Star Starter Overview

Kaneva's intent is to direct people to create stars that closely match Kaneva. We would like the initial Star creators to be focused on and help us test the following key features:

• Getting Started – Downloading and Installing the Star. Hardware considerations and basic overviews.
• Registering Your Star – Using the developer site to register a Star and Star Game server(s) prior to creating and deploying a Star.
• Creating Your Star – The task of creating a new star and associating it with the registered Star server in the previous step.
• Creating Basic NPC (Non-Player Character) for Bank and Stores – How to use the NPC Quest system to create a new bank and store NPC and test them.
• Creating Basic Quests – How to create a treasure hunt quest and add this quest to your Star.
• Video and Textures - Playing externally-hosted videos and displaying textures on selected objects in your Star.
• Adding Environments – How to add new zones into your world, focusing on reference library and asset import.
• Publishing Your Star – How to distribute and publish your star, patch server, firewall considerations, etc.

We feel if we can get a number of partners and testers to be able to complete the steps above, then we will have a pretty good handle on what most of your issues are. Kaneva anticipates that these tasks are probably what most of the average Star creators will do.

The Star asset set includes the following items:

• Base Actors (non-headless versions)
• Kaneva Coin Actor
• Two tops and bottoms for each actor
• Icon Set for all assets
• Conference Room Space
• Small Shop Space (formerly the coffee house)
• Base menus
• Basic Bank and Store
• A set of basic building blocks, mostly the panels
• A set of furniture (lamp, couch, etc.)