Talk:Glulx

Regarding notability

 * I reached this article through the following chain: Zork, Z-Machine, Frotz, Glulx. Frotz doesn't have an article, instead it's referenced in the Z-Machine article, there are no citations either, it's just added as a see also. I do think that this might be a notable topic, but as it stands I agree that it is not. Some citation needs to appear so that it can be added to an existing article before even considering a standalone article.--TZubiri (talk) 22:53, 28 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Glulx is one of the two most used IF formats in recent years, since it became the default output format of Inform 7. (Note that Glulx is not produced only by Inform 7, but also by other IF languages.) Many of the IF works considered notable enough to have a Wikipedia page were published in Glulx, including Photopia, Counterfeit Monkey, The Wizard Sniffer. The IFComp winners from these years were published in Glulx: 2023, 2021, 2019-2017, 2015-2009 (only 3 years since 2009 were won by something other than a Glulx entry). Likewise lots of XYZZY Awards best game awards went to Glulx works, as did the IF Top 50 (2023), etc. It's a very important part of the modern IF world. The problem is that it's a hidden behind-the-scenes technology that people don't usually write about; they'll mention it in passing as they discuss Inform or various games, but people don't write articles solely about Glulx. In that regard it's very similar to the Perl virtual machine, an article which has no independent sources. Have there been any questions as to its notability status? --Curiousdannii (talk) 05:02, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Interesting comment from 2020, I had not at that point read Counterfeit Monkey.
 * Definitely notable, I agree that the key towards notability is in the works created with this tool. If we can get a citation where Glulx is attributed, that would be great. To be fair, the games themselves are a citable source, and Glulxe should appear in the credits.
 * Something to consider as well is that Plotkin also releases tools for creating tools for creating IF, usually covered under the umbrella GLK. So if the scope of the article were increased to include GLK, this would also cover works created with derivatives of GLK.
 * --TZubiri (talk) 08:25, 29 May 2024 (UTC)