Dialogue Question Mark

[Maina]

There's a glowing question mark to the bottom right of the screen every time I enter dialogue with a shop and I think other cases, too. Clicking on it just selects the dialogue option behind it. What is this for?

[Saint Landwalker]

I think it's just an indicator for "You're in a part of the dialogue where you have to choose something" as opposed to "NPC is babbling, no response necessary."

[Sissas]

But it's strange because it also appears when you play Junimo Cart...

[Tim Timsen]

Originally posted by Sissas:

But it's strange because it also appears when you play Junimo Cart...

Is it Necro Day today?

[Sissas]

lol i just thought it was weird, googled it and this was one of the first hits. Didn't notice the date.

Anyhoo - the question mark is still weird. Also appears by the TV dialogue!

[mmmmarygray]

Originally posted by Sissas:

lol i just thought it was weird, googled it and this was one of the first hits. Didn't notice the date.

Anyhoo - the question mark is still weird. Also appears by the TV dialogue!

Any time you have to click something where you have a choice it comes up. So TV, shops, questions, ect.

Not sure why it would come up with Junimo Cart, likely a bug.

[Sissas]

Oh, OK. A bit counterintuitive... Once I ended up choosing a crappy dialogue choice because I assumed it was a kind of help menu or something like that, tried to click it and ended up choosing the last of the options.

In the Junimo game, it appears when you can choose to play infinite mode or stages mode, so there is indeed a choice there. I guess that's it then, just a not-so-successful design choice!

[Lurlex]

Originally posted by Tim Timsen:

Originally posted by Sissas:

But it's strange because it also appears when you play Junimo Cart...

Is it Necro Day today?

Nothing wrong with a necro if the subject matter is still relevant.

[XDubio]

Originally posted by Landwalker04:

I think it's just an indicator for "You're in a part of the dialogue where you have to choose something" as opposed to "NPC is babbling, no response necessary."

Assuming this was indeed the intention (of Concerned Ape), I think it is a poor design choice, because it draws too much attention, while too separated from the content of the dialog, and also intends to indicate something that the user becomes well aware for the first time they see such a dialog.
(Well, I assume all player at some point do realize, that a list of sentence -- all of wich replying to the same question in a different manner -- is an option dialog that a user can interact with, and not the NPC is saying that list. They should also already know to try to use the mouse (cursor) by the time they at the first choice dialog.)
Also there is a question mark at the start screen of Stardew Valley for an about dialog, further increasing the confusion for later boint of the game.

So if it is necessary to indicate user interaction, one possible resolution could be a line before the possible options like "Choose:" os "Select an option:" or something along those lines.

PS.: The game is awesome regardless of this.

[Martha Pepper]

Originally posted by Tim Timsen:

Originally posted by Sissas:

But it's strange because it also appears when you play Junimo Cart...

Is it Necro Day today?

It was hardly a necro at just over a month. Now THIS is a necro...

[TehX]

Originally posted by Martha Pepper:

Originally posted by Tim Timsen:

Is it Necro Day today?

It was hardly a necro at just over a month. Now THIS is a necro...

I guess that this is like a legendary triple necro.