Contents

| Writing with Inform

Chapter 1. 0Welcome to Inform
Chapter 2. 0The Source Text
Chapter 3. 0Things

03.1. Descriptions
03.2. Rooms and the map
03.3. One-way connections
03.4. Regions and the index map
03.5. Kinds
03.6. Either/or properties
03.7. Properties depend on kind
03.8. Scenery
03.9. Backdrops
3.10. Properties holding text
3.11. Two descriptions of things
3.12. Doors
3.13. Locks and keys
3.14. Devices and descriptions
3.15. Light and darkness
3.16. Vehicles and pushable things
3.17. Men, women and animals
3.18. Articles and proper names
3.19. Carrying capacity
3.20. Possessions and clothing
3.21. The player's holdall
3.22. Food
3.23. Parts of things
3.24. Concealment
3.25. The location of something
3.26. Directions
3.27. Review of Chapter 3: Things

Chapter 4. 0Kinds
Chapter 5. 0Text
Chapter 6. 0Descriptions
Chapter 7. 0Basic Actions
Chapter 8. 0Change
Chapter 9. 0Time
Chapter 10. Scenes
Chapter 11. Phrases
Chapter 12. Advanced Actions
Chapter 13. Relations
Chapter 14. Numbers and Equations
Chapter 15. Tables
Chapter 16. Understanding
Chapter 17. Activities
Chapter 18. Rulebooks
Chapter 19. Advanced Text
Chapter 20. Lists
Chapter 21. Advanced Phrases
Chapter 22. Figures, Sounds and Files
Chapter 23. Releasing
Chapter 24. Publishing
Chapter 25. Extensions
Chapter 26. What's New in Inform?

Installed Extensions

Alphabetical Index of Examples
Numerical Index of Examples

The Inform Recipe Book

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