So, you want to read the book? Well, don't go alone, here are some content warnings!
Hello, here are some things that may be useful when you read Entropy! These will be split into three parts. Fonts to Races, Characters, and Mechanics that may be useful!
FONTS TO RACES
Spectral - Spectrals/Main Characters (yes, i named them after the font, sue me.)
Times New Roman - Humans
Rubik Glitch (and Dancing Script for white lies because they're special) - DISCORDANTS
CHARACTERS
Crimson/Generic Spectrals - Spectral Font and Black Coloring
Nosmirc - Spectral Font and Red Coloring
Nosmirc (calm) - Spectral Font and Burgundy Coloring
Azure - Spectral Font and Blue Coloring
Azure (possessed) - Shadows Into Light Font (bold) and Blue Coloring
white lies - Dancing Script Font (size 14) and White Coloring (see "Mechanics" for more info)
Julia Tortura - Times New Roman Font and Gray Coloring
MECHANICS
Let's start off with some simple ones.
Crimson and Nosmirc are one and the same. They share dialog without being separated from one another. They can cut each other off mid-sentence, and still be in the same quotation marks. Same thing with inner talking.
Nosmirc changes color when he's calmed down. Sometimes, Nosmirc is calmed down. Not giving Crimson death threats and telling him to commit suicide. The color changes froma bright red, to a darker, diluted red. Here, check it out. Hi, I'm Nosmirc, and I am angry!!! Hi, I'm Nosmirc, and i'm chill.
Azure changes font when possessed. I added this in so that you can tell when Azure is speaking, and when he's not. It makes sense when put into practice, I swear. Same thing with Crimson/Nosmirc. Azure and the Possessed version can cut each other off mid-sentence and share quotation marks.
"the scales tip in ________'s favor" is my way of showing a perspective change without doing a scene break. These aren't frequent though, I usually just use scene breaks.
Heres some more complex ones now.
You have to highlight [white lies's] text to read it. It creates a sense of dissonance between the characters and the reader. The characters in the book can't hear what they're saying, but you can. All you have to do is click and drag over the text. Here, try it! --> great job!
Combination Locks are an idea that I have that are going to be right here in the website! These aren't implemented yet, but here's how they might work. You would find underlined letters in the story, and then you would put it in the combination lock... thing. (i dont know how it'll be here, ill just code it in) and then, once you put in the code, it would allow you to access side stories (relevant to entropy), character lore, and maybe even an entire other part to entropy... but that's for later... and that's IF i implement it at all.
This tab is constantly being updated as I introduce new characters, new mechanics, and new things into entropy! Check back often!
you may experience some eye strain while reading this book, due to the weird text colors and constantly changing font sizes, and font types. I'm working on a less flashy version, please stay tuned for that!
blood
gore
mutilation
killing
suicide
trauma
death/loss
Got all that? Well, then go ahead and click the button that sends you to entropy!