Comments on: In-game video help idea

By: SonOfBeer

SonOfBeer — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:10:20 +0000

Good idea!
To me, playing a game is diving in your world and get my ass beaten up in it.
But for many (newbs), it is about your world being presented to them smooth and easy.
Just don’t make these videos to “insecurely” make sure everyone understands.
Keep em short, stating the facts.
Sweet and awesome, like the rest of the game.

Make sure you use voice audio so its shorter and clearer.

By: Guil

Guil — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:48:13 +0000

I think the idea is great.

My concern is about the 10 sec limit you want. I think you should not limit yourself to 10 sec for every videos. I’m pretty sure there will be stuff that would need more than 10 sec to explain (like control basics).

Don’t forget for who you’re doing this, it is for newbies. Honestly, we are now living in a weird world, like we need everything so fast. I don’t think a newbie will look that movie more than 2-3 times, they will want to get it at the first view.

So, I suggest you that you balance the time for each type of information you wanna show. In worst case, if the video is too long (like 30 sec) and the person don’t want to die, they just need to play a solo game and pause the game, so he can look at the video without any problem. Solo game are made for that, learning the game control and other things.

example:

How to reload your gun : 5 sec
How to use the bandage : 15 sec

On this, have a nice day!

By: FinDude

FinDude — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:02:41 +0000

Everything is simple when you know it already.

But if the work it takes seems too much, then perhaps just reduce the framerate.

By: Profesh

Profesh — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:30:31 +0000

Toothy: I’ve a plethora of (very) realistic weapon sounds culled from various sources over the past seven or eight years: I’ll probably compile these into an unofficial soundpack once the game’s released.

By: MM

MM — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 07:56:55 +0000

I wanted to fit the tutorial in 10 seconds that’s why it’s fast. You can watch it several times if you need to or I could make 20 second videos, but that seems too much for a simple thing.

By: Underline

Underline — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:51:20 +0000

Maybe you can add little titles before each scene, like:
PATHING HELP VIDEO:
-show the wonded soldier
ADD MEDKIT IN YOUR BACKBACK
-show the player adding the medkit
HOLD E TO OPEN ACTION MENU AND SELECT THE MEDKIT
-show that

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:54:17 +0000

Sorry to say but that confused

Didn’t follow what was going on the first time I watched it.

By: Toothy

Toothy — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 13:17:48 +0000

Great idea MM but maybe a little too fast for newbs. And i don’t want to nag but I was curious about the sound effects. Are they going to be as they are seen in your videos? Not that they’re rubbish, most of them are good, but some of them just don’t really compliment the realistic theme of the game.

By: ZeroG001

ZeroG001 — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:38:55 +0000

its times like this I wish I had a decent computer. All I have is this crappy netbook.

By: darDar

darDar — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 01:18:43 +0000

great idea again but the execution should have been handled way better (video is way to chaotic) but i suppose its not about the video itself , its about the IDEA of implementing videos ingame , also i suppose that its kinda difficult to always skip to main menu and then to the help button instead of letting the tutorial videos appear in a quick tutorial on Game start.

I´m also having a little question :

What about the Menu Interface and the GUI?
will it stay that style or will there be changes as its not really like a typical game menu (ESC)
Me and individual gamers like most Soldat players are who don´t really care about Graphics, and Menu and whatever wont be botherd, but i suppose the other kind of players would be