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So, let's say you happen to write a very difficult storygame. Now let's say you'd like to make a walkthrough because it is indeed very convoluted and nothing short of CYS Nintendo Power Magazine will give you the answers. Now let's say that you also happen to have completely forgotten everything and can only make vague gestures in the right direction because you forgot important details on how to go about doing things.

May I propose, as a solution to this problem, the ability to look into the game's code and pages in a way similar to the storygame editor, except without being able to change anything and without unpublishing the game and losing all your precious ratings? I suppose this would also be useful for re-learning scripts you used in one game that you've forgotten about completely.

I do wish you wouldn't leave yourself logged in on my computer...

... I can't tell you how much I would appreciate this. ;_; This needs to be a thing.

One of the warnings before you confirm the unpublishing is that the ratings will be deleted, but yeah; I don't think they actually are, or at the very least not right away.

I think it just takes some time to update.

It wasn't exactly random...I made the same assumption, based off observing your conversation.

Wait, how am I bad?

I think that you have proposed a fantastic idea.

A little foresight might reduce the need to "See Beyond" however.

Save scripts you might want to reference elsewhere and work on your guide as you are working on your story.

I do, but I have a lot of notes to keep track of and I didn't always save my scripting. Plus, uh ... when I go on writing rampages at three in the morning? I am not writing a walkthrough along side it. I could change directions a dozen times during the process, add whole new chapters, tear some out, branch off into a bunch of new endings ... *shrug* it's how I work. Aside from that, some stories--like 3J's tower sequel--were written years ago with no walk-through and, going off that example, sometimes the writer simply cannot remember how they function. This feature would be a huge help.

I only meant to give credence to both sides. Like I said, fantastic idea.

 Oh. I didn't know there were sides. xD I just figured you were offering some good advice, which I do acknowledge IS, indeed, good advice to fill the need expressed here (keeping notes on your work is something I advocate to the point of being a horrible information packrat) and I was just pointing out that the feature would still have a lot of uses anyway and that the advice might not work for every scenario.

Yes, I would love that.

I've thought of that, and would have posted it earlier, but then my brain just decided to go on some sort of "English Block" and take the words out of my vocabulary...

I support this idea.

I like it!  I hope this is accepted.

The last accepted feature was accepted over a year ago. Hmm. =|

Honestly, let's just be grateful Alex is still paying the bills.

Oh, agreed. What I was actually implying is that it seems like Alex just hasn't had that kind of time in quite a while. Much as I'd like to have this feature, I dunno that it's even remotely feasible, and if it is, it'd probably be time consuming to make possible.

A guy can dream, can't he?  Just this morning I was considering my plan of attack if I won the lottery.

And dream I do.

I misread IAP's "plan of attack" as "plane of attack" and figured if IAP won the lottery he was going to immediately buy a military jet and bomb the hell out of people.

That does sound like fun, though. I mean, it'd be horrible for everyone else, but hey ...

Yes please.