Nathalie Lawhead (alienmelon)
more games should have intentionally obscure, or strange, controls that you have to spend time figuring out. without real instruction. there’s something incredibly compelling about treating interaction like a language you learn.
i love that about games.
Mar 24 at 9:37amMastodon for iOS
Show threadEfi (nap pet) 🦊💤4d ago
@alienmelon as long as that's not the whole game, sure
Show threadGrifdail4d ago
@alienmelon One of my fav game ever is Mu Cartographer which is all about exploring a bunch of weird ui widget / controls and trying to figure out what they do or how they work. I love it so much!
Show threadThemikina2d ago

@alienmelon I've recently learned that's one of the core things about Tunic, that you have an instruction manual in a language you don't understand, which I had no idea it's about. I thought it's just a very good Zelda-like, but this made me a lot more interested.

I haven't seen that mentioned much, and it's awesome.