Dialogue in Celeste
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:41 pm
Hi all,
I don't know who else is playing Celeste but, I must say, the dialogue is probably the best I've ever seen displayed in a text box. I think the voice effects certainly help!
https://youtu.be/_bM0uEAis14?t=4m1s
It's funny, because when I first heard the voices, I disliked them, but they IMMEDIATELY grew on me, I guess because they remind me of Towerfall
Anyway, what I really like, besides the voices and obviously delightful character animations, is the text jiggles/ waves, which change drastically later on to express a whole range of emotions, like fear and excitement. Also, minor spoilers,
I'd love to do it, because it's such an effective way to highlight text, instead of just using bold or italics.
I don't know who else is playing Celeste but, I must say, the dialogue is probably the best I've ever seen displayed in a text box. I think the voice effects certainly help!
https://youtu.be/_bM0uEAis14?t=4m1s
It's funny, because when I first heard the voices, I disliked them, but they IMMEDIATELY grew on me, I guess because they remind me of Towerfall
Anyway, what I really like, besides the voices and obviously delightful character animations, is the text jiggles/ waves, which change drastically later on to express a whole range of emotions, like fear and excitement. Also, minor spoilers,
when the character profiles jump out of the frame, even the UI box, I was amazed! They looked so cool and really opened my eyes to what narrative boxes can be capable of.
And it got me wondering... Can this be done in Ren'Py? I imagine the stuff mentioned in spoiler can be done with the correct animation sprites, but the jiggly/ wavy text seems like it would be a challenge I'd love to do it, because it's such an effective way to highlight text, instead of just using bold or italics.