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Revision as of 20:38, 26 October 2009

Axe Murderer's outline proposal from http://social.bioware.com/group/239/discussion/687/

Departments supported by social:

• 2d Art
• 3d Art
• Animation
• Area Design
• Audio/Sound Effect
• Character Design
• Cinematic
• Music/Composing
• Project Management
• QA/Testing
• Scenario Design
• Scripting
• Story Writing
• Tools Programming
• Visual Effect
• Voice Acting
• Writing/Dialog

Getting Started

• DA Overview
• Installation Guide
• Toolset Interface/User's Guide
• Overview: What comprises a game world? What can be customized?
• Overview: What are art assets? What assests are available? What can be customized?
• Overview: Sound, VO, Music, what are they, where are they used? What can be customized?
• Overview: What is a character? What can be customized?
• Overview: Cinematics. What is a cutscene? What is a stage? What can be customized?
• Overview: What is module management? Why is it necessary? What does it do?
• Overview: What does the game provide to help with story writing? What can be done with these tools?
• Overview: Scripting. What is a script? Why are scripts used? What can they do?
• Overview: 3rd Party Extensions. What they are, why they are needed, etc.? Do I need them?

Builders: Building the Game World

• Area Design Overview
• Design Resources
  • Area
  • Area List
  • Character
  • Creature
  • Item
  • String
  • Trigger
• Building related tutorials (probably needs further initial subdivision)
  • How to use the Level Editor
  • How to use the Area Editor
  • How to add a creature
  • How to add an item
  • How to add a trigger
  • others

Artists: Managing Custom Art Assets

• Art Assets Overview
• 2d Art
• 3d Art
• Animation
• Visual Effect
• Art Resources
  • Animation
  • Level
  • Material
  • Morph
  • VFX
• Art related tutorials (probably needs further initial subdivision)
  • How to use the Animation Editor
  • How to use the Level Editor
  • How to use the Material Editor
  • How to use the Morph Editor
  • How to use the VFX Editor
  • others

Sound Technicians: Controlling Sound and Music

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• Audio Overview
• Audio/Sound Effect
• Music/Composing
• Voice Acting
• Design Resources
  • Conversation
• Sound/Music related tutorials (may need further initial subdivision)
  • How to record sounds
  • How to compose and record music
  • How to record voiceovers
  • How to format sound files
  • How to import and integrate sounds
  • How to import and integrate music
  • How to import and integrate voiceovers
  • others

Players: Creating and Managing Characters

• Character Overview
• Character Design
• Design Resources
  • Character
• Character Management related tutorials (may need further initial subdivision)
  • How to design a character
  • How to create a character
  • others

Cinematographers: Adding Cutscenes and In-Game Movies

• Cinematic Overview
• Cutscenes
• Movies
• Design Resources
  • Client Script
  • Conversation
  • Cutscene
  • Stage
• Cinematics related tutorials (may need further initial subdivision)
  • How to design a cutscene
  • How to make a cutscene
  • How to create and add a stage
  • How to use a client script with a cutscene
  • How to use cutscene capture to make a movie
  • others

Project Managers: Managing Your Module

• Project Management Overview
• Project Management Tasks
• QA/Testing
• Design Resources
  • Client Script
• Module Management tutorials (may need further initial subdivision)
  • How to create a module
  • How to manage a project
  • How to test a module
  • How to use client scripts to speed testing
  • others

Story Tellers: Creating A Story

• Story Overview
• Scenario Design
• Story Writing
• Writing/Dialog
• Design Resources
  • Conversation
  • Cutscene
  • Plot
• Story Creation related tutorials (probably needs further initial subdivision)
  • How to design a scenario
  • How to write a story
  • How to write a dialog
  • How to use plots
  • How to best incorporate cutscenes
  • others

Scripters: Changing and Extending Default Behaviors

• Scripting Overview
• Game Engine Mechanics
• DAScript Language
  • Definitions
    • Datatypes
    • Operators
    • Statements
    • Functions
    • etc.
  • Functions Reference/Index
  • Constants Reference/Index
  • Topics Reference/Index
• Design Resources
  • Client Script
  • Script
• Scripting related tutorials (no doubt needs further initial subdivision)
  • How to create a script
  • How to control *choose your favorite behavior*
  • many many others

Tool Experts: 3rd Party Extensions

• Extensions Overview
• Bioware Suggestions for 3rd Party Tools
• Tools Programming
• Art Resources
  • Animation
  • Level
  • Material
  • Morph
  • VFX
• Design Resources
  • Area
  • Area List
  • Character
  • Client Script
  • Conversation
  • Creature
  • Cutscene
  • Item
  • Plot
  • Script
  • Stage
  • String
  • Trigger
• Technical Details and Tools (probably won't need further initial subdivision)
  • File Formats
    • 2DA
    • ERF
    • GFF
    • RIM
    • others
  • Data Editors
    • 2DA
    • ERF
    • GFF
    • RIM
• 3rd Party Extension tutorials (no doubt needs further initial subdivision)
  • How to modify 2DA files
  • How to modify ERF files
  • How to modify GFF files
  • How to modify RIM files
  • How to use joe's item maker
  • How to use pete's loot system
  • How to use barbara's crafting
  • How to use daisy's script generator
  • others