Overview
Fizmo provides a Z-Machine interpreter development library in plain
C
along with a
ncurses user interface,
supporting Z-Machine versions 1 to 5, 7 and 8.
That means it allows you to play
interactive ficiton, also known as
textadventures, which were implemented either by
Infocom or created
using the
Inform compiler on a
terminal, or
to develop your own interactive fiction front end in C or any C-related
language like C++ or
Objective-C.
For a list of features and more information see the
“About” section. You can also take a look
at a few Screenshots.
Status
Fizmo is currently available in version 0.7.1, released on
November 7, 2011. The first offical release has been in
version 0.6.0 from March 28, 2009. At the moment, it appears to
be working well enough to claim that it's slowly getting out of beta stage.
Download
All files are provided “as is”, without any kind of warranty
and are distributed under the BSD license.
Source
The source code is available via
fizmo-0.7.1.tar.gz
(2147 kBytes)
or, also in older versions, from the source
directory.
Binary packages for version 0.7
- GenToo, thanks to David Leverton.
Binary packages for version 0.6
- Arch Linux, thanks to Eric Forgeot.
- GenToo, thanks to David Leverton.
- Fedora 12, thanks to Michael Dunlap.
- Mageia and Mandriva: Install it from the package manager — “Configure your computer” → “Software management” — or type urpmi fizmo as root. Thanks to Samuel Verschelde.
- Debian: Version 0.6.8 is provided though the stable branch. Recent packages can be found in the unstable and / or testing branches.
- Mac OS X: Install MacPorts and, in a Terminal, execute: sudo port install fizmo.
Feedback
Any kind of feedback is welcome. Send your comments to
fizmo (at) spellbreaker (dot) org — sorry for the spam obfuscation.
| Last changed: November 7, 2011. |