Drafft 2 - New features overview
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Drafft version 2 introduces a suite of new features and improvements designed to streamline the game development documentation process. Here’s a rundown of the key updates:
- Project Management Enhancements: The project manager now displays metadata for each project. You can download sample projects to get started quickly.
- Tab-Based Interface: Draft version 2 features a tab-based interface, allowing you to open multiple documents simultaneously. Each tab has a buffer to track changes, enabling you to undo and restore previous versions.
- Keyboard Shortcuts: New keyboard shortcuts have been added for common actions, such as unlocking documents (F2) and quick-loading the last used project (Ctrl F9). Use Ctrl+P to access the document picker.
- Document Picker: The document picker (Ctrl+P) lets you quickly navigate and search through all your documents. You can filter by document type (script, dialogue, GDD). Filters are saved even after restarting the app.
- Favorites: Documents can be marked as favorites for quick access.
- Revisions: Every time you save a document, a new revision is created. You can restore previous versions using the document info panel. The app supports a limited number of revisions (15-20). This is useful for multi-user setups.
- JSON Schema: The document schema has been updated. All content now resides under the “content” property (e.g., script lives under content script).
- Media Management: Draft version 2 supports media files within the database. Media files are stored as attachments, which can be opened in tabs. There is a backend image processor library.
- GDD Editor: The GDD (Game Design Document) editor is now exclusively Markdown-based. You can insert links to other documents (actors, dialogues, images). Images are linked using a special protocol (
draft://image/ID
). - Script Editor: The script editor includes autocompletion for commands and actors. You can use the document picker (Ctrl+Shift+P) to insert links to other documents.
- Dialogue Editor: The dialogue editor has been significantly improved with React Flow. It now supports proper undo/redo functionality (Ctrl+C, Ctrl+Shift+C). New node types include script, choice, start, end, return, and jump. Nodes can be customized with titles and notes. A dialogue player is available for testing conversations. It is possible to link to a specific node and script in the app.
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Status | In development |
Category | Tool |
Author | baj |
Genre | Visual Novel |
Tags | cms, dialogue, dialogue-editor, Game Design, gamedev, game-planner, project-management, quest-editor, writing |
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New version looks awesome, great job!
Thanks Alex! Hopefully I’ll have the beta version ready to download soon.