Mechanics of IF Form: 2nd Person, Invisible Narrator, Forecasting, Immersion

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There have been other discussions surrounding the second person PoV topic (or just the topic of which PoV in general) before. I hope they help!

First Person vs. Second Person

So with the recent release of Samurai of Hyuga 2, I went ahead and played the demo for the for the first one. And for some reason, I was unable to connect with the protagonist. No matter how hard I tried, the protagonist felt like a separate character rather than an extension of me and my thought. This was new to me since, in all the games I’ve played on this site, this has never happened to me. And for the longest time, I couldn’t understand why. I was fairly confident that it wasn’t due to th…

The repetitive use of "you" in second person

I’m currently in the middle of writing my own game and I’ve run into a recurring problem. I’ve started writing it in second person and practically every sentence I use where the player’s character is doing an action involves me using some form of the word “you” repeatedly. An example would be: “After you’re done extending your legs, you check the clock to see you’ve been stretching for an entire thirty minutes!.” I’m unsure whether a reader would notice the repetitive use of it or not, but it d…

What "person" works best?

So, I’m taking a break from Supra today and I’m working on my writing. In this practice project, I had described the first scene as a third person observer. Now, the MC is the focus and I find myself wanting to use the 2nd person, particularly since variables aren’t established like gender haven’t been established. I’ve had “Don’t use 2nd person” battered into my brain over the past semesters but this was due to the fact that I was doing academic writing or professional writing. As the MC would…

Second Person POV Writing Styles

There’s a lot of writing advice online that will let you weigh the merits of 1st person vs 3rd person limited vs 3rd person omniscient and so on, but advice for writing 2nd person tends to be ‘don’t do it’. Obviously that’s not very helpful for us here, so I thought it might be good to see if we can come up with any thoughts about writing in 2nd especially for IF. I think there are some distinct narrative styles that I’ve seen in various games (and some mixing of these!): Talking to Yourself …

Writing POV: First Person vs. Second?

I am working on a supernatural romance and I’m torn over whether to write it in first person or second person. What would you prefer? Edit: Figured that I should give some context. I want to make the game as engaging and interactive as possible. I intend to have a lot of player choice, so that I’ll be dictating less of their feelings for them, since that always kind of bugged me in games. It is also intended to be multi-branch game.

How does everyone feel about a first person perspective?

The story I’m currently writing reads a lot better in “I” mode than in “you” mode. What are people’s thoughts on that? I noticed an older thread about a similar topic but I wanted to start a new one anyway. It’s just so much easier to write in an “I” perspective.

Points of View and Tenses

Please Note:

By points of view I am of course referring to the first (‘I’), second (‘you’), and third (‘he/she/they’) person points of view in writing. By tenses, I am referring to past and present tense in writing (I think future tense technically exists, but is incredibly difficult to utilize).

Ok, so I wanted to see and hear everyone’s thoughts regarding POV and tenses. Which POV/tense combo do you prefer to read/write? Which one is more difficult for you to write/read? Do you believe cert…

Am currently in a hurry, so I’ll come back to this thread later and offer my own opinions to your questions!