Re: .NET Compiler for Interactive Fiction

Marco van de Voort <marcov@toad.stack.nl>
24 Feb 2003 17:38:31 -0500

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From: Marco van de Voort <marcov@toad.stack.nl>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 24 Feb 2003 17:38:31 -0500
Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
References: 03-02-125
Keywords: design
Posted-Date: 24 Feb 2003 17:38:31 EST

David A. Cornelson wrote:
> I am putting together a project (already on SourceForge) to build a
> new platform for Interactive Fiction gaming targeting the .NET
> Framework and CLR. There are several parts to this project, one in
> particular is the creation of a new syntax/language that compiles to
> the CLR.


Why is .NET particularly suitable for this? Or is your IF going to be
static? (iow not enhanced by the players).


> return LivingRoom;
> }
> }
>
> ....they would want to write something like this (just an example):
>
> class Kitchen : IF Room {
> description: "This is the kitchen.";
> go_east: LivingRoom;
> }


Check out LPC, the MUD interpreter system. (throwing "LPC" and "MUD" in
google together will provide enough links). There are probably more
such systems in the MUD scene.


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