The Quill (software)

Developer(s)Gilsoft
Publisher(s)Gilsoft
Designer(s)Graeme Yeandle
Platform(s)ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Atari 8-bit, Apple II, Oric
Release1983
Genre(s)Game creation system

The Quill is a game creation system for text adventures.[1] Written by Graeme Yeandle, it was published on the ZX Spectrum by Gilsoft in December 1983.[2] Although available to the general public, it was used by several games companies to create best-selling titles; over 450 commercially published titles for the ZX Spectrum were written using The Quill.[3]

  1. ^ Sinclair User 37
  2. ^ "Handy quill opens-up adventure games". Sinclair User (21): 48. December 1983. Retrieved 19 September 2007.
  3. ^ "The Quill Adventure System". SpectrumComputing.co.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2022.