dialogue box

A pop-up message on a screen, usually at the bottom. This is typically used in a visual novel or RPG games either to narrate the story or to represent character's dialogue.

Not to be confused with speech bubble, which refers to a dialogue box stylized from comic and manga.

See also

• dialogue options
• user interface
• error message
• visual novel
• gameplay mechanics
• speech bubble

The following tags are aliased to this tag: text_box (learn more).