Is this possible to make gui_script parameter?

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Ok. here is my structure of the project.
I have separated collection for every level in the game. I do this to make possible to change background and make layout manually

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board is reusable collection (actually it’s main game logic)
camera is the script which post to the renderer information about camera size and position
tutorial_popup is a game object where i actually attach all my tutorial popups. Each one is a separated gui file with the same script
fields_layout is just a cosmetic element (board tiles and background)

And here is my tutorial step gui scene is

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Main thing here is the hole and which is inverted clipper for the gray shade.
Another elements here is a pointer_from and pointer_to, i use this positions to animate pointer (hand) movement.
stripe, left and right parts is a bottom info elements which show info to users.

So. each tutorial steps is almost the same, i need just to change hole position and info boxes. animation and another parts is the same. difference only is on which step do i need to show these popups.

Also i need to mention that in tutorial steps i need to lock user input to specific cells of the board. I’m doing this in the level config which is a json file and it looks like this

  "move_locks" : {
    "1": {
      "from": [5,4],
      "to"  : [5,3]
    },
    "2": {
      "from": [3,4],
      "to" : [4,4]
    },
    "3": {
      "from": [3,3],
      "to" : [4,3]
    }
  },

so if board see that it’s a step number 3 it will look user input to cell[3,3] and will allow move only to cell [4,3]

On gui side in config node (that text node) which i use, i specify following text value {"turn_number": 3} Later i also plan to add another values like show_shade or not and maybe something else. in script i use this code self.config = json.decode(gui.get_text(gui.get_node("config")))

ok and here is there gui_script file content which handle it

  1. Because all script appeared immediately with level, i need to disable all ui elements
  2. In update cycle i listen board status and if turn_number == turn_number from config i show and animate elements
    if self.data_appeared == false and BoardData.turn_number == self.config.turn_number then
      self.initial_timer = (self.initial_timer or 0) + dt
      if self.initial_timer > INITIAL_TIMEOUT_BEFORE_APPEAR then
        self.data_appeared = true
        move_captions(self)
      end
    end
  1. finally from the same module which indicate board status i listen if target_cell (the cell where selected dice is moved) is not null and self destroy this component. i do that in the same update cycle
    if self.data_appeared and BoardData.target_cell and not self.destroy_in_progress then
      print("im here", self.config.turn_number)
      self_destroy(self)
    end

full script is available here tutorial_popup.gui_script.lua · GitHub

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