Hi, I'm Paul and I've made a few Next games in BASIC. I once tried to figure out PAWS but got really confused - I was a GAC user back in the day but never really finished anything. I'm beginning to regret planning an adventure with over 20 locations as the graphics are gonna take ages, but I like the challenge.
Hi Paul.
Make sure you do tutorial a before you start to plan anything. Hopefully it'll be a confidence booster.
Drawing quick vector line based placeholder graphics should take you about 10 minutes for each location if you want to relieve the pressure. Lookup a few GAC and PAW games and you'll get the idea.
Good luck!
Chris