Game Design

Gamedev.js Jam is now officially closed. We're one of 236 submissions. So many great games and innovative takes on the theme "Power".

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https://itch.io/jam/gamedevjs-2024 

JiGS, Drupal and Content Modelling

Today I want to discuss Content-driven development based on Drupal's Content Modelling, the foundation on which JiGS in-content engine is built. 

What is Drupal Content Modelling and what has it got to do with game design?

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Yes, after a long hiatus and a totally new rewrite, the MMORPG is soon ready for release as well as the open source codebase. 

For the final week of developing the process pipeline, I copied all the config files, made some databse backups, upgraded to Drupal 10 and extended the Claro Admin template so I can clean up the paragragh types.

At this stage I can start adding random stats as fields and entities as Content types or Paragragh types. For a level designer I think Drupal makes the perfect content manager.

The goal is to use Drupal to

• Host a game
• Create map-grids as content types
• Add items to map-grids
• Add NPCs to map-grids
• Add game attributes to user profile
• Use Drupal Groups to implement factions
• Host VueJs pages for the various buildings (form based fields and widgets) that inhabit each map

The game engine will be compatible with turn-based and real time loops. Later PhaserJs will be used for the real time graphics based modules.

Roadmap: