After building a prototype last year, I found it would be entirely possible and useful to have a system to preview and edit DECORATE definitions in Slade. A simple GUI with a list of defined actors and their states, with a preview of the animation/sprites.
Of course the user should still be able to easily access just the text and continue to edit it manually, but over time this editor could be made more and more comprehensive and powerful with new features.
After building a prototype last year, I found it would be entirely possible and useful to have a system to preview and edit DECORATE definitions in Slade. A simple GUI with a list of defined actors and their states, with a preview of the animation/sprites.
Here is a preview of the prototype I made in python with omgifol: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8943931/gfx/2015/decorate4.gif
Repo here: https://github.com/jmickle66666666/JDLE The logic is in utils/decorate.py and the ui in views/decorateui.py
Of course the user should still be able to easily access just the text and continue to edit it manually, but over time this editor could be made more and more comprehensive and powerful with new features.