🎢 Episode 8 · Capstone · Share

Make It Yours, Share It
Episode 8: Design and Share

The last step is the most satisfying: give your plugin a personality, package it neatly, and share it so other players can drop it into their game.

👶 Ages 10+ ⏱️ ~45 mins 🎢 OpenRCT2 ✓ Free workshop
🎨 Design 📦 Package 📝 Write a README 🌍 Share safely
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Ember says: a mod with a friendly name and a clear README gets used. Make it easy for the next player and it will travel.
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Design the Feel
Name, colour, voice
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Goal for this step

Decide what your plugin is called and how it talks.

  • 1Pick a name that says what it does.
  • 2Decide the voice: friendly, funny, calm.
  • 3Keep every message in that voice.
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A good name says clearly what the does.
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Why keep a consistent voice in your messages?
AIt feels like one product, not a pile of code
BIt is required
CIt makes it faster
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Package Neatly
One tidy folder
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Goal for this step

Put your plugin and any extra files in one clear folder.

  • 1A single .js is enough, but extra files go in a folder beside it.
  • 2Name the folder after the plugin.
  • 3Check it works from a fresh copy of the folder.
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Name the folder after the so it is obvious.
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How should a plugin folder be named?
AAfter the plugin, so it is obvious
Bfolder1
CRandomly
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Write a README
Help the next player
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Goal for this step

Write four short lines explaining your plugin.

  • 1What it does, in one line.
  • 2Where to put the file (the plugin folder).
  • 3Any version it needs.
  • 4How to turn it off.
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A README should say where to put the and how to turn it off.
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What belongs in a README?
AWhat it does, where to install it, how to disable it
BYour lunch order
CNothing
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Share Safely
No personal details
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Goal for this step

Share the plugin without sharing anything private.

  • 1Share only the plugin file or folder.
  • 2Never include personal details in the code or README.
  • 3Ask permission from a grown-up before posting online.
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Never share details when you post a mod online.
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What must never go into a shared mod?
AThe plugin code
BPersonal details like your address or passwords
CA friendly message
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Claim Your Badge
You finished the series
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Goal for this step

Look back at everything you can do now.

  • 1You can install OpenRCT2 and find the plugin folder.
  • 2You can write plugins that react to the park.
  • 3You can read and change guests, and rescue them from water.
  • 4You can debug, package and share your work.
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Fill in the Blanks
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You are now a Coaster .
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Knowledge Check
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What can you do now that you could not before?
AWrite, debug and share OpenRCT2 plugins
BFly a real coaster
CNothing
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Coaster Marshal!
You built a real park tool from nothing, made it solid and shared it. That is exactly what a game modder does. Go and mod some more!
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