Demooverpopup

Based on game build 714014 | Last updated: 2026-03-09

Overview

DemoOverPopup is a UI screen that appears when the demo period expires in Don't Starve Together. It presents a styled overlay with promotional artwork, a title, body text, and a quit button. As a subclass of Screen, it integrates into the TheFrontEnd screen stack and handles its own animation transitions for appearance and dismissal.

Usage example

local DemoOverPopup = require "screens/demooverpopup"

DemoOverPopup(function()
    -- Called when popup closes without purchase
    TheFrontEnd:PushScreen("mainmenu")
end)

Dependencies & tags

Components used: None identified
Tags: Adds popup; adds global TAB

Properties

Property	Type	Default Value	Description
callbackfn	function	nil	Function to invoke when the popup is dismissed without purchase.
closing	boolean	false	Internal flag indicating whether dismissal animation is in progress.
sale_image_time	number	nil	Accumulator used to animate the sale image scale.

Main functions

GoAway(purchased)

• Description: Initiates the dismissal animation for the popup. If purchased is false, triggers a fade-out transition and invokes callbackfn.
• Parameters:
  • purchased (boolean) – if true, skips the fade-out and callback; used when the user proceeds to the full game.
• Returns: Nothing.
• Error states: No-op if closing is already true.

Events & listeners

• Listens to: Update (via OnUpdate(dt)) – checks TheSim:IsDemoExpired() and animates sale_image.
• Pushes: None identified.