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QUESTMAKER TUTOR DOCUMENTATION ------------------------------ QuestMaker Version 2.1 sample game is really a game makers tutorial. Only a few scenes are included to help the game developer understand how QuestMaker works. After starting QuestMaker select "Play Game" from the QuestMaker Main Menu. The first Screen displayed is a graphic file named INTRO1.PCX. You can change this graphic in your game using a Paint Program. INTRO1.PCX is a great for a title scene for your game. The next scene to be displayed is INTRO2.PCX. This graphic is a good place to include game start-up information as well as information on how to get the your game sequel and any shareware information if your game is to be distributed as shareware. Both graphics are 640 X 200 EGA graphics mode. QuestMaker always starts the game with graphic G22.PCX as the first scene. The next graphic scene displayed depends on which direction the game player moves the game character and/or commands entered by the game player on the screen. Note the screen number is in the upper right of your screen. Also note, you can press the F8 key to determine the Row and Column number of the game character anytime during game play. One way to understand what is happening on each screen is to do a Print Screen of the Screen Control Data prior to moving thru each example scene. To do this, select Screen Control Editor from the main Questmaker menu, press the <N> key, and press the Print Screen key for each screen control data screen. Then return to the game for examination. One other help is to print the script editor files by selecting the list function from the script editor. You can print each page by pressing print screen. For this tutorial enter the following game player commands (Verb and Subject) to understand the results of scripts entered via the Script Editor. You can go back later and see the actual scripts in the Script Editor database. Hazard Codes or Operation codes cause actions to be taken during game play. Also notice the screen G13 (when you get to it). It is a good example of how boundries and barriers work. Screen G03 shows a good example of a Walk behind. (ENTER FOLLOWING VERB and SUBJECTS on specified screen numbers.) Screen # Verb Subject OP CODE Results ------- --------------- ------- ------------------------------- G22 Look Around 90 Displays text then waits for enter key to display more text. (Program looks for another verb and subject match on "Look Around") G22 Look Around Displays text and no futher action. (second match) Since the above script was first in the database, a match will always occur there first. A blank Op Code means no further action is taken. G22 Get Mail 15 Checks game character position according to the position field in the Script editor. If OK, adds the words in the Reserved Field to the Game Inventory. If not OK, displays words "Not Close Enough" Also, adds any points specified in the Points field. G22 Open mail 20 Checks to see if word in the Resevered Field is in inventory if so, uses object, (no longer can be used again) then adds points if specified and displays script per Response Script fields. G22 Open Door 50 Checks game character Position. If OK, jumps to screen number and location specified in Reserved Field. Word "OK" displayed. Note the Jump can be to any valid screen number. In this example we used 44 to show it does not have to be an screen above or next to the screen you are moving from. G44 Look Around Gives Script Info G44 Get key 10 Picks up a Key from the shelf and adds Key to inventory if you are close enough to it. Also, add any points per Point Score field. Good time to check inventory here by pressing the <Tab> key or <F1>. G44 Leave 50 Return to screen G22 per reserved field if close enough per position field. Now move game charcter to your left and exit to screen number G12. Notice new sound per Screen Controls. You can press the cursor key to move the game character and stop the audio any time you switch from screen to screen (or just listen if you like the short tune). G12 Look around Gives info per script G12 Open Door 50 Jump to screen number and location per Reserved Field if close enough per Position Field. G11 Look Around Gives info per script G11 Pick up bottle 10 Adds Bottle to inventory per word "Bottle" in Reserved Field if close enough per Position Field. Also note the strange bottle is removed from the screen. Object was placed there per Screen Control editor using the objects in the game objects list A to Z. Also, add any points per Point Score field. G11 Look Desk 60 Checks game character Position. If close enough, displays text. If not, displays words "Not Close enough." In this example, nothing important is revield. G11 Get Brew 40 Checks to see if object specified in reserved field is in Inventory yet. If not, shows response script. If in Inventory, jumps to next "Get Brew" match in script database and responds according to Hazard (Operation) code. In this example the code below. G11 Get Brew 15 Get the brew from the pot if you have the "Bottle" in the inventory list. Add "Brew" to inventory. Also, add any points per Point Score field. This is a good time to Save your Game! Press the <F3> key and type in "Test1". You can start over by restoring your game on the beginning game screen by pressing <F5> and typing the name of the game you saved. G11 Drink Brew 40 Check if Brew is in Inventory if not present response. If so, look for next match in data base for Drink Brew. G11 Drink Brew 30 A true game hazard. You die. The game end screen GEND.PCX is displayed. The program allows you to start over. After starting the game over you return to the G11 screen. G11 leave 50 Jump back to screen specified in the Reserved Field if you are close enough to the door specified in the Position field. You should now be back to G12. Move the game character again to the next screen to the left (G02). G02 Look, Look around displays script per match. Now walk toward the small camp fire on the edge of the cliff. A good time to do a save first! As you walk too close to the fire see what happens per the ZAP field location in the Screen Control Editor for this screen number. Now walk south or down if you have just returned from your saved game. You should enter screen number G03. This is an example of a walk behind area where the game character is not seen as it walks behind an area specified in the walk behind area in the screen control data. Also, this scene has a Quantum Point location specified at the end of the large pipe that adds a point for passing that location. If you pass the same location again it will NOT add another point. If you missed the Quantum point, try walking back thru the pipe at a differnt location. For this example there is no return to the left of the screen or above. So move on to the right and view the G13 screen for an example of another quantum point location and special effect when moving across that location of a color change and sound. This happens as a result of information in the Screen Control data for screen number G13. Also, notice where you can walk and not walk on this screen. This is a good example screen for most of the Screen Control Data. To leave this screen, take a short cut back to screen G23 by moving north or up. Now move your game character to the right back thru G22 and on to G32. G32 read sign 70 Displays response text then executes DOS command per Reserved Field, in this example plays a music tune via Mus.com file. G32 view sign 71 Executes DOS command per Reserved Field, in this example, we play some music notes via Mus.com file. (No text displayed with 71 code.) Look around and move to g42. The rest of the game functions can be followed by typing Look and following the suggested actions. G42 Open Door Displays Response "which door" per response script. G42 Open Door 50 Jump to screen number and location per Reserved Field if close enough per Position Field. G42 open bar door 31 Checks for KEY in inventory, if not there, game ends. An example of a hazard. G52 This screen when entered shows an example of the D/P in the Screen Control Editor showing a graphic picture overlay. It is a great way to add text or other pictures to a scene. G52 Buy/Get Token 85 Checks for Quantum points and position location. If you do not have a Quantum Point to use, the program displays you do not have one. If you do the program adds to score and puts word in Reservered Field in inventory, then displays text per Response script. Note: The word Quantum can be change to any name you want by entering a name in the "SPARE" field on the Screen Control Editor for screen number 22. Examples; Bucks, Diamonds, Strength, Money, Power, etc. G52 Enter/Go in 40 Checks for Token per inventory, City Dock then skips to next match if in inventory. If not displays text in Response script. G52 Enter/Go in Ok we could go on from here and use the code 50 to jump to another screen but we will leave the rest of creating the game to you. G22 Win game 32 This tests the Game Win Op code. It displays the WIN.PCX and asks if you would like to play again. Game win can also be a result of getting the maximum number of points. Just in case we failed to tell you about the way QuestMaker searches for a match on "verb" and "subject/noun", you should note the search is sequential. In other words, the first time the match occurs in the script data base, an action occurs. So if you add an action later on with the same "verb" and "subject" it may never execute. You may need to go back an insert a script to accomplish your desired results. To insert scripts, you can edit over previous scripts per screen number, then add scripts you want to occur later on. Also, you can remove a script by editing the script and changing the screen number to 99, then sort the database by pressing F3. Screen number 99's will be removed when a sort occurs. The sort function will only sort scripts per screen number. Scripts with the same screen number are not sorted (remain in the order entered).