A Recognizable Guide NPC

[HoesMad]

Shift seems to have a bit of a problem regarding guides and general information of the game's overworld to work with. So we've got it in mind to have an NPC specifically designed to provide geographical information to the player, to help them better understand where in the game's environment they are. A Chatot named Chatter is the first idea brought to the table, who can be found all over the overworld to let the player know where they are, what location is nearby, and where they are going should they continue along their route. This ought to serve as useful guidance aside from the potential information that upcoming stories may or may not provide.

[ThunderDraconius]

Absolutely need this. Also don't forget that storyline also plays a great part in guiding the players, too.

Though I have some suggestions:

• Have different guiding NPCs depending on the region or time of day.
• Guiding NPCs only provide information about the area they are in and its vicinity.
• They are not allowed to be involved in the storyline and spoil anything from the story.
• Things Guiding NPCs can provide information:
  • Settlement they are in (Places of interest, populations, descriptions, location,...)
  • All nearby overworld areas
  • Paths they can proceed
  • All nearby dungeons (Level range, type-specific?). An exception to this is hidden dungeon that is not allowed to be spoiled so that player can discover by themselves (example: Ancient Ruins).

[BurningBlaze]

Agree with all of the above.

In chat, we decided to have two guiding NPCs per region. One for daytime, one for night.

For Aurora, it would be a Chatot named Chatter during the day and a Noctowl named Noctern at night.

[PixlHoopa]

What about the new regions? (Tactician told me about another being developed alongside the other region.)