MATH XML GENERATOR
ROLES
Tools Programmer
DESCRIPTION
A tool used for building game math, designed in Excel, into the proprietary XML format used by Light & Wonder.
YEAR
Ongoing
GENRE
Standalone Tool
Professional
PLATFORM
Windows
.NET 7.0
KEY FEATURES
SPEED
The tool uses the MIT-licensed ClosedXML library to efficiently open and parse even the largest of game math workbooks.
VALIDATION & PATCHING
The XML generator requires math workbooks to follow a rigid, well-defined structure in order to provide full validation of each built element. This ensures game engineers will never receive a math file that doesn't build. The tool also includes a built-in patcher, capable of recovering data and fixing corrupted workbooks.
COMMAND LINE INTEGRATION
The tool includes a full GUI, but can also be run directly from the command line. This is leveraged by the other tool I make, MIST, to allow mathematicians to edit their math workbooks and immediately see the updates in their built demos/sims.