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Hello everyone ♥️!

I have a question in regards to the O2A2 regulations; especially in regards to the sprites.

I am planning to make a chatsim-esque entry with sequences of where the characters chat and where one of the characters calls in via a video chat. I was thinking of using a sprite and background for those video call sequences.

My question is; Would the icons next to the chatbubbles count to the UI or as a separate sprite? 
In my opinion it belongs to the GUI since it is part of the user interface of the chatsim - but I want to make sure it's within the rules.

Thank you in advance
Anna

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Hello elduator,

 PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé and I discussed this last year and this was the ruling we determined:

Thanks for your patience, we've discussed it and have come to this verdict.
For an "icon" in settings where a electronic device is used to communicate via text, the following is allowed as GUI for the visual portion:
- Individual letters, words, and characters (such as in languages like Chinese or Japanese) in any language, stylized within engine
- Standardized Emoji Sets



There is a creative workaround I used in my own entry, HRT Simulator 2023, however. The icons below the "video" portion are actually cropped squares from the background. This is what the Ren'Py code looks like:

image icon_chair = Crop((350, 400, 100, 100), "sprites/background.png")
image icon_cowboy = Crop((570, 280, 100, 100), "small:sprites/background.png")
image icon_tsun = Crop((200, 200, 100, 100), "sprites/background.png")
image icon_frog = Crop((1670, 790, 100, 100), "sprites/background.png")
screen member_list():
    text "Members — 4" align (0.225,0.65)
    vbox:
        align (0.025,0.95)
        spacing 100
        
        hbox:
            spacing 50
            hbox:
                spacing 20
                add "icon_chair"
                text "72CollectiveChairs" yoffset 30
            hbox: 
                spacing 20
                add "icon_cowboy"
                text "CowboysKissing69" yoffset 30
        
        hbox:
            spacing 50
            hbox:
                spacing 20
                add "icon_tsun"
                text "IcedCoff33Tsunami" yoffset 30
            hbox:
                spacing 20
                add "icon_frog"
                text "UrFavoriteFr0g" yoffset 30


Hope this provides some inspiration!

Hiya!! 

Thank you for your reply! ❤️

At first I didn’t quite understand what you meant, but now I do, haha!

 Would it also be possible to crop stuff from the main menu or game menu backgrounds and repurpose them or is it only restricted to the background itself? 👀