Hi there!

I was toying around with Google Slides to decide whether I could make something for the jam or not and there are two things that are quite annoying.

• When loading a slide, players will always be able to see its full contents before playing (on the preview). I thought of adding a black rectangle on top of every slide that disappears after the first click. If I share the presentation through a "view only" link then the content will be hidden (users could always download it and take a look, but at least they're not seeing it right away). It should work but interaction would be much slower for users.
• Blocking arrow keys and enter. I couldn't find a way to block shortcuts (like arrow keys or enter) that allow users to navigate a presentation without using my hyperlinks (google slides even has an overlay with the shortcuts).

I know a presentation editor isn't meant to be a game engine, but I thought these two things were very annoying and I wanted to check if somebody else had a way to walk around them.

Save PowerPoint to PPSX or PPSM to autoplay the game you made.

Set presentation mode to kiosk to stop people from skipping the entire game.

Thanks! I already got to block mouse clicks with the tip you mentioned above. Will try to convert to PPSX online later and see if that works.

Found out about this recently for LibreOffice:

Forcing the user to click on a Slide Control to advance to another slide

We must make sure that the user can only proceed from one slide to another 
by clicking a Slide Control. As it is, when the user clicks the mouse anywhere 
on the slide, the show will advance to the next slide whether it’s supposed 
to go there or not.

So here’s how you give the user no option but to click on a Slide Control in 
order to proceed.

In the Slide Sorter View, hit Ctrl-a to select all the slides, then in the 
Slide Show menu select Slide Show Settings… to bring up the Slide Show Settings 
dialog box (Fig. 10.47)

The Slide Show Settings dialog box

Check only the Radio buttons next to Range > All slides and Type > Default, 
then, in the Options section, make sure you only have check marks next to 
Mouse pointer visible and Animations allowed—NOTHING else should be checked!

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