How to make a screen like Christine Love's 2007 CPLL?

[Donmai]

You game is looking good. The only problem is your last question seems to be beyond my poor scripting skills . We could add another screen for that bar, but controlling it would involve bringing more variables and all... Maybe someone else here will be able to help you.

Ah, I've asked what's the problem of being a 13 year old girl because I'm currently working on a project in which I'm telling a story as if I was a 14 year old girl named Alice (the one you can see flying on the left side of my signature). So far, it seems to be going well.

[sunTARIA]

You game is looking good. The only problem is your last question seems to be beyond my poor scripting skills . We could add another screen for that bar, but controlling it would involve bringing more variables and all... Maybe someone else here will be able to help you.

Ah, I've asked what's the problem of being a 13 year old girl because I'm currently working on a project in which I'm telling a story as if I was a 14 year old girl named Alice (the one you can see flying on the left side of my signature). So far, it seems to be going well.

oh, i didn't mean controlling it; i just meant having it there.
also, it's kinda hard since most people on this site are either adults, or late teens who know their way around renpy.....while the highest i know how to do on renpy is make a branch menu choice ;-;

[Donmai]

Please notice how you aren't annoying me (that's very important ). If you only want to show that element on your messages, then it's so easy (Yay! ): All you will need is an image like this (with a better quality than mine, of course . The image should be the height of a single line of text):

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You can have this image displayed under the outcoming message. Example code below:

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o "I can't come over. Sorry. \n{image=bar2.png}"

"Ok, what's that \n{image=bar2.png} doing?", I hear you asking. Don't worry, here is the explanation: they are an escape character and a text tag. Text tags and escape characters are documented here: http://www.renpy.org/doc/html/text.html#text and they are very helpful. In this case, the escape character \n is forcing a new line at the end of the message. In this new line created, the image tag is putting the image of the menu bar. Notice the SEND command is highlighted. When the player clicks anywhere, the game goes on. Message sent. Is that what you wanted? Ok, next question .

Another thing: you can use multiple fonts on your game, as Christine did. When declaring a character, you can do this:

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define a = Character('Angel', color = '#ffd700', who_font = 'put the name of a font here.ttf', what_font = 'the same name or another one here.ttf')

"Who" is the label with the name of the character. "What" is what that character is saying. That means, in your messages, you can use a more "phonish" font to make the message text different from normal dialogue. You can do a Google search for free fonts, and choose one that you like.

[sunTARIA]

Please notice how you aren't annoying me (that's very important ). If you only want to show that element on your messages, then it's so easy (Yay! ): All you will need is an image like this (with a better quality than mine, of course . The image should be the height of a single line of text):

bar2.png

You can have this image displayed under the outcoming message. Example code below:

Code: Select all

o "I can't come over. Sorry. \n{image=bar2.png}"

"Ok, what's that \n{image=bar2.png} doing?", I hear you asking. Don't worry, here is the explanation: they are an escape character and a text tag. Text tags and escape characters are documented here: http://www.renpy.org/doc/html/text.html#text and they are very helpful. In this case, the escape character \n is forcing a new line at the end of the message. In this new line created, the image tag is putting the image of the menu bar. Notice the SEND command is highlighted. When the player clicks anywhere, the game goes on. Message sent. Is that what you wanted? Ok, next question .

Another thing: you can use multiple fonts on your game, as Christine did. When declaring a character, you can do this:

Code: Select all

define a = Character('Angel', color = '#ffd700', who_font = 'put the name of a font here.ttf', what_font = 'the same name or another one here.ttf')

"Who" is the label with the name of the character. "What" is what that character is saying. That means, in your messages, you can use a more "phonish" font to make the message text different from normal dialogue. You can do a Google search for free fonts, and choose one that you like.

i've made the text look phonish, i'll show the latest progress in the next reply i give
anyway,
https://www.flickr.com/photos/136850013 ... ed-public/ < This is how the box containing the words of the choices looks, so far.However, I want it to be a straight teal rectangle, instead of the dull-colored crayon-theme crooked rectangle square.
Kinda, like the teal squares in https://www.flickr.com/photos/136850013 ... ed-public/.
At the end of the rectangles, for the menu, I wanna add a picture of a closed black mail.Next to the mail, a black arrow that says "send" below the arrow.
Hopefully, it's not too much to ask ;_;
Also, any tips to make the screen look more like a phone, btw?
I am making 3 more games of these, before NANARENO month.The next one will be like a diary, the 3rd one, i need no help with because the point of that one is to be plain yet melancholic, and the last one i want to make it like a linepapered-scrapbook used for art.
Sorry if this seems like a lot, lol, but tips on how to make the diary and scrapbook themes?

[Donmai]

Three games ? Well, if you take them as chances to learn a lot, then it's not bad .
Take some time to browse through the cookbook section here: http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewforum.php?f=51 You will find a lot of good ideas, tutorials and examples you could use. Your enthusiasm is a fantastic thing. I know how it is: we try some script tricks and they really work, and then we want to try even more tricks to see if they will work too, and then...

[sunTARIA]

Three games ? Well, if you take them as chances to learn a lot, then it's not bad .
Take some time to browse through the cookbook section here: http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewforum.php?f=51 You will find a lot of good ideas, tutorials and examples you could use. Your enthusiasm is a fantastic thing. I know how it is: we try some script tricks and they really work, and then we want to try even more tricks to see if they will work too, and then...

i would give u a quick sandbox build, but idk how to upload

[sunTARIA]

Three games ? Well, if you take them as chances to learn a lot, then it's not bad .
Take some time to browse through the cookbook section here: http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewforum.php?f=51 You will find a lot of good ideas, tutorials and examples you could use. Your enthusiasm is a fantastic thing. I know how it is: we try some script tricks and they really work, and then we want to try even more tricks to see if they will work too, and then...

btw...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/136850013 ... ed-public/ < This is how the box containing the words of the choices looks, so far.However, I want it to be a straight teal rectangle, instead of the dull-colored crayon-theme crooked rectangle square.
Kinda, like the teal squares in https://www.flickr.com/photos/136850013 ... ed-public/.
At the end of the rectangles, for the menu, I wanna add a picture of a closed black mail.Next to the mail, a black arrow that says "send" below the arrow.
Hopefully, it's not too much to ask ;_;

[sunTARIA]

Three games ? Well, if you take them as chances to learn a lot, then it's not bad .
Take some time to browse through the cookbook section here: http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewforum.php?f=51 You will find a lot of good ideas, tutorials and examples you could use. Your enthusiasm is a fantastic thing. I know how it is: we try some script tricks and they really work, and then we want to try even more tricks to see if they will work too, and then...

Also, help....please... ;_; (this is one of the others games i talked about)

[sunTARIA]

Three games ? Well, if you take them as chances to learn a lot, then it's not bad .
Take some time to browse through the cookbook section here: http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewforum.php?f=51 You will find a lot of good ideas, tutorials and examples you could use. Your enthusiasm is a fantastic thing. I know how it is: we try some script tricks and they really work, and then we want to try even more tricks to see if they will work too, and then...

BTW,
I compared CPLL to my game.I see I have some parts that are better than Christine's Love's game, and some parts of CPLL that are better than mine.
Can you give me the pros and cons of mine, compared to her's?
Sorry for bothering you, since you have a Slumberland game to finish, but please check it out?
Comparative Picture Below:

[sunTARIA]

Three games ? Well, if you take them as chances to learn a lot, then it's not bad .
Take some time to browse through the cookbook section here: http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewforum.php?f=51 You will find a lot of good ideas, tutorials and examples you could use. Your enthusiasm is a fantastic thing. I know how it is: we try some script tricks and they really work, and then we want to try even more tricks to see if they will work too, and then...

uuuh are u there ._.

[sunTARIA]

Please notice how you aren't annoying me (that's very important ). If you only want to show that element on your messages, then it's so easy (Yay! ): All you will need is an image like this (with a better quality than mine, of course . The image should be the height of a single line of text):

bar2.png

You can have this image displayed under the outcoming message. Example code below:

Code: Select all

o "I can't come over. Sorry. \n{image=bar2.png}"

"Ok, what's that \n{image=bar2.png} doing?", I hear you asking. Don't worry, here is the explanation: they are an escape character and a text tag. Text tags and escape characters are documented here: http://www.renpy.org/doc/html/text.html#text and they are very helpful. In this case, the escape character \n is forcing a new line at the end of the message. In this new line created, the image tag is putting the image of the menu bar. Notice the SEND command is highlighted. When the player clicks anywhere, the game goes on. Message sent. Is that what you wanted? Ok, next question .

Another thing: you can use multiple fonts on your game, as Christine did. When declaring a character, you can do this:

Code: Select all

define a = Character('Angel', color = '#ffd700', who_font = 'put the name of a font here.ttf', what_font = 'the same name or another one here.ttf')

"Who" is the label with the name of the character. "What" is what that character is saying. That means, in your messages, you can use a more "phonish" font to make the message text different from normal dialogue. You can do a Google search for free fonts, and choose one that you like.

Are you there?