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Thursday, November 8, 2012
Call of Khalris analysispost Windhammer results part 1 - the journal
Hi all! Here is the first part of my analysis of Call of Khalris post Windhammer results. In my first installment, I talk about my journal idea and why some people loved it and some people didn't.
I rather liked the diary entry touch. It reminded me of the '*fake_choice' option that comes up from time to time in the Choice of Games apps - there's no real impact on the game, but it gets you to think a lot more about what's going on.
That said, did I actually WRITE those diary sections? No. Not a word. But I did stop to think a little, each time.
I see. So maybe it was the act of writing about the questions that may have broken the immersion rather than the questions themselves. MAybe I should include the questions for the reader to put as little or as much effort into as they like.
I rather liked the diary entry touch. It reminded me of the '*fake_choice' option that comes up from time to time in the Choice of Games apps - there's no real impact on the game, but it gets you to think a lot more about what's going on.
ReplyDeleteThat said, did I actually WRITE those diary sections? No. Not a word. But I did stop to think a little, each time.
I see. So maybe it was the act of writing about the questions that may have broken the immersion rather than the questions themselves. MAybe I should include the questions for the reader to put as little or as much effort into as they like.
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