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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth demo players are arguing about yellow paint
The demo for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has been out a week and, beyond sharing piano covers, now players are arguing abou…
It's a familiar trope in many video games: essentially, developers indicate the correct path by adding bright yellow paint to scalable ledges and ladders. Developer Joe Wintergreen shared a long thread of examples, including the use of shadow to assist with platforming in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Let's also not forget the big giant finger in the original Final Fantasy 7 that points to the player character, though admittedly this was the first game in the series to use pre-rendered backgrounds (and it was optional).
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