Create Your Own Interactive Fiction
TADS is a free authoring system for writing
your own Interactive Fiction. It offers a complete set of
programming tools for creating high-quality IF.
The game
Return to Ditch Day
running on the Windows interpreter, which supports
graphics and other multimedia features
TADS Workbench, the integrated TADS authoring
environment for Windows
Interactive Fiction grew out of the early text adventures,
which were some of the very first computer games
ever created. IF is still thriving through a community
of enthusiasts who are actively creating new works.
Learn more about IF »
Learn more about IF »
TADS is the programmer's power tool for IF authoring.
It offers a robust and modern language that'll be
instantly familiar to anyone who knows Javascript or C++,
and a full-featured suite of development
tools from text editing to debugging.
See a TADS overview »
See a TADS overview »
Games written with TADS can include
graphics, animations, sound effects,
fancy text formatting, and other multimedia features,
using versatile and familiar HTML syntax that
neatly integrates graphics with text.
View screen shots »
View screen shots »
TADS 3.1.3 now available
May 16, 2013: TADS 3.1.3 is now available. This is
a small update, mostly to fix bugs. This builds on
3.1, a major upgrade released in December 2011.
3.1 has a huge list of new features, including Web
capabilities that let you create games
that run over the Internet. A game can use the network
features to become a network server, client, or
both. 3.1 also has a raft of enhancements to the TADS language that
make it easier and faster to write games, and dynamic compilation
technology that creates whole new possibilities for games and
libraries.
See what's new in 3.1 »
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