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A Question About Case Planning
Totally-Not-Miley Omelia Tigre
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I've seen on the forums people saying things like "I finished my 500 page script for the case" or something like that. I'm just wondering, do you guys type out your script in something like Google Docs/Microsoft Word? It's always confused me a little on how people do this kind of thing. I apologize if it is a dumb question, just wondering, and if I understand right, it'll go a long way with the development of my game.
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Re: A Question About Case Planning
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Some of these approaches depend on the case maker. For instance, with something like AAO, someone might find it easier to just directly type their script into the editor, since they'll immediately get a preview of how it'll look like in the texbox and how each individual frame of dialogue might look like in the editor.
In some cases, like PyWright, you might find that a script is more prefarrable due to the fact that you a) can't see your results immediately so it would cut down the amount of potential playtesting if you just put it in and run it once and b) the code itself will possibly be much more structured.
But again, this is by no means a rule. Both tactics work for either case maker. It's what you're more comfortable with doing. For Curtain on PyWright - I just wrote dialogue as I coded it in. Same with AAO.
The advantage, admittedly, to having everything written out in advance, is that in terms of resources. You'll know exactly, to the exact detail, just what sprites, graphics and pieces of music you may or may not need, because you'll have all the dialogue (containing the mood and emotions) just written out. But it's not necessarily a big advantage, given that you're bound to make compromises down the line either way. But it's something that'll definitely make things a bit easier for people who really can't afford to play around with resources, so it helps with planning out.
Overall, though -- it comes down to preference. You're not any less of a writer or casemaker for choosing one or the other, as long as you know what you're doing.
What is an absolute must, though, I would say is a basic outline of the case and how it'll proceed. A general draft of how the investigation/trials will proceed, what pieces of evidence you'll use and what characters will show up. The obvious benefit is again that planning from a resource standpoint - but this is much more important than that. This ensures that you can go through your case as many times as you need to and fix up any logic problems you come across along the way.
Now, if your question was regarding how these scripts look - I have no clue. I can only speak for myself and they're usually strucutred like:
Spoiler: Space Saver
That one guy from AAO that made about a dozen cases that all kinda go off the deep end and fall apart at one point or another.
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