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. Written by Graeme Yeandle, it was published on the ZX Spectrum by Gilsoft in December 1983. 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.