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Trizbort – Open Source Interactive Fiction Mapper

Trizbort is a simple, open source, tool used to create maps for interactive fiction.

Features include:

  • A simple point and click interface to create rooms, resize them and connect them together.
  • Smart* lines which snap to the cardinal** points on room edges.
  • Rooms can be marked as dark or light; dark rooms on the map have shaded corners.
  • A list of objects per room, which can be “docked” to any room edge or placed inside the room.
  • Customisable colours, fonts and drawing styles.
  • A “hand-drawn” line style for that back-of-an-envelope feel.
  • Title, description and author text which will be saved with the map.
  • Export to PDF files and PNG images for posterity or printing.
  • Multiple selection.
  • Single keypress keyboard shortcuts.
  • An XML file format in case other tools wish to generate or read Trizbort maps.
  • Map statistics.
  • Support for ALAN – Alan Interactive Fiction Language – a tool for creating works of Interactive Fiction.
  • Export code (I7, I6, TADS3) to clipboard.

Website: github.com/JasonLautzenheiser/trizbort
Support: Blog, Original author’s site
Developer: Jason Lautzenheiser and contributors
License: MIT License

Trizbort

Trizbort is written in C#. Learn C# with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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