interactive-fiction

Interactive Fiction : what are the existing tools and programming language ?

I'm looking to write an interactive fiction à la Zork, but with my own silliness... The question I want to ask is: what are the tools and languages existing to do that and what are the features and advantages of each? For example what are the differences between TADS 2, TADS 3, Inform 6 and Inform 7, and why use one instead of another...

I want to port the Frotz z-machine interpreter to the Amazon Kindle. Is this even possible?

I want to be able to play works of interactive fiction on an Amazon Kindle 2. In order to do this, I would need to port the Frotz interpreter to the Kindle. So far, I have not been able to find anywhere that Kindle application development is discussed. Does such a thing exist? Where can I find more information? ...