{"author_name":"thePalindrome","cat":"LD #21","comments":[{"author_name":"tcstyle","time":"September 5, 2011 12:08 pm","epoch":1315242480,"text":"Basically you are right but it&#8217;s good to start with straight UML. It&#8217;s not that difficult and fits 3 of your 5 reasons even better than a general flowchart.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1315234680,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"63559","p_author":"thePalindrome","p_authorkey":"4753","p_urlkey":"99344","p_title":"Flowcharts: They really work!","p_cat":"LD #21","p_event":"LD21","p_time":"1315234680","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"4753","us_name":"thePalindrome","us_username":"thepalindrome","event_start":"1313712000","event_key":"7","event_name":"LD21"},"text":"<p>For a little project I&#8217;m working on, I made a flowchart to help with the design aspect of it. \u00a0After finishing the flowchart, I realized exactly how important and helpful it is to make one&#8230;<\/p>\n <p>A few reasons why flowcharts are good to have in your game.<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>You can see how each menu connects to others<\/li>\n <li>It will allow to decide what to make public and what to make private based on connections<\/li>\n <li>It shows how the game will flow<\/li>\n <li>They can look pretty nifty<\/li>\n <li>It&#8217;s something to put in the Bonus Features <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div>Here would be a quick tutorial on making a flow chart, no sign-ups, no software, just you, a website, and an image-editing tool of your choice (even MSPaint works!)<\/div>\n <div>\n <ol>\n <li>\u00a0go to <a title=\"www.gliffy.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gliffy.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.gliffy.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n <li>make a flowchart<\/li>\n <li>Use the print screen (prt scrn) key on your keyboard<\/li>\n <li>paste image into image editor of your choice.<\/li>\n <li>edit as desired<\/li>\n <li>save file<\/li>\n <li>your done!<\/li>\n <\/ol>\n <div>I hope this helps people!<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div><\/div>\n <div><\/div>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/design\/\" rel=\"tag\">design<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/flowchart\/\" rel=\"tag\">Flowchart<\/a><\/p>","time":"September 5th, 2011 9:58 am","title":"Flowcharts: They really work!"}