Posts with keyword 'interface'

 
"PromptProper - Designing Custom Prompt Systems"
  Posted by Hiead on Monday, March 31, 2008 05:56PM
Designing extensible server-friendly user-prompt systems can be rough. Maybe I can help.
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"upCommentBox - A Plug-and-Play Utility"
  Posted by Unknown Person on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 07:16PM
A utility for quick and easy implementation of a comment submission system using browser interfaces.
  2 Comments
"Just Doing The Right Thing"
  Posted by Jtgibson on Thursday, February 07, 2008 12:26AM
Four tips on user interface design, with a focus on verbs and commands. Handy for everyone!
  3 Comments
"User-Friendly Games"
  Posted by Tiko on Wednesday, January 02, 2008 07:34PM
A BYONDscape Classic! Tiko offers a few suggestions about how to make a game that people won't flee in horror (or, if it's a scary game, one they won't flee for the wrong reasons).
  6 Comments
"Guide to Verb and Stat Panels"
  Posted by Shadowdarke on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 05:43AM
A BYONDscape classic! This is one of my all-time favorites. I could never make heads or tails of statpanels until this came along. -- Gughunter
  1 Comment
"The Shadow Knows: Keyboard Macros"
  Posted by Ebonshadow on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 07:17PM
A BYONDscape Classic! Keyboard Macros …
  5 Comments
"Dream Tutor: What Good is the Browser?"
  Posted by Lummox JR on Monday, September 03, 2007 05:41PM
BYOND's ability to show a mini-browser and use links in text gives you a lot of options for improving your game's interface. Mastering them is actually pretty easy.
"Making skins in BYOND 4.0: Lesson 4"
  Posted by Lummox JR on Friday, August 31, 2007 01:04PM
Part four of the series that explains how to use BYOND skins
  35 Comments
"Making skins in BYOND 4.0: Lesson 3"
  Posted by Lummox JR on Friday, August 17, 2007 03:12PM
Part three of the series that explains how to use BYOND skins
  3 Comments
"Making skins in BYOND 4.0: Lesson 2"
  Posted by Lummox JR on Wednesday, August 08, 2007 10:12AM
Part two of the series that explains how to use BYOND skins
  13 Comments
"Making skins in BYOND 4.0: Lesson 1"
  Posted by Lummox JR on Thursday, August 02, 2007 10:22PM
Part one of the series that explains how to use BYOND skins
  16 Comments
"Z-Tips: Buttons in Statpanels"
  Posted by Zilal on Monday, July 09, 2007 06:24PM
A BYONDscape Classic! Welcome back. Today's tip will show you how to add a user-friendly button allowing users to …
  6 Comments
 

 

 

Programming Help

Get Started - A quick overview of the tools available for learning to program in BYOND.

DM Guide - This is the first place you should look if you're new to BYOND's language DM. Some people call this the "blue book".

ZBT parts 1, 2, & 3 - Zilal's excellent tutorial series, teaching you the basics of how to get started writing games in BYOND.

Your First World and Step BYOND - Sample games that you can study to help you learn.

DM Reference - Handy for novice users and advanced programmers alike, this documents everything you need to know about the DM language.

Skin Reference - If you want to give your game a custom interface, this tells you what you can do with "skins" and how to work with them.

BYOND Resources - Demos and libraries you can download to help you with your creation.

Publishing Games

Publishing Games - A guide for putting your creations on the BYOND hub to share with others.

Recording Videos - If you want to find out how to make a video of your game and put it on YouTube or another site, this can get you started.

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