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---+ Paracraft SDK Walk Through
Fast walk through video for users and partners. 
TODO: vidio link here:

---++ What is ParacraftSDK?
Free and open source SDK behind
   * [[http://www.paracraft.cn]] 3D personal movie creator
   * [[http://haqi.61.com]]  3D MMORPG
What can you do with it?
   * kids learn programming with most popular IDE(Visual studio)
   * create plugins (mods) for Paracraft
   * create and publish apps that runs on windows/android/iOS

---++ About Us
Project begins in 2005. Code is solid and installed on millions of end user computers during the past 6 years.

---++ How to Install
Contact the author (LiXizhi) to get full source code, or download public version at 
[[https://github.com/LiXizhi/ParaCraftSDK]]

---++ What is inside ParacraftSDK?
   * ParaEngine: C++ 3D game engine: cross platform,  separate DirectX/openGL graphics engine, GUI, networking, physics, audio and many more. 
   * NPL scripting language: 1 million lines of fully documented code in NPL.
   * MCML: user interface markup language written in NPL. 
   * IDE extension for visual studio: NPL code editing, debugging, etc.
   * Paracraft app, Haqi 3DMMORPG app and many other sample or editor projects written by ParacraftSDK. Open sourced for your reference. 
   * Other tools: such as 3dsmax model exporters, etc. 
   * PEDN:  ParaEngine Developer Network. The Twiki site for documentation. 

---++ How to learn ParacraftSDK?
   * Play Paracraft in depth for 20 hours. 
   * Create a movie with Paracraft
   * Learn C++/lua
   * Watch and follow all tutorial videos on [[http://www.paracraft.cn]]
   * loop until you learnt it
      * Read source code in ParacraftSDK
      * Write you own app with ParacraftSDK

---++ Quick guide to ParacraftSDK
   * Directory structure
   * Install from redist
   * HelloWorld App
   * Understand HelloWorld App

---++ Quick guide to NPL

---++ Quick guide to MCML

---++ Quick guide to 3dsmax exporter
Topic revision: r1 - 2015-04-12 - LiXizhi
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