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No Time To Play

In "No Time To Play" Felix Pleşoianu writes about the pleasures of writing an adventure in Alan.

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Written by: Administrator
Created: 30 December 2013
Last Updated: 30 December 2013

Alan v3.0 Beta 3!

Alan v3.0 beta3 is now available. Alan has been updated with what will probably be one of the last Beta versions before going 3.0 (planned for February 2014!). You can view the details of the changes in the Changes section. Windows downloads are available right now, with Linux and MacOSX coming in the next few days.

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Written by: Administrator
Created: 27 December 2013
Last Updated: 07 September 2021

New Alan author enters IFComp 2012

Robert DeFord writes his first public Alan game and enters the 18th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2012). The game "The Sealed Room" is a short game about getting out of a sealed room with only the help of a dragon and a unicorn. It finished 22nd place.

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Written by: Administrator
Created: 07 July 2012
Last Updated: 07 July 2026

AlanIDE 0.0.9 released!

AlanIDE has been released with some updates:

  • a toolbar and menu with the expected "Save" and "New" entries
  • the splash screen shows the actual version
  • the (unused and confusing) interpreter preference setting was removed
  • generated game files show up automatically in the navigator so that you can click on them to start the interpreter (as set in your operating system, same as when you double click on an .a3c-file in the file system)
  • updates over internet
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Written by: Administrator
Created: 21 June 2012
Last Updated: 07 July 2026

Read more: AlanIDE 0.0.9 released!

Anssi 13th in IFComp 2011 with Alan game

Anssi Räisänen finished 13th out of almost 40 entries in the annual IFComp. "Ted Paladin and the Case of the Abandoned House" was developed using Alan v3 and the extensive library provided by Anssi himself. The game introduces a novel dimension of discovery. Read about the game and play it!

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Written by: Administrator
Created: 17 December 2011
Last Updated: 07 July 2026
  1. Restore-problem patched
  2. Alan v3.0 Alpha 9!
  3. Alan v3.0 Alpha 8!
  4. Another move...

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What they say

"I think its most attractive quality is simplicity, a quality that no other adventure creation language possesses."

Walt Sandsquish

"I-F languages are like vehicles ... using Alan is like driving a zippy, easy-handling little electric town car -- it's often all you need to take you where you want to go."

Lelah Conrad

"All those weirdly arranged parentheses, and semi-colons and strange curlicues hanging out in the middle of blank lines. Impossible. But when I looked at Alan I saw the light or, at least, English."

Eric Mayer

"Man, I just finished programming a little game with Alan, and let me tell you ALAN RULES!! It's so simple, *I* can program with it."

Rob Anderson

"I think it's the best IF language I've ever seen - and I *am* a programmer."

Andrew Heale

"An easy to learn system with the ability to do some amazing things."

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Looking for v2?

Alan V2 is very obsolete. Use Alan v3 instead. But you can still visit the obsolete v2 information and downloads here.