Outline Of Proposed New Howto

The new HowTo is a work in progress and most chapters are still blank. In the meantime see the existing HOWTO

Core Tutorials: Making a Game From Start to Finish

1. Chapter 1 - Introduction
2. Chapter 2 - Getting Started
3. Chapter 3 - Artwork
   1. Part 1 - Maptiles
   2. Part 2 - Walkabouts
   3. Part 3 - Hero Sprites
   4. Part 4 - Enemy Sprites
   5. Part 5 - Attacks and Weapons
   6. Part 6 - Importing BMP graphics
4. Chapter 4 - Map Construction
   1. Part 1 - Using Map Layers
   2. Part 2 - Animating Maptiles
   3. Part 3 - Doors
   4. Part 4 - Map Design
   5. Part 5 - Constructing your Map
5. Chapter 5 - NPCs
   1. Part 1 - Using NPCs to Trigger Events
   2. Part 2 - Making interesting NPCs
6. Chapter 6 - Tags
   1. Part 1 - Tags and NPCs
   2. Part 2 - Tags and Maps
   3. Part 3 - Tags and Enemies
7. Chapter 7 - Making a Hero
   1. Part 1 - Hero Stats
   2. Part 2 - Adding, Removing, Swapping, Heroes
   3. Part 3 - Balancing
8. Chapter 8 - Attacks
   1. Part 1 - Special Attacks
   2. Part 2 - Making Your Attacks Interesting
9. Chapter 9 - Items
   1. Part 1 - General Items
   2. Part 2 - Arms and Armor
   3. Part 3 - Healing Items
10. Chapter 10 - Battles
    1. Part 1 - Enemies
    2. Part 2 - Formations
    3. Part 3 - Stun, Regen, Poison, and Mute
    4. Part 4 - Making Interesting Battles
    5. Part 5 - Balancing Battles
    6. Part 6 - Mechanics of Battle
11. Chapter 11 - Vehicle Use
12. Chapter 12 - Sound and Music
    1. Part 1 - Copyright Issues
    2. Part 2 - Composing Music
13. Chapter 13 - Text Boxes
    1. Part 1 - Portrait Boxes
    2. Part 2 - Linking Text Boxes
    3. Part 3 - Using an External Editor
14. Chapter 14 - Custom Menus
15. Chapter 15 - Slices
    1. Part 1 - Introduction to Slices
    2. Part 2 - Collections
    3. Part 3 - Slice Families
    4. Part 4 - Slice Types
16. Chapter 16 - Plotscripting
    1. Part 1 - Introduction
    2. Part 2 - Variables and Strings
    3. Part 3 - Conditionals
    4. Part 4 - Flow control
    5. Part 5 - Working with Slice
    6. Part 6 - Tweaking Maps
    7. Part 7 - Advanced
17. Chapter 17 - Distributing a Game

Appendix A - Keyboard Conventions

Appendix B - Sample Scripts