | == Sample Files == | ||
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| + | === Source Code === | ||
| + | * [http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/source/tads/ditchday.zip ditchday.zip]: Ditch Day Drifter, by Michael J. Roberts. Source code and compiled .gam file included. | ||
| + | * [http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/source/tads/zeb3src.zip zeb3src.zip]: Uncle Zebulon's Will, by Magnus Olsson. Full source code. | ||
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| + | === Compiled Games === | ||
| + | * [http://ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/tads/1893Demo.gam 1893Demo.gam]: 1893: A World's Fair Mystery (demo), by Peter Nepstad | ||
| + | * [http://ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/tads/grip.gam grip.gam]: Losing Your Grip, by Stephen Grande | ||
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| + | == Further Information == | ||
| + | * [http://www.firthworks.com/roger/cloak/tads/index.html Cloak of Darkness: TADS] | ||
| + | * [http://www.tads.org/t2doc/doc/index.html TADS 2 Author's Manual] | ||
| + | * [http://www.tads.org/tads2.htm TADS 2 Homepage] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:58, 18 December 2014
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[edit] Description
TADS (Text Adventure Development System) is an Interactive Fiction development system by Michael J. Roberts. Plain text source code files are created using the TADS programming language, and then compiled into a system-independent game file. Compiled game files can be played on any system that has an appropriate interpreter.
The term "TADS", unqualified, generally refers to TADS version 2 and below. TADS 3, the current version, is a complete redesign of the system and is incompatible with previous versions. See the TADS 3 page for more information.
[edit] Extensions
- .t: Source code
- .gam: Compiled game file
[edit] Compilers
- TADS 2 Author's Kit (Windows, freeware, website: the official TADS 2 implementation
- FrobTADS (Unix-like, freeware, website: ports of TADS 2 and TADS 3 compilers for Unix systems (including Mac OS X)
[edit] Interpreters
- HTML TADS Interpreter (Windows, freeware, website): the official TADS 2 and TADS 3 interpreter with full multimedia support. Despite the name, it does not run on the web.
- Jetty (cross-platform, open source, website: a TADS 2 interpreter written in Java
- QTads (cross-platform, open source, website): a TADS 2 and TADS 3 interpreter with full multimedia support
[edit] Other Tools
[edit] Sample Files
[edit] Source Code
- ditchday.zip: Ditch Day Drifter, by Michael J. Roberts. Source code and compiled .gam file included.
- zeb3src.zip: Uncle Zebulon's Will, by Magnus Olsson. Full source code.
[edit] Compiled Games
- 1893Demo.gam: 1893: A World's Fair Mystery (demo), by Peter Nepstad
- grip.gam: Losing Your Grip, by Stephen Grande
