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I don’t mind yellow paint as much as it is a sign of the broader issue of big games trying to be idiot-proof. If a game has yellow paint I expect it to be as easy as it can be outside of giving me literal god mode.

  • Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    It’s irrational, but innate.

    Jumping could have absolutely no use in the story you are telling, but once I smash Space and nothing happens you have immediately earned a 4 star at best.

    Same goes for no fast walk/shift sprint.

    Don’t punish fast readers/imprison players in your narrative if you want them to finish the game.

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      1 day ago

      The fact that only three interesting things happen in your game shouldn’t be stretched out by a hobbled character that can only crawl along and is doomed to absorb atmosphere that was copy/pasted from assets.