Thread:StoryGirl83/@comment-36836718-20190305080600/@comment-3452092-20190525220924


 * Blinks*

What happened while I was outside? I am so confused. It looks to me like we need a hierarchy of labels. I think it should go: physical appearance (no label), off-screen (because this means they are themselves still part of the scene), mention (because that means they aren't there, but they were mentioned by other characters). I'm not sure how to handle determinate when for example they are off-screen no matter what, but only physically appear under certain situations (I am thinking of the incident with Amy and Hayley getting knocked out by Atlas if you mess up while sneaking. I'm thinking maybe in those cases we need to use two sets of labels, the one for what is determinate (only if it is higher in the hierarchy) and the highest one that always happens. An example of what I am thinking:


 * Chapter 1
 * Chapter 2 (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 3
 * Chapter 4
 * Chapter 7 (Determinant)
 * Chapter 8 (Determinant; Off-Screen)
 * Chapter 9 (Off-Screen: Determinant)
 * Chapter 10 (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 12
 * Chapter 13 (Off-Screen: Determinant; Mentioned)
 * Chapter 14 (Determinant)
 * Chapter 16 (Mentioned: Determinant)

Not sure that looks quite right, but it's an idea on how to handle those situations with chapter 8 having this imaginary character appearing off-screen no matter what, but only making a physical appearance dependent on the player's actions while chapter nine has an off screen "appearance" as determinate and no physical appearance no matter what. Does it make sense? Do you guys like it? How would you tweak it?