#video game tutorials

Do you skip tutorials as fast as you can?

Feed your dashboard by answering my question, blogger.

Do you skip tutorials as fast as you can?

Feed your dashboard by answering my question, blogger.

Kirby games pretty much just show you a sign or small popup with button prompts for specific actions. At most there's a popup with text if the game needs to tell you something that can't be easily explained with just images. They never really try to hold your hand despite being designed with new/young gamers in mind. If anything I'd say it's like these games were made with the understanding that the player might not be able to read, and that's a very good thing.

Hollow knight does the same thing, but is a bit more subtle about it. Not that that's better per se, just due to the game's different tone and aesthetics. Button prompts at the bottom of the screen telling you what you can do, quick popups when you get a new ability, have fun.

No More Tutorials! How to Convey Information Through Design (Repost)

Hey everybody! Due to traveling to GDC last week I wasn’t able to post a new blog. However, I hope you enjoy this article from a few months back, and a new post will be up on Saturday this week as usual. Thanks, and I’ll see you later this week!

There are few things that are more frustrating in games than arriving at a situation and having absolutely no idea what to do next. Maybe you are at a…

No More Tutorials! How to Convey Information Through Design

There are few things that are more frustrating in games than arriving at a situation and having absolutely no idea what to do next. Maybe you are at a dead end, and you have no idea where to go next. Maybe you think you know what to do, but cannot actually figure out how to make your character do what you want.

These situations can feel hopeless, and in many cases we just end up looking up the…