{"author_link":"\/users\/icxon","author_name":"icxon","author_uid":"icxon","comments":[],"epoch":1513294135,"event":"LD40","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":71093,"likes":8,"metadata":{"p_key":"107348","p_author":"icxon","p_authorkey":"1000482","p_urlkey":"323158","p_title":"Most Gamers Do Not Read","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD40","p_time":"1513294135","p_likes":"8","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1000482","us_name":"icxon","us_username":"icxon","event_start":"1512086400","event_key":"70","event_name":"LD 40"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD40","removed_author":false},"_superparent":49883,"_trust":14,"author":482,"body":"Ludum Dare revealed to me this simple fact -- players don't like to spend time reading stuff in your game. No matter what it is -- game intro, prologue, tutorial, or even super important npc dialogue. THEY. DON'T. READ.\n\nEspecially during game-jams when a lot of games need to be reviewed to get those sweet 'Ratings given' points.\n\nSo, the secret is:\n\n**- Skip button is a must for any long\/optional text in your game.**\n\nThere are some skippable comic pages in [our LD40 entry](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/xenonanny) as well:\n\n[![Volcanic Giraffe](\/\/\/raw\/2e1\/z\/e974.png)](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/xenonanny)\n\n> Everyone love comics... r-r-right?\n\n[![XenoNanny](\/\/\/raw\/2e1\/z\/e975.png)](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/xenonanny)\n\n```\nI know there are could be some exceptions, especially for RPGs and text-based quests.\n```\n","comments":1,"comments-timestamp":"2017-12-15T01:31:28Z","created":"2017-12-14T23:19:43Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":71093,"love":8,"love-timestamp":"2017-12-15T06:24:30Z","meta":[],"modified":"2017-12-15T06:24:30Z","name":"Most Gamers Do Not Read","node-timestamp":"2017-12-14T23:28:55Z","parent":50043,"parents":[1,5,9,49883,50043],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/xenonanny\/most-gamers-do-not-read","published":"2017-12-14T23:28:55Z","scope":"public","slug":"most-gamers-do-not-read","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":208890},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"71093","n_urlkey":"323158","n_parent":"50043","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/xenonanny\/most-gamers-do-not-read","n_slug":"most-gamers-do-not-read","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"482","n_created":"1513293583","n_modified":"1513319070","n_version":"208890","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/xenonanny\/most-gamers-do-not-read","text":"Ludum Dare revealed to me this simple fact -- players don't like to spend time reading stuff in your game. No matter what it is -- game intro, prologue, tutorial, or even super important npc dialogue. THEY. DON'T. READ.\n\nEspecially during game-jams when a lot of games need to be reviewed to get those sweet 'Ratings given' points.\n\nSo, the secret is:\n\n**- Skip button is a must for any long\/optional text in your game.**\n\nThere are some skippable comic pages in [our LD40 entry](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/xenonanny) as well:\n\n[![Volcanic Giraffe](\/\/\/raw\/2e1\/z\/e974.png)](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/xenonanny)\n\n> Everyone love comics... r-r-right?\n\n[![XenoNanny](\/\/\/raw\/2e1\/z\/e975.png)](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/xenonanny)\n\n```\nI know there are could be some exceptions, especially for RPGs and text-based quests.\n```\n","title":"Most Gamers Do Not Read","wayback_source":[]}