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Index
1. Getting started________________________________________________________ 4
1.1. Concerning <e-Adventure> ________________________________________________ 4
1.2. Concerning this document _________________________________________________ 4
1.3. Getting started: Basic projects management __________________________________ 5
2. Creating my first <e-Adventure> game ___________________________________ 9
2.1. Chapters ________________________________________________________________ 9
2.2. Scenes_________________________________________________________________ 10
2.2.1. Adding a scene ______________________________________________________________ 10
2.2.2. Linking scenes: adding a new exit ________________________________________________ 14
2.2.3. Initial positions in a scene ______________________________________________________ 16
2.3. Items _________________________________________________________________ 17
2.3.1. Creating a new item ___________________________________________________________ 17
2.3.2. Interacting with items: Actions __________________________________________________ 18
2.3.3. Documentation ______________________________________________________________ 19
2.3.4. Adding an item in a scene ______________________________________________________ 20
2.4. Set items_______________________________________________________________ 21
2.4.1. Create new set item ___________________________________________________________ 21
2.4.2. Information_________________________________________________________________ 23
2.4.3. Add set item in scene__________________________________________________________ 23
2.5. Characters _____________________________________________________________ 23
2.5.1. Creating a new character _______________________________________________________ 23
2.5.2. Documentation ______________________________________________________________ 24
2.5.3. Add characters in scenes _______________________________________________________ 25
2.5.4. Conversations _______________________________________________________________ 25
2.5.5. The player __________________________________________________________________ 29
2.6. Books _________________________________________________________________ 29
2.6.1. Creating new paragraphs _______________________________________________________ 31
2.6.2. Formatted text books _________________________________________________________ 32
2.7. Cut-scenes _____________________________________________________________ 35
2.7.1. Slide-scenes _________________________________________________________________ 35
2.7.2. Video-scenes ________________________________________________________________ 36
2.7.3. Linking cut-scenes to other scenes________________________________________________ 37
3. Perfecting my first <e-Adventure> game: Advanced Features________________ 39
3.1. Conditions and effects ___________________________________________________ 39
3.1.1. A simple condition ___________________________________________________________ 39
3.1.2. Variables ___________________________________________________________________ 40
3.1.3. Global states ________________________________________________________________ 41
3.1.4. Either conditions blocks. _______________________________________________________ 42
3.1.5. What you can do with conditions_________________________________________________ 43
3.1.6. Activating and deactivating flags: Effects ___________________________________________ 43
3.1.7. Giving value to variables._______________________________________________________ 44
3.1.8. Other effects. _______________________________________________________________ 44
3.1.9. Macros. ____________________________________________________________________ 46
3.2. Organizing the elements in the scene: Layers.________________________________ 46
3.3. Exporting the games as Learning Objects.___________________________________ 48
3.4. Exporting games as self-contained, Java ARchive files (JAR). ___________________ 51
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