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First you want to make a variable for whether you met the character. You would add code like this in the area where the variables are defined:

You should always leave a character set to true so the menu isn't empty! This will determine whether a character shows up in the menu, so when you're writing the script you can add the line  $ metcharacter2 = True to make them show up! Alternatively you can make it False to hide the character again.

Then you need to set up the list inside of each menu. Just slap them into some if statements!

The list is different for each screen, so ensure you make this change on each screen so everything is consistent.  This should be ready and working after that!

But remember there's always the option to just make the menu appear later on in the game after people are established too. You don't have to add the line "show screen onscreenmenubutton" at the very start of the script! I've always liked the idea of setting the name as "?" until you meet the character too! If something is unclear please follow up, good luck!

Anytime! :D

It would be the same process we use to make the description scroll! All you need to do is put the characters inside a frame and add the scroll+drag properties!

I'll show some pictures of my code so you can see what to change! You must make this change for every separate character screen, so you'll likely need to copy+paste it in each!

frame:

                    ysize scrollframeheight

                    has viewport:

                        draggable True
                        mousewheel True

                        vbox:

                            textbutton "[character1]" action ShowMenu("character1") xalign 0.5

                            textbutton "[character2]" action ShowMenu("character2") xalign 0.5

                            textbutton "[character3]" action ShowMenu("character3") xalign 0.5

                            textbutton "[character4]" action ShowMenu("character4") xalign 0.5

                            textbutton "[character5]" action ShowMenu("character5") xalign 0.5

                            textbutton "[character6]" action ShowMenu("character6") xalign 0.5

                            textbutton "[character7]" action ShowMenu("character7") xalign 0.5

                            textbutton "[character8]" action ShowMenu("character8") xalign 0.5

Be cautious the indentations match if you paste it directly in!

Also the frame's border bothers me, so you can add this line of code to remove it if you'd like.

Good luck!!!!!

Yes yes the column part is a very simple change, the way I have it is that the portrait and the description are within an hbox, which displays them next to each other, you just delete the hbox and the portrait line of code to remove the icon, and you also need to delete the line that constrains the xsize of the description so it will naturally fill the box! The overflow scrolling is something I haven't done much before, but basically you just add the text inside of a frame and add the properties draggable and scrollwheel!

In example, each character profile has a line that says #layout starts and #layout ends, between these you can paste this code:

 vbox:

                    spacing 10

                    frame:

                        background gui.selected_color

                        padding (10, 10)

                        label "{color=#000}{size=50}[character1]{/size}"

                    label "{color=[gui.accent_color]}{size=25}[character1title]{/color}"

                    frame:

                        ysize scrollframeheight

                        has viewport:

                            draggable True
                            mousewheel True

                        label "{color=#fff}[character1description]"

                vbox:

                    frame:

                        background gui.selected_color
                        padding (10, 10)

                        textbutton "Return" action Return() xalign 0.5 #You can uncenter the return button by removing "xalign 0.5"

                    xalign 0.5

And that should get you where you're trying to go! I made a new layout code and posted it on the download page for you if you want to pop that in and give it a try, it'll save you the effort of renaming all the stuff and whatnot!

Let me know if you come across any errors or if something doesn't make enough sense, good luck!

Oh okay thank you! Ill look into this! ❤️

Absolutely possible, all you really need to do is place each column into a vbox, and place the vboxes into and hbox so they show side by side. It would look something like this: 

hbox:

                spacing 60 # this is how far apart the bars are

                xalign 0.5 # centering :3

                vbox: #each of these vboxes represents a row. copy and paste everything inside of this for more, but make sure it stays within the hbox and stays outside of the vbox of the previous column

                    xsize 0.5 #should make the row take up half of the container horizontally. Making this larger will make it wider. 

                    #this is the start of a character's bar

                    hbox:

                        xalign 0.5

                        add "gui/icon2.png" yalign 0.5 # Erase this line if you don't have icons

                        label " {b}{color=#fff}[character2] is {/b}{/color}[emotions(character2affection)]" yalign 0.5

                    hbox:

                        xalign 0.5

                        bar range maxpoints value character2affection xmaximum 500

                    #this is the end of the bar, copy and paste above code for more bars! make sure it stays within the vbox or the rows might look funky

The comments on this one aren't my best work I'm tired _(-ω-`_) . Let me know if it doesn't work, or if something is hard to understand. Good luck!

I will consider it! If you have any trouble so far, I can answer your questions, but I'm not sure if I have the time to make a full video for it.

I very much appreciate the accessibility! Amazing work! :D

The names of these songs are quite silly indeed... I especially enjoy your more classical songs! Take a rating for the road :D

Don't worry about buggin me! I'll try my best to help you out here!

First of all, to make changing comments, you could probably reuse the code that sets the emotions. Add this code to define what the notes actually are:

---

init python:

   def notes(points): #change "notes" to charactername1notes then duplicate these for different characters to have different notes!

        if points >= 80:

            return "note 1This character is babababababababa and abababifeifuneifune and boom!!!"

        elif points >= 40:

            return "note 2 GAAAAAH NOOOO THE ALIENS INVADED!!!! RUNNNNNNN!!!!"

        #elif points >= 30:

            #return "note 2.5 man this is just a sample of whats to come!"   -Example of a new one!

        else:

            return "note 3 Well that's just no fun!"

---

You can put that anywhere, but it's best to put somewhere around the one that sets the emotions for organization's sake. Then we need to add the text underneath the bar!

There is a section where two hboxes are grouped together containing the character' s name and the relationship bar beneath it. All you need to do is paste the following code beneath them, make sure it' s not inside the other hbox though!

            hbox:

                xalign 0.5

                label "[notes(character1affection)]" yalign 0.5 #If you changed the "notes" name earlier, you change it in this line as well. remember to also change the character's name too!

ALTERNATIVELY, if you want to manually change all of the notes, like if something happens in the story and you want their page to comment on how they feel about it,  you can avoid adding the first chunk of code i put, and inside the second chunk you change the line with the label in it to:

                label [notevariable]

Then you need to define notevariable, you can put this line somewhere at the top of your script.rpy file. This is the first thing it will say:

default notevariable= "Note 1"

Then whenever you want to change it you write this in the script :

$ notevariable= "this is a new note" 

And if you want characters to have different notes, you always make a new variable for them and change "notevariable" to something like "character1notes" 

And that should give you custom comments beneath the bars!

If you want the background to change when you open the menu as well (which is what I gathered from what you said ;u;) you can add a line to add a background when the screen opens. Use Ctrl+f to find this line "screen relationmenu:" and then add this code the line directly below it:

    add "snow"

Where "snow"  is the name of an image inside your game's images folder. If the image doesn't fit right, you can manually resize it to fit the dimensions your game is in.

Hopefully that works out right, if you have more questions I would be delighted to answer them! I was in a similar position once so I'm super glad you find use in this!

It's so beautiful that I could cry.

VERY CUTE!!! (ㅅ´ ˘ `)

I was awestruck by this game!

I feel the small dialogue box actually helps the dialogue a ton, it's always short and sweet but it also conveys the characters extremely well. I adore your way of writing.

I love the game's style, it reminds me of Gameboy games! That and the puzzle elements make playing this game super nostalgic for me because I used to be a fiend for point-and-click adventures.

The story is a bit sinister, but it comes to a lovely ending! Thank you for the experience!

I really enjoy the writing! I'm also astounded you did this all in a week! Nice job! :D

I love the scene in the bedroom, like how the characters are silhouettes. I also very much appreciate how much art there is compared to how long the story is, the visuals feel very dynamic! Take my good rating! :D

Absolutely GORGEOUS game!

Aw! It's like a New Year's gift! Thank you! ❤️

Thank you for the update! Can't wait to read it! ❤

I loved the demo so much that I got the Steam game! It's a story that really captures me, and I love how it makes you feel so immersed in the character's emotions. 

Thank you for the wonderful experience.

This game is a lovely little puzzle game, I would definitely recommend playing it. There are a few translation errors, but the story is interesting and the game looks amazing!

This game is so much fun!  I love the characters, and the game has some really good comedy.

I understand!  Thank you for the response, and thank you for your hard work! ❤

I've been an avid reader for my entire life, and this, this is one of the best stories I've ever read.  I adore the characters because they have such good chemistry and developed personalities.  

One of my favorite parts of this story is how your choices affect your personality.  I like how the character I play acts how I would.

Thank you very much, Qeresî!!! 💞

Is development still active on this game?  It's been a while since I've seen any news about it.  It'd be a shame if there was no more, I really like it.  It has a fantastic sense of atmosphere and I love the characters to bits and pieces.