13.2. Publishing

| Chapter 13: Testing and Publishing |

| 13.2. Publishing

These three examples simply show what can be done using Inform's EPS-format map output, if one is willing to tweak the design in some vector-art program. Unfortunately, at present, there are few alternatives to Adobe Illustrator - a superb but very expensive program - in the field of EPS editing, and indeed, of vector art generally: this is especially the case for Windows users. But for the IF author who does happen to have Illustrator for some other reason, Inform plays nicely with it.

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| Example Baedeker Creating a floorplan of the cathedral using the locations from previous examples. |
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If our map is largely or entirely set inside a single building, we might want to produce something that resembles a floorplan. It's possible to do this with a little tweaking, like so: "Baedeker" Dome is a room. North of Dome is North Chapel. South of the Dome is South Chapel. West of the Dome is Western End. Quiet Corner is northwest of the Dome, north of Western End, and west of North Chapel. Loud Corner is east of North Chapel, northeast of Dome, and north of Eastern End. Eastern End is north of Dim Corner and east of Dome. Dim Corner is southeast of Dome and east of South Chapel. Ruined Corner is southwest of Dome, west of South Chapel, and south of Western End. The church door is east of Eastern End and west of the Courtyard. The church door is a door. Index map with room-shape set to "square" and room-size set to 60 and room-name-size set to 9 and room-name-length set to 13 and route-thickness set to 20 and room-outline set to off and map-outline set to off and route-colour set to "White" and room-colour set to "White" and room-shape of Dome set to "circle" and room-size of Dome set to 80 and EPS file. Now we have a map made of white lines and boxes over a white background, which is not very exciting. If, however, we put a layer of black under this and slightly adjust the room shapes (using an image editor such as Adobe Illustrator), we can produce something that plausibly resembles a floorplan or museum map, like so:

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| Example Bay Leaves and Honey Wine Creating a map of Greece using the locations from previous examples. |
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| Example Port Royal 5 Port Royal scenario given instructions for an EPS map. |
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