Game tips while respawning/paused.

Okay, so I think that when you pause/are respawning, an in game tip would pop up.
Not something to really help the player, more like stopping them from doing something stupid.
Eg.
"Try to stay out of builders' way during starting game build phase. "

--- Double Post Merged, May 2, 2014, Original Post Date: Oct 24, 2013 ---

Okay, I am resurrecting this thread.
Basically the idea of this is to stop nubs and steamies doing stupid things. When ever they die or pause, a helpful tip pops up that will hopefully stop them doing stupid stuff.

"Don't build ground level doors, they let in enemies. Build doors that are placed 6-8 blocks up instead."

"This is not minecraft, blocks fall if they are not supported by anything."

"As a knight, don't run out with a keg if there are enemies on your doorstep"

"Don't build a wall that is really tall but is only 1 block thick, it will be destroyed very easily."

"Don't make a large defensive tower out of wood, it will easily be burnt down."

"As an archer, don't try and take on a knight alone. support one of your teammates instead."

"Don't bombjump from an teammates bomb, you and your teammate won't go anywhere."

"Drills only give you 50% of the stone; use for emergencies only."

So yeah. Any other suggestions for tips would be cool.

 

Would be very cool.
Especially if you could toggle it off from the settings-menu, once you get tired of reading the same old tips.

It would also be awesome if the tips were collected in a moddable file similar to the way Descriptions.as is used.

 

yeah, settings toggling is a must. also, i updated the list to add:
"Don't bombjump from an teammates bomb, you and your teammate wont go anywhere."

 

You need to make all the hints into Chinese proverbs, though! "Don't bomb jump from a teammate's bomb. You and your friend won't go anywhere" could become, "When friends have bombs, do not try to share". Much better, right?

 

that's actually a really good idea, I may even learn some handy tips from that since I am quite new to the game

 

"As a knight you can bounce on water using a shield!"
Its an idea but might need some rewording

 

"When playing KAG, act exactly like Duplolas and you will become the 2nd best player (because Duplo is #1)."

:P

 

Maybe a little aggressive, but cool idea
"Avoid standing where a friendly Builder is trying to build."
"Use Q emoticons to communicate with team-mates".
"Avoid jumping on Saws! They will kill you as well as enemies!"

 

From the OP:

Your suggestion is more of a snapshot tut than what we are aiming for here. Learning all the features and stuff is part of experiencing the game. So if we look at bobo's post...

The bold one is what we are going for, as it stops one player ruining the experience for another. If you look at all the quotes in the OP, you should see that they try to prevent nubs ruining the game for everybody else.

 

Okay cool, you just said "stopping them from doing something stupid" so I was assuming that was the general idea.
In the case of anti-unconscious griefing,
"As Builder, don't place Saws where team-mates could fall in!"
"If an ally is making signs at you, take notice!"
"Standing in a Door will hold it open. Don't let enemies through!"

 

Boulders can smash through doors, wood or stone.

Water Buckets extinguish fires... and save wooden towers.

Arrow Ladders: arrows sticking on walls can be used to climb.

Spikes upon impact - will stun you.

Eggs from the food shop, turn into chickens - they make you fly.

Drills only give you 50% of the stone; use for emergencies only.

On certain maps, you might want to conserve trees.

 

Don't destroy the supports of buildings above the heads of your friends! It will kill them!

Actually, if all these tips are just for warning players about not griefing, it might just become a Griefer 101 manual. Not saying that isn't a reason to do it, though.