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INSTEAD — INterpreter of Simple TExt ADventure. Using INSTEAD you can create and play adventure games that could be classified as a mix of visual novel and quest text, like well-known text-book games.
| Author | Peter Kosyh | ||
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| License | GNU GPL — source code, Creative Commons 3.0 BY — components Free software |
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| Program components | C, Lua — engine, SDL — graphical interface | ||
| Language | Russian, English, Spanish, Italian, Ukrainian | ||
| Supported operating systems | Linux, Maemo, FreeBSD, Android, Windows, Windows Mobile, Mac OS X, Haiku, S60 3rd, GPH Caanoo | ||
| Last stable version | 1.8.1 (19.11.2012) | ||
| Downloads | INSTEAD | Official games | NON-official games in Rus |
Features
- Develop games using fairly simple scripting, object-oriented programming language Lua (Lua-based script);
- GUI and text (readline) interfaces;
- GUI interface supports music and pictures. Images can be made interactive: clicking the mouse on them in a particular area - the appropriate action;
- Theme support;
- Portability (INSTEAD depends on SDL and Lua);
- Support URQ-games with urq-module.
