FEATURE: radically improved rules handling to simplify usage which changed the context in which rules execute (Current Location and Current Actor no longer allowed in rules)
FEATURE: "Location Of" expression to retrieve the current location of an instance
FEATURE: syntax may now start with a parameter (an instance, like an actor name)
FEATURE: TRANSCRIPT statement in language
FEATURE: PROMPT section in language to control player input prompt
FEATURE: new debugger command language
FEATURE: tracing can now use symbolic parameter names
BUGFIX: if a dollar sign was followed by a character not defined as a printing symbol, that character was lost
BUGFIX: sometimes events would not be restored correctly from a save file
BUGFIX: positioning of error pointers in -cc mode was not always correct causing AlanIDE to point to the wrong place
BUGFIX: sometimes WinArun and Gargoyle interpreters hung on prompt
Gargoyle is a multi-format player which exists for a number of platforms including MacOSX. Distributions of Gargoyle includes an Alan interpreter but to upgrade that to more recent versions you need to download this slot-in replacement and follow the instructions to install it inside Gargoyle.
The Gargoyle multi-format player is the recommended interpreter for playing Alan games on MacOSX. To use the latest version of the Alan interpreter you should download the slot-in replacement and install it.
Using the Terminal:
cd /Applications
tar xvf
Using the Finder:
Open two Finder windows. In one, go into the "Content of the package" of the Gargoyle.app in the downloaded package. In the other go into the "Content of the package" of /Applications/Gargoyle. Then carefully drag and drop each of the files from the dowloaded package to the same place inside /Applications/Gargoyle. There are three files, two in Content/MacOSX/Frameworks and one in Content/MacOSX/PlugIns.
Note that you need Gargoyle 2011.1. Gargoyle 2010.1 does not work properly on MacOSX Lion. It is not an Alan problem.
Gargoyle is a multi-format player which exists for a number of platforms including Linux. Distributions of Gargoyle includes an Alan interpreter but to upgrade that to more recent versions you need to download this slot-in replacement and follow the instructions to install it inside Gargoyle.
Gargoyle is a multi-format player which exists for a number of platforms including Windows. Distributions of Gargoyle includes an Alan interpreter but to upgrade that to more recent versions you need to download this slot-in replacement and follow the instructions to install it inside Gargoyle.
WinArun is the Windows GUI-based interpreter for Alan. It will run your game in a window with graphics. It requires Glk.dll (included). Packaged with a Windows installer.
