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ADRIFT is an acronym for Adventure Development & Runner - Interactive Fiction Toolkit
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'''ADRIFT''' is an acronym for '''A'''dventure '''D'''evelopment & '''R'''unner - '''I'''nteractive '''F'''iction '''T'''oolkit
  
 
It is a tool for writing Interactive Fiction and Text Adventure Games that are controlled by entering commands as text, and which primarily describe what is happening though prose (Although pictures and sound effects can also be added).
 
It is a tool for writing Interactive Fiction and Text Adventure Games that are controlled by entering commands as text, and which primarily describe what is happening though prose (Although pictures and sound effects can also be added).
 
Much of the contents of this wiki duplicates the information in the ADRIFT 5.0 help file that can be found at [http://help.adrift.co/ help.adrift.co], but with additional material continuously being added by ADRIFT users so it will be slightly more comprehensive and will be kept up to date with new developments.
 
  
 
The wiki is divided into 3 main sections: a user guide to give you a quick introduction to how to start playing or writing interactive fiction, tutorials to show you how to add specific features to your game, and a reference manual that explains each part of ADRIFT in detail.
 
The wiki is divided into 3 main sections: a user guide to give you a quick introduction to how to start playing or writing interactive fiction, tutorials to show you how to add specific features to your game, and a reference manual that explains each part of ADRIFT in detail.
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* [[Clothing Slots]] - Preventing the player from wearing two hats at the same time
 
* [[Clothing Slots]] - Preventing the player from wearing two hats at the same time
 
* [[Multiple Page Maps]]
 
* [[Multiple Page Maps]]
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* [[Demo Games]]
  
 
=== Advanced Tutorials ===
 
=== Advanced Tutorials ===
 
* [[Choose Your Own Adventure]]
 
* [[Choose Your Own Adventure]]
 
* [[Creating Libraries and Modules]]
 
* [[Creating Libraries and Modules]]
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* [[Separate Inventories for files, keys and supplies]]
  
 
== ADRIFT Reference ==
 
== ADRIFT Reference ==

Revision as of 06:21, 5 May 2018

ADRIFT is an acronym for Adventure Development & Runner - Interactive Fiction Toolkit

It is a tool for writing Interactive Fiction and Text Adventure Games that are controlled by entering commands as text, and which primarily describe what is happening though prose (Although pictures and sound effects can also be added).

The wiki is divided into 3 main sections: a user guide to give you a quick introduction to how to start playing or writing interactive fiction, tutorials to show you how to add specific features to your game, and a reference manual that explains each part of ADRIFT in detail.

User Guide

Tutorials

Introductory Tutorials

Intermediate Tutorials

Advanced Tutorials

ADRIFT Reference

The Main Items

Items are the building blocks of an ADRIFT adventure. There are twelve types of item in ADRIFT.

The 5 items available in simple mode are:

The other 7 items, available if simple mode is turned off:

User Interface

Dialogs

The Runner

Importing & Exporting

Functions and Expressions