I haven't been able to figure out how to preview a page in the game editor. I'm making a gamebook type game, if that makes a difference.

I know that for the game itself, I can simply click "play" and play through what I have, but what about the title page- with the description and everything- that one sees before beginning the game? (it would be convenient, however, if I didn't have to play through to the page I want to see every time I need to see how it looks)


Any help would be appreciated.

It may not be exactly what you want but you can define autoplayed walkthroughs to help when testing,

http://quest5.net/wiki/Walkthroughs

At least you won't have to do everything manually.

Thanks for the information. I bet it will be useful when I get further into the game.



But just to perhaps end my curiosity and terminate this thread; is there or is there not some button, or option in the window-menus; something to that effect that allows me to view the page I am on as if I am viewing a published game? Do you know?


Your information will be useful, but it doesn't really answer the question, not to be rude.

No, there's no current way to do what you're wanting to.
However, it's a good idea... I'd like to see it implemented. You can add it to the suggestions at http://quest.uservoice.com

I'd say just go ahead and upload the game but mark it private. Then you'll be able to see it but nobody else will. And you'll know exactly how it will look!

Jay, I think they're asking about previewing a specific page instead of having to play through everything. Unless I read it wrong...

That makes sense, I think. I got hung up on this part:

I know that for the game itself, I can simply click "play" and play through what I have, but what about the title page- with the description and everything- that one sees before beginning the game

The only such title page "before beginning the game" I could think of was the page you see on the website before you play the game. (Or the one in Quest itself.)

I agree that a preview page makes a lot of sense for gamebooks, assuming the choices don't depend on prior state.

You could do something like this with a script. Change the type of the first page to "script+text" and insert the following script. When starting the game you can choose a room you want to go to.


code view:

What I usually do is making a comment out of parts that are finished: in codeview this is done by typing:
<!--
text that becomes comment
-->

That way I can easily skip parts in the game.
Hope this helps!

Thanks for all of the comments; now the question is more than answered!

Sorry I haven't logged on to respond in a while. I know the question was a little chaotic. Sora, you understood what I meant. Jay, you were thinking of the same page I was; I wanted the same convenience with that page. But I didn't know I could publish the game on a private basis; that's perfect, I'd imagine, to preview "the title page before the beginning of the game".


Thanks again, I'll go suggest this feature.