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Fine tuning: page 13 of 16

Play it now and Test Play

Where this works

  • Works todayPlay it now on Your story map and the Test Play page under Advanced editing in WolfStorm’s Studio; Talk to them now to test a character’s conversation, no region needed.
  • Next WolfViewer releaseThe same in WolfViewer.
  • On across Wolf Territories (each region at its next restart)A test sets your scene up in the world, so it needs your region to have the next update and the game switched on there.

Play it now on Your story map plays your game for you alone, from the first box, so you can check it works before anyone else sees it. Play from here (under a box’s More...) starts from that box instead.

The Test Play page

For more control, press Advanced editing at the foot of Your story map, then Test Play:

  1. Step 1: Under From the box, pick where to start. It starts at the first box if you don’t pick one.
  2. Step 2: Press Start test (or Start again from this box while a test is running). If the box is on another region, press Teleport there... to go there.
  3. Step 3: Play it. A panel on the right shows Where the story is, Flags (what the story remembers), Triggers on this box (each way on, with a Fire button to skip ahead), Timers, AI and Last events.
  4. Step 4: Press Reset test to go back to the first box, or End test when you are done.

Nothing in a test is real

A test never gives real rewards and never changes the live game. When it ends you see Test ended. Nothing it did was real: no rewards were given. AI used during a test is still paid from your WolfCredits.

Test it both ways

Turn on Preview without AI and play it again. This proves the story still works with written lines only, which is what players get if your AI cap or credits run out.

Checklist

  • Can you finish every box without help?
  • Does every hint say where to go?
  • Does every option of every choice lead somewhere?
  • Do all characters stand where they should and face the right way?
  • Does the ending come?
  • Is the Problems list empty? A test won’t start while the game has errors; the reason is shown under the buttons on Your story map, and each problem on the Publish page has a Fix button that takes you to it.