Novelty has a very flexible interface. All of the individual windows can be dragged around, resized and docked to suit your needs. The workspace is saved between sessions.
Keyboard shortcuts:
- Alt + N - Toggle Navigator window.
- Alt + A - Toggle Assets window.
- Alt + E - Toggle Actions window.
- Alt + P - Toggle Properties window.
- Alt + S - Toggle Script editor.
- Ctrl + Tab - Toggle all windows.
Novel
- Add chapter - Add a new chapter after the current one or at the end of the novel.
- Add page - Add a new page after the current one or at the end of the current chapter.
- Move up - Move up the current chapter or page.
- Move down - Move down the current chapter or page.
- Remove - Remove the current chapter or page.
Scene
- Add layer - Add a new scene layer.
- Import global layer - Add a global (shared) layer.
- Move up - Move up the current layer or object(s).
- Move down - Move down the current layer or object(s).
- Remove - Remove the current layer or object(s).
Notes:
Objects can be dragged and dropped between layers.
Global layers are layers that can be shared between multiple pages. To make a layer global right-click on it and select Make global.
You can ignore selections and other input in the scene view by locking the layer (click the lock icon).
You can rearrange the Navigator tabs by clicking on a tab and dragging it.
This window lets you manipulate the properties of the currently selected object, action or page.
This is the main editor window that displays the current scene.
Controls
- Left mouse button - Selection.
- Right mouse button - Context menu.
- Shift + Left mouse button - Add to selection.
- Ctrl + Left mouse button - Remove from selection.
- Click and drag - Multiple selection.
- Click and drag [object] - Move object(s).
- Middle mouse button - Pan scene.
- Ctrl + mouse wheel - Zoom in/out.
- Hold Shift [object] - Snap to grid.
- Hold Ctrl [object] - Resize mode.
- Hold Ctrl+Shift+Alt [object] - Pivot mode.
- Ctrl + C - Copy selection.
- Ctrl + X - Cut selection.
- Ctrl + V - Paste objects.
View and edit the current page's action list.
- Toggle quicklist - Show/Hide the action quicklist.
- Add action - Add a new action after the current one or at the end of the list.
- Move up - Move up the current action(s).
- Move down - Move down the current action(s).
- Remove - Remove the current action(s).
Notes:
When an action is selected, a preview of the scene up to that point will be displayed in the scene view. Selecting multiple actions disables the preview.
Library
Lists all available assets. Some assets can be placed in the scene while some can only be added to the project to be used later (audio, menu templates, scripts ...).
Used
Lists the assets currently used in the project.
Create and edit scripts
- Add script - Add an empty script file.
- Save scripts - Save all changes to scripts.
- Compile scripts - Compile the scripts and report any syntax errors.