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Introducing the Items Editor: A More Flexible Way to Structure Your Game Data

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Game development is a complex process that requires a structured yet flexible approach to data management. Drafft was built to simplify this challenge, helping developers centralize and organize their game data efficiently. Today, we're introducing the Items Editor, a powerful new feature that enhances flexibility while maintaining the structured workflow Drafft is known for.

What Is the Items Editor?​

The Items Editor allows you to dynamically create and manage structured data using multiple formats:

  • Plain text
  • JSON
  • HJSON
  • TOML
  • YAML

This means you can work with unstructured or semi-structured input while still ensuring that your data remains usable. When exporting, Drafft will validate and convert the content into JSON, ensuring consistency and compatibility with your game project.

Why This Matters for Game Development​

Game data often comes in different formats—whether it's character attributes, level configurations, or dialogue trees. With the Items Editor, you get:

🔹 Data Centralization​

Store all your game-related data in one place, reducing the need for scattered spreadsheets or external documents.

🔹 Organized Workflow​

Use a structured yet flexible approach to managing your game’s metadata, ensuring everything stays clean and accessible.

🔹 Improved Collaboration​

Whether you're a solo developer or part of a team, having a clear and adaptable data structure makes collaboration easier.

🔹 Format Flexibility​

Not sure if JSON is the right format for your current setup? Use YAML, TOML, or HJSON instead—Drafft will handle the conversion when it's time to export.

🔹 Seamless Integration​

By maintaining JSON as the export standard, Drafft ensures your data is ready for use in your game engine or toolchain without extra conversion steps.

How the Items Editor Works​

  1. Write your data using your preferred format in the Items Editor.
  2. Customize your schema dynamically without predefined restrictions.
  3. Export when ready, and Drafft will validate, parse, and convert your content into structured JSON.

This gives you complete control over how your data is structured, while still ensuring that it's export-ready for development.

Try It Today!​

The Items Editor is available now in Drafft. Whether you're organizing character stats, world events, or configuration settings, this feature gives you the flexibility you need without sacrificing structure.

🚀 Start using the Items Editor today and bring more efficiency to your game development workflow!

Drafft is a multi-platform, offline-first, privacy-focused game development tool that centralizes your game content, Dialogue Trees, Scripts, Gdds, and More.
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