Editing Inform (section)

=== Notable games developed in Inform 6 or earlier versions ===
* ''[[Curses (video game)|Curses]]'', by [[Graham Nelson]] (1993), the first game ever written in the Inform programming language. Considered one of the first "modern" games to meet the high standards set by Infocom's best titles.<ref name="highprogrammer-Curses">{{cite web
  | author     = Alan De Smet
  | date       = 2006-03-14
  | url        = http://www.highprogrammer.com/alan/rants/reviews/video_games/if/curses.html
  | title      = Curses (Interactive Fiction Reviews)
  | access-date = 2006-11-01
  }}</ref>
* ''[[Zork: The Undiscovered Underground]]'' (1997), written by [[Marc Blank]] & [[Michael Berlyn]], programmed by Gerry Kevin Wilson. Given away free by [[Activision]] to promote the release of ''[[Zork: Grand Inquisitor]]''.
* ''[[Anchorhead]]'', by Michael S. Gentry (1998) is a highly rated horror story inspired by [[H. P. Lovecraft]]'s [[Cthulhu Mythos]].<ref name="ifratings-anchorhead">Of the 1219 games rated at "Interactive Fiction Ratings", Anchorhead was the highest rated game as of January 4, 2007. ({{cite web
  | url        = http://www.carouselchain.com/if/statistics.php
  | title        = IF Rating Stats
  | access-date        = 2007-01-04
  | archive-date        = May 11, 2008
  | archive-url        = https://web.archive.org/web/20080511194344/http://www.carouselchain.com/if/statistics.php
  | url-status        = dead
  }})</ref>
* ''[[Photopia]]'', by [[Adam Cadre]] (1998), the first almost entirely puzzle-free game. Won the annual [[Interactive Fiction Competition]] in 1998.
* ''[[Varicella (video game)|Varicella]]'' by Adam Cadre (1999). It won four [[XYZZY Award]]s in 1999 including the XYZZY Award for Best Game, and had a scholarly essay written about it.<ref name="montfort">{{cite web
  | archive-url  = https://www.webcitation.org/5c8jC0dFt?url=http://www.mit.edu/~montfort/Varicella.pdf
  | archive-date = 2009-11-06
  | url         = https://www.mit.edu/~montfort/Varicella.pdf
  | title       = Face It, Tiger, You Just Hit the Jackpot: Reading and Playing Cadre's Varicella
  | access-date  = 2009-11-06
  | date        = August 2003
  | last        = Montfort
  | first       = Nick
  | author2     = Stuart Moulthrop
  }}
Published as {{Cite journal
  | last1        = Montfort
  | first1       = Nick
  | last2       = Moulthrop
  | first2      = Stuart
  | title       = Face It, Tiger, You Just Hit the Jackpot: Reading and Playing Cadre's Varicella
  | periodical  = Fine Art Online
  | publisher   = [[Mississippi State University]]
  | date        = August 2003
  | volume      = 17
  | issue       = 8
  | url         = http://www.msstate.edu/Fineart_Online/Backissues/Vol_17/faf_v17_n08/reviews/montfort.html
  | archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20071013191103/http://msstate.edu/Fineart_Online/Backissues/Vol_17/faf_v17_n08/reviews/montfort.html
  | archive-date = 2007-10-13
  }}</ref>
* ''[[Galatea (video game)|Galatea]]'', by [[Emily Short]] (2000).  Galatea is focused entirely on interaction with the animated statue of the same name.  Galatea has one of the most complex interaction systems for a [[non-player character]] in an interactive fiction game. Adam Cadre called Galatea "the best NPC ever".<ref name="avventuretestuali">{{cite web
  | url        = http://www.avventuretestuali.com/interviste/cadre-eng
  | title      = Photopia is a short story, Varicella is a world
  | access-date = 2007-01-04
  | date       = January 2002
  | work       = L’avventura è l’avventura
  }}</ref>
* ''[[Slouching Towards Bedlam]]'', by Star C. Foster and Daniel Ravipinto (2003).  Set in a [[steampunk]] setting, the game narratively integrates meta-game functionality (saving, restoring, restarting) into the game world itself.  The game won two [[XYZZY Award]]s and received the highest average score of any game in the [[Interactive Fiction Competition]] as of 2006.