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== Workflow ==
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== Common articles ==
* [[Writing:Current tasks|Current tasks]]
* [[Writing:Current tasks|Current tasks]]
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* [[Writing:Philosophy|Department philosophy]]
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* [[Writing:Glossary|Glossary]]
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* [[Writing:Help wanted|Help wanted]]
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* [[Writing:How to contribute|How to contribute]]
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* [[Writing:How to edit the wiki|How to edit the wiki]]
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* [[Writing:How to use SVN|How to use SVN]]
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* [[Writing:How to use Trac|How to use Trac]]
* [[Writing:Idea dump|Idea dump]]
* [[Writing:Idea dump|Idea dump]]
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* [[Writing:License|License]]
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== Drafts ==
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These are more or less completed, or at least, accepted proposals.
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== Writing content ==
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* [[Setting]]
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=== Setting ===
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* [[Storyline]]
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* [[Setting | Main Setting - The State of the World]]  
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* [[Story mechanics]]
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* Neede: A more fleshed out background story from WWIII to present
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* [[:Category:Theme|Themes]]
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=== Main Story Line ===
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* [[Ice age encroachment mechanics]]
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=== Smaller stories and ideas ===
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* [[Story tool box]]
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* [[Ex-Soviet Baltic region story]]
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* [[The Mall]]
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=== NPCs and Locations ===
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* [[NPCs|Complete list of NPCs ]] for PARPG.
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** [http://forums.parpg.net/index.php?topic=519.0 NPCs in the Tech-Demo bar location, forum thread]
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** [http://forums.parpg.net/index.php?topic=201.0 NPC forum thread ]
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*Complete list of [[Locations]] for PARPG
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=== The Player Character and Origin ===
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This overlaps heavily with the Mechanics section. [[Character_generation_and_stats#Character_Origin]]
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The general idea is to have "multiple" back stories, customized to some extent, for individual PCs.
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The may lead to "several" initial starting locations (than can be merged into the main "Trunk" of quests)
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=== Writing dialogue for PARPG ===
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* [[Dialogue]]
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== Proposals ==
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* [[Radio_Gaga|Radio Gaga - a Main Plot and storyline proposal]] (WIP)
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* [[WWIII_background|Pre-war background story]] (incomplete)
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== Tools ==
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* [[NPC Template]]
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* [[Location Template]]
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=== Dialogue creation ===
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The current dialogue interface is to create specific YAML files containing dialogue mixed with simple gamestate interaction callbacks and conditionals.  Currently, the interface is being extended to handle more complicated quests.  A GUI editor has been proposed as well (see above)
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== Writing elements ==
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* [[:Category:Setting|Setting]]
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* [[:Category:Theme|Theme]]
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* [[:Category:Storyline|Storyline]]
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* [[:Category:Location|Locations]]
* [[:Category:Location|Locations]]
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* [[:Category:NPC|NPCs]]
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* [[NPCs]]
* [[:Category:Faction|Factions]]
* [[:Category:Faction|Factions]]
* [[:Category:Quest|Quests]]
* [[:Category:Quest|Quests]]
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== Current events ==
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* [[Finding a lead writer]]
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* [[Writer application]]
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== Writing guidelines ==
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These guidelines might be deprecated and/or are currently only food for further discussion:
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* [[How to create writing content]]
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* [[How to design locations]]
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* [[How to design NPCs]]
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* [[How to write dialog]]
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Latest revision as of 00:55, 6 February 2011

Submitted storyline.png Welcome to the writing department!

Developers in the writing department use their skills in creative writing to design themes, setting & storyline elements. This also includes designing NPCs, factions, locations, quests and dialog. You would like to help out in the writing department? Start here: How to contribute

Common articles

Writing content

Current events

Writing guidelines

These guidelines might be deprecated and/or are currently only food for further discussion:

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