For Zork style (i.e. text) adventures it's well worth checking out http://inform7.com - yes, http, as unfortunately their cert is broken.
In summary you use a declarative English-like language, saying things like "The Library is a room" and "Inside the Library is a book". Inform's compiler takes those rules and builds a runnable text adventure using an engine based on the Infocom one that Zork was written with.
It comes with a syntax highlighting IDE, including a game player.
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For Zork style (i.e. text) adventures it's well worth checking out http://inform7.com - yes, http, as unfortunately their cert is broken.
In summary you use a declarative English-like language, saying things like "The Library is a room" and "Inside the Library is a book". Inform's compiler takes those rules and builds a runnable text adventure using an engine based on the Infocom one that Zork was written with.
It comes with a syntax highlighting IDE, including a game player.