maize

Trying to convey in game, the feeling when someone is info dumping on you, and you are fucking hype to hear it.
Anyone got examples?
I met an arborist last week who "does oaks" and "dabbles in elms". And it was phenomenal listening to him. I asked ignorant questions like "I have always thought they are planting the trees too close together on nature strips" and he would come back with a story naming five more people from his community.

How do we get this interaction in a game, without a fuck tonne of text that no one will read?
Is it comics? Maybe it is comics?

Oct 15, 2024 at 1:19amWeb
Show threadcaite mOct 15, 2024
@maize yeah I feel like I can see a night-in-the-wood style comic panel with text just kind of piling up behind the character as they stare at the other person
Show threadmaizeOct 15, 2024
@caitelatte omg?? that is phenomenal. And with some words bold and wiggling or something.
Show threadmaizeOct 15, 2024
@caitelatte you have to click the words before they are covered by other words piling!!!
Show threadcaite mOct 15, 2024
@maize yes! you're comprehending like 1 out of 4 sentences they're saying but they're good sentences!
Show threadmaizeOct 15, 2024
@caitelatte this is fucking hilarious. And you don't have your own reply dialogue options, you are just picking highlighted words to help direct the info-dumper, while you absorb.
Maybe if you revisit them, you can try pick the words you missed out on?
If you pick a word while they are talking you interrupt them, and later you will have to try trigger them to talk about that word again. So there is a sense of "will I/won't I interrupt them" because every sentence is gold.
Maybe at any time you can "yeah!"
Show threadcaite mOct 15, 2024
@maize a cycling option of "yeah!" "ahhh" *nods* "ohh!" "ooooh"
Show threadcaite mOct 15, 2024
@maize optionally - as they talk and you catch keywords there's a little graph in the background linking the key concepts with like red string, and you can see empty spots and try asking questions with the ones around the spots??
Show threadmaizeOct 15, 2024

@caitelatte omg the threads! I love this. It's al interconnected, and also you are creating connections with yourself and the world, and this is why people get HYPE ABOUT STUFF!

fark...

Show threadmaizeOct 15, 2024
@caitelatte exactly hahahahahahaha. "right!"
Show threadDemiOct 15, 2024

@maize splatoon has a shop keeper that info-dumps about the latest weapondry and it’s simply the cutest bit

endless text that you can speed up to a ridiculous speed if you wish to

Show threadmaizeOct 15, 2024
@idlemurmurs omg, I must experience this! Thank you for the excellent lead!
Show threadcainOct 15, 2024
@maize does the game happen to have voice acting, or just visuals/text?
Show threadmaizeOct 16, 2024
@cmddx tbqh, I have been trying to avoid voice acting, because Wayward was just so much. But you're right, there is definitely something in VO that would help to convey this feeling.