Dialogue: A Writer's Story

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” ― George Bernard Shaw Dialogue: A Writer's Story is Tea Powered Games' first project, and a brilliantly complex visual novel with genuine depth concerning communication. I do love visual novels as a genre, but it has been sometime since I've played one with this much insight, perspective and replay value in it! Here, we take the...

36 found this helpful, 2018-02-11

I really enjoyed Dialogue. The game generally follows one of two main gameplay modes 1) More real-time-esque conversations where you are conversing with another character choosing between different discussion points generally lumped into one of 4 character traits; and 2) the more maze-like, less linear take on conversation where you traverse an architected conversation, prodding at points here and there, and using...

11 found this helpful, 2017-11-01

The game is not perfect, the story and characters could be more complex and meaningful and the writing itself should me more emotional and express better the emotions and the personality and the struggles of the characters. But I think the Exploratory conversations are a really cool idea that allows the player to have an "active role" in dialogue mechanics. I like the idea of gathering thoughs and use them to change...

1 found this helpful, 2023-10-30