Tutorials Format

[Arakash]

Logistically an interactive tutorial is not possible. I looked into it and unless I want rewrite large chunks of the game, it's not going to happen.

Integrating the video into the game would be possible and may occur at a future date. As of now I don't think it's a good waste of a week or two of time to do it.

We do have audio tutorials, which are psudeo-interactive. In that they do not restrict you from playing while they are playing.

The video tutorials automatically minimize the game, play the video then restores the game, the external program is very tiny. It's not like we're launching windows media player...

The longest video I believe is 2 minutes long. They're very simple and straight forward and can be accessed anytime without damaging the game.

Thanks for the clarification on that, in my original post i really didnt have the information to go in depth into it.
Practical considerations definitely rule on indie games like this one, but i figured i may as well talk about my experience and ask other people what their preferences were.
As i said in my original post, whatever the format, im sure they are going to help new and old players figure out the game.

That being said, they're not polished. The production quality is crap. But it works as a functional placeholder until I get fruluna to record the dialog with professional equipment.

Im looking forward to seeing them
The ones i was going through before posting were not studio quality either, they looked like they were done through some video editing of game footage (zooms, highlights etc.) with a voiceover.
I suppose until we all see it we wont know if we agree with you on that