documented textbox

Tiled/Maps/Exports/slime.lua

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 return {
   version = "1.10",
   luaversion = "5.1",
-  tiledversion = "1.10.1",
+  tiledversion = "1.10.2",
   class = "",
   orientation = "orthogonal",
   renderorder = "right-down",
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ return {
   tilewidth = 16,
   tileheight = 16,
   nextlayerid = 8,
-  nextobjectid = 72,
+  nextobjectid = 73,
   properties = {},
   tilesets = {
     {

Tiled/Maps/slime.tmx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<map version="1.10" tiledversion="1.10.1" orientation="orthogonal" renderorder="right-down" width="250" height="170" tilewidth="16" tileheight="16" infinite="0" nextlayerid="8" nextobjectid="72">
+<map version="1.10" tiledversion="1.10.2" orientation="orthogonal" renderorder="right-down" width="250" height="170" tilewidth="16" tileheight="16" infinite="0" nextlayerid="8" nextobjectid="73">
  <editorsettings>
   <export target="Exports/slime.lua" format="lua"/>
  </editorsettings>

main.lua

@@ -41,16 +41,6 @@ function love.load()
     for _,v in pairs(p) do
         if v.user == "player" then player = v break end
     end
-
-    --[[Button:add(50, 100, "button", function() showdebug = not showdebug end)
-    Textbox:add(200, 100, "Everyone knows Mario is cool as fuck. Everyone knows Mario is cool as fuck.", {
-        scroll = true,
-        shadow = { 1, 0, 0 },
-        image = images["dialoguebox"],
-        hpad = 15,
-        vpad = 10,
-        font = fonts["ElixiR"]
-    })]]
 end
 
 function love.update(dt)
@@ -67,13 +57,14 @@ function love.update(dt)
 
     if gamestate.state == gamestate.main then
         if showdebug then
-            if love.keyboard.isDown("q") then window.scale = window.scale + rate * 5 end
+            --[[if love.keyboard.isDown("q") then window.scale = window.scale + rate * 5 end
             if love.keyboard.isDown("e") then window.scale = window.scale - rate * 5 end
 
             if love.keyboard.isDown("d") then camera.x = camera.x + rate * 500 end
             if love.keyboard.isDown("a") then camera.x = camera.x - rate * 500 end
             if love.keyboard.isDown("w") then camera.y = camera.y - rate * 500 end
-            if love.keyboard.isDown("s") then camera.y = camera.y + rate * 500 end
+            if love.keyboard.isDown("s") then camera.y = camera.y + rate * 500 end]]
+            camfollowsprite(player)
         else
             camfollowsprite(player)
         end

ui.lua

@@ -55,6 +55,16 @@ local textbox_mt = class(Textbox)
 
 function Textbox:init(x, y, text, opts)
     opts = opts or {}
+
+    --[[
+        opts fields:
+        shadow: text shadow color in { red, green, blue }
+        hpad/vpad: text position offset within textbox
+        font: specify font
+        image: specify image for textbox background
+        scroll: true if this textbox should have scrolling text
+    ]]
+
     local o = {
         x = x, y = y,
         text = "",
@@ -84,24 +94,8 @@ function Textbox:add(x, y, text, opts)
     table.insert(p, Textbox:new(x, y, text, opts))
 end
 
-function Textbox:update(dt)
-    if self.pause > 0 then
-        self.pause = self.pause - dt
-        return
-    else
-        self.pause = 0
-    end
-
-    if self.bank ~= "" then
-        self.cooldown = self.cooldown + dt
-        if self.cooldown > self.speed then
-            self:nextletter()
-
-            self.cooldown = self.cooldown - self.speed
-        end
-    end
-end
-
+-- pull the next character from the text bank and display it in the textbox
+-- insert a new line if necessary
 function Textbox:nextletter()
     local char = self.bank:sub(1, 1)
 
@@ -125,6 +119,24 @@ function Textbox:nextletter()
     self.bank = self.bank:sub(2)
 end
 
+function Textbox:update(dt)
+    if self.pause > 0 then
+        self.pause = self.pause - dt
+        return
+    else
+        self.pause = 0
+    end
+
+    if self.bank ~= "" then
+        self.cooldown = self.cooldown + dt
+        if self.cooldown > self.speed then
+            self:nextletter()
+
+            self.cooldown = self.cooldown - self.speed
+        end
+    end
+end
+
 function Textbox:draw()
     local textpos = {
         x = self.x + (self.hpad or 0),