New decoration to pair with signs: Sticky Notes!

[Anker]

Yes, that's right. Those little yellow slips of paper you stick on things. The offices would be full of them, I'm sure.

These would work alongside signs: As you know, signs are visible from a good distance away, but have a fairly limited amount of characters you can fit onto them if you want the text to stay visible from a longer distance.

Sticky notes are the antithesis (or should I say, ante-thesis) of that. Unlike signs, you cannot read these from a distance- You have to get into interaction range to mouse over them to read them. Also unlike signs, you can write down a LOT more text on them- Detailed explanations of areas, reminders on what you're in the area for, a to-do list- Really, there's any number of things you'd want to write down in-game to check when you're in the area that won't fit on a sign.

How to implement- You could make a custom GUI window shaped like a sticky note that pops up on your screen (On the same side of the screen as the pop-up you get for your first visit to the check-in terminals, perhaps?) showing the text. Or it could be the same mouse-over text you get for story interactables where it tells you what item you need, that sort of system.

Sticky notes are cheap and cheerful- Probably something like 10 paper and 1 glue of some kind to make a stack of 10. Sounds good to me!

[Taehl]

Both useful and appropriate!

[Bonkers]

+2 Oh, I would absolutely love this.

[MechWarden]

That would be neat, though having to mouse over it to read it might feel a bit limited.

Isn't there a reference to a sticky note world in-game, or am I confusing it with something else?

[Anker]

Originally posted by MechWarden:

That would be neat, though having to mouse over it to read it might feel a bit limited.

Isn't there a reference to a sticky note world in-game, or am I confusing it with something else?

I'm sure there are references to sticky notes in game- There are offices people work in. But it's not a gameplay mechanic.

And yes, it is a bit limited- Because if you want to read something from a distance, that is what placed signs are for. (I can't expect the devs to take my suggestion if it means invalidating their own design, can I?)

[MechWarden]

If we get Sticky notes, I'd want a sticky note anteverse! I'm pretty sure an email references some places with either a lot of notes, or a lot of writing.

[Anker]

Originally posted by MechWarden:

If we get Sticky notes, I'd want a sticky note anteverse! I'm pretty sure an email references some places with either a lot of notes, or a lot of writing.

That sounds amusing. The back rooms, except there are sticky notes everywhere.

[MechWarden]

I finally looked up what I remember seeing, and it's IS-0028[abioticfactor.wiki.gg], and its basically one-for-one reference to Library of Babel[en.wikipedia.org] concept; which isn't quite what I was invisioning.

I was conflating it to Control's Sticky Note Room, as seen here.
https://www.reddit.com/r/controlgame/comments/le71xz/my_favourite_room_so_far/?rdt=33360