- Mar 2, 2018
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Rant mode on.
Ok, my chief complaint with any of these style games is where you have to input your names and relationships when you don't know the intended connections or even relative ages. In this game you are presented with a screen with silhouettes before you even see any of the characters. I don't know who the silhouettes belong to yet, so within the first few frames it's pretty evident I've messed up--and the only way to fix it is to restart.
Rant mode off.
The best approach I've seen is to enter in that information as the characters are introduced. And any relationship text can be relative to the two characters on screen. It just takes a lot of guess work out of it and I can put in anything I want and it should make sense within the context of the story you've made.
Ok, my chief complaint with any of these style games is where you have to input your names and relationships when you don't know the intended connections or even relative ages. In this game you are presented with a screen with silhouettes before you even see any of the characters. I don't know who the silhouettes belong to yet, so within the first few frames it's pretty evident I've messed up--and the only way to fix it is to restart.
- If there is only one text box, don't make me hover my cursor before accepting text. That's not how things normally work. The control with the focus gets the keys. It's super annoying, and if I bump my mouse--or worse my palm hits the track pad, I suddenly can't type.
- Make it clearer which direction I'm putting in text for. I.e. if I click on a male silhouette, I'm thinking of what others are calling that person.
Rant mode off.
The best approach I've seen is to enter in that information as the characters are introduced. And any relationship text can be relative to the two characters on screen. It just takes a lot of guess work out of it and I can put in anything I want and it should make sense within the context of the story you've made.
