How to make a list of learned words?

[wizzieh]

Hey!

So I've been wanting to make a game that teaches you Japanese and I need to find a way to make a list of all the words you learn during the game.

Because I don't have much scripting skills yet, it should be simple enough for me to understand.

So say talking to person A gives you a new word: Nihongo. I now need to put Nihongo in a list that you can access anytime to see. Then other words should also be added to the list. This way you can always review the words you learn instead of having to write it on a piece of paper or something :/

At a more advanced stadium I would also be able to order it in an alfabetical way in both English as Japanese and perhaps even topics/ verbs things like that.

Anyway to do this?

Greetings Wizzieh

 

[_Shadow_]

How about items?

Having an inventory of words instead of items. How does this idea sound.

Items that you can use and display a series of text messages?

This is a simple way to do it.

Not the best, but it is a way.

The item can call a common event that will display text and stuff (you can even display pictures by the way, but let's just keep this simple.

As for alphabetical... you should add them to the database in alphabetical order from 1 to whatever the max item number is.

No scripting at all.

Only eventing.

 

[wizzieh]

Hey,

Well for now I have something like that? But then you might get a lot of items in your inventory, which I think might become a problem.... But I will definitely try! Maybe I can find a way to store them somewhere (A memory palace) where you can drop some of or something.

Thanks!

 

[Musashi]

One way of doing this is storing words in variables. You'll have to use script calls, but it's a very easy thing to do =)

First you have to initialize a variable as an array. To do this, make a script call and paste this code: 

$game_variables[id] = Array.newchange "id' for the variable's id you wanna use. So if you're gonna use the variable 0001, write like this: 

$game_variables[1] = Array.new

Make this script call in a event that won't be activated again.To add words in the variable, use a script call like this: 

$game_variables[1] += ["Nihongo"]Here's a list of things you can do with arrays:http://www.tutorialspoint.com/ruby/ruby_arrays.htm

So, for example, if you want to order it in an alphabetical way, you have to write this line every time you add a new word:

$game_variables[1].sort!

Making a list can be more complicated depending of how you want to do it. You can simply show the names stored in variable 1 in a message box writing "\V[1]", but that's not a very good way as your list becomes bigger, so you have to be more specific in how you want this list to be.

 

[wizzieh]

Hey,

That's sounds doable! I'll try it too. Maybe I can even combine both options. For quests where you will need to know certain words I can use the items because it's quicker, but for the overall learning process I can use the list.

Gonna start on it now and hope I can get it to work

Thanks!

Bye Wizzieh

Btw: Because I haven't made the list yet, I'm still a little unclear of what I want it to be (how many words, what kind of order etc). Hope to be clearer about it after I try this