I don’t think their implementation is the way to go. It reeks of bad UI, like Clippy.
Mario games are so accessible without the heavy handed videos/stops, because their designers think about how to best teach the player through play.
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TheDarksteel94@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
On the other hand, there’s a lot of people who need to be handheld through the experience. Maybe this is even their first ever video game.
Ideally, it would be an optional thing, but oh well.
ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 month ago
It is optional isn’t it?
Minibeard is there for if you get stuck. The puzzles just aren’t really hard unless you’re really not used to games at all.
Honestly the hardest part was the rhythm and bubble shooter sections at the end.
theangriestbird@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Yeah tons of games ask you at the start of the game, like “have you played this kind of game before?” Def seems clumsy for a game that otherwise seems pretty well thought out.
DdCno1@beehaw.org 2 months ago
I have seen people (in person and on the Internet) click tutorials away, proceed to utterly fail at the most basic tasks only to then blame the game and the developers, including in reviews. I don’t blame developers for trying to prevent this from happening.
theangriestbird@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Idk if that’s a useful example case. Streamers are under pressure from their audience to be entertaining, so they will frequently skip tutorials against their better judgment bc tutorials aren’t fun to watch. I can’t speak to your irl examples, but it’s possible that there was a similar dynamic happening there. At least, I can say that I have personally felt a similar pressure when playing games while other people are watching me.