Text Adventure Development System

TADS
Paradigmprototype-based, domain-specific
Designed byMichael J. Roberts
DeveloperMichael J. Roberts
First appeared1988 (1988)
Stable release
Version 3.1.3 / May 16, 2013 (2013-05-16)
Typing disciplineStrong typing, type inference
OSAmiga, BeOS, MS-DOS, Windows, Unix-like (Linux, Mac OS X)
LicenseTADS 2 Freeware source code
Websitewww.tads.org

Text Adventure Development System (TADS) is a prototype-based domain-specific programming language and set of standard libraries for creating interactive fiction (IF) games.