How to let players "type" pre-written message (like Emily is Away)?

[jentalmars]

Hi, I'm looking for a way for players to type anything on the keyboard and the screen to display more of a creator-written message as the player types. They don't need to type what is written on the message; I'd like for players to be able to type in "asfhkahfkf" or "oidfijjfnf" and still get the same message.

I don't want a delay such as when getting typical user input for names and such. Just keypress any letter = one letter of the message. If you've played Emily is Away, that's exactly what I'd like to do (https://games.renpy.org/game/emily-is-away).

Is there a way to do this in Ren'Py? Thanks in advance

[Ocelot]

My first thought is to show custom screen with all keys bound to "show next letter" fucntion.

[jentalmars]

Could you provide me an example of creating a "show next letter" function, if it's not too much trouble? Thanks for replying

[Ocelot]

Something like:

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default message = ""
default rest_of_message = "I am message"
init python:
    def next_letter():
        global message
        global rest_of_message 
        message += rest_of_message[0]
        rest_of_message = rest_of_message[1:]

screen my_message():
    text message
    key "p" action Function(next_letter)
    # rest of keys

[jentalmars]

Thank you Ocelot! Sorry for the late reply, I didn't see this till now ^^" I tried it out and it works just like I wanted, thanks again for your help