Hello all,
Twine novice, trying to intuit my way through Javascript shenanigans and not often succeeding, lol. Anyway, I essentially am working with the following: I have a word (“MINOTAUR”) that appears when it’s moused over (using the Mouseover-Replace macro to change the text color from black to white, on a black background), and then I have a Mouseover-Goto on it that links to another passage with a Game Over screen. Basically, if the player “stumbles upon” the Minotaur with their mouse, the game ends. The problem is, the link to the Game Over passage happens too fast and the player can’t even see the word “MINOTAUR” appearing. So I’m looking to create a small delay between the word being moused over and the link going through.
I think this is very likely possible via a number of means, which I’ve been trying to look into, but I don’t know my Javascript well enough to combine the right macros/changers/whatever. I think a delay could be created by combining, say, a (Mouseover:) with a (Set:) and then using (Event:) or (After:) or something, essentially creating a (Mouseover:) that starts a timer that then links to the Game Over passage after a second or two. I just… can’t work out how to do any of that, lol. Apologies. My current “workaround” is just using a Mouseout-Goto instead of Mouseover-Goto, that way there’s a fair chance the player sees the word Minotaur before it links them, but it’s not a great solution.
As always, any help would be appreciated! 