This week will be a bit random with my
postings, but I'll be back to normal next week with consistent
topics. Today, I'm just going to mention something I've been doing
regarding the progress of the Solar Echoes Visual Novel game. One
thing I found essential was the ability to communicate my ideas to
the others working with me on the project, and a flow-chart or
“mindmap,” as some call them, was needed. I tried out different
free programs, one which was called Freemind. It wasn't quite what I
was looking for because it didn't allow cross-linking. I settled on
the Draw program available through the free OpenOffice.org word
processing software, and it's really easy to use. See the attached
example I just threw together in 5 minutes. For a complex,
choose-your-own-adventure visual novel like I'm planning, it was
important to be able to provide visual representation of this for
others, and for myself! You should have seen the crazy thing I had
diagrammed on my giant dry-erase board at home. I could read it, but
others had trouble reading it from the photos I sent them. This draw
program will do just fine!
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