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What is the difference between TextWorld and a design system for interactive fiction games like Inform [1]? It seems to be that the former has natural language

What is the difference between TextWorld and a design system for interactive fiction games like Inform [1]? It seems to be that the former has natural language processing/semantics integrated, while the latter relies on a rather old school approach to text-based games. Or am I mistaken? [1] http://inform7.com/ http://inform7.com/

4thaccount 8y ago
I was wondering the same thing
taodav 8y ago
The main addition is the ability to randomly generate text-based games and a gym-like interface that the RL community is used to. TextWorld was originally (not sure if it is anymore) based on inform7!
marccote19 8y ago
Hi, I'm with the TextWorld team. TextWorld actually uses Inform7. The framework first builds a game object (e.g. objects, locations, quests) according to some settings. Then, it converts it into Inform7 code before being compiled into a playable game. See https://imgur.com/oOcy5kk https://imgur.com/oOcy5kk
- malloryerik 8y ago
  How could you run a TextWorld game in a web browser? Use a Glulx file interpreter like Quixe? https://eblong.com/zarf/glulx/quixe/ https://eblong.com/zarf/glulx/quixe/
  - yorwba 8y ago
    The "try it" example on the TextWorld page uses Parchment: https://github.com/curiousdannii/parchment https://github.com/curiousdannii/parchment