Manual

This is the official documentation for Visionaire Studio: Adventure Game Engine.
Please use the links below to navigate.

Introducing...
Visionaire Studio: Adventure Game Engine	What is Visionaire Studio all about?
the Visionaire Studio Team	Say hello to the people behind Visionaire Studio.

Quick overview of...
the Startup Screen	The startup screen, which allows you to create a new project, open a previous or recently saved project etc.
the System Menu	The system menu of the Visionaire Studio editor.
the Developer Console	The developer/debug console that is available by pressing tab during a game launched via the Visionaire Studio Editor.
the Game tab	See Main Editor Tabs.
the Loading Screen tab	See Main Editor Tabs.
the Scenes and Menus tab	See Main Editor Tabs.
the Characters tab	See Main Editor Tabs.
the Interfaces tab	See Main Editor Tabs.
the Items tab	See Main Editor Tabs.
the Cursors tab	See Main Editor Tabs.
the Fonts tab	See Main Editor Tabs.
the Texts tab	See Main Editor Tabs.
the Particle Systems tab	See Main Editor Tabs.
the Scripts tab	See Main Editor Tabs.
Action Parts	A quick explanation of each action part.

All About...
Conditions & Values	What are conditions & values? How can we use them?
Displayed Text	What are the differences between Display text? Display Speaker Text? & Display Object Text?
Control Interfaces	A quick rundown of control interface types & how to create them.
Particles	What are particles? & how can we use them to enhance our games?

How to...
Create a Game Menu
Build a Playable Scene
Configure your Characters
Create Animations in Visionaire Studio
Build Your Game	How to compile & export your game as an executable (.exe) file, ready for playing.

The Lua Corner
Scripting	A quick guide to scripting in Visionaire Studio.
Data Structure	A compiled list of scriptable & read only editor actions & options.
Player Commands	A list of Exclusive Lua functions for Visionaire Studio.
Common Commands	A list of Exclusive Lua commands for Visionaire Studio.
Basic Lua	An introduction to scripting in Lua; for the general layman.
Lua Script Index	A compiled list of shared Lua Scripts & examples made by various members of the Visionaire Studio team & community.

A few tips...
on Sound Design	A few things to consider when approaching sound design & music production, for your game.

Main Editor Tabs

Game: This is where you can setup the main game properties: mouse, key input, languages, provide information & version build number etc	25px
Loading Screen: You can create an incrementally loading splash screen here; to display on game start
Scenes & Menus: This is where you can create, build & design your scenes, menus, objects & actions to be performed etc
Characters: This is where you can create your characters, outfits & animations etc
Interfaces: This is where you can create your main game control interface & on screen interfaces; such as inventory etc
Items: This is where you create items that can be picked up, stored in your inventory, given to other characters or combined with other objects
Cursors: This is where you create & animate mouse cursors you will be using throughout your game
Fonts: This is where you include the various fonts that will be used throughout your game in dialogs, displayed text & displaying object/character labels on mouse over
Texts: This is where you will find all texts for the game: labels, names, scripts, dialog etc & you can edit them via this section; if you like
Particle System: This is where you can create particles; like snow, rain, fog, fire etc (advanced users)
Scripts: This is the LUA Script editor in which you can write or include (load) external library files such as lua or c languages (advanced users)