mapping-tools/Index

ifwiki: Category:Mapping tools

Tools to help players and authors draw and generate maps
of location-based interactive fiction.

# GUEmap102.zip
ifwiki: GUEmap

GUEmap 1.02, by Christopher J. Madsen.
Interactive fiction mapping for Windows 95/NT:
add rooms with a single keystroke, and drag them around to
reposition them. GUEmap can also generate directions for
moving around the map.
Includes a sample map of Westminster Abbey.

# IF_D-pad.zip
ifwiki: IF D-pad

IF D-pad, version 1.0, by Kara Goldfinch.
A Windows program that allows you to enter directions into parser games via
the keyboard number pad.

# IFKeyNav.zip

IFKeyNav, by Roy Lazarovich.
IFKeyNav is a simple Windows program that enables keyboard
navigation in Interactive Fiction; using it you can navigate
the game world by using key combinations such as Ctrl+Up to
go north, Ctrl+Left to go West, etc.

# SVGmaps.zip

A framework for producing IF maps using the standard
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) language. Includes several
sample maps. Written by David Lodge.

# admap.tar.Z

Adventure Map Utility v2.55, by Fredric Ihren.
You specify your map in a script language, and a csh script
makes a printable PostScript program out of this.
Includes sample maps for Sorcerer and Trinity.

# asciimapper

A Perl script to create IFM maps from ASCII art maps.
Intended to be an easy way to draw a map and have it
converted to IFM format. Written by Elijah Griffin.

# cocoa_mapre0.6.7.dmg

A tool for generating maps of Multi-User Dungeons on
Mac OS X, by Solidsun. OS X disk image.

# frobot12.zip

Frobot Magic Adventure Mapper for Windows 95, Version 1.2,
by William J. Shlaer.
Frobot is an automatic mapper that takes the text log or
transcript of an adventure game (such as that produced by
WinFrotz) and attempts to map the rooms and connections that
were visited.
This is intended as a complement to GUEmap, not as a rival.

# ifm-5.5.tar.gz
ifwiki: IFM

Interactive Fiction Mapper, version 5.5,
written by Glenn Hutchings. Archive contains
the source code.

# ifm-5.4.zip
ifwiki: IFM

Interactive Fiction Mapper, version 5.4,
written by Glenn Hutchings. Archive contains
Windows executables (console mode, i.e. run from a
command prompt).

# ifm2i7.tar.bz2

ifm2i7 version 1.01, a Perl program that converts
Interactive Fiction Mapper format maps to Inform 7
source code, written by Sergey Goldgaber.

# ifmapper-0.8.1.zip

IFmapper version 0.8.1 for Palm OS, by Ingo Kessinger

# informap.perl

A perl script that draws maps out of Inform source code,
by Toni Arnold. The documentation is in the script.
Version 1.1b0 (beta), Serial number 990507

# mapper.zip

The Mapper, by Marc Mason. Automates the map making process:
you type directions and room descriptions and the program
figures out how to make a map.
Freeware; Turbo Pascal source code included.

# mapper20.exe

Informapper v2.0beta, by Exterminio Software.
A map drawing program for Windows: you click on a grid to
create rooms and connections, then you enter room
descriptions, annotations, and so on. The result can be
exported as a skeleton file for SINTAC (see
</if-archive/programming/sintac/>).
Caveat: Everything is in Spanish (but can be translated with
a Windows resource editor and is rather easy to use, anyway).

# mpmkr011.zip

Map Maker version 0.11, a Windows program for mapping text
adventures, by Jeremy Reaban.

# trizbort.zip
ifwiki: Trizbort

Trizbort version 1.7.2, a drag and drop mapping tool for Windows,
currently maintained by Jason Lautzenheiser, based on the code
originally written by Erwin Genstein. Rooms may be placed on an
infinite canvas, and connections dragged between them. Save as XML,
export to PDF or PNG images. Can also export code to many IF
development systems (Inform 7, Inform 6, Zil, Quest, Tads, Hugo,
Alan, and Adventuron).

# ifmap.tar.gz

IF Map Editor v0.1. A map editor for IF games,
written in Tk/Tcl by Matthew Crosby.

# t3cartographer.zip

t3cartographer, a TADS 3 extension to automatically create in-game maps from game data and
output it in various formats. Version 0.7, written by Tomas Öberg.