Not so much a tutorial as an index or key, but tutorial works I guess. None of this artwork is by me. I just organized it. But that took awhile.

I made this because there is no list for the mood system and having to guess and click like crazy until I found the mood I wanted was stupid. I figured since the mood system is supposedly grouped into similar emotions already, the best way for me to organize them is alphabetically.

This is what I finally came up with. I got a text list of the emotions (thanks to the journal entry linked below) and alphabetized it in Excel. I took screenshots of the different menu choices and used the screenshots along with the name of the emotion and the path you follow to select the emotion. As the file says, it's organized like this:

emotion | emoticon | pathway
-so-
b0x0r-less Joy->Humor->b0x0rz-less
(of course the image on my key isn't animated)

I used a small font because I didn't want it to be a huge file size. I can probably be persuaded to also have it available in a larger font if that's an issue for people.

Also, I noticed a few things while making this (and probably none of them interesting):
There are two 'Cheerful' choices. One @ Joy->Cheerful and the other @ Joy->Optimism->Cheerful.
There is no emoticon for 'I'm Ignoring You' shown in the menu. That's why there is a small red X in the index where that emoticon should be. I've never used it, so I don't know if anything shows up in the comment.
'Wow!' was originally called 'Surprise' and 'Movingon' (which should be two words) was originally called 'Aggravated.'

This was mostly inspired by eStunt's journal entry about the mood system, as well as by this deviation. And of course all due credit to the emoticon artists whose artwork are represented.

I've blathered on enough, so I'll end by saying that I've marked this deviation as "Advanced Critique Encouraged" because I'm only interested in errors, changes, and improvements I can do to make this deviation more useful to users. I'm not interested in whether or not you like the mood system. Feel free to praise the work, though.

Oh, and please don't alter, claim as your own, or anything of that sort. Just use and enjoy! Thanks.



FAQ #688: What is the MOOD system?

FAQ #689: Where can I find a complete listing of the MOODS, used in the MOOD system?