Using the Taskmaster Suite
Hopefully by now you're wondering: How can I finally use this? There are some steps involved. It might seem like much, but once you've done it a few times it's crystal clear. If you just want to try it without changing any data quite yet, jump directly from step 3 to 8.
You must download the files. Yeah, won't work without that. You will find the latest release here ("Assets" đź – "Source code (zip)"). Or if you're familiar, check out the git repository here.
Extract the files to a random location on your computer. Maybe Documents? Or as real heroes do it - Desktop. Anyways, no installation is needed, just unzipping.
There are a few directories and a few files. Here's all you need to know:
"data" - This is where all the data is stored which you can change. We'll get to it in a moment.
"server.exe" - This is the application. Start it and allow it to use your private network. It will start a server which you can connect to by using the websites. It will open both a neat black window (so you'll feel like a real hacker) as well as a small window telling you how to connect. When you're done using the application (i.e. after your Taskmaster event has ended), you may simply close it.
Let me explain how to set your own contestants:
Open the "data" directory.
Open the "contestants" directory.
Now replace the images to your liking. You can also rename them, the name will later be shown on the assistant's screen. Any number of images will work. They must be of type *.png, *.jpg or *.jpeg. They should be portrait format as this is how they will be displayed. There are no specific size requirements as it will be scaled to fit the frame in the scoreboard.
Next, this is how to set your own tasks:
Open the "data" directory.
Open the "tasks" directory.
Create a directory for each task and name it the way you want. As they will later be alphabetically sorted on the assistant's screen, I highly suggest to name them with a number in the order you want.
But what if you want to add some images or videos to the tasks?
Go into the task directory which you created in step 5.
Place any images (again of type *.png, *.jpg or *.jpeg) or videos (supports only *.mp4 at this point) inside the directory.
What about images which are not related to any specific task?
Simply place the images (you guessed it - *.png, *.jpg or *.jpeg) into the "data" directory. At the moment you'll find "logo.png" and "taskmaster.png". You can add more and a special button for each of them will be generated on the assistant's screen (at the top, section Basic Controls). You can replace the Taskmaster file to represent your show's taskmaster.
Open the websites as displayed in the window in step 3 after running "server.exe".
Let the fun begin!