@berkeleynerd your post sent me down a rathole I didn’t know I needed. #inform7 looks really cool!

https://ganelson.github.io/inform-website/

https://www.ifwiki.org/FAQ#What_is_.22interactive_fiction.22.3F

https://digitalhumanities.berkeley.edu/writing-interactive-fiction-inform-7

https://ifdb.org

https://iplayif.com/?story=https%3A%2F%2Fifarchive.org%2Fif-archive%2Fgames%2Fzcode%2FSavoir-Faire.zblorb

Also recommend the last 20 seconds of MacBreak weekly 33 - https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly/episodes/33