Of-course, it would be optional. But directly in the AI Editor menu. For easy switching.
For example in the top-right corner or to the right of Delete button (move the buttons to the left). When toggled, the visual representation would get overlaid with semi-transparent gray and the code would be written in text over it. Clicking it would enter the text editor.
Botique wrote:Not at this stage. Let the game first be game and fun. Let casual players be hooked, let them compete in visual programming.
Visual would still be the default. And if someone reacts like "wtf, hell no!", the back button is right there and toggling it back is just another click away. As I've said, you unlock the text editing feature as a last unlock. It adds no ingame advantage and everyone should already be familiar with IF, AND (conditions vertically), OR (conditions side-by-side) and NOT (Marked as X) by then.
Kanishka wrote:(...) without a physical keyboard.
GFX47 wrote:(...) mobile not fast/comfortable enough (...)
To whoever spends a couple of hours/day or more on their cellphone, typing is not a problem. Back when I was at college, there was a guy who was writing classes on his cellphone. He'd type every word the professors said and only stopped to sketch when needed.