[ PROJECT HITOBASHIRA ]: Ren'Py Quick Menu & Codex Screen
Channel: OTOME FLAG Interactive Studios
Date: 2020-07-19

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The second video on our channel is a little test of the Quick Menu with Symbols instead of Words. All the buttons are coded in the Screens.rpy file using default symbols that are recognized by the DejaVu Sans Font used in Ren'Py. The plan is to make it look similar to that with 'Imagemaps' and maybe re-arrange their position in a vertical manner at the right or left side of the screen.

On the other hand, the code for the CODEX was made using the Documentation for the Tips Menu (https://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/doc/cookbook/Tips_menu) I edited the code a bit to fit my taste and arranged the codex entries as screens instead of dialogue labels.

If you want the code I created on Ren'Py, drop me a comment and I'll try to share it in a way that's easy to understand.

The Codex Menu is one of the essential features that HITOBASHIRA will have, since it will work as a way to understand the lore behind some Japanese Terminology I will use on the story such as the Human Pillars, the Miko (Shrine Maidens / Shaman Woman) and the Onmyōdō. As well as to explain a bit of the games kind of 'original' lore and concepts.
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Project Hitobashira is Personal Project I, Nekomakino, am working on kind of 'solo' to test some things and try out some codes I want to learn how to use. The DEMO will probably get released sometime during 2021 for NanoReno.

More updates will come on Project Hitobashira as I work on it, as well as little speed paints on our Sprites / CGs assets.

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-Nekomakino Dev-
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CREDITS:
- Hitobashira Image (Just a Placeholder) from http://yokai.com/hitobashira/
Do visit this site for neat info on Yokai and Japanese Folklore, it has a lot of very detailed information on these interesting creatures.

- BGM / Ishikari Lore by Kevin MacLeod

- GUI Textbox (c) Nekomakino