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Latest News about Alan!

Standard library updated to 0.6.3

The standard library has been updated to correct a problem where items worn could not be accessed. You can download it from the Download Alan v3!.

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Written by: Administrator
Created: 05 July 2009
Last Updated: 09 July 2010

AlanIDE v0.0.8 released

The AlanIDE has been rebuilt and some minor issues fixed. It also sports a crude "Correct Indentation" function in the editor menue.

It is now at v0.0.8. You can download the new version from the AlanIDE area of the Alan Home Pages, http://www.alanif.se.

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Written by: Administrator
Created: 01 February 2009
Last Updated: 14 June 2009

Read more: AlanIDE v0.0.8 released

Anssi finishes midfield of Annual IFComp

The results of the 2008 Annual Interactive Fiction Competition has been around for a while. The biggest surprise (NOT!) was that "The Absolute Worst IF Game in History" finished last!

On a more positive note, Anssi Räisänen managed to finish (no pun!) 18th of 35 games with his "The Ngah Angah School of Forbidden Wisdom". No bad feat for a tricky Anssi-style Alan game, in a strong field full of aspiring Inform litteratureists!

Try them all at The IF Archives area for IFComp 2008.

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Written by: Administrator
Created: 08 December 2008
Last Updated: 07 July 2026

Alan v3 on "Cloak of Darkness"

Thanks to an initiative and effort of Anssi Räisänen, Alan v3 is now showcased on Roger Firths site "Cloak of Darkness". The site showcases a number of popular IF languages using a common simple game, "Cloak of Darkness". It previously showed Alan v2, but has now been updated to show Alan v3 instead.

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Written by: Administrator
Created: 15 November 2008
Last Updated: 14 June 2009

Alan IF moves to MiaCMS

{mosimage}Alan IF Home Pages have been maintained almost by hand up to now. I have used a number of free Content Management Systems for LAMP environments over the years. So now the time has come to upgrade Alan IF to MiaCMS, the latest fork of the old Mambo branch. I hope it will be easy to work with and that you will enjoy the layout. If you have any comments or complains don't hesitate to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The content has mostly just been lifted from the old site, so beware of some broken links, and (still) outdated information for a while to come.

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Written by: Administrator
Created: 12 October 2008
Last Updated: 28 December 2011
  1. Anssi enters IFComp 2008
  2. V3 Alpha 6 for Windows & MacOSX
  3. V3 alpha 5
  4. v3 Alpha 4 for Linux

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What they say

"[the game] does not represent the real capabilities of the Alan Language but does demonstrate Alan's amazing ability to allow someone who has never done an iota of computer programming of any kind to produce SOMETHING within a few weeks!"

Eric Mayer (on his game HeBGB Horrors)

"Alan definitely met my expectations. I was able to create two pretty large, complex games with no prior programming experience."

Byron Campbell

"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

"Well, it was very easy to learn and it's easy to do stuff in it."

Mikko Vuorinen

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

Andrew Heale

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

Walt Sandsquish

         

Looking for v2?

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