AdvSys

File Format
Name	AdvSys
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Interactive Fiction AdvSys
Extension(s)	.dat .adv

AdvSys is an Interactive Fiction development system written by David Betts. AdvSys source code files can be created using a plain text editor, and then compiled into a system-independent game file that can be run on any platform with an appropriate AdvSys interpreter.

Extensions

• .DAT: a compiled AdvSys game file
• .ADV: the main source code module for an AdvSys game

AdvSys source code files can have any (or no) extension. The source code files for a given game are defined in the .ADV file.

Software

• IF Archive: AdvSys programming
• Gargoyle

Sample Files

• busted.dat: Busted!, by Jon Drukman
• elves87.zip: Elves '87, by Bruce MacKay and Marlene Abriel. Compiled game file and source code included. File is a ZIP archive.

Resources

• IFwiki: AdvSys
• An Adventure Authoring System: A Tour of AdvSys, by David Betz. BYTE Magazine, May 1987