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Yellow Paint (infosec.pub)

submitted 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) by cannedtuna@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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I don't mind yellow paint as much as it is a sign of the broader issue of big games trying to be idiot-proof. If a game has yellow paint I expect it to be as easy as it can be outside of giving me literal god mode.

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[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 14 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Yellow paint is just lazy level design.

Yes, yellow paint exists to solve a real issue. But many games before it have managed to fix that issue.

Wanna guide the player through a path? Have a guide NPC go before you (might even be the villain in a chase sequence!).

Want to clearly show in which places you can do X thing? Have a clear visually distinct asset that stands out mark those places. Make sure you don't have similar assets elsewhere.

If the argument is accessibility, just make it an option to turn those special assets bright pink/yellow, or just a much more distinct (even if visually unappealing) asset for higher-budget games.

Wanna show which ledges are grabbable? This may be the only acceptable use case. But even then, there are more discrete ways like shining stones or have the character extend its arm towards it or something. Or just make basically every ledge grabbable. I had no issues in either sm64 nor in the original assassins creed, and neither had yellow paint.

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 15 points 2 hours ago

The big reason this shifted was because of how detailed modern AAA environment are. The environments are now richly detailed, which makes it confusing since interactivity hasn't kept pace with visuals. This required more heavy handed guidance like yellow paint, or interaction prompts on objects.

I think classic WoW is an interesting thing to study in comparison. It doesn't even tell you what's interactive at a glance, but it's clear because there are so few objects in each area.

[–] feannag@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 hours ago

Please don't make me follow an NPC. That's worse than yellow paint.