http://zebby.org/ghostwood/ 2026-04-18T05:54:07+00:00 http://zebby.org/ghostwood/ http://zebby.org/ghostwood/_media/wiki:logo.png text/html 2025-01-06T23:14:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/achievement?rev=1736205266&do=diff Achievements Achievements are usually per-Player, rather than related to the Player's Character (Save File), and are meant to translate to external platforms, such as Steam. text/html 2025-04-21T22:35:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/activity?rev=1745274924&do=diff Activity Predefined Activities Each Model supports three pre-defined activities: Speaking, Attentive, Idle. If a Model is facing away from the Camera so that it's not possible to tell which of these activities they are engaged in, or if they are in Object Pose and there is no asset combining text/html 2025-01-06T22:12:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/actor_art_styles?rev=1736201528&do=diff Actor Art Styles Photographic Actors Realistic 3D Style Actors Anime Stye Actors Chibi Style Actors text/html 2025-01-06T19:52:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/actor_index?rev=1736193144&do=diff Actor Index By Actor Style: Realistic 3D Style Actors Anime Style Actors Chibi Style Actors ---------- Actor Specifications text/html 2025-01-06T22:17:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/actor_specifications?rev=1736201820&do=diff Actors An Actor is a collection of available renderings which are intended to fully represent a Character (at a particular age) throughout the normal course of a story. Actors are analogous to real life Actors, and can be hired to perform in multiple Stories being told using the same Game Engine, acting in either the same (recurring) or different roles. text/html 2025-01-06T19:53:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/actor?rev=1736193235&do=diff text/html 2025-01-06T21:10:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/actors?rev=1736197840&do=diff Actors See Actor Specifications for technical details about how Actors are defined and used. See Actor Index for lists of Actors available in each style. ---------- Actor Specifications text/html 2025-03-20T07:55:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/angle_files?rev=1742457355&do=diff Angle Files Camera Angle must be instantiated inside of an Area Required Parameters Optional Parameters Based On (Another Camera Angle) LOCATION is the assumed data source may have other named data sources (usually passed in as parameters) may read from flags and variables of the location to know things like: open doors, lights on/off, current time of day Context of Camera: Has access to LOCATION, AREA, and WORLD. text/html 2025-01-06T22:29:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/area?rev=1736202561&do=diff Area An Area is a set of Locations that can be traversed by the Player or by NPC characters, or that can have interactions that impact the rendering of nearby or adjacent Locations. The Game Engine will tend to think of an Area as a whole unit, and will load certain information about the Area into memory all at once, and track its current status. This is not to say that things can't be happening in other Areas at the same time, but they will have to be kept alive and managed more specifically… text/html 2025-01-06T21:36:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/attentive?rev=1736199368&do=diff Attentive (Activity) In the group photo example above... Everyone shown is in an “Attentive” activity except for the second actor from the left, whose hand is raised. (He's in a Speaking activity.) They are in a variety of Poses, a little more diverse than the Poses the Engine is expecting: text/html 2025-04-21T22:58:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/back_pose?rev=1745276338&do=diff Back (Reverse) Standing Pose ---------- Game Engine Details | Pose text/html 2025-01-06T22:43:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/beat?rev=1736203417&do=diff Beat A beat is a pause in the storytelling. It is also a term that can be used to describe the smallest significant unit of storytelling. Every line of dialogue, every choice, every establishing shot—they are all beats, in the sense of reviewing the story beat by beat text/html 2025-01-06T20:37:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/camera_angle?rev=1736195832&do=diff Camera Angle CONSTRUCTION Under Construction ---------- Game Engine Details text/html 2025-01-06T21:54:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/campfire_exterior?rev=1736200481&do=diff Campfire Exterior (Scene Lighting Mode) ---------- Exterior Scenes ---------- Notes for the Artist This is like an alternate version of the Nighttime Exterior lighting. Every nighttime Backdrop or overlay with a Campfire will need an alternate version with the fire lit. The fire puts out a warm light into the surrounding area. You may make also choose to make multiple frames of the text/html 2025-01-06T22:43:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/casting_decisions?rev=1736203437&do=diff Casting Decisions You should cast an Actor to fulfill a certain Role in a Story, and a specific Model of that Character to perform in a given Scene. Some Actors may be very limited on Costumes, so make sure you know what you have to work with during your auditioning process. Character = Actor + Role Model = text/html 2025-01-06T22:44:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/character?rev=1736203475&do=diff Character A Character is an Actor with a specific Role. See Actor Specifications for more Game Engine Details. See Casting Decisions for more information relating to Story Writing & Design. text/html 2025-01-06T22:45:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/choice?rev=1736203542&do=diff Choice CONSTRUCTION Under Construction A Choice is the fundamental unit of interaction that a Player has with the game. ---------- Game Engine Details | Storytelling Unit | Scene text/html 2025-03-20T19:46:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/config_files?rev=1742499993&do=diff Config Files story.conf - Main Configuration File stage-english.conf - English Language Script Parsing input-englsih.conf - English Language Input Parsing text/html 2025-01-06T20:41:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/costume_tag?rev=1736196099&do=diff Costume Tag A Costume Tag is a label on a Costume. See also Item Tag. ---------- Game Engine Details | Actor Specifications text/html 2025-01-12T10:33:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/costume?rev=1736678026&do=diff Costumes Each Costume has one or more Costume Tag associated with it. The first listed Costume Tag is considered the primary Costume Tag and can be considered the “Name” of the Costume. There are certain well-defined Tags which are listed here: A Costume is a variant of an Actor, used to represent clothing and make-up. text/html 2025-01-06T20:52:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/date_tracking?rev=1736196756&do=diff Date Tracking Games can keep track of and use either the Calendar Date or Game Day. text/html 2025-01-06T21:50:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/daytime_dark_room?rev=1736200223&do=diff Daytime Dark Room) (Scene Lighting Mode) ---------- Interior Scenes Only ---------- Notes for the Artist These is a rare lighting mode. It is for scenes shot inside of a dark building, with visible windows or other cues indicating that it is daytime outside. In this type of shot, some level of film noir shadows may be cast in through the windows, to contrast with the otherwise dark interior, but imagine if the next scene transition goes to having the lights back on again, it shouldn't be… text/html 2025-01-07T17:48:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/daytime_exterior?rev=1736272080&do=diff Daytime Exterior (Scene Lighting Mode) ---------- Exterior Scenes ---------- Notes for the Artist Exterior Daytime Scenes should generally be lit as if it is fully daytime. Whether this means late morning, noon, or late afternoon, is not specific in the main Locations (only for the rendering of Cut Scenes.) text/html 2025-01-06T21:47:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/daytime_interior?rev=1736200065&do=diff Daytime Interior (Scene Lighting Mode) ---------- Interior Scenes ---------- Notes for the Artist Windows as a Light Presence more than a Light Source: For Daytime Interior Scenes, buildings often have windows or openings that reveal some of the outside world. The main role of the windows in these interior shots should be to give the impression that it is daylight outside. This lighting should be mostly ambient, and we should avoid casting any dramatic film noir types of shadows in thro… text/html 2025-01-06T21:49:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/decoratable_buildings?rev=1736200159&do=diff Decoratable Buildings A Decoratable Building is a generic building or room that is re-purposed for multiple instances within a game, by adding overlays to create variation. For example: * A stairway landing or hallway in a multi-story building. text/html 2025-01-06T19:54:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/default_costume?rev=1736193274&do=diff Default Costume Each Actor has a default Daytime Costume. It is what they would most commonly be seen wearing throughout the day. For some characters, this would be Casual Clothing. For other characters who have a more professional role, this could be their Work Uniform (i.e., a Pastor's clerical shirt or a businessman's shirt and tie.) text/html 2025-01-07T17:58:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/demo?rev=1736272691&do=diff Demo ---------- CONSTRUCTION Under Construction ---------- Storytelling Units text/html 2025-01-06T21:51:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/doors_closed?rev=1736200291&do=diff Doors Closed (Location Option) ---------- Location Options text/html 2025-01-06T21:51:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/doors_open?rev=1736200262&do=diff Doors Open (Location Option) ---------- Location Options text/html 2025-01-06T22:47:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/entry?rev=1736203634&do=diff Entry (in a Game Series) Relation to Game Series A Game Series consists of multiple Entries, also known as Titles. Composition of a Game Entry (Title) Each Title consists of multiple plot threads referred to as Episodes. ---------- Storytelling Unit text/html 2025-01-06T22:42:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/episode?rev=1736203362&do=diff Episode (Story Unit) Relation to Game Titles Each Entry in the Game Series can be logically considered to consist of multiple Episodes. Some are mandatory, some are optional (side-quests.) Composition of Episodes Each Episode is composed of smaller Storytelling Units called Scenes. ---------- Game Engine Details | Storytelling Units text/html 2025-02-10T06:28:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/exits?rev=1739168937&do=diff Exits NOTE: In all the commands and code below, MOVE is an alias equivalent to GO. Warp Menus Some games can benefit from one or more Warp Menus, which can be used instead of, or in addition to the Cardinal Direction and Prepositional Exits listed below. For example, a game that takes place entirely in a house might define the following locations: Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, Bedroom, Guest Room, Bathroom, and allow the player to jump directly to any of these locations at a given tim… text/html 2025-01-07T17:49:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/exterior?rev=1736272196&do=diff Exterior (Script Term) Exterior Locations The term Exterior (abbreviated Ext.) refers to any Scene that would take place outdoors, or on a stage made to look like an outdoor area. What Qualifies as Exterior? A Location doesn't count as being Exterior merely because it is outside of the door of another text/html 2025-03-20T19:59:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/file_formats?rev=1742500784&do=diff File Formats Storytelling Engine Source Code * Config Files (*.conf) * SF Code (*.sf) - Screenplay Format (Scenes) * Place Files (*.place) - Defines Locations * Embedded Script Files (*.lua; *.cjs; *.mjs) - Define Advanced User Functions * Angle Files (*.angle) - Camera Angle Definitions text/html 2025-01-06T21:22:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/forward_pose?rev=1736198549&do=diff Forward (Standing Pose) [Array][Array][Array] ---------- Game Engine Details | Pose text/html 2025-02-01T04:35:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/free_movement_actions?rev=1738384501&do=diff Free Movement Actions When in Free Movement mode, the player can choose between certain actions (commands) to proceed. Many of these commands require a “target”, which can be an object or character in the scene, or an inventory item. MOVE (target) Also: Jump, Lie, Sit, Sleep, Climb text/html 2025-02-01T22:39:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/free_movement?rev=1738449569&do=diff Free Movement Some games will include one or more “Free Movement” areas, which operate more like a “point and click adventure” than a pure cinematic. Free Movement Actions Defining Interactions Interactions can be attached to Locations, Characters, or Items (whether present in a scene, or within inventory.) text/html 2025-01-06T20:46:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/game_context?rev=1736196407&do=diff Game Context List of all Scenes completed up to this point. List of all Choices made within each completed Scene. Current Game Day and Segment of the Day. Current Global Flags and Per-Location Flags. Location, Mark, and sequence of each Character, including the Player. text/html 2025-01-07T17:56:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/game_day?rev=1736272580&do=diff Game Day Part of the Time Tracking system. Game Day can be below 1, such that 1 is the actual first day of Camp. text/html 2025-01-06T22:46:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/game_engine_details?rev=1736203618&do=diff Game Engine Details This section covers Game Engine Details at multiple levels of depth. See the outline on the right to jump ahead. For Story Writers & Designers ---------- Storytelling Units Game Series > Game Title (Release) > Episodes > Scenes > Shots Lines of Dialogue, Choices, Beats See: Time Tracking ---------- Casting Decisions For a Story — Character = Role + Actor (See Actor Index) For a text/html 2025-01-06T21:16:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/game_engine_error?rev=1736198163&do=diff Game Engine Errors ---------- Game Engine Details text/html 2025-01-06T22:46:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/game_series?rev=1736203603&do=diff Game Series A Game Series is an ongoing narrative setting where more than one Game Entry takes place. ---------- Storytelling Unit text/html 2025-01-06T20:20:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/game?rev=1736194819&do=diff text/html 2025-01-06T21:17:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/general_pose?rev=1736198246&do=diff General (Not Quite a Pose) The term “General” is used for a Pose that is non-specific. Idle poses, for example, don't require looking or posturing towards a specific direction, so a minimal Model only needs to include one of these. Their eyes should be looking either down or up, nor making engaging contact as the text/html 2025-04-21T22:33:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/general?rev=1745274834&do=diff General As an Activity Activities are usually: Speaking, Attentive, or Idle. However, when the Pose obscures the Activity (such as facing away from camera), or when the importance of the Pose supersedes the importance of the Activity, then “General” is used to designate the activity of the model. text/html 2025-01-06T22:00:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/hard_front_sitting?rev=1736200822&do=diff Hard Front Sitting (Model Lighting Mode) Intended for Dark Environments with Lantern Lighting Hard Front Lighting should look roughly like the following example. There are extreme shadows, but the lighting is from in front of the character at a level below their head. Imagine a campfire, or an LED lantern sitting on a table in front of them. The shadows shoudln’t be specifically left or right, but rather cast mostly upward. This way, if a character looks to the left or right, their face i… text/html 2025-01-06T21:37:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/idle?rev=1736199470&do=diff Idle (Activity) These actors are all in examples of an “Idle” Activity. Directionality is not required for the “Idle” Activity. In other words, Forward Pose is the only one required. ---------- Game Engine Details | Pose | Activity text/html 2025-01-07T17:49:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/interior?rev=1736272184&do=diff Interior (Script Term) Interior Locations The term “Interior” (abbreviated Int.) refers to any Location for a Scene that takes place within a covered building. There may be some portals (such as windows or doors) through with some amount of Exterior scenery or lighting may be visible, but as long as the principal actors are operating from the interior of the building, it is still considered an Interior Location. text/html 2025-01-06T20:42:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/inventory_system?rev=1736196126&do=diff Inventory System CONSTRUCTION Under Construction Visually, Inventory Items need a textual name, and may also be represented as a Prop, or with another visual asset, if an item that doesn't function as a prop. Unique Item Item Quantity Item Tag ---------- Game Engine Details text/html 2025-01-06T20:41:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/item_tag?rev=1736196114&do=diff Item Tags These are Tags assigned to Inventory System Items that are generally hidden from the player's direct view, but are used internally to count several different items as being equivalent for certain purposes. Tags which Impact Behavior or UI Expendable / Consumable text/html 2025-01-06T21:54:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/lantern_lighting?rev=1736200493&do=diff Lantern Lighting (Scene Lighting Mode) ---------- Interior or Exterior Scenes ---------- Notes for the Artist Alternate versions of the backdrop (and possibly overlays) for the scene will need to be rendered with the “Lantern” light source present. (Note, this isn't always an actual Lantern. For an internal scene, for example, this could be a television screen that is turned on inside of a dark room.) text/html 2025-01-06T21:52:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/lights_off?rev=1736200351&do=diff Lights Off (Location Option) ---------- Location Options text/html 2025-01-06T21:52:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/lights_on?rev=1736200341&do=diff Lights On (Location Option) ---------- Location Options text/html 2025-01-06T22:46:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/line_of_dialogue?rev=1736203581&do=diff Line of Dialogue CONSTRUCTION Under Construction CHARACTER (VOICE ONLY) (whispering) Spoke dialogue goes here. ---------- Game Engine Details | Storytelling Unit | Beat | Scene text/html 2025-01-06T21:44:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/location_assets?rev=1736199850&do=diff Location Assets CONSTRUCTION Under Construction This page will include technical specifications for filenames and metadata applicable for backdrop and overlay layers. ---------- Game Engine Details | Location Specifications text/html 2025-01-06T21:51:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/location_options?rev=1736200278&do=diff Location Options * Lights Off * Lights On * Doors Open * Doors Closed text/html 2025-02-04T06:30:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/location_scouting?rev=1738650659&do=diff Location Scouting Decisions In short, an Area is a set of Locations. Normally in the Game Engine we are talking about Interactive Locations: See: Location > Mark As part of the Story Telling process, you might also use Cut Scene Locations. A Cut Scene Location can include a video, a still shot, or even be included as the background graphic behind the displayed dialogue of a fully written Scene in the script. text/html 2025-01-06T21:02:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/location_specifications?rev=1736197322&do=diff Location Specifications See Time Tracking. Randomly Misplaced Notes Make an actual mini plot about randomly misplaced paper notes. A Scene is a unit of story telling time, which can be composed of multiple Shots displayed from a variety of Camera Angles. It is possible to intercut between two text/html 2025-01-06T22:55:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/location?rev=1736204120&do=diff Location A Location is a place within the game world where multiple Characters may interact. The Game Engine keeps track of which Characters (including the Player) are in a particular Location at a particular time within the current Game Context. A Camera Angle typically only covers one Location, although it is possible for other Locations to appear in the distant background. text/html 2025-01-06T21:30:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/looking_left_pose?rev=1736199025&do=diff Looking Left (Standing Pose) See Looking Right Pose for visual examples. This pose is the same, except with the eyeline (focus of attention) directed to the left rather than the right. ---------- Game Engine Details | Pose text/html 2025-01-06T21:30:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/looking_right_pose?rev=1736199045&do=diff Looking Right (Standing Pose) [Array][Array][Array] ---------- Game Engine Details | Pose text/html 2025-01-06T22:14:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/manpu-style_overlay?rev=1736201670&do=diff Manpu-Style Overlay See “Emotional Expression” under the Activity topic. <https://animeartmagazine.com/what-are-manpu-anime-and-manga-comic-symbols-and-how-to-use-them-right-part-2/> Image ---------- Game Engine Details | Actor Specifications | Activities text/html 2025-01-06T20:47:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/mark?rev=1736196458&do=diff Mark A Mark is a more specific placement within a Location. All Marks may not be visible from all Camera Angles that cover a particular Location. ---------- Game Engine Details text/html 2025-04-21T19:13:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/model_assets?rev=1745262789&do=diff Model Assets Each Model has a collection of assets which are used to render them into a Shot by the Game Engine. Model Assets go in ./Models/Actor-Costume/* (Replacing “Actor” and “Costume” with the appropriate terms, of course.) So, for example: text/html 2025-01-06T21:56:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/model_lighting_modes?rev=1736200619&do=diff Model Lighting Modes Scenes and Location Specifications are used by the Game Engine to decide which Model Assets to display, based on the applicable lighting mode. These modes are all rendered in their fullest bright form. Tinting, Brightness and Contrast are used by the game engine to adjust them into the appropriate lighting level for the scene. text/html 2025-01-06T19:53:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/model?rev=1736193216&do=diff Model Game Engine Details A Model is a Specific Actor in a Specific Costume. Many more detailed options (Stance/Pose and activity) may further refine which rendered image is used in a given situation, but each Model occupies one Folder in the filesystem, and the Game Engine will never switch from one Model to another Model when a particular image is missing. text/html 2025-01-06T21:50:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/nighttime_dark_room?rev=1736200203&do=diff Nighttime Dark Room (Scene Lighting Mode) ---------- Interior Scenes ---------- Notes for the Artist These scenes should be lit “hollywood style” as if only cool ambient light is illuminating the scene, but the regular warm light sources in the room are turned off. Generally speaking, no further adjustments will be made by the Game Engine (other than cropping, zooming, and compositing of overlays on the backdrop layer.) text/html 2025-01-06T21:54:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/nighttime_exterior?rev=1736200442&do=diff Nighttime Exterior (Scene Lighting Mode) ---------- Exterior Scenes ---------- Notes for the Artist These scenes should be lit as if there's a cool full moon providing some amount of ambient light. Generally speaking, no further adjustments will be made by the Game Engine (other than cropping, zooming, and compositing of overlays on the backdrop layer.) text/html 2025-01-06T21:55:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/nighttime_with_lights_on?rev=1736200509&do=diff Nighttime with Lights On (Scene Lighting Mode) ---------- Interior Scenes ---------- Notes for the Artist This is a well lit interior of a room at night. Generally speaking, there won't be much visible outside of any windows, as it is dark outside. text/html 2025-04-21T22:42:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/object_pose?rev=1745275372&do=diff Object (Standing Pose) ---------- Game Engine Details | Pose text/html 2025-01-06T23:32:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/objective?rev=1736206342&do=diff Objective An Objective is a completion criteria that belongs to a Quest. text/html 2025-01-07T17:36:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/overhead_lighting?rev=1736271396&do=diff Overhead Lighting This can refer to Overhead Standing or Overhead Sitting. ---------- Game Engine Details | Location Specifications | Scene Lighting Modes | Model Lighting Modes text/html 2025-01-06T21:59:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/overhead_sitting?rev=1736200792&do=diff Overhead Sitting (Model Lighting Mode) The same as Overhead Standing, except the Character Models are posed in the sitting posture. ---------- Model Lighting Modes text/html 2025-01-06T21:56:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/overhead_standing?rev=1736200612&do=diff Overhead Standing (Model Lighting Mode) Overhead lighting should look roughly like the following example. Particularly notice the shadows under the chin, or under folds in the fabric. Notice also that the light accents the tops of their arms and tops of their heads, bills of their hats, etc. The temperature of the lighting should be neutral white, not too warm or cool. text/html 2025-03-20T06:52:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/place_file_syntax?rev=1742453538&do=diff Place File Synax Place Files Overview Place files contain: * A Header consisting of one or more Header Lines. * Areas (or Libraries) which serve as namespaces containing: * Locations (each has a mandatory prefix of either Int. or Ext.) * Some Locations may be logically treated as Main Locations comprised of Sub-Locations. text/html 2025-03-20T07:06:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/place_files?rev=1742454370&do=diff Place Files See Place File Syntax # ================================= # Place file for Sam Scoop # ================================= GRAND AVENUE ----- ------ (BASED ON "MAIN STREET" IMPORTED FROM "downtown.place" ROTATED 90) REFER TO IMPORTED "MAIN STREET" AS "GRAND AVENUE" REFER TO IMPORTED "DOWNTOWN APARTMENT BUILDING" AS "MARLOWE BUILDING" LOCATION DEFAULTS: A-CAM: *Filename(*LOCATION) ; text after the hyphen will be ignored here since it is just a ; clarification of a wider… text/html 2025-01-06T19:48:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/player?rev=1736192904&do=diff The Player CONSTRUCTION Under Construction ---------- Game Engine Details text/html 2025-04-21T22:28:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/pose?rev=1745274526&do=diff Poses There are Five Poses in each Stance, making ten possible poses altogether for each Model: Standing Sitting 0-G General Sitting General text/html 2025-01-06T20:49:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/prop?rev=1736196545&do=diff Prop In the vernacular of the Game Engine, a prop is an object that can be held and shown off by any Character in the Object Pose or Sitting Object Pose. It's also quite possibly the same graphical asset used to represent the object when it is in the Inventory List or when sitting on a desk-top. text/html 2025-01-06T20:50:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/quest_journal?rev=1736196614&do=diff Quest Journal The Game Engine supports a Quest Journal. It is thematic based on the Player's current character. The Character records details and reminders about upcoming plot points in the Journal, and there is a User Interface to browse the journal. The character can also have text/html 2025-01-06T23:38:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/quest?rev=1736206720&do=diff Quests A Quest and its Objectives is conceptually similar to an Episode and its Scenes, except that it is built around conditions and circumstances rather than around scripted Beats such as Lines of Dialogue. When a Quest is completed, there may be a post-Completion Scene (possibly triggered by entering a particular location or interacting with a particular Character), followed by a text/html 2025-01-06T23:37:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/reward?rev=1736206631&do=diff Rewards A reward is a payout, usually associated with Quest Completion. It can have first time payout details, repeat payout details, and a maximum completion count. text/html 2025-01-06T20:45:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/role?rev=1736196327&do=diff Role A Role is a part for a Character in a Story. ---------- Casting Decisions text/html 2025-01-06T23:17:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/save_file?rev=1736205460&do=diff Save Files Save Files will differ based upon the type of game being designed. Single-Player games can support a Save File with multiple slots to allow the Player to choose a “Load” option and roll back to previous game states. Multiplayer games tend to have one save file associated with each Character, which is permanent, and non-reversible. text/html 2025-01-06T23:42:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/scene_compositing?rev=1736206922&do=diff Scene Compositing Layer Title Details 11 Topmost Game Chrome Game Menus, Mouse Cursor text/html 2025-01-06T21:41:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/scene_lighting_modes?rev=1736199691&do=diff Scene Lighting Modes Scenes draw data from the Location Specifications to choose Location Assets designed with one of the following lighting modes: * Daytime Lighting: * DTX - Daytime Exterior * DTL - Daytime Interior * DDR - Daytime Dark Room (Rare) * Nighttime Lighting: * NX - Nighttime Exterior * CX - Campfire Exterior * LL - Lantern Lighting * NL - Nighttime with Lights On * NDR - text/html 2025-01-06T22:43:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/scene?rev=1736203384&do=diff Scenes Relation to Episodes Each Episode is made up out of smaller Storytelling Units called Scenes. Composition of a Scene A Scene is a unit of story telling time, which can be composed of multiple Shots displayed from a variety of Camera Angles. Data Relating to a Scene Each Scene stores its own cast of Characters, each with their text/html 2025-01-06T23:02:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/scores?rev=1736204578&do=diff Scores Scores are named values which are assigned to the Player, to the Player's own Character, (and potentially to NPC Characters.) They have no inherent meaning within the Game Engine, and are left up to the Designer or Storywriter to implement as desired. text/html 2025-01-07T17:33:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/seated?rev=1736271206&do=diff text/html 2025-01-09T06:22:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/sf_code_syntax?rev=1736403749&do=diff SF Code Syntax SF Code There is a proper spacing style, but the parser only cares whether or not some amount of space is present at the beginning of any given line. Here's the breakdown: ---------- Script Title SCRIPT TITLE ------ ----- text/html 2025-09-21T03:46:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/sf_code?rev=1758426389&do=diff SF Code SF (Stefano) is our language for writing scenes. Using a simple set of rules, it mimics the way a standard screenplay is written. This isn't the only language you should use while writing a game using Ghostwood, but it is the language we recommend for writing the Scenes of Action and Dialogue between characters. text/html 2025-01-06T22:45:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/shot?rev=1736203556&do=diff Shots Relation to Scenes A Scene is composed of one or more than one storytelling unit referred to as a Shot. Composition of a Shot Each Shot has a particular Camera Angle. See Scene for details about what can happen while a Shot is on active. ---------- Game Engine Details | Storytelling Unit text/html 2025-03-20T00:25:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/sidebar?rev=1742430310&do=diff Internals | sidebar ---------- GAME ENGINE DETAILS: ---------- For Story Writers & Designers ---------- * File Formats * SF Code | Place Files * Working with Locations * Game Entry | Episodes * Scenes | Shots | Beats * Location Scouting * Areas | Locations | Marks * Exterior | Interior * Working with Actors * Roles | Characters | Models * Stance | Pose * Activity | Prop * Casting Decisions * Actors | Costumes ---------- text/html 2025-01-06T21:34:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/sitting_back?rev=1736199252&do=diff Sitting Back (Reverse) Pose ---------- Game Engine Details | Pose text/html 2025-01-06T21:20:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/sitting_forward?rev=1736198430&do=diff Sitting Forward (Pose) [Array] ---------- Game Engine Details | Pose text/html 2025-01-06T21:17:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/sitting_general?rev=1736198275&do=diff Sitting General (Not Quite a Pose) The term “General” is used for a Pose that is non-specific. Idle poses, for example, don't require looking or posturing towards a specific direction, so a minimal Model only needs to include one of these. Their eyes should be looking either down or up, nor making engaging contact as the text/html 2025-01-06T21:33:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/sitting_looking_left?rev=1736199181&do=diff Sitting Looking Left (Pose) ---------- Game Engine Details | Pose text/html 2025-01-06T21:33:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/sitting_looking_right?rev=1736199214&do=diff Sitting Looking Right (Pose) ---------- Game Engine Details | Pose text/html 2025-01-06T21:34:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/sitting_object?rev=1736199284&do=diff Sitting Object (Pose) (Sitting, while Presenting an Object) ---------- Game Engine Details | Pose text/html 2025-01-06T21:14:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/sitting?rev=1736198064&do=diff Sitting When a Character is directed to Sit, they will be moved to a different Mark in their present Location that allows for sitting, if available. If there is no sitting Mark available, a Game Engine Error will occur. When a Character is moved to a Mark of the sitting type, they will automatically change to a Sitting Stance. text/html 2025-01-06T21:57:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/soft_front_standing?rev=1736200668&do=diff Soft Front Standing (Model Lighting Mode) Soft Front Lighting should look roughly like the following example. While shadows still exist, they are minimal and not harsh. The characters are still plenty bright and normally saturated, which allows the engine to tint them, desaturate them, or darken them as needed to match the environment. text/html 2025-01-06T21:35:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/speaking?rev=1736199332&do=diff Speaking (Activity) The following actors are all engaged in the Speaking Activity: ---------- Game Engine Details | Activity text/html 2025-01-06T22:18:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/stance?rev=1736201881&do=diff Stance Each Model has two Stances: * Standing * Sitting Each Stance offers a variety of Poses. ---------- Game Engine Details | Actor Specifications text/html 2025-01-06T21:13:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/standing?rev=1736198017&do=diff Standing When a Character enters a Scene, unless otherwise specified, they are in the Standing Stance. ---------- Game Engine Details | Actor Specifications | Stance text/html 2025-01-09T04:18:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/start?rev=1736396337&do=diff Ghostwood Game Engine Welcome to the Ghostwood Game Engine Documentation Wiki. Ghostwood is a Storytelling Engine, currently under development. You might want to view the Ghostwood Game Engine Blog. The Ghostwood Engine's goal is to provide... * A way to define free-roaming text/html 2025-01-06T22:43:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/story?rev=1736203403&do=diff Story A Story can refer to the plot-line of a particular Episode or Title within a Game Series, or to an over-arching plot that spans across multiple Titles or Seasons of a Game Series, or even across multiple related Game Series. ---------- Game Engine Details | Storytelling Unit text/html 2025-01-07T17:50:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/storytelling_units?rev=1736272218&do=diff Storytelling Units " NOTE: This page uses the “>” symbol in the following way: A > B This indicates that “A” is composed of one or more “B”" Overarching structure for Franchises: Game Series > Game Titles (Releases, Entries, or simply Games) Structure for a single Game: Game > Episodes > Scenes > Shots Shots are flexibly composed of text/html 2025-01-06T19:49:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/time_tracking?rev=1736192996&do=diff Time Tracking This section is MOSTLY complete. A Scene is a unit of storytelling time. Usually, a Scene continues the progression of time onward from the previous Scene, often with some amount of story time being skipped. But, it is also possible to have a text/html 2025-01-06T19:51:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/title?rev=1736193062&do=diff text/html 2025-02-04T22:11:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://zebby.org/ghostwood/vehicles?rev=1738707115&do=diff Vehicles Think about the various possible humanoid-sized vehicles (some may take multiple passengers)— Small: * Scooter Medium, All-Terrain: * Mountain Bike * Horse Medium, Path or Street: * Street Bike Medium, Street: * Sedan or Coupe