How to create your own design

1. Go to Settings > Design > Edit Custom Design
2. Put your own values there
   1. Image values support transparency, the first 2 characters are for that
3. Click on Settings > Open save place
4. Navigate into the designs folder
5. (Optional) copy the design.custom.xml file to a place of your liking
6. Open design.custom.xml in a editor of your choice
7. Replace the word Custom in "<name>Custom</name>" with the name that should be shown in the program
8. (Optional) make use of the hidden features you see there, like your own characters that are shown on the field
   1. keep in mind, that there are limitations and changes may break the game
9. (Optional) Rename the file to something unique, but keep the name pattern.
   1. the middle part is used by the program to determine the used setting, so make sure it stays unique with other designs

How to share your design

This might change in the future, i have yet to collect experience, what the best way is on itch.io

1. Create a new Thread with a title, that tells others what to expect from your design
2. Post the file content there (to my knowledge no file upload is possible here)
3. Make sure to mention the used Fonts in case somebody has them not installed yet
4. (Optional) add a picture of the result of your design

How to install a design

1. Create a new file with the name pattern "design.name.xml"
   1. the middle part is used by the program to determine the used setting, so make sure it stays unique with other designs
2. Open the file in a editor of your choice
3. Paste the posted content there and save it
4. Start the game, when it is not running yet
5. Click on Settings > Design > Add Design file
   1. pick your file