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A friend told me my game explanations were too long and it clicked
He said 'You're giving a history lesson, not the rules' after I spent 15 minutes setting up a game of Scythe. Now I just show the win condition first and explain the rest as we play. Anyone else get told they over-explain?
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the_terry15d ago
Some games need that full context to make sense though.
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aaron_mitchell15d agoTop Commenter
Disagree, @the_terry. A good game stands alone.
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susan_adams15d ago
Yeah but that's a dev problem, not a player problem lol. If your game needs an essay to explain the basic plot, you messed up the storytelling. Players shouldn't have to read a wiki before booting it up. Just put the needed context in the game itself, it's not that hard.
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