mindstream wrote:
Good evening everyone, I've been gone a long time, yet, I enjoy
coming back to peak at the WonderLand Adventures update on
the Midnight Post. Some things I wonder are:
Shall there be an included level Editor
Shall these be named as .LV7's 
Will we use this very same {PcPuzzle} forum to share Levels

{Till next time,,, I'll be back in about a week, From Andy}
Hi Andy,
Things are always in motion, so I can only tell you what the "plan" is currently.
But, for now, the plan is certainly to have a Level Editor. I think it won't be part of the original release though, but rather follow shortly after (1-2 months). The editor would require lots more work to be "fixed up" for general consumption (right now it's a bit of a hodge-podge), and my first priority is the get the main game released.
Level names have not been finalized, but they certainly won't be .lv7 - remember that this new game is quite different than the classic trilogy, and levels/gameplays/editor techniques will have little to no resemblence to what you're used to.
In fact, currently a level is made up of several files:
* .wlv files: the actual level data - there can be several in case you want to make a multi-level adventure,
* a master .dat file: this includes global options, such as the gameplay goal - not every adventure will have the same goal (collect all coins), but can be specificed to be something different (rescue all stinkers, collect certain items, etc).
* possible .dia files for dialog with in-game characters
* possible custom data, like graphics, etc
My plan is to write a little "zip" routine that puts these automatically into one single file for upload/download, and have the game itself extract the necessary information automatically. That would be the game's custom level file format for users to share. What it is called, I do not know yet.
As for this discussion board, the current plan is to use the same board for classic Wonderland and Wonderland Adventures, which will require a little re-organizing of current sections.
Again, none of this is set in stone, but those are my current thoughts.