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"THE PRIEST AND THE RENNES ALIGNMENT" is a new offline parser-based interactive fiction / text adventure for Windows XP and above. 32/64 bit.
Author: catventure

Might work on MAC - using CROSSOVER or PARALLELS DESKTOP. :D
Might work on LINUX - using WINE emulator. :D

It is also entered in the ...

Hi,

"THE ABBEY OF THE HIDDEN ROSE" text adventure game for PC Windows was placed 5th in the TALP 2026 competition.

Regards,
catventure.

"The Abbey of the Hidden Rose" is a new offline parser-based interactive fiction / text adventure for Windows XP and above. 32/64 bit.
Author: catventure

Might work on MAC - using CROSSOVER or PARALLELS DESKTOP. :D
Might work on LINUX - using WINE emulator. :D

It is also entered in the 2026 TALP ...

Hi, I've made a new offline, parser based text only adventure using TAB for Windows. Needs playtesting now. PM me if interested I will give you the itch site url and password. "The Abbey of the Hidden Rose".
Works on PC Windows 32/64 bit. XP and above.
Regards,
Catventure.

Hi, I've made a new offline, parser based text only adventure using TAB for Windows. Needs playtesting now. PM me if interested I will give you the itch site url and password. "The Abbey of the Hidden Rose".
Regards,
Catventure.

TAB is a retro-style, parser-based tool similar to 1980s systems like The Quill or PAW—easy for beginners, no traditional programming required beyond simple IF-style rules.

1. Download and Setup
Head to the itch.io page: https://catventure.itch.io/tab

Download the latest version (e.g., TAB V71 ...

Here are links to TAB documentation.

An html quick tutorial is included. You can read the tutorial here: http://tab.thinbasic.com/QuickTutorial.html

A USERGUIDE is included. READ THE USERGUIDE: http://tab.thinbasic.com/USERGUIDE.txt

A condition/action coding language doc is included. READ IT ...

Yes. Very well done and.congrats on 1st prize.

Philip.

Here's what I found Google AI says about TAB. :)


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ThinBASIC Adventure Builder (T.A.B.) is a free, offline text adventure creator for Windows XP and above. It's designed to be a retro-style interactive fiction authoring tool, similar to earlier programs like QUILL, GAC or PAW. T.A.B ...

Hi Garry,
Thanks for providing the info about this annual text adventure competition.

(Should any entrant decide to use the "TAB for Windows" creator to build a little example game I'm happy to be on hand to help answer questions about using the program, answer queries or playtest data etc. Contact ...

Here is a demovid about implementing a game "clock" using flags in a TAB for Windows text adventure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vGT04pyWpo

Check out the coding needed and entries required by downloading the TAB text version program and load the "Clock.tab" demo database into the TAB Editor ...

There's a TAB page on the IFwiki

https://www.ifwiki.org/ThinBASIC_Adventure_Builder

The annual PARSERCOMP Interactive Fiction jam webpage.

https://itch.io/jam/parsercomp-2024

Season's Greetings and Happy New Year 2024 to all text adventurers!

Just a reminder that I made an online instruction QUICK TUTORIAL for a "TAB for Windows" text adventure example game in case anyone fancies trying it out over the hols.

http://tab.thinbasic.com/QuickTutorial.html

(However, it is ...

A screenshot of the text only version of TAB Player.