Added "Game Features" section to the manual

[Crimson Wizard]

I post this here and not in e.g. "Editor development", because this is not exactly related to the program development.

For a long time I've been thinking that there has to be a separate section in the manual, which describes what AGS can do and how the game acts in principle. Existing topics are covering mostly the editor windows, and tutorials are step-by-step instructions on how to make something first. But I wished there was a kind of a summary, that would give a perspective on the "whole thing".

I started writing this some time ago, but things were progressing slowly, because I've been busy with other things, and also this sort of writing seem to depend on my mood. Sometimes it turns out good, and sometimes it's way too "technical" and dry.

But things that I wrote seemed as they may be useful, and it's a shame to keep them hidden. So I finally added the "Game Features" section to the manual, including 4 articles I wrote.
It may be found in our manual source here (not published on the online manual page yet):
https://github.com/adventuregamestudio/ags-manual/wiki#game-features

The 4 articles are:
- Game (https://github.com/adventuregamestudio/ags-manual/wiki/Feature_Game)
- Rooms (https://github.com/adventuregamestudio/ags-manual/wiki/Feature_Rooms)
- Characters (https://github.com/adventuregamestudio/ags-manual/wiki/Feature_Characters)
- Inventory Items (https://github.com/adventuregamestudio/ags-manual/wiki/Feature_InventoryItems)
Latter is partially based on a small text written by RootBound a while back.

This is not necessarily the final look of them, and could be adjusted and amended further. My wish was to make a starting point from which this sort of documentation may be expanded.

Just a reminder, if anyone would like to work on this, our manual source is currently open for editing as wiki pages, and you only need a github account for this.

[Rik_Vargard]

Hey thank you so much for that. 
After a first quick look I noticed that the link to Densming videos gets me nowhere.
And also, are most of those not a little outdated at this point? As a reminder, @Eon_Star has a lot of great and current tutorials.

[Crimson Wizard]

After a first quick look I noticed that the link to Densming videos gets me nowhere.
And also, are most of those not a little outdated at this point? As a reminder, @Eon_Star has a lot of great and current tutorials.

Sorry, I do not understand, which link to Densming videos are you referring to? I was linking to the 4 pages which I wrote recently.
Unfortunately, I do not know what Eon_Star's tutorials are.

Are you commenting over these 4 pages, or the manual in general?

[Rik_Vargard]

Sorry, I do not understand, which link to Densming videos are you referring to? I was linking to the 4 pages which I wrote recently.
Unfortunately, I do not know what Eon_Star's tutorials are.

Are you commenting over these 4 pages, or the manual in general?

I clicked on the four links which, as I understand, lead to the same page but at that precise part of that page.
I clicked on the the "Tutorial" and then  the "StartingOff" link
Then I clicked on the "acintro" link and there is this:

Densming has created some excellent Video Tutorials on YouTube, which guide you through the process of creating a game. If you find videos easier to follow than text, check them out! With a link where I can click on Video Tutorials,

And when I click on it I get this Youtube page with a monkey saying this : "This page isn't available. Sorry about that. Try searching for something else."

And my second point:
I started learning AGS from Densming's Videos, and when I had a problem and posted it on the Tech forums, I remember you and others tell me "This is now obsolete." I talked about that in the AGS forum thread.
I also pointed out, at that moment, that there was an AGS member named @Eon_Star that created a lot of tutorial videos (just like Densming)> AGS tutorials 3.6

[Crimson Wizard]

I clicked on the four links which, as I understand, lead to the same page but at that precise part of that page.

No, they lead to separate 4 pages.

I clicked on the the "Tutorial" and then  the "StartingOff" link
Then I clicked on the "acintro" link and there is this:

Ah... To be honest, it took me a while to find the "acintro" link that you are speaking of. Finally I found that it's added on the sidebar in the wiki. This link leads to an old version of the "Tutorial" page, and seems to be an oversight. It's no longer compiled in the manual, and probably should be deleted.

EDIT: I think that we may have an extra section in Tutorial with "external resources", and add links to user-made tutorials there.

[Eon_Star]

Hi,

Rik_Vargard is refering to my AGS tutorials (Youtube videos).
I would like to share a link to my AGS tutorials if it helps:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdlsMVDmowzSkFXAwnV_dOXjrSqYsjU15

The "DensMing" tutorials:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ml_DR76Cl4&list=PL21DB402CB4DAEAEF

Have a nicce day.

 

 

[Rik_Vargard]

EDIT: I think that we may have an extra section in Tutorial with "external resources", and add links to user-made tutorials there.

Oh, that's a great idea!