Tads.org IFID Generator

An "IFID" is an Interactive Fiction IDentifier. This serves as a unique ID for a game, akin to the ISBN code for a book, so that Web sites like the IF Archive and IFDB can be certain they're talking about the same game.

The following IFID has been generated for you, to use for a new TADS game project. (It'll work just as well in most other authoring systems that use IFIDs.)

IFID: B2D582EF-36B9-41FF-80DB-F9F3E0C8CA2E

To generate a new random IFID, use your browser's Refresh function, or click here.

You should use your IFID when setting up your GameInfo definition for your game. For example, in TADS 2:

   getGameInfo: function
   {
     return ['IFID', 'B2D582EF-36B9-41FF-80DB-F9F3E0C8CA2E',
             'Name', 'My Game',
             ...etc... ];
   }

Or, in TADS 3:

   versionInfo: GameID
     IFID = 'B2D582EF-36B9-41FF-80DB-F9F3E0C8CA2E'
     name = 'My Game'
     // etc
   ;

(The IFID number above was generated randomly, and doesn't contain any information that would identify you personally.)

The IFID system in general is described in detail in the Treaty of Babel. For more information about how TADS uses IFIDs, and about TADS game metadata in general, see Bibliographic Metadata in TADS Games.