Slime Salad

Yay, now I can add in those extra layers when I go back to working on Powerstick Man XE eight years from now. Just kidding. This makes my day seeing this addition. Thanks. Now I can go super design crazy. It's funny how much I realize the engine still needs for improvement when you post things like ...

For notes/plans/documents, I use a text file with sections, subsections, etc, and edit it with emacs org-mode, which can selectively show/hide sections, and more. I would guess Pepsi is going to talk about a mind-mapping/note-taking tool with hierarchical views... I thought there was a well known o...

Funny you should ask. I'm slowly preparing a presentation of a tool that I don't think anyone here uses, or even knows about, that could really transform the way we approach game design. I'm still converting my documents to this extremely efficient and useful system, but I'm not there yet. I'm prett...

I appreciate TMC for having the uncanny ability to make sense of the nonsensical and to figure out a path to develop what shouldn't be possible. I appreciate that he can dive in and spend hours on a problem that the rest of us would look at for about two minutes and say, "Eh, this can wait.&quo...

And now for an update! Delayed Response: Quote: Even though Entrepreneur: The Beginning encourages sound business practices, it won't force you down a purely ethical path. Amusing, and also a bit cynical! I know how players really want to play this game. ;) Sickos. Quote: 8am - 12pm: ... However, th...

Aw, man, this is great to see. Now I can comfortably and confidently resume work on this tale of madness:

https://www.slimesalad.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6070

Thanks, James!!! Can't wait to see the results of your hard work.

Looks nice. Hope you stick with it.

What are your plans for it? What is it?

I would agree that you should be able to display slice collections without scripting. What you said about NPCs sounds like "textbox conditionals without the textboxes", which is more like how other game engines allow scripting-without-code (GUIs, visual programming). I don't know how to g...

I totally want to play in Espionage mode. Please post a picture of the Russian town in Espionage mode. I need this. Thanks.

Glad you all are finding useful things! I'm about three quarters the way through the Scrivener for Windows course. I knew a lot already, but I'm learning even more useful and strategic things about it that I didn't know before, so it's money well spent. Great way to spend a Saturday afternoon. Thank...

I just picked up the Scrivener and pixel art courses I was eluding to earlier. Combined, it'll take me about 15 hours to get through them. They're quite comprehensive, though I suspect the pixel art course is merely scratching the surface of things. I think the key with Udemy is to read the reviews ...

Hmm...splitting it into several books is a good idea. When I think of manual, I also think of book. When I think of HOWTO, I also think of wiki page. For my part, this is something I'd like to attempt, but I can't promise anything soon or as thorough as Rinku's document. As I said before, I'll proba...

Hey guys, I received an email about this a week ago, but didn't check it out until last night. Udemy, a retailer for online courses, is having a storewide sale until April 30th on all of its courses for $19 each. These courses normally retail anywhere from $20 to $200 each, so it's quite a steal. Wh...

Another option would be to link to HOWTO articles within the more structured manual, so that the user can still follow along a suggested path without binding them to a particular order of doing things. That could work well. I agree that Rinku's article is the best source for doing specific things li...

The organization of the tutorials (or the need for organization) is the primary reason why I'm in favor of a manual. The other advantage is that new developers can have everything they need in one place. I remembered Rinku's game design epic right after I posted this thought. I remember it being den...