I am planning to add a tutorial to my game. The game uses Swing, so the solution I came up with is the following:
Text bubbles/Post-it note type texts display what to do next: “Click the Next button to proceed to…”. The text bubble is on the glass pane layer (glass pane ok?). Once a player executes the given command, the next text bubble shows up with information what to do next. That way, a player can get accustomed to the game interface.
Is this a good idea, or do you have any other ideas/suggestions?