Gear Description in your Games

[Black Pagan]

How do you guys Label the Gear Description in your Games ? I have been thinking about doing this many different ways. Here are 3 different ways I could think of labeling Gear in my Game :

Only Stats :

SS1

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Only Desc :

SS3

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Desc + Stats :

SS2

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[HumanNinjaToo]

I like flavor text that also tells any added function beyond the obvious stat increases that you can already see on the equip screen. Telling the def gain is probably unnecessary, while including the state resistance is mandatory I would say.

 

[The Stranger]

This is why I loved the description pop-up box script for Ace. You could use the description box for flavour text, and the comment box for the various stat and state changes of the item. Huge fan of flavour text, and dislike descriptions that just tell me what an item does; makes the item seem like it's not really a part of the game world, like it exists for purely mechanical reasons.

 

[KakonComp]

I'd say the top of SS3 and the bottom of SS2 would work best assuming there are no scripts/plugins to add more space for flavor text. Omitting what's already seen from the equip screen saves room for the above to mostly work out.

Keeping the flavor text on the top line could be tough depending on what you wanted to describe about the item, but it's also a good exercise in cutting back on making item text too flowery or verbose. I have that problem myself

 

[Aesica]

Flavor text is one of those things that I love when it accompanies more detailed mechanical information, but I absolutely hate flavor text when that's all an item or skill has. As such, the description of items in my game tend to go something like this.

This is for the "Gunblade" weapon, intended as a nod to FF8 as well as a little joke about the absurdity of Squall's weapon of choice:

Pulling the trigger shoots the blade at your target...but then
what?  ATK +110, SPD +5, Bonus Skill: Gunblade Trigger