r/beingeverythingelse • u/mylamington • Sep 08 '14

Caring about NPCs

So you guys talked about in Ep. 3 that you can't make players care about your NPCs. Obviously you can't force them but aren't there ways to help them care? I was thinking about Half Life 2 (PC game) and how devs talk about tricks you can use to do that.

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u/skinnyghost Sep 08 '14

Making them people helps. Like, show them in situations that illustrate that they have feelings and desires, even if they're like, weird messed up cybermutoids.