Organizational Tools/Programs and Strategies

[Szaal]

What programs do you use/what's your workflow? Let's share our processes here!

I wrote a CS game in 2014 and am gearing up for another one, and I think my workflow could use an update. Up to now I had been using ChatMapper for managing all of the nodes and visualizing the flow, but because it can get real slow when you have a big node (plus it’s PC only and I’m mainly on Mac now), I’m looking for alternatives. For reference, I wrote up a blog post about how I handled things with CM- http://www.dashjump.com/blog/writing-interactive-fiction-six-steps/ What’s your workflow …

Method for game design/writing and how long does it take?

Hi everyone I am fairly new to the CS community and have been dabbling with some coding here and there. I have a few questions for people with a bit of experience: How do you go about writing your games? Do you write and code at the same time? Do you plan out your pathways or allow them manifest organically as you’re writing? How drastically does your approach differ than if you were writing an ordinary story? How long does it take you to finish writing? I have tried my h…