The Zaytun Handbook

The complete guide and reference for Zaytun, a small language for writing text adventures: what a game is made of, every form the language has, and what a player can type.

Written and maintained by Ali Miracle, creator and developer of the Zaytun Project — <alimiracle@riseup.net>. Free software under the GNU General Public Licence, version 3 or later, as the rest of the project is. The project lives at https://zaytun-project.codeberg.page/.

Last updated 27 September 2026.

If you only want to play a game rather than write one, skip to Playing a compiled game.

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