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Auto typing animation for text ("typewriter" effect)

Reveal a text one letter after the other.

Authors and contributors to this community extension: Bouh, VictrisGames, D8H.


Reveal a text one letter after the other (a "typewriter" effect).

It can be used for dialogue scenes or visual novels.

The top-down RPG example uses this extension (open the project online).

Breaking changes from 2.0.0:

  • The 3 behaviors has been merged into a unique one.

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Auto typing text

Reveal a text one letter after the other.

Behavior actions

Show Nth first characters
Jump to a specific position in the text. Positions start at "0" and increase by one for every character.

Restart typing from the beginning
Restart typing from the beginning of text. The autotyping also start automatically when a new text is set for the object.

Time between characters
Change the time between characters beign typed.

Show the full text
Show the full text.

Behavior conditions

Has just typed
Check if a character has just been typed. Useful for triggering sound effects.

Time between characters
Compare the time between characters beign typed.

Finished typing
Check if the full text has been typed.

Behavior expressions

Expression Description
Object.AutoTyping::Interval() Return the time between characters beign typed.

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