Character page

Discussion in 'Suggestions' started by TwiztidClown, Jul 22, 2020.

  1. TwiztidClown

    TwiztidClown Experienced

    Checked to see if this is suggested and couldn't find. Was thinking if would be cool if there could be a place where you could put the names and descriptions of all the characters in a place instead of just making a thread like Zingiber did in when the cat's away.
     
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  2. insertnamehere

    insertnamehere Really Really Experienced

    Interesting idea. However, it probably wouldn't get used often, so I'd consider it a low priority feature. It would be very useful to me personally if it could accept game mode variables. Imagine having a full stats page that the reader can access at any time...
     
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  3. gene.sis

    gene.sis CHYOA Guru

    Well, this should be possible though you would need 2 additional chapters per story chapter.
    (You need a variable that is used to identify the current story chapter. Each story chapter could then have a link to the stats page. On the stats page, you have a link for every story chapter. Each link needs a condition to match the number of the respective chapter.)
     
  4. insertnamehere

    insertnamehere Really Really Experienced

    Hm, I'm not sure I like the idea of literally tripling the size of a story for a single function, as well as the considerable amount of game mode work that would be added to each chapter. That doesn't sound at all realistic. You could possibly copy-paste the code for the stats page and create a new chapter for each chapter, then only have the one link back to its parent. Same number of chapters, but zero additional game mode work. Either way, not at all worth the effort.
     
  5. gene.sis

    gene.sis CHYOA Guru

    Yes, a lot of additional chapters.
    Though not much game mode work as the only thing you have to do is to set a variable "chapter number" in each chapter.
    On the other hand, you could also just use a chapter link to the stats page and ask the reader to click on "previous chapter" at the end of the stats page.

    Assuming that there might be changes to the stats page, this can lead to a huge amount of work as you would have to make the change in every chapter.

    In that case, spoiler tags or tooltips might be nice features to have.
     
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