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Here's Gem Island, the starter game,

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with a few things of my own:

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trees, rocks and a stack of crates.

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To start new games from it, save it as a template.

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Open the GameStudio menu.

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Choose Save as Template.

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The Id is the template's folder name:

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lowercase, with dashes for spaces.

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The Label is its name in the New Project list:

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My Island.

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And the Description is the one line shown beside it.

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It's saved in your Documents folder,

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under GameStudio, Templates.

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Click Save Template.

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Your game itself stays as it is.

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The status bar says it's saved.

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Now start a new game from it:

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open the GameStudio menu again.

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Choose New Project.

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Your template is here, under Your templates,

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after the built-in ones.

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Pick it.

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Give the new game a name:

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Crystal Cove.

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Click Create.

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GameStudio copies your template

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into a new folder and sets it up.

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It takes a few seconds.

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Crystal Cove opens with everything from your template:

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the trees, the rocks and the crates,

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with the starter's player and gems.

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Click a tree.

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It's part of the new game.

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And the Game Project panel shows it's Crystal Cove,

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a new game in its own folder.

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Gem Island stays as it was.

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That's your own template.

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Every new game can start from it,

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with its levels, its code and its custom skills.