Glk

Glk
Engine developer	dreammaster, Tor Andersson
Companies that used it	See Sub-engines
Games that use it	See Sub-engines
Date added to ScummVM	2018-12-09
First release containing it	None

About

Glk is an engine that implements the Glk API for text adventures (a.k.a. interactive fiction). Under it sits a number of sub-engines, each supporting a different company's and/or category of text adventures.

Sub-engines

• ADRIFT - For playing games created using the Adventure Development & Runner - Interactive Fiction Toolkit.
• AdvSys - For playing games created using the AdvSys text adventure writing system.
• Alan2 - For playing games created with the Alan 2 standard library version of the Adventure Language System.
• Alan3 - For playing games created with the Alan 3 standard library version of the Adventure Language System.
• Frotz - For playing Infocom games and more recent Z-code games authored using Inform.
• Glulxe - For playing Glulx games authored using Inform.
• Hugo - For playing games created using the Hugo interactive fiction development system.
• JACL - For playing games created using the JACL HTML-based interactive fiction development system.
• Magnetic - For playing the Magnetic Scrolls games.
• Quest - For playing games created using Alex Warren's Quest text adventure writing system.
• Scott - For playing the Scott Adams games.
• TADS - For playing games created with the Text Adventure Development System.

External links

• Original Gargoyle interpreter that implements the Glk API
• Wikipedia article on Glk