Better way to display a watermark?

[tcassat]

Hello.

I need to put a watermark on the right corner of the screen (to indicate the copyright of the program I use to create the art). At the beginning of each label, I show it in the corner, with "show watermark at right" (there is a pic watermark.png in image folder). But it disappears with scene change.

Is there any smarter way to put a watermark on the "start" label, so it would stay on the screen all the time? But in a way that the player can remove it in real-time from the screen with an option?

EDIT: Following suggestions, I created a screen that shows the watermark. On the label "start", I used "show screen watermark". Now the watermark appears throughout the game, which is my first goal.

Now I have created an option in the preferences menu where the player can turn off this watermark. However, in order for it to work, the player must restart the game. Is there any way to make the watermark on / off in real time as the player chooses the option?

[PyTom]

I'd suggest simply making it conditional in the screen. Something like:

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screen watermark():
    if persistent.watermark:
        add "watermark_image"

Something like that.

[Imperf3kt]

You could add it to the interface via the quick menu. That way when someone hides the interface, they can see the art sans watermark and during normal gameplay, it'll show on screen.

However, the screenshot function could render that watermark pointless if it can be removed.

What kinda crazy license requires you to watermark your images though? Wouldn't it be more normal to put the software in the credits?