【GAMEMAKER】Speech bubble typewriter alert text effect

 Information about object: obj_player

Sprite: spr_idle_down
Solid: false
Visible: true
Depth: 0
Persistent: false
Parent:
Children:
Mask:

No Physics Object

Create Event:

execute code:

///set up
enum player_state {
idle,
up,
down,
left,
right
}

dir=player_state.down;
is_moving=false;
image_speed=0.5;

Step Event:

execute code:

///keypress code
if (keyboard_check(vk_left))
{
dir=player_state.left;
is_moving=true;
}
else
if (keyboard_check(vk_right))
{
dir=player_state.right;
is_moving=true;
}
else
if (keyboard_check(vk_up))
{
dir=player_state.up;
is_moving=true;
}
else
if (keyboard_check(vk_down))
{
dir=player_state.down;
is_moving=true;
}
else
{
is_moving=false;
}

execute code:

///movement
if is_moving
{
switch (dir)
{
case player_state.up:
y -= 4;
break;

case player_state.down:
y += 4;
break;

case player_state.left:
x -= 4;
break;

case player_state.right:
x += 4;
break;
}
}

execute code:

///animation
if is_moving
{
switch (dir)
{
case player_state.up:
sprite_index=spr_walk_up;
break;

case player_state.down:
sprite_index=spr_walk_down;
break;

case player_state.left:
sprite_index=spr_walk_left;
break;

case player_state.right:
sprite_index=spr_walk_right;
break;
}
}
else
{
switch (dir)
{
case player_state.up:
sprite_index=spr_idle_up;
break;

case player_state.down:
sprite_index=spr_idle_down;
break;

case player_state.left:
sprite_index=spr_idle_left;
break;

case player_state.right:
sprite_index=spr_idle_right;
break;
}
}

Information about object: obj_mushroom
Sprite: spr_mushroom
Solid: false
Visible: true
Depth: 
0
Persistent: false
Parent: 
Children: 
Mask: 

No Physics Object
Create Event:
execute code:

///Set Up Mushroom Object
is_touching=false;//used to check whether colliding with player
text="";//initial message state
show_text="";//start the typewriter text as ""
count=0;//location in show_text
border_size=2;
padding=10; 
//add text to ARRAY

mushroom_text[0]="Hmm, mushroom...";
mushroom_text[1]="I'm not touching it#-#it might be poisonous!";
mushroom_text[2]="If only I had some chicken,#I could make soup.";
mushroom_text[3]="It's a mushroom or a toad-stall,#how should I know?";
mushroom_text[4]="This mushroom smells of cheese,#is that normal?";
mushroom_text[5]="Reminds me of my favourite food,#mushrooms on toast.";
mushroom_text[6]="It's just a boring old mushroom.";
mushroom_text[7]="Mushrooms, mushrooms, mushrooms, mushrooms.#Mushrooms, mushrooms, mushrooms, mushrooms.";
mushroom_text[8]="A mushroom! I've never seen a mushroom before!";


Alarm Event for alarm 0:
execute code:

is_touching=false;
text="";
show_text="";
count=0;

Collision Event with object obj_player:
execute code:

if !is_touching
{
var message=irandom(8);
show_debug_message(message);
is_touching=true;
alarm[0]=room_speed*5;
text=mushroom_text[message];
switch (message)
{
case 0:break;

case 1:break;

case 2:break;

case 3:break;

case 4:break;

case 5:break;

case 6:break;

case 7:break;

case 8:break;
}
}

Draw Event:
execute code:

///drawing stuff
depth=5;
draw_self();//draw self
depth=-5;
///set text to draw
if(string_length(show_text) < string_length(text))
{
show_text = string_copy(text,1,count);
alarm[0] = room_speed*4;
count +=1;
}
if show_text!=""///draw bubble if text present
{
padding=10;
//set variables
var width =string_width(text) + padding * 2; // width of message, capped at max_width
var height = string_height(text) + padding * 2; 

//draw bits below first to create a border
//round rectangle first
draw_set_colour(c_blue);
draw_roundrect(x-(width/2)-border_size,
y-90-(height/2)-border_size,x+(width/2)+border_size,y-90+(height/2)+border_size,false);

//triangle outline for triangle
draw_line_width(x-(width/4)+border_size,y-90+(height/2)-border_size,x+border_size,y-25,border_size);
draw_line_width(x,y-25,x-(width/2),y-90+(height/2),border_size);

//draw a the box
draw_set_colour(c_white);
draw_roundrect(x-(width/2),y-90-(height/2),x+(width/2),y-90+(height/2),false);
//draw_triangle to make it look like speech bubble
draw_triangle(
x-(width/2)+2,y-90+(height/2),
x-(width/4),y-90+(height/2),
x,y-25,
false);


//draw a message
draw_set_font(font_message);
draw_set_halign(fa_center);
draw_set_valign(fa_middle);
draw_set_colour(c_black);
draw_text(x,y-90,show_text);
}