ComfyFactorio/modules/floaty_chat.lua

local Event = require 'utils.event'
local Global = require 'utils.global'

local this = {
    player_floaty_chat = {}
}

Global.register(
    this,
    function(tbl)
        this = tbl
    end
)

local function on_console_chat(event)
    if not event.message then
        return
    end
    if not event.player_index then
        return
    end
    local player = game.players[event.player_index]
    if not player.character then
        return
    end

    local y_offset = -4

    if this.player_floaty_chat[player.index] then
        rendering.destroy(this.player_floaty_chat[player.index])
        this.player_floaty_chat[player.index] = nil
    end

    local players = {}
    for _, p in pairs(game.connected_players) do
        if player.force.index == p.force.index then
            players[#players + 1] = p
        end
    end
    if #players == 0 then
        return
    end

    this.player_floaty_chat[player.index] =
        rendering.draw_text {
        text = event.message,
        surface = player.surface,
        target = player.character,
        target_offset = {-0.05, y_offset},
        color = {
            r = player.color.r * 0.6 + 0.25,
            g = player.color.g * 0.6 + 0.25,
            b = player.color.b * 0.6 + 0.25,
            a = 1
        },
        players = players,
        time_to_live = 600,
        scale = 1.50,
        font = 'default-game',
        alignment = 'center',
        scale_with_zoom = false
    }
end

Event.add(defines.events.on_console_chat, on_console_chat)