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“Text is efficient at transmitting data. If I want to describe a concept or an event, text is king.” Really? Why are video games so visual, in that case? To up
by jameshart 6y ago
“Text is efficient at transmitting data. If I want to describe a concept or an event, text is king.”
Really? Why are video games so visual, in that case? To update you on the situation your character is in, inform you where the enemies are, give you feedback on your current health and objectives... most video games use a rich graphical system of colors and symbols overlaid over a high resolution image of the game world...
If text is more efficient at communicating ‘events’, why aren’t there ‘action text adventures’?
- Karunamon 6y agoBecause games are optimized for immersion and being roughly analogous to reality, not for efficiency of describing events. That would be the purpose of a news article. Pictures are included, but text is the focus.
- c22 6y agoThere are action text adventure games, even massively multiplayer ones. I probably have blown more time on text MUDs than all other computer gaming combined, but even back when I used to play things like counterstrike I spent an inordinate amount of time using text to chat with team mates or in the console binding and triggering macros.