Hi. I had an idea. For things you could add to the dialog fuction. Right now, it has two things. Dialog and thought. Neat. I was thinking you could add symbols to convey different emotions for when you want a character to react to something, but without having to actually say anything. Like a big exclamation point over his head. Or a big question mark. Or "blink blink" really small over his head. Or "?!". Or an idea lightbulb. Or "fap fap fap". Or spider-sense squiggles. Or stink lines. Or a tiny rain cloud. Or other things. I like it! I agree with myself!

If a "fap fap fap" thing created I'd make an entire series where at least 2 panels per comic were both characters doing that.

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Like a big exclamation point over his head.

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i wouldn't even mind it becoming a pay for site if that meant Brad could hire a couple of people to keep updating its magni-awesomeness

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omg imo

Sooo... I was wondering, ah... anyone else like this idea? Here's an example:

But, you know.. better looking.

You could just add a narrative caption which states, for example:

"In this panel, the bear has a large question mark hovering over his head."

But the bear wouldn't have a question mark hovering over his head. And that would confuse the reader. Possibly causing the reader to become despondent and commit suicide. My god, you're a heartless sonofabitch.

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But the bear wouldn't have a question mark hovering over his head. And that would confuse the reader. Possibly causing the reader to become despondent and commit suicide.

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But the bear wouldn't have a question mark hovering over his head. And that would confuse the reader. Possibly causing the reader to become despondent and commit suicide. My god, you're a heartless sonofabitch.

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I don't know how how to pretend.

Great, now I'm despondent. Thanks a lot.

say you're thinking about a plate of shrimp...

I like the idea of above-the-head images. Though I'm not entirely sure how I'd implement them.

You couldn't put them in as images under the dialogue menu (with 'speech' and 'thought'), but have them disable the text box when chosen?

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You couldn't put them in as images under the dialogue menu (with 'speech' and 'thought'), but have them disable the text box when chosen?

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I like squidrabies' question mark. Any other question mark will cause me to leave this site forever.

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I like squidrabies' question mark. Any other question mark will cause me to leave this site forever.

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It should be at an odd angle. Question marks are funnier at a slightly odd angle. Also you're a lazy bitch.

all true, every ounce of it

I could throw some of these together.

As for how to incorporate it into the interface, I would suggest two radio buttons: "text" and "symbolic". Selecting "text" enables the usual speech and thought, and selecting "symbolic" enables a drop down list of options, such as "idea", "angry", "confused", etc.

Okay... so, an "idea" light bulb, an angry storm cloud thingy, a bunch of shocked exclamation marks, a bunch of confused question marks... anything else? I was thinking a kind of "pop" pictograph, showing someone realising something (you'd know what I meant if you saw it). Oh, how about a bunch of swearing-substitute symbols for the prudes?

Don't forget the tiny rain cloud. I'm thinking of creating an Indian character named Tiny Rain Cloud.

Done a couple... when I've finished the whole set I'll check them on here for people to yea-or-nay.

God I love you. But only in that man-on-man gay way.

Woohoo!

Just so you know, I'm strictly top.

As for the graphics, I have been distracted by another art project, painting the miniatures for a friend's Robo Rally game.

Now I only love you in that good-sportsmanship macho ass-pat way.

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Okay... so, an "idea" light bulb, an angry storm cloud thingy, a bunch of shocked exclamation marks, a bunch of confused question marks... anything else?

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Okay... so, an "idea" light bulb, an angry storm cloud thingy, a bunch of shocked exclamation marks, a bunch of confused question marks... anything else?

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How about floating hearts to show that a character has fallen in love?

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Getting there, getting there...

Damned life, getting in the way of my online activities...

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Getting there, getting there...

Damned life, getting in the way of my online activities...

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*blink blink*

Hey, fuck you, buddy!

I have life coming out my ears!

Mikey, is that you?

I'd actually like to see some sort of "action" bubble. Instead of using thought bubbles, y'know?

I was thinking about that, actually, types of bubbles other than speech of thought. The only practical one I could think of was the zig-zag electronic bubble, like when you see speech coming through a TV or a speakerphone. Pretty easy to implement - just a zigzag tail on the text balloon instead of the straight tail or the bubble tail.

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>_< Mamma Mia... Thats supposed to be "Calamari"

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