Editing Category:Guide

Here you can find guides on all sorts of things related to modding and developing Weissblatt. Below you can also find a list of recommended tools to help you get started.

== Tools ==
If you're looking for tools to get started working on Weissblatt, here's what we use to make the game. Keep in mind there are many alternatives you can use, although we prefer to keep things accessible by sticking to FLOSS software where possible.

=== Making PK3 packages ===
Full article: [[PK3]]

* [https://slade.mancubus.net/ SLADE] to manually inspect PK3 packages
* [https://github.com/liquidunderground/pk3make PK3Make] to compile PK3 packages for larger projects

=== Programming ===
We recommend using a unix-like system to develop on, especially Linux. However, to ease your decision, here's our recommendation for which Linux distribution you may wanna pick:

* [https://www.linuxmint.com/ Linux Mint] for beginners
* [https://archlinux.org/ Arch Linux] for advanced hackers
* [https://www.debian.org/ Debian GNU/Linux] for experienced greybeards

==== Tools for Linux/macOS/other unix-like platforms ====

* [https://www.vim.org/ Vim] to edit text on
* [https://vscodium.com/ VSCodium] (FLOSS fork of Microsoft Visual Studio Code)
* [https://gcc.gnu.org/ GCC] to compile C code

==== Tools for Windows ====

* [https://visualstudio.microsoft.com Microsoft Visual Studio] (full IDE)
* [https://code.visualstudio.com/download Microsoft Visual Studio Code] (text editor)

* [https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/ Notepad++] to edit text
* [https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/en/downloads/ Microsoft MSVC compiler] to compile C code

=== Pixel art and animation ===

* [https://www.aseprite.org/ Aseprite] (paid in pre-compiled form)
* [https://libresprite.github.io/#!/ Libresprite]

=== 3D modeling and animation ===

* [https://www.blender.org/ Blender]

=== Audio ===

==== Digital Music ====

* [https://tildearrow.org/furnace/ Furnace]
* [https://ardour.org/ Ardour]
* [https://lmms.io/ LMMS]

==== MIDI Music ====

* [https://www.rosegardenmusic.com/ Rosegarden] for sequencing MIDI music
* [https://www.fluidsynth.org/ Fluidsynth] for engine-accurate MIDI playback (seriously - the engine runs on it)

==== Sound Effects, etc. ====

* [https://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html DrPetter's sfxr] (or [https://sfxr.me/ jsfxr]) for making sound effects
* [https://www.audacityteam.org/download/ Audacity] for mixing