Google+ Realm Works Community

[Chemlak]

Well, I just trawled through the closed Early Access forum and this one, and I didn't spot any threads directly relating to this, so I figured it would be a good idea to actually point this out to everyone (particularly our new, post-launch users) - waaaaaaay back in the post-Kickstarter days, a Google+ Community for Realm Works was created to allow us to chat and give help and advice to each other.

Since Realm Works is now available, it seems like a good idea to let everyone know that it's there, and that we'd love to talk about Realm Works with anyone who wants to join, offering advice, hints, tips, and general conversation, as well as sharing what we've achieved so far.

Hope to see you there!

 

[MaxSupernova]

Why isn't it all in this forum, so there's a central place where all this great information is located?

 

[enrious]

Some people prefer Google+, some people prefer to use a different medium for cooperative projects, etc.

 

[Farling]

I would hope that advice and tips would appear on these forums (as I'm not a user of Google+).

 

[AEIOU]

I post my pics of how I have entered material on G+ as I find it tedious to do so here. And the volume of posts here is overwhelming at times so I much prefer the laid back atmosphere over there. Your mileage may of course vary and you aren't forced to look at what we post on G+.

 

[enrious]

I find it tends to be less focused on general questions about how to do x in Realm Works, what button to use for y, why is there z and so on; instead it was sorta started more as a way to talk about how *you* are using Realm Works for *your* game - the customization you're doing, the organization you've gone for and why, and so on.

I find both useful, but for different reasons.

 

[lawngnome4hire]

I just really hope that they are putting a major effort into adding documentation. With a program this complex you really need thorough documentation to get the most out of it. For a professionally made program with this price tag, and recurring costs to get full access to features, people are going to expect it to be there.

I was shocked when I found out there wasn't even a wiki.

 

[thedarkelf007]

There are guides in the program and video demonstrations.

Also webex sessions were held to help those who were struggling early on.

 

[liz]

I just really hope that they are putting a major effort into adding documentation. With a program this complex you really need thorough documentation to get the most out of it. For a professionally made program with this price tag, and recurring costs to get full access to features, people are going to expect it to be there.

I was shocked when I found out there wasn't even a wiki.

In Realm Works, under the "Help" section, you can find documentation under the "Manual" button. You can also find video tutorials under the "Tutorial" button. I hope that helps!

 

[rob]

I would hope that advice and tips would appear on these forums (as I'm not a user of Google+).

To my knowledge, the developers are only answering questions and providing guidance here on the product forums. I'm sure there are some great insights that other users are able to provide over on the Google+ group, but that site is intended for user-to-user interactions. There is nothing official coming from us over on Google+ that you won't find here.

 

[rob]

I just really hope that they are putting a major effort into adding documentation. With a program this complex you really need thorough documentation to get the most out of it. For a professionally made program with this price tag, and recurring costs to get full access to features, people are going to expect it to be there.

I was shocked when I found out there wasn't even a wiki.

As Liz indicated, there's already 120+ pages of documentation available, plus a bunch of tutorial videos. I'm currently writing a "best practices" guide that will be in the ballpark of 100 pages long. So there's a healthy amount of documentation available now and lots more on the way.