SCRIPTMAKER

Download

Choose run or save. Then choose a folder to unzip it. Inside it, there will be a folder called scriptmaker, which contains the application scriptmaker.exe

ScriptMaker is an conversation edit application, that allows writing conversations like the classic adventures games, in which a character says something, which leads to one or more possible answers.

These answers can lead to more and more sub answers, giving the conversation a tree shape, and every time we use it, we can choose a different branch, until we get to the end.

When we create a new conversation, the main branch appears, with a generic text “some text”, that can be modified, and to which we can add more branches and sub-branches and sub-sub branches...

There are two types of sentences: those spoken by the computer, symbolized by the icon , and those spoken by the user, symbolized by

MENUS EXPLANATION

FILE

New:

Starts a new conversation with a generic text “some text”. After choosing this option, enter the name of the conversation, and press enter

Load / Save:

Load / Save a conversation in the hard disk

New User:

Creates a new user in the server. After that, a world map will appear so we can choose a place to locate it.

Log On user:

With this option, we enter in the private space of an existing user, to download, upload, edit conversations

Set Photo:

Allows searching for a jpg file in the hard disk to be used as our image

Change Conversation name:

By default, the name of the conversation is the one we gave it when it was created, or the one it had when it was loaded or downloaded. This option is for changing it

INTERNET

Upload:

Uploads the current conversation to the server

Download:

Shows a list of the conversations that we have in the server, so we can choose which one to download

TEST

Launch:

With this option, we can test how the conversation would be:

The first sentence is shown. Then a list of the possible answers appears so we can choose which one to say, giving rise to another sentence, which will give rise to more possible answers, and so on...

Apart from these options in the menus, the right button of the mouse has the following functions:

· Clicking on a sentence with the icon , shows the following options:

Add question: creates a new empty question

Edit: Edit this sentence (same as double click)

Delete: Deletes the sentence (and all its sub-sentences)

Mark as End: When we get to a final sentence with the icon , there are two possibilities: The conversation ends, or the conversations goes back, giving the chance to another options that have not been used.

When we click this option, the icon , is changed for , meaning that the conversations finishes here

· Clicking on a sentence with the icon , shows the following options:

Edit: Edit this sentence (same as double click)

Delete: Deletes the sentence (and all its sub-sentences)

An example of a conversation:

In this example, after the first sentence given for the computer (always he starts talking) “Hello”, there are three possible answers that the user can choose:

Hello

Have you heard about android

Are you talking to me?

The final of this conversation will be when we choose the option “and how is the world from your point of view?”. After that, the computer will say “far too complex”, and that’s it. All the other finals “yeah, whatever”, “ok”, “yes, it’s an interesting platform”, goes back to previous sentences, until there are no more possibilities