Spatterlight is a native Cocoa application that plays most parser-based interactive fiction game files: AGT, Adrift (except v5), AdvSys, Alan, Glulx, Hugo, Level 9, Magnetic Scrolls, Scott Adams, TADS (text-only), and Z-code. See credits file for more details.
Download the latest release here!
Then report bugs on the issues tracker.
- VoiceOver support. See ACCESSIBILITY.md for documentation.
- Themes
- Per-game settings
- Easy download of game info from Ifdb
- Sounds, images and text colours
- Autosave and autorestore for Glulx and Z-code games
A promotional video for Spatterlight 0.5.13b: https://youtu.be/KXbk_gpLQ8w
And another one for 0.5.12b: https://youtu.be/Y07jFFvjsnE
Beyond Zork: https://youtu.be/GzYmywCm_24
Guilty Bastards: https://youtu.be/vXjZwwlFqyQ
Necrotic Drift: https://youtu.be/Um8z7X91S8U
Cryptozookeeper: https://youtu.be/1MkdVnhZRl8
Hugo Tetris: https://youtu.be/G-tTzXso6AA
Adventure International showcase: https://youtu.be/p5Oelhsmzco
Rebel Planet and Kayleth: https://youtu.be/RygPK26_e5Q
The Sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle (Atari ST): https://youtu.be/vvoFQ49VLgE
Questprobe 2 featuring Spider-Man (Atari ST): https://youtu.be/_wA7gEhTeZE
Questprobe: Featuring Human Torch and the Thing (Atari ST): https://youtu.be/IK_KpdVIOIg
Journey using VoiceOver: https://youtu.be/9jauDyUu6Ro
Building the current version has only been tried on macOS 15 Sequoia and Xcode 16. If you have success on earlier versions, please let me know! The resulting binary will still run on 10.13 High Sierra, though.
Clone or download the source. Open the file Spatterlight.xcodeproj in Xcode. Make sure that the target is set to Spatterlight > My Mac. Press the Build & Run button.
Note that the master branch has the QuickLook plugins disabled. To enable them, you must use the release branch, which requires at least setting your Apple Developer Group ID on all targets, and possibly other changes as well.
Spatterlight supports the Treaty of Babel standard for cataloguing bibliographic information about interactive fiction.
The Spatterlight application is released under the GNU Public License; the interpreters and libraries it uses are freely redistributable and covered by their own specific licenses.
This is beta software! There is no warranty: use it at your own risk. You will need macOS 10.10 or higher for the latest version, but there are older versions compatible with older systems.
Spatterlight was originally written by Tor Andersson. Copyright 2007-2024 by Tor Andersson and the respective interpreter authors.