Rogue-Like update, word balloons?
Ok, so currently in the game, all the text is displayed in the text box along the bottom of the screen. Since X-Men is a comic property though, I was thinking maybe word balloons would be a more appropriate UI method. The screenshot above is obviously a very basic version of this, I haven't bothered to do the new graphics or coding necessary to fully implement it yet because I'm still not sure that's the way I want to go with it.
The idea would be that character text would appear in white word balloons, like in a comic, at roughly that position on the screen, with a little tail pointed at the character talking (instead of a name tag). Narration text might appear in a solid caption box or something. Is this a feature that would make the game better for you? Worse? Don't care? Let's see:
Feel free to express "other" opinions in the comments below.
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Sure, it's worth considering though, it would make it more developed as a story. I have some scenes in there that can happen at random, but they are a bit few and far between at the moment.
Well like the idea of comic style balloons, but what might also be a good addition towards the balloons is either give the balloons are the colour or the text in the colour which associate with the character.
I might be able to tint them a little, white balloons with say dark green lettering for Rogue. I'm trying to figure out how to add the little tails on the balloons in such a way that they point to the character speaking.