GameMaker
members.aol.com
Card based development system which allows you to create simple adventure games with graphics, buttons, and text. For Apple Macintosh.
Computer Adventures, The Secret Art
amazonsystems.co.uk
The full book on designing, creating and publishing a game by Gil Williamson.
Interactive Fiction Authoring with IFML
ifml.sourceforge.net
XML-based Interactive Fiction Markup Language (IFML) used to create text adventures that run in your browser. Includes a sample game with IFML code, documentation, tutorials, downloads, mailing list, and a forum.
Wintermute Engine
dead-code.org
Wintermute Engine Development Kit is a set of tools for creating and running graphical "point&click" adventure games. The kit includes the runtime interpreter (Wintermute Engine, or WME) and GUI editors for managing and creating the game content (WME tools) as well as the documentation, demonstrational data and prefabricated templates.
No Place Like Home
firthworks.com
Works of interactive fiction created using Inform and an exercise in implementing the same game in different systems.
The Unofficial World Builder Home Page
we.got.net
Downloads, faqs and links to worlds built with this engine. For Macintosh.
IF, AI, and the Confabulating-arranger Model of Interactive Fiction
robotwisdom.com
Article by Jorn Barger about the confabulating-arranger model of IF.
Visionaire
visionaire2d.net
Use Visionaire to create a complex adventure game without the need of any programing experience. This site offers information about how to use the software and what you can do with.
3D GameStudio
3dgamestudio.com
Rapid 2D and 3D games development on three different levels: 'Click together' games in the level editor - for simple games Create games in an easy C-like scripting language - for ambitious beginners Program games in C++ or Delphi - for experienced programmers
The Golden Skull - learning multimedia TADS
tela.bc.ca
A miniature game designed to demonstrate some of the new capabilities of multimedia TADS
Interactive Storytelling Tools for Writers
erasmatazz.com
Software for creating and using interactive storyworlds.
XYZZYnews: The Art of the Puzzle
xyzzynews.com
Three accomplished IF authors discuss the art of creating puzzles for a game.
The TADS Page
tela.bc.ca
Authoring environment for writing text adventures.
Object Oriented Games
www-cs-students.stanford.edu
Essay by David Librik on the design of a new object-oriented system for adventure games
Sludge
hungrysoftware.com
SLUDGE (standing for Scripting Language for Unhindered Development of a Gaming Environment) is a system by which anyone (within reason) can make an adventure game.
CMU SCS OZ Project
cs.cmu.edu
Develops technology and art to help create high quality interactive drama. This especially means building believable agents in dramatically interesting micro-worlds.