Inform 7 is used to make Zork-style games.
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Ink is more comparable to Branching narrative software like Twine, or Visual Novel software like Ren'Py.
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Ink is more comparable to Branching narrative software like Twine, or Visual Novel software like Ren'Py.
The main competition is Twine, which is more focused on a self-contained deployment. Twine also got a huge update recently with its "Harlowe" theme supporting storylets - scenes that trigger from a pool or "deck" based on logic you program.
Twine and "choice" games would say something like "you are in a room with a table and a door to the north. Do you want to look at the table or go to the door?"
Also, Inform6 is better suited for a "logical old-school" programmer than if7, where using it for non-English languages can be a huge mess.