...::: EDIT DESKTOP (2) :::...

 

Game Editing

Click on the game you want to edit.

You access to the FORM and you can edit :

Title: Changes the game do not affect the content of the game
Chat type: Change the status of the chat at anytime do not affect the game that could be useful if in any moment you want to send either general or private messages.

The engine will ask you to reconfirm this choice, once deleted all information is lost and you can not recuperate the data.

You use this option to assign percentage to each level, this percentage can be considered as points e.g. 100 points=100%. To pass to the next level the percentage has to be 100%.

Bear in mind that you can do this in an easy way in real time from the Logger option.

Add new level

In the screen Edit Game there is a link to add the levels one by one.

The data of the level are:

Title: Is the name of the level this one shows up in the lists and menus.
Number: Correspond to the level order and tells you about the game sequence. This order can be changed at any time.
Information: Write information about this level for example the winning condition or any other information relevant for the game. This text will appear written in the information label on the control Desk tool.
Date and Time Start: Define the time level it is just a time reference and do not affect the levels but help the Puppet Master to evaluate the game results if time is one of the resources.
Date and Time Stop : Define the time level it is just a time reference and do not affect the levels but help the Puppet Master to evaluate the game results if time is one of the resources.

If you do not want to use time just input the date, it is just an interval time. Do not leave this box without data.

The data is codified by Year, month, day, hour, minutes, seconds. To write 1 please use 01 always 2 digits.

Edit the level

In the screen Edit Game there is the list of created levels organized by the number given to each level. To edit click on the link.

Confirmation will be asked.

Once deleted no chance to recuperate the data.

Add Objects

Once selected the level that you want to edit you find a link to insert the objects in this level, if you click on the link you access to the FORM that allows you to add the objects.

The data on the list is:

Title: Title that the object will show in the Desk.
Object: To add an object to the level you need to follow 2 steps, first select by clicking on the circle what kind of object you want to add (audio, video,photo, etc) and after if the objects have been created in the game engine platform the list of all created object will show up on each category, just select from the list the ones you want to upload to the level.

In the list you can notice some names are in grey colour that is because these are folders and are not suitable for upload to the desk. The list is shown organized by folders and sub folders because this is the way your are organize and upload the objects to the server in the game engine platform.

Two objects have extra data these are the maps and scenarios you can introduce the UTM coordinates then when opened in the desk they go straight to these coordinates.

Tick off from the Group List the groups you do not want to add the object. In this way you choose which groups have the new object in the DESKTOP (game desk).

In the Values section you can configure how the objects are going to be inserted in the DESK.

Gallery: In the case you have a folder with several photos of the same object you can choose this option to upload to the desk a Gallery.

Deleted: Means you want to upload the object but hidden in the Desk.

Position: You can fix a coordinate point on the Desk if not all new objects go to the Diana.

Once you have assigned to the level the object, this object will show up in the list.

Editing the Object

To edit an uploaded object click its name on the object list, the data will be display and you can make modifications.

These objects can not be modified by the players.

IMPORTANT: If you modify the properties or any data of the object that modification affect only to one group to make the changes in all groups you have to go group by group.

Here you can not make changes such as text, links, size or content of the object, for doing that kind of changes you have to do it in the platform and once assigned to the level it will affect all the groups.

It will ask you confirm it.

Once done it you can not recuperate the data.

Edit the Group

To edit all group data click on the group name in the main page.

You access to the group editor and there you can change the group name not affecting this to the data such as objects or players.

It will ask you confirm it.

Once done it you can not recuperate the data.

Edit Player

To edit the data of any player click on player's name in the main page.

You will have access to edit the player, you can change the name, nic and password.

The NIC is the name used to recognize the player, to which game and group belongs, this name should not be repeated.

Sort names and country are recommended for identifying the player.

It will ask you confirm it.

Once done it you can not recuperate the data.

View the DESK

You get a link to "View Desktop SUPER" from here you can access to see all groups and see their desks.

In this way we are logged in as Super (Teacher, Puppet Master) an and not as player, that is important at the time you send messages on the chat for identification purposes.

It is from here where you can design the initial desk for the players organizing the objects as you like.

Once you are in the View DESK, the game list and the link to the different groups are available.

Click on the group you like and you access to the desk , always as SUPER.