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Blue Prince is a roguelike puzzle masterpiece

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188 points adrianhon | 10 comments | 09 Apr 25 01:27 UTC | HN request time: 1.022s | source | bottom
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galleywest200 ◴[11 Apr 25 19:15 UTC] No.43657406[source]▶
I have been playing this game and it is really a blast. The tutorial note cards strongly recommend using a pen+paper while playing and I can second that as pretty much required for some of the more "meta" puzzles.

Worth noting that I believe it is also on Gamepass and whatever Sony's version of Gamepass is called if you already had those services and wished to save a few bucks.

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1. gs17 ◴[11 Apr 25 20:23 UTC] No.43658125[source]▶
> The tutorial note cards strongly recommend using a pen+paper while playing

This is my largest complaint. The game should really have a notepad built in. It doesn't need to write down clues for me, but it would be nice to not have to find where my notes were if I put the game down for a long time. Is it that it's a console release?

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2. RamRodification ◴[11 Apr 25 20:34 UTC] No.43658222[source]▶
So many games desperately need this feature. Almost all games could benefit from it to some degree. I see zero negative consequences to adding it to every single game in existence just in case someone wants it.
3. detaro ◴[11 Apr 25 20:46 UTC] No.43658356[source]▶
if you play on PC through Steam, Steam at least has a notes function in the overlay nowadays: https://www.polygon.com/2023/4/28/23702656/steam-beta-update...
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4. gs17 ◴[11 Apr 25 21:11 UTC] No.43658629[source]▶
Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure adding Game Pass games to Steam isn't really compatible with that. It looks like there was a "notes" app for the Windows "Game Bar", but it's no longer available.
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5. rjh29 ◴[11 Apr 25 23:11 UTC] No.43659698[source]▶
I've played 10 hours ish and it needs pen and paper notes. A text notepad probably won't work
6. detaro ◴[11 Apr 25 23:49 UTC] No.43659963{3}[source]▶
possible, yeah, from what I've heard the launcher is weird for those.
7. Anon1096 ◴[12 Apr 25 00:37 UTC] No.43660237[source]▶
I don't recommend using it, there's unfortunately a bug where your notes will not save randomly and just disappear between sessions. Which for a note taking feature basically makes it usuable. You can find discussions about the bug on steam ex https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/6679490218977...
8. SamBam ◴[12 Apr 25 02:49 UTC] No.43660905[source]▶
I haven't played this, but I played Obra Dinn, which the review mentions, and I really don't think digital notes would have been nearly as good as pencil and paper. I really needed to draw arrows between things, sketch out a timeline, put question marks around ideas, etc. Pencil and paper is just so much more expressive.
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9. Secretmapper ◴[12 Apr 25 07:47 UTC] No.43662287[source]▶
I think the option would be great regardless. What you say is true - pen and paper is more expressive than digital notes, but digital notes is better than nothing.

I played Obra Dinn without pen and paper and I was fine.

There was a game called The Roottrees are dead which is based on Obra dinn with a built in journal system and it is really useful.

10. aqme28 ◴[12 Apr 25 14:06 UTC] No.43664499[source]▶
It’s an indie game. I think that adding a full-fledged note system with as much creativity as paper+pen is a big undertaking and perhaps not the best use of resources for the developer