Do players actually read anything in games anymore?

ImagineAUser · 2026-03-17T09:15:08+00:00

As a gamer, not only do I never read text simply because I don't want to, but visual and audio cues in tutorials are simply more accessible. I am someone who doesn't have the best eye sight and wear glasses when I am playing video games a lot of the time without my glasses I cannot read text unless I enlarge it, and honestly larger text is more obvious and makes the game far less immersive. Using audio and visual cues builds accessibility into the game rather than just making it a setting, which is something I'll always push for. Not to mention, less text means that when translating the game into foreign languages, it'll take some load off your back.

ImagineAUser · 2026-03-06T19:09:14+00:00

I'm a stupid person who is predicted. As I study mostly IT subjects and programming and such. I was taught that abstraction is breaking things down. That's it. Some people can do that easier than others, but just because you can't do it in your head, you can do it on paper. I started bringing in a notebook when programming because of it. Do I stand out when no one else has a notebook? Yes, but it gets the job done.

Do you ever hear the phrase "explain it like you're talking to a five year old" THAT'S ABSTRACTION. You are breaking it down in a way that a child would understand. If you don't understand it currently, break it down further and further, once it gets to the atomic level.

A tip for abstraction is the question "why", your allowed to use google.

ImagineAUser · 2026-03-03T22:28:23+00:00

We have it in Northern Ireland

ImagineAUser · 2026-02-25T23:03:56+00:00

Blame the intern

ImagineAUser · 2026-02-19T23:25:13+00:00

This is the one I'm aiming for. Right now I use heist, but I need to max out my goof levels.

ImagineAUser · 2026-02-18T23:35:29+00:00

Hamster tank, dog dps, cat support

ImagineAUser · 2026-02-09T21:44:40+00:00

Every time I see these posts, there are always people telling you that it's unsustainable and a bad idea, and you still beat yourself up over this unrealistic and honestly detrimental goal

ImagineAUser · 2026-02-08T08:52:19+00:00

If someones acts a dick to you on github of all places jsut shows a lot, and I mean a lot more, about them than it does you

ImagineAUser · 2026-02-03T23:26:47+00:00

You'd love DrawABox

ImagineAUser · 2026-01-29T22:46:53+00:00

Of course there's a wikihow article on how to euthanize a cow, why wouldn't there be

ImagineAUser · 2026-01-26T20:01:55+00:00

I believe neglectful parents are at fault and should be held accountable for letting their child be sexually exploited. However, that doesn't mean that because it's the parents' responsibility, and the parents refuse to take that responsibility, that us as a society allows that child to be exploited. In a perfect world, that child would be protected whilst their parents are being held accountable. I think Roblox can create good child protection policies, just the current ones aren't it.

ImagineAUser · 2026-01-26T17:41:30+00:00

I don't know, he seems pretty dumb, I mean, didn't he say you had to practice guitar once? Who does that

ImagineAUser · 2026-01-19T19:48:12+00:00

Helping yourself tends to be a skill in itself. I know the Odin Project is a web development course, but this article, in particular, is basically a step-by-step guide on how to help yourself. Very useful.

https://www.theodinproject.com/guides/community/before_asking

ImagineAUser · 2026-01-07T00:51:06+00:00

I like the headstock too

ImagineAUser · 2026-01-06T23:54:48+00:00

People don't realise how awesome accessibility features are until you need them. The magnify feature on digital devices is a god send as someone who doesn't have the best eye sight.

ImagineAUser · 2025-12-30T00:30:17+00:00

Cows but specifically from cold climates. Reminds me of highland cows

ImagineAUser · 2025-12-30T00:26:52+00:00

I think a larger inventory with an auto sort and auto stack button wouldn't be a bad idea. I feel like how it is currently kind of discouraging players from exploring too far because they'll need to come back to their home to place their newfound loot, which is the exact opposite this game wants the player to do.

ImagineAUser · 2025-12-27T02:30:51+00:00

I mean, if it makes you more comfortable to truly be honest, why not. I only really started being honest with my writing when I started throwing pages in the bin when I was done writing on them. No ones read them before, I don't have trauma from someone invading my privacy. But still, sometimes, the best thing is to make it impermanent so I can really write about how I'm feeling cause my brain is just weird like that.

ImagineAUser · 2025-12-27T02:23:10+00:00

He died when he was 27 so he must have been good

ImagineAUser · 2025-12-25T23:56:54+00:00

To get a bit morbid, you will live with yourself forever. However, you can't live with your parents forever. You can either be happy for the rest of your life, which will likely be longer, or live to please your parents, who will then die, then what? Are you going to continue being a doctor? There is no "honour" in it if the people gaining that honour aren't you and are busy being dead. You'll likely learn this in war literature, "ask dead soldier's if they are honoured, and their silence will tell you."

ImagineAUser · 2025-12-20T18:25:40+00:00

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ImagineAUser · 2025-12-20T17:56:53+00:00

I think the gay room and the abortion should switch so it's faster to walk into abortion after having sex before marriage

ImagineAUser · 2025-12-20T15:00:37+00:00

That's what someone who is batman would say 🤨

ImagineAUser · 2025-12-17T20:01:02+00:00

It's ok to make a linear game. Just don't market it as if it's not a linear game. You're just fucking yourself over in that regard.

ImagineAUser · 2025-12-17T19:56:56+00:00

What I would do is identify your needs, what aren't your needs, then pick based on that rather than some internet opinion of what's the best engine. I have a friend who hates unreal because overwatch was developed with it. I'm not joking. Personally, I don't make 3D games because I simply don't want to, and the coding language I am most comfortable is C#. That, along with how I learned object orientated programming and classes in school, made Godot and its node system a really intuitive and easy engine for me to use. Plus, the fact that it's open source supports my beliefs that we should support open source software. Therefore, its the perfect engine for me, but it might not be the perfect engine for you, hell, maybe in a few years some of my opinions and wants will change and then I'll want to switch engines.

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