Hi folks! Today I'll be introducing a template that creates a cool typewriting effect that'll be perfect for console-based games in Python.
To get started, open main.py. We already have the libaries needed (os, time and sys), and now we'll go over the code.
On line 5, we have the write() function.
def write(text, speed=0.04):
for char in text:
sys.stdout.write(char)
sys.stdout.flush()
time.sleep(speed)
print("")We have two parameters, text and speed. The first parameter, text, is just the text you want to typewrite. The second parameter, speed is set to 0.04 seconds by default and will stay like that unless you change it.
On the next line, we use a for loop to get every character one-by-one from the text. We use sys.stdout.write(char) to write the character, and sys.stdout.flush() to flush the current text displayed. We then delay the code by using time.sleep(sleep) to pause the program to whatever speed you set it to. That means, the text will be more fastly displayed if speed is smaller, and will take a little longer to display if speed is bigger.
On the last line, we use print("") to parse a new line, so that we don't need to use \n for the end of everything. However, feel free to remove this, as its unnecessary for single-line parses, which you probably don't need for your console-based game.
Well, there you have it folks! That's all for today, and stay tuned for more projects and templates like this!