primitive working dialog bubble

dialog/npcs/villager_normal.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
 	"randomWelcomeText":[
-		"Oh hello, {player}... You look great! What do you want from me?",
+		"Oh hello, {0}... You look great! What do you want from me?",
-		"Hey, {player}! Hope you have fun today!",
+		"Hey, {0}! Hope you have fun today!",
-		"Hi! What's up {player}?"
+		"Hi! What's up {0}?"
 	],
 	"debugAnswer": "This is a debug answer!",
 	"randomGoodbyeText":[
 		"Was nice talking to you goodbye!",
-		"Have a great day, {player}!"
+		"Have a great day, {0}!"
 	]
 }

scenes/gui/dialog_bubble.tscn

@@ -26,16 +26,17 @@ anchor_left = 0.218
 anchor_top = 0.812
 anchor_right = 0.837
 anchor_bottom = 0.972
-offset_left = 0.319977
+offset_left = -15.066
-offset_top = -19.64
+offset_top = 8.43201
-offset_right = 0.380005
+offset_right = -16.469
-offset_bottom = -4.84003
+offset_bottom = -9.80798
 grow_horizontal = 2
 grow_vertical = 0
 theme_override_colors/font_color = Color(0, 0, 0, 1)
 theme_override_fonts/font = ExtResource("1_vlvkg")
 theme_override_font_sizes/font_size = 32
 text = "This is test text"
+autowrap_mode = 3
 
 [node name="NameLabel" type="Label" parent="."]
 anchors_preset = -1
@@ -43,10 +44,10 @@ anchor_left = 0.164
 anchor_top = 0.782
 anchor_right = 0.197
 anchor_bottom = 0.808
-offset_left = 0.259995
+offset_left = 7.93199
-offset_top = -0.430054
+offset_top = 4.35199
-offset_right = -0.39502
+offset_right = 7.27698
-offset_bottom = 0.0799561
+offset_bottom = 4.888
 theme_override_colors/font_color = Color(0, 0, 0, 1)
 theme_override_fonts/font = ExtResource("1_vlvkg")
 theme_override_font_sizes/font_size = 16

scenes/main.tscn

@@ -9,5 +9,7 @@
 [node name="first_world" parent="." instance=ExtResource("2_x8nyb")]
 
 [node name="player" parent="." instance=ExtResource("1_p5d84")]
+playerName = "vaporvee"
 
 [node name="dialog_bubble" parent="." instance=ExtResource("3_ohogx")]
+visible = false

scenes/tiles/dialogdebug_cupcake.tscn

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ shape = SubResource("RectangleShape2D_pchpi")
 
 [node name="dialog_trigger_area" parent="." instance=ExtResource("2_blpmd")]
 dialogFile = "res://dialog/npcs/villager_normal.json"
+dialogTitle = "Talking Cupcake"
 
 [node name="collision_shape_2d" parent="dialog_trigger_area" index="0"]
 shape = SubResource("RectangleShape2D_d78tr")

src/scene-scripts/dialog_trigger_area.cs

@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ public partial class dialog_trigger_area : Area2D
 {
     [Export(PropertyHint.File, "*json")]
     string dialogFile;
-
+    [Export]
-    public string currentKey = "randomWelcomeText";
+    string dialogTitle;
-    public void OnInteraction()
+    public string printedDialog;
+    public void OnInteraction(string playerName)
     {
+        string currentKey = "randomWelcomeText";
         using var file = FileAccess.Open(dialogFile, FileAccess.ModeFlags.Read);
         string text = file.GetAsText();
 
@@ -17,7 +19,10 @@ public partial class dialog_trigger_area : Area2D
         Dictionary allDialog = (Dictionary)jsonFile;
         if (currentKey.BeginsWith("random")) { 
             string[] dialogPart = allDialog[currentKey].AsStringArray();
-            GD.Print(dialogPart[GD.Randi() % dialogPart.Length]);
+            printedDialog = dialogPart[GD.Randi() % dialogPart.Length];
-        } else GD.Print(allDialog[currentKey]);
+        } else printedDialog = allDialog[currentKey].AsString();
+        printedDialog = String.Format(printedDialog, playerName);
+
+        GetNode("/root/main/dialog_bubble").Call("ImportString",dialogTitle, printedDialog);
     }
 }

src/scene-scripts/gui/dialog_bubble.cs

@@ -3,13 +3,10 @@ using System;
 
 public partial class dialog_bubble : CanvasLayer
 {
-    public override void _Ready()
+    public void ImportString(string dialogTitle, string printedDialog)
     {
-        Show();
+        Visible = !Visible;
-        ImportString();
+        GetNode<Label>("TextLabel").Text = printedDialog;
-    }
+        GetNode<Label>("NameLabel").Text = dialogTitle;
-    public void ImportString()
-    {
-
     }
 }

src/scene-scripts/player.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ public partial class player : CharacterBody2D
 {
 	[Export]
 	public int speed = 400;
+    [Export]
+    public string playerName;
 
     public override void _PhysicsProcess(double delta)
 	{
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ public partial class player : CharacterBody2D
         //call event in raycasted object
         if (Input.IsActionJustPressed("ui_accept") && GetNode<RayCast2D>("ray_cast_2d").IsColliding()) {
         var raycastedObject = GetNode<RayCast2D>("ray_cast_2d").GetCollider();
-            raycastedObject.Call("OnInteraction");
+        raycastedObject.Call("OnInteraction", playerName);
         }
     }
 }