Scenario Design Tutorial -- Unfinished

[Dintiradan]

Hey everyone.

 

This is one of my projects that have been sitting on my hard drive collecting dust for a looong while. It's unfinished, and I don't feel very motivated about working on it right now. That said, there is an upcoming BoA scenario contest, so I thought I'd post the unfinished work here now, and maybe the feedback will shame me into finishing it.

 

http://dintiradan.ermarian.net/pages/boa_tutorial/index

 

It's a tutorial that walks you through the process of creating a simple scenario; think Settlers, but with screenshots and more detailed instructions. And less DXM. It also deals with some Windows-specific issues that keep popping up.

 

The writing is quite chatty and laid back at the moment. Personally, I don't like too much of that in technical manuals, but on the other hand the target audience of this tutorial is people who aren't going to read the BoA docs.

 

I'd welcome any comments and criticisms. Is this worth finishing (yes, I know, Blades is dead...)? Are there any sections you'd like to see? Something I'm not covering in enough detail? The unfinished sections deal with basic scripting, dialogue, quests, shops, town entry, outdoor fights, custom graphics, custom monsters, cutscenes (in roughly that order).

[Dintiradan]

(Whoops. Should this have gone in the Editor forum? Some mod want to move it?)

[Ephesos]

I like it, a lot. Very nice, and I would support its completion.

 

Maybe add a picture of some sort to the planning page, but not really sure what it would be of.

[Dintiradan]

Hmmm, how about this?

[Ephesos]

Hm. Not quite accurate enough. Needs more blood.

 

More like this sort of thing:

 

[S M Adventurer]

I took a look at the introduction, and it looks pretty good. I support this as well. It might even encourage some new designers to make scenarios for BoA. (Like myself.) You should continue working on it.

 

Oh, and Blades is never going to be dead. Just as long we don't let it die.

[Handyman]

WARNING:

Click to reveal..

(image removed for profanity, though it was quite funny)

[Jerakeen]

Erm. One of the mods is going to request you take that down. Or alter it to be "family-friendly".

[Lazarus.]

That would be the structure of most TM scenarios, certainly. It's one of my personal favorites.

[Handyman]

[tridash]

Sorry about the minor threadomancy;

 

I hadn't really looked at this before, but it seems great so far and it looks like you need more people to shame you into doing it

[Dintiradan]

Colour me ashamed. :-p

 

It's not a case of me forgetting the project; it's on the backburner, but there always seems to be something else with higher priority that needs doing in the evenings. But yeah, unless I budget time for this project, it will never get done. Baby steps to completion.