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INSTEAD

instead

Interpreter of simple text adventures

Runs as instead, sdl-instead|macOS, Linux|instead.hugeping.ru

Open form in Otty otty.toml

Command form

ai-draft · 2 tasks · 11 fields

Start the INSTEAD interpreter with a game and display options. Developer tools (-encode, -idf, -lua, -luac), installation and profile options are outside this form.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui instead

Play a gameExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Game file or folder*

any

Fullscreen

-fullscreen

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Play a game

game_pathfullscreen

Play without sound

game_pathnosound

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Game file or folder

A game.zip, game.idf or game directory. Leave empty to pick from the games list.
path · positional 0

Game name in games path

string

-game

Extra games folder

path

-gamespath

Theme

string

-theme

Fullscreen

boolean

-fullscreen

Windowed

boolean

-window

Window scale

number

-scale

No sound

boolean

-nosound

Language code

string

-lang

Disable autosave load

boolean

-noautosave

Ignore saved config

boolean

-noconfig

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

man

sdl-instead [options] [game.zip or game.idf or path to game] -nosound Run the game without sound. -gamespath <path> Add path with games. -game <basename> Select game in gamespath. -theme <basename> Select theme in themespath. -fullscreen Run the game in fullscreen mode. -window Run the game in windowed mode. -scale <scale> Scale window (SDL2 only) -noautosav…

manual3.3.2-1.1

manpages.debian.org

Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed instead against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.