Lua version of the pulp "say" (or a textbox library)

[AdamsImmersive (Morgan)]

I haven't used it myself, but maybe this code from Neven (which types out text boxes letter-by-letter) is a head start:

Text/dialog boxes + animated text

Matt is describing an approach where you use sprite:setImage() and either lockFocus or pushContext() to draw into that image. That's what I do most of the time. Another approach is to put your drawing calls inside the sprite:draw() function. Here's a complete example. I tried to comment the code to explain how it all works. After launching it, press A to show the textbox. It currently draws one letter per frame; you could base it on a timer instead. I hope this helps! typewriter.zip (9.0 KB)