WINWARG nsFAQ

(That's "WINWARG not so Frequently Asked Questions")

1. What's WINWARG?
   WINWARG is an acronym for "What If Noctis Was A Roguelike Game?" and is a webcomic created by myself. I try to update every Wednesday and Sunday.
2. What's Noctis?
   Noctis is a space simulator written by Alessandro Ghignola, and is available at http://anywherebb.com/. I'll let the site tell you better.
3. What's a roguelike game?
   You mean I have to answer that as well? Well, okay. A roguelike game is similar to an RPG, except that everything is rendered top-down in ASCII (usually - there are a few which differ from this). Also, you generally only get one shot per character. The classic examples of roguelikes are Nethack, ADOM, and Angband.
4. So what makes WINWARG any different?
   The point is that WINWARG isn't a real game. Noctis isn't a roguelike, and in fact has no fighting whatsoever. I thought I'd try and show what a Noctis roguelike might look like...or at least that was the idea in #0. The plan kind of changed. But anyway.
5. But I want graphics!
   Sorry, you won't find them here. Graphics aren't what WINWARG is about.
6. Oh, okay. So how do you make these?
   Simple: I create the strip itself in Openoffice.org in MacOS X, then export it to a PDF. After using Preview to convert that to TGA, I then crop and convert the file into PNG format using the Gimp before publishing. (The beauty of this set of software is that, I could transfer operation to another OS quite easily, since the software is portable. And in fact, I have on one occasion, since my laptop's hard drive failed - remember #25?)
7. What font do you use?
   Lucida ConsoleP, mostly. Computer interaction is HSP Noctis Display Font. Other characters and/or languages get ther own fonts on an as-and-when basis.
   
8. Is this FAQ finished?
   Nope.
9. When will it be finished?
   Whenever it gets finished.