xyppy - infocom's z-machine in python

Usage:

• python -m xyppy FILE_OR_URL (in module/dev mode)
• python xyppy.py FILE_OR_URL (in single file mode)
• xyppy FILE_OR_URL (in installed mode)
• run ./build-single-file-version.py to get that handy single-file xyppy.py
• run python -m pip install . to install xyppy

Quick Look:

More screens can be found on their dedicated page.

Features:

• Supports all modern Z-machine games (versions 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and zblorb files)
• Everything, including the build system, requires nothing but modern python 3
• Quetzal support, so saves are portable to and from many other zmachine apps
• Healthy color terminal support on windows and linux
• Run games straight from the web by passing in a URL
• A major focus was "feel." Lines scroll in like it's the 80s.

"Features":

• Doesn't support mid-input interrupts
• No character font
• You can turn slow scroll mode off with --no-slow-scroll (you monster)
• Not fast enough to play really unoptimized Inform 7 games (so far I've found 2 offenders)

TODO:

• More features, implement the last few bits of the spec
• Config file, so you don't have to set an alias or keep passing args