Displaying Slices

The 4 primary slices displayed on screen are : Text, Rectangle, Ellipse and Sprite.

Sprite shows a graphic of any type.

Text shows text, from a string, or pre-written.

Rectangle and Ellipse create Box and Circle shapes respectively. They can both have a border colour and a fill colour. Rectangle slices can use Box Styles or Box Borders.

Using slices to show information on-screen, temporarily, conditionally and permanently. Creating pop-up info and HUD elements

A simple version might just use a text slice, or sprite slice, but more complex display elements might use more than 1 slice type.

WHAT GOES IN A SLICE

• Information from a string
• Visual interpretation of data

• Layering slices to create a visual effect (text on a rectangle)
• Using control slices to manage what is shown on-screen automatically
• Displaying a slice as long as a key is held