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Oyakiiv
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Hello o/
I would like to inquire about the various styles of in-game tutorials. the two I can come up with off the top of my head are:
1.) Diagrams: with or without text, I find them to be very plain, but they work as a quick way to jump into a game, though I can imagine many 'players' would simply skip over it since reading seems to be such a chore.
2.) Forced tutorial: these are usually done on the first time start-up of a game and tend to go into a bit more detail on the mechanics of the game. they also tend to be interactive. these are better for games with a bit more complexity, but can be very tedious and annoying in simpler games.
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Anyway, the reason I bring this up, is because of my current project, a pong rpg; which would be a bit complex so I feel a tutorial is a must!
so what are everyones thoughts? are there styles of tutorials I have missed or forgotten? what have you used in the past/currently? what are the best game tutorials you have gone through? what are the worst?
generally if it's about tutorials, I would love to hear it, all information has value to me!
--sincerly, Oyakiiv
I would like to inquire about the various styles of in-game tutorials. the two I can come up with off the top of my head are:
1.) Diagrams: with or without text, I find them to be very plain, but they work as a quick way to jump into a game, though I can imagine many 'players' would simply skip over it since reading seems to be such a chore.
2.) Forced tutorial: these are usually done on the first time start-up of a game and tend to go into a bit more detail on the mechanics of the game. they also tend to be interactive. these are better for games with a bit more complexity, but can be very tedious and annoying in simpler games.
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Anyway, the reason I bring this up, is because of my current project, a pong rpg; which would be a bit complex so I feel a tutorial is a must!
so what are everyones thoughts? are there styles of tutorials I have missed or forgotten? what have you used in the past/currently? what are the best game tutorials you have gone through? what are the worst?
generally if it's about tutorials, I would love to hear it, all information has value to me!
--sincerly, Oyakiiv