try to do outlines via frankenfont

Luxe/assets/fonts/BabyBlocksBigger.font.lx

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+font = {
+    source = "assets/fonts/src/BabyBlocksBigger.ttf"
+    ranges = [
+        "0020-007F"
+        "00A0-00FF"
+    ]
+}

Luxe/blocks/human/human.wren

@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ class Human {
   }
   static set_name(entity, name){
     var data = Modifiers.get(This, entity)
-    var id = Strings.add(name)
-    System.print("Setting name of %(entity) to %(name) via string id of %(id).")
-    //data.name = id
+    Strings.add(name)
+    data.name = name
   }
 
   static get_name(entity){
@@ -77,6 +76,8 @@ class HumanSystem is ModifierSystem {
   }
 
   tick(delta) {
+    if(World.tag_has(_world, "edit")) return
+
     //called usually once every frame.
     //called when the world that this modifier lives in, is ticked
     each {|entity, data|
@@ -105,6 +106,8 @@ class HumanSystem is ModifierSystem {
   } //tick
 
   update(){
+    if(World.tag_has(_world, "edit")) return
+
     var size = Vector.new(player_size)
     var pos = Vector.new(player_start) + size / 2
     each {|entity, data|

Luxe/blocks/tooltip.wren

@@ -7,15 +7,23 @@ import "math/vector" for Vector
 class Tooltip{
   depth{100}
   color{[1, 1, 1, 1]}
+  background{[1, 0, 1, 1]}
 
   construct new(app){
-    _ent = Entity.create(app.ui)
-    _mat_font = Assets.material("luxe: material/font")
-    Text.create(_ent, _mat_font, 8, "assets/fonts/BabyBlocks", color)
+    _text = Entity.create(app.ui)
+    _bg = Entity.create(app.ui)
+    var font1 = Assets.material("luxe: material/font")
+    var font2 = Assets.material("luxe: material/font")
+    Text.create(_bg, font1, 8, "assets/fonts/BabyBlocksBigger", background)
+    Text.create(_text, font2, 8, "assets/fonts/BabyBlocks", color)
 
-    Transform.create(_ent)
-    Transform.set_pos(_ent, 64, 128, depth)
-    Transform.set_snap(_ent, 1, 1, 0)
+    Transform.create(_text)
+    Transform.set_pos(_text, 64, 128, depth)
+    Transform.set_snap(_text, 1, 1, 0)
+    
+    Transform.create(_bg)
+    Transform.set_pos(_bg, 64, 128, depth)
+    Transform.set_snap(_bg, 1, 1, 0)
 
     Globals["Tooltip"] = this
   }
@@ -29,7 +37,8 @@ class Tooltip{
       if(_y){
         pos.y = _y
       }
-      Transform.set_pos(_ent, pos.x, pos.y, depth)
+      Transform.set_pos(_text, pos.x, pos.y, depth)
+      Transform.set_pos(_bg, pos.x, pos.y - 1, depth-1)
     }
   }
 
@@ -46,8 +55,10 @@ class Tooltip{
   }
 
   set(text, source){
-    Text.set_text_buffer(_ent, text)
-    Text.commit(_ent)
+    Text.set_text_buffer(_bg, text)
+    Text.commit(_bg)
+    //Text.set_text_buffer(_text, text)
+    //Text.commit(_text)
     _active = true
     _source = source
     _x = null
@@ -62,8 +73,10 @@ class Tooltip{
     if(_source != source) {
       return
     }
-    Text.set_text_buffer(_ent, "")
-    Text.commit(_ent)
+    Text.set_text_buffer(_text, "")
+    Text.commit(_text)
+    Text.set_text_buffer(_bg, "")
+    Text.commit(_bg)
     _active = false
   }
 }

Luxe/blocks/ui.wren

@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class Ui{
     Control.set_id(name, "human name info")
     Globals["Game"].Focus.on_change(true) {|val|
       var name_string = Human.get_name(val) || "-"
-      UISimpleText.set_text(name, name_string)
+      UISimpleText.set_text(name, name_string + "\n" + name_string)
     }
   }
 

Luxe/blocks/ui/simple_text.wren

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class UISimpleText{
     var text = Control.create(ent)
     Control.set_state_data(text, {"text": ""})
     Control.set_size(text, 100, size)
-    Control.set_render(text) {|control, state, x,y,w,h|
+    Control.set_render(text) {|control, state, x, y, w, h|
       UI.draw_text(control, x, y + size/2, 0, state["text"], size, font, [1,1,1,1], TextAlign.left, TextAlign.top)
     }
     return text