INSTEAD

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INSTEAD
Authoring system
I.A.G Alfa (game).png
Links Home page Download Run online
Developer Peter Kosyh
Format Other
Interaction style Parser, Choice, Parser-choice hybrid
Systems Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Other
System details Haiku, OpenBSD, FreeBSD
Latest version 3.5.1 / 1 Sep 2023
Status Stable
Uses interpreter
Multimedia support graphics, sound
License MIT
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INSTEAD — an INterpreter of Simple TExt ADventure, created by Peter Kosyh in 2009 and now one of the actively developing engines in Russia. Games are written in the programming language Lua.

Games in English

  • Am I a monster?
  • Backup
  • Constellation
  • Crash Dive!
  • ESCAPE OF THE CAT
  • Escape The Toilet Pack: A Triple Flush
  • I.A.G. Alpha by Serhii Mozhaiskyi (Best Game in the Nomination XYZZY "Awards Best use of innovation" 2018)
  • Kayleth
  • Mainland
  • Miner Bold
  • Project B
  • Return of Red Hood
  • Returning of the quantum cat (file "instead-cat_en"). Incomplete translation and old version.
  • SCRUMBLE SLUG
  • Starfighter
  • The Archive
  • The Maze of The Death
  • Шарики INSTEAD
  • A small tutorial is included in the package program.

Publishing online

The engine itself is purely offline but there are several community conversions.

excelenter's Haxe solution compiles into a Flash game, epoxa's gives you a server-side game, or there is an Emscripten approach for a regular downloadable JavaScript game page, though note that it's not the best utilising the browser capabilities and may have some performance issues.

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