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== Description ==
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TADS 3 (Text Adventure Development System) is an [[Interactive Fiction]] development system by Michael J. Roberts. [[TXT|Plain text]] source code files are created using the TADS 3 programming language, and then compiled into a system-independent game file. Compiled game files can be played on any system that has an appropriate interpreter.
  
== Description
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TADS 3 is the current version of TADS, and is not compatible with previous versions. See [[TADS]] for information on the older system.
  
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== Description ==
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TADS (Text Adventure Development System) is an [[Interactive Fiction]] development system by Michael J. Roberts. [[TXT|Plain text]] source code files are created using the TADS programming language, and then compiled into a system-independent game file. TADS source code files typically have the extension .t. Compiled game files can be played on any system that has an appropriate interpreter.
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The term "TADS", unqualified, generally refers to TADS version 2 and below. [[TADS 3]], the current version, is a radical departure from the previous versions. See the [[TADS 3]] page for more information.
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* .t: Source code file
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* .t3: Compiled game file
  
 
== Compilers ==
 
== Compilers ==
  
* TADS 2 Author's Kit (Windows, freeware, [http://www.tads.org/tads2.htm website]: the official TADS 2 implementation
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* TADS 3 Author's Kit (Windows, freeware, [http://www.tads.org/tads3.htm website]): the official TADS 3 implementation
* FrobTADS (Unix-like, freeware, [http://www.tads.org/frobtads.htm website]: ports of TADS 2 and TADS 3 compilers for Unix systems (including Mac OS X)
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* FrobTADS (Unix-like, freeware, [http://www.tads.org/frobtads.htm website]): ports of TADS 2 and TADS 3 compilers for Unix systems (including [[Mac OSX]])
  
 
== Interpreters ==
 
== Interpreters ==
 
* HTML TADS Interpreter (Windows, freeware, [http://www.tads.org/tads3.htm website]): the official TADS 2 and TADS 3 interpreter with full multimedia support. Despite the name, it does not run on the web.
 
* HTML TADS Interpreter (Windows, freeware, [http://www.tads.org/tads3.htm website]): the official TADS 2 and TADS 3 interpreter with full multimedia support. Despite the name, it does not run on the web.
* Jetty (cross-platform, open source, [http://inky.org/if/jetty/index.html website]: a TADS 2 interpreter written in Java
 
 
* QTads (cross-platform, open source, [http://www.tads.org/frobtads.htm website]): a TADS 2 and TADS 3 interpreter with full multimedia support
 
* QTads (cross-platform, open source, [http://www.tads.org/frobtads.htm website]): a TADS 2 and TADS 3 interpreter with full multimedia support
  
 
== Other Tools ==
 
== Other Tools ==
*[http://ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXprogrammingXtads2.html IF Archive: TADS 2 Programming]
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* [http://ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXprogrammingXtads3.html IF Archive: TADS 3 Programming]
  
 
== Sample Files ==
 
== Sample Files ==
  
 
=== Source Code ===
 
=== Source Code ===
* [http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/source/tads/ditchday.zip ditchday.zip]: Ditch Day Drifter, by Michael J. Roberts. Source code and compiled .gam file included.
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* [http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/source/tads/return-to-ditch-day-src.zip return-to-ditch-day-src.zip]: Return to Ditch Day (source code), by Michael J. Roberts
* [http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/source/tads/zeb3src.zip zeb3src.zip]: Uncle Zebulon's Will, by Magnus Olsson. Full source code.
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* [http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/source/tads/SquareCircleSrc.zip SquareCircleSrc.zip]: Square Circle (source code), by Eric Eve
  
 
=== Compiled Games ===
 
=== Compiled Games ===
* [http://ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/tads/1893Demo.gam 1893Demo.gam]: 1893: A World's Fair Mystery (demo), by Peter Nepstad
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* [http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/competition2006/tads3/elysium/Elysium.t3 Elysium.t3]: The Elysium Enigma, by Eric Eve
* [http://ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/tads/grip.gam grip.gam]: Losing Your Grip, by Stephen Grande
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* [http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/tads/indigo.t3 indigo.t3]: Indigo, by Emily Short
  
 
== Further Information ==
 
== Further Information ==
* [http://www.firthworks.com/roger/cloak/tads/index.html Cloak of Darkness: TADS]
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* [http://www.tads.org/ TADS 3 Homepage]
* [http://www.tads.org/t2doc/doc/index.html TADS 2 Author's Manual]
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* [http://www.tads.org/t3doc/doc/index.htm TADS 3 Manuals]
* [http://www.tads.org/tads2.htm TADS 2 Homepage]
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Latest revision as of 17:57, 18 December 2014

File Format
Name TADS 3
Ontology
Extension(s) .t, .t3
MIME Type(s) application/x-t3vm-image

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[edit] Description

TADS 3 (Text Adventure Development System) is an Interactive Fiction development system by Michael J. Roberts. Plain text source code files are created using the TADS 3 programming language, and then compiled into a system-independent game file. Compiled game files can be played on any system that has an appropriate interpreter.

TADS 3 is the current version of TADS, and is not compatible with previous versions. See TADS for information on the older system.

[edit] Extensions

  • .t: Source code file
  • .t3: Compiled game file

[edit] Compilers

  • TADS 3 Author's Kit (Windows, freeware, website): the official TADS 3 implementation
  • FrobTADS (Unix-like, freeware, website): ports of TADS 2 and TADS 3 compilers for Unix systems (including Mac OSX)

[edit] Interpreters

  • HTML TADS Interpreter (Windows, freeware, website): the official TADS 2 and TADS 3 interpreter with full multimedia support. Despite the name, it does not run on the web.
  • QTads (cross-platform, open source, website): a TADS 2 and TADS 3 interpreter with full multimedia support

[edit] Other Tools

[edit] Sample Files

[edit] Source Code

[edit] Compiled Games

[edit] Further Information

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