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Auto typing animation for text ("typewriter" effect)

Animate text to simulate it being written one character at at time (a "typewriter" effect).

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

Animate text to simulate it being written one character at at time (a "typewriter" effect), with a customizable time between each character. Useful for dialogue scenes or visual novels.

How to use:

  • Add the behavior to a Text object (BBText, Bitmap Text object) and choose the interval between characters.

Tips:

  • Change the typing speed with the "Change interval" action.
  • Pause the typing and resume it at any time.
  • Use the "Skip to end of text" action to give users a way to skip text they don't want to read
  • If the text changes, the automatic typing starts again from the beginning with the new text.
  • Use a condition to check if the typing finished.
  • Use a condition to check if a new text character was added. This is useful to trigger audio effects.
  • Use the "CurrentCharacter" expression to know when a specific character was displayed.

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

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