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Kinrany

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Registered: 2018-01-22

Posts: 712

Signposts with convenient UI

Signposts that show overlay on mouse over.

In the example above there are two signposts, but only one of them is projecting labels over tiles because the mouse is on it.

Details

A signpost is a wooden pole with wooden boards on it. Every label is a single board.

To add a label:

• take a board

• add a writing tool (chalk, charcoal, chisel)

• type as if you were just talking

This creates a board with text on it. Next,

• take the board

• add a piece of rope or a nail

• stand on the same tile with the signpost

• type again to specify the direction

• attach the board to the pole

The direction is a pair of coordinates relative to the signpost. First is east, second is north. From the example above:

SIGNPOST          0  0 
TOWN THERE -->    1  0 
AUNT ALICE        1  1 
DON'T DRAIN FFS  -6  1 
SEEDING ROW      -4 -3 

Another tool can be used on the signpost to remove the last board without destroying the text on it.

(Alternatively the coordinates could be in pixels, not tiles, since the game is pixel-perfect. This way you'd have to actually learn how to write, if only once. Probably easier to make art too.)

Better tech = more convenience: cheaper boards and writing tools, more boards fitting on the same pole.

You can vote on this suggestion here.

Babipoki

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From: Cuba

Registered: 2018-04-04

Posts: 21

Re: Signposts with convenient UI

DOn"T DRAIN FFS