Implement multi-line functionality for user feedback

[brforest]

Currently, the user feedback at the bottom only displays on one line. We need to make it multiple lines to allow for longer user feedback.

[brforest]

Currently, the feedback is sufficient to help the user figure out how to play the game. However, there are still a couple of issues:

• Some of the feedback goes longer than the screen
• It would be nice to explain in more detail how each step relates to a part of hashing - right now, it just says, for example, "take the ticket to the hasher". It would be great if we could connect this more clearly with a step in hashing, which will be possible once we figure out how to get the feedback to go more than one line.

[Neunis]

I agree this is a fundamental part of solidifying the instructions and learning aspect for Diner Hash. We may want to consider this a higher priority to deal with over adding a ticket sprite or at least work on it before/along today's agenda. @jilliebean @mfraser4

[Neunis]

It may be a fib 3/5 depending on how we decide to implement it and based on our current architecture.

[mfraser4]

This feature is not a priority now that we have expanded the feedback to span the entirety of the page. All messages are currently contained, and it would actually be detrimental if our messages were long paragraphs

[brforest]

@mfraser4 I'm not sure where we expanded the feedback to span the entirety of the page - are you talking about the introduction? I am referring to the feedback during gameplay. I absolutely agree that it would be detrimental if our messages were long paragraphs; however, I think that it would be beneficial to have slightly longer messages than we can fit on one line right now. This would allow the user to see real time how their actions relate to operations in a hashmap. This would by no means be a long paragraph, more something like this, for example: "The key hashes to 0. This is analogous to a hashing function that converts an item's key to its spot in the array". This wouldn't fit on one line, but easily on two lines, and I don't think it would be too long at all.

I still think this should be a priority. It would help connect the gameplay to a hashmap more clearly, which after all is the whole purpose of this project.

[mfraser4]

I see what you mean. Then this functionality is still important if we're feeling lacking in that area. I've found some code online that does wrap the text. I'll push what I've got to origin for anyone to pick up who's slotted to work next. This should therefore become a priority given that it helps communicate educational value.

[dvasavda]

I see, got it.