Welcome to Zoom

Zoom is an advanced player for interactive fiction stories written in four major formats:

• Z-Code, the format used by Infocom in the 1980s for games including Zork and Trinity, as well as new games written using the Inform language.
• Glulx, a modern language intended to be the successor to Z-Code.
• TADS, a modern language developed by Mike Roberts.
• HUGO, a modern language developed by The General Coffee Compnay.

Zoom runs on Mac OS X and Unix systems. This manual covers the OS X version.

Table of Contents

Playing Interactive Fiction with Zoom

• Launching the interpreter
• Entering commands
• Tracking your progress
• Beta testing with Zoom

Managing your collection

• Cataloging and finding your stories
• Organising your stories

Customising Zoom

• Fonts and colours
• Text to speech interface
• Advanced features
• Installing plug-ins