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Designing a PDF game manual (resolved)
« on: May 08, 2010, 10:13:40 pm »
I've gone over several attempts to create a manual for the game using rich text-editors, but I can't do anything right. When I want to insert an image, the text formatting gets screwed-up, I can't resize or align the image the way I want, or there's some other issue I can't resolve. Inserting tables is even more tedious - it's all jumbled or misaligned. I also hate how the formatting seems to reset between every word, or how using multiple formatting settings between sentences and paragraphs just causes everything in the document to bug-out. Suffice it to say, I neither have the patience nor ability to produce this. :P

That's where you come in. I need a volunteer (with experience creating eBooks, or other documents with rich formatting and images) to help produce a game manual. I will supply all the details and images for you to use. It would be a matter of you inserting it into the document and arranging everything to look neat and presentable; then outputting a PDF file that we can distribute with the game. I can't offer you any real compensation for your time and effort, since the project is entirely a community effort anyway; you will, however, be credited in the game's own ending sequence.

Any takers?
« Last Edit: May 31, 2010, 03:55:58 pm by Zera »

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Re: Help Wanted: Designing a PDF game manual
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2010, 10:27:09 pm »
if i wasnt so busy with school atm i would be willing to take a try at it
 if the info is all set already i could try to get a rtf of it idk how to make pdf though ive always had good luck with msword so

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Re: Help Wanted: Designing a PDF game manual
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2010, 10:37:19 pm »
I can't do any typing or designing information.  However, if all the text and images are supplied, I will gladly create the pdf.

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Re: Help Wanted: Designing a PDF game manual
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2010, 10:40:02 pm »
I can't do any typing or designing information.  However, if all the text and images are supplied, I will gladly create the pdf.

Do you have experience with this kind of design? Any samples or works you can post here?

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Re: Help Wanted: Designing a PDF game manual
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2010, 10:54:13 pm »
I can't do any typing or designing information.  However, if all the text and images are supplied, I will gladly create the pdf.

Do you have experience with this kind of design? Any samples or works you can post here?

I left my sample back at my college computer, so I can have it for you tomorrow

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Re: Help Wanted: Designing a PDF game manual
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2010, 10:56:43 pm »
I could probably do it. No guarantees but I'd like to at least give it a try if you would like me to :)
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Re: Help Wanted: Designing a PDF game manual
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2010, 11:21:49 pm »
I hear you, I spent like 20 hours on ROL3 readme cuz of the same reasons. 3 years later I discovered it only opened right in Word 2000 x.x


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Re: Help Wanted: Designing a PDF game manual
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2010, 12:43:45 am »
wow bit ironic is that i still use word 2000
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and gluck with this ^)^

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Re: Help Wanted: Designing a PDF game manual
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2010, 01:09:08 am »
Incidentally, I'll still be ready with a sample for you tomorrow, but if it is enough to show you what I'm capable of doing, here's a link to a manual that I didn't do, but what I'm capable of doing given the resources:

http://www.replacementdocs.com/download.php?view.2104

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Re: Help Wanted: Designing a PDF game manual
« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2010, 01:06:17 pm »
I don't need anything as robust as the SC manual - just some images and tables inserted neatly into the document.

It's going to be fairly short, but I want to outline a few example screens of things like status effects and elemental property, have small pictures of character portraits in the character bio section, and a full-page view of the Escheron overworld.

I need to go ahead and start working on all the text / descriptions. Is this something we could discuss over e-mail?

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Re: Help Wanted: Designing a PDF game manual
« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2010, 01:14:48 pm »
Here's the sample with picture/table alignment. 

Yes, email will be great.  If you have another method such as IM, that will work too. Otherwise I'll send my email to you via private message.

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Re: Help Wanted: Designing a PDF game manual
« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2010, 02:44:28 pm »
(I like this design btw)

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Re: Help Wanted: Designing a PDF game manual
« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2010, 03:22:54 pm »
That looks perfect. :)

Let me go ahead and get these descriptions down, and I'll PM you later asking for your e-mail.

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Re: Help Wanted: Designing a PDF game manual
« Reply #13 on: May 31, 2010, 03:21:27 pm »
Special thanks to Hot Dog for providing a game manual. I did a bit of final editing on it, myself. (mostly just grammar I had overlooked, and spacing)

Let me know what you guys think.
« Last Edit: May 31, 2010, 03:50:44 pm by Zera »

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Re: Designing a PDF game manual (resolved)
« Reply #14 on: May 31, 2010, 06:09:04 pm »
Wow, that's really nice!  I really like how some of the effects (like Monk's Blood) develop over time.  I can't wait to see what you do next. :D