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I am glad to announce a new version of IFMapper, an interactive mapping tool.
IFMapper
by Gonzalo Garramuno
What is it?
IFMapper is a tool for easily mapping interactive fiction games, also known as text-based adventure games.
It can also be used as a design tool in the early stages of development of new games (Inform or TADS3).
Features:
- Multiplatform
- Very simple click interface
- Complex paths supported (paths that loop on themselves or connect two
remote nodes)
- Automatic connection of rooms thru complex paths using an A*
algorithm
- Mousewheel support for zooming in/out
- Middle mouse scrolling
- Rooms can have objects and tasks listed
- Automatic numbering of rooms
- Multiple map editing
- Ability to easily move rooms in map with arrow keys
- Written in a simple and great scripting language (Ruby)
- Acrobat PDF output
- Can read and save IFM files
- Can read GUEMap files
- Can read and save Inform/TADS3 source code files
- Locking of maps
- Search for keywords in room names, objects or tasks
- Can automap games from Infocom-like transcripts, even while you play
them
- Free
What you need:
In order to use IFMapper, you need to have the Ruby scripting language installed, v1.8 or later and FXRuby 1.2.
To print PDF documents, you will also need Austin Ziegler's PDF::Writer module (found in Rubygems).
If you are on Windows, you can download the One-Click Ruby Installer also from Rubyforge which makes things a tad easier, as it comes with a fully working FXRuby and also rubygems which allows easy installation
of PDF::Writer.
Where to get the stuff:
Ruby (One-click installer for windows, comes with fxruby)
http://rubyforge.org/rubyinstaller/
Ruby (Other platforms)
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/
FXRuby:
http://www.fxruby.org/
IFMapper:
http://rubyforge.org/projects/ifmapper/
PDF::Writer
http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-pdf/
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