Letter-Device format

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You may see me put pictures on the forums that look like this:

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This is a technical shorthand, which I am calling letter-device format. You draw the device system instead of going into Gimkit to test things out. You can then test it later on, but you have the basic idea across.

(You do not have to add color code to it)
The symbols:

  • Straight line: Wire
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  • Curvy line (it needs to look curvy): Channel
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  • Curvy line that transitions into a straight line or just a straight dotted line: Can be either a channel or a wire
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  • Square: Block Code, can be connected by wires or channels
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  • Question mark: A wide variety of devices could fit there
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The letters:

Core Game Mechanics

  • Z: Zone
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  • Ce: Checker
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  • Co: Counter
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  • Eg: End Game
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Devices Needed:

  • R: Relay
  • Bu: Button
  • T: Trigger
  • L: Lifecycle
  • Vm: Vending Machine
  • Q: Questioner

User Interface:

  • Tx: Text

Devices Needed:

  • P: Popup
  • N: Notification
  • Ew: End of Game Widget

Inventory & Item Management

  • Ig: Item Granter
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  • Is: Item Spawner

Devices Needed:

  • Si: Starting Inventory
  • Im: Inventory Item Manager

Enemies, Obstacles & Damage Management

  • Lb: Laser Beam

Devices Needed:

  • S: Sentry
  • Rs: Respawn
  • Km: Knockout Manager
  • B: Barrier

Navigation & Movement

Devices Needed:

  • W: Waypoint
  • Tp: Teleporter
  • Cv: Camera View
  • Sp: Spawn Pad
  • Ts: Team Switcher
  • Sm: Speed Modifier
  • M: Movement Meter

Data & Communication

Devices Needed:

  • Pt: Property
  • Rp: Repeater
  • Wr: Wire Repeater

Specific Game Devices

  • F: Flag
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  • Fz: Flag Capture Zone
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  • Tz: Tag Zone
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Changelog

kyro - added icons, text, and block code. might color code soon
kyro pt 2 - added colors, flag capture zone, flag, categories, and devices needed to be added for each category
2468 - add wiki tag
NavyCatZ- Added every other device system

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You should call it the “Periodic Table of Gimlements”.

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Since when was this a thing?

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cool! once mysz is done i will add some things. how did you get the symbols btw

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This looks amazing! Nice job @kyro and @mysz! The custom pictures are a nice touch!

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i don’t have any custom pictures, so instead of editing, i will just list out what i think some of the abbreviations should be.
r = relay
bu = button
t = trigger
lc = lifecycle
vm = vending machine
qu = questioner
pu = popup
nt = notification
ew = end of game widget
si = starting inventory
im = inventory item manager
s = sentry
rs = respawn
ko = knockout manager
b = barrier
wy= waypoint
tp = teleporter
cv = camera view
sp = spawn pad
ts = team switcher
sm = speed modifier
mm = movement meter
pr = property
rp = repeater
wr = wire repeater
hope you guys like it! if someone with those special images could update it (doesn’t even have to be with my abbreviations) i think it would be good

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@kyro, how did you make the custom pictures?

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paint.net, i have the background templates but the font is gotham

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the program paint.net, thats not the website for it so don’t click on that link

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Can someone elaborate on what this means?

For blocks, how do you represent what device it’s a part of?
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1: A curved line that turns into a dotted line/ straight line halfway through. This means you can either use channels or wires to connect the devices.

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example of text block code
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hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

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Interesting. Kyro invited too…

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im him

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Yeah, I figured.

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welcome to the community!

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Btw tomorrow’s my birthday so I’ll be laying off for a while.

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happy early birthday!!!

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the person who gets wishes late always wishes early

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