slight diversion to test out an idea i had for rendering contextual onscreen hints
looks alright but i think i might need to have a separate smaller font for this one. or even maybe a non-pixel font. but it'll do for now
edit: the hint location is flexible (because it'd presumably follow your cursor in cursor mode) and it's just in the center here cause it was convenient for testing
![a voxel engine with a hint on screen that reads "[E] to onscreen hint". it is rendered with a dithered transparent black to fully transparent gradient, with white transparent text with black transparent stroke](https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/115/417/356/405/310/900/original/055e2b691910637f.png)