What exactly is a softlock?Is there a term for accidentally saving a game when you're about to die?What is “wall riding”?What exactly is a “cheese” in Starcraft 2?What is kiting?What does PST mean?What does PROC mean?What exactly does “use multicore rendering” do?What does tryhard mean exactly?What is “rubber banding”?What exactly is the Masamune sword?
Is the sentence "pay some in cash" understandable?
Casual way to say: ''See you tomorrow at (some time)''
Locked folder with obscure app from Sourceforge, now cannot unlock folder
How can I add an ammeter and/or voltmeter to my home breaker panel?
Employer withholds last paycheck in Virginia
Names of all the spacecrafts on the art by Philippe “Manchu" Bouchet
What is the "two-drive trick" that can read Amiga disks on a PC?
Who was the first human to sleep - perchance to dream - on the Moon?
Can anyone identify the aircraft in the background of this photo please?
Does toddler keep hands around private parts?
Why does Greedo say "Maclunkey" in the Mos Eisley Cantina?
Why has no one requested the tape of the Trump/Ukraine call?
What exactly is "Japanese" Salt and Pepper?
Why does rapeseed oil turn sticky but coconut oil doesn't?
How to play proper time when other instrument is playing out of time?
What is :>filename.txt Doing?
Idiomatic way to distinguish two zero-arg constructors
Bash script that shows changing real time values from commands
How to spot dust on lens quickly while doing a shoot outdoors?
Why doesn't remove_reference work on functions?
Is it a mistake to use a password that has previously been used (by anyone ever)?
Why are rain clouds darker?
Is there Jeff Smith's theorem for left semi-model structures?
Why telnet is considered to be a protocol? Isn't it just a simple TCP send/echo program?
What exactly is a softlock?
Is there a term for accidentally saving a game when you're about to die?What is “wall riding”?What exactly is a “cheese” in Starcraft 2?What is kiting?What does PST mean?What does PROC mean?What exactly does “use multicore rendering” do?What does tryhard mean exactly?What is “rubber banding”?What exactly is the Masamune sword?
.everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__bot-mid-leaderboard:empty
margin-bottom:0;
I've heard the term "softlock" used a lot, especially in speedrunning contexts, and I have picked up an intuitive vague definition from context. It seems to mean getting the game into a state where winning/progressing is impossible, but the game doesn't give you a game over screen or otherwise acknowledge this unwinnable state.
However, it's not clear to me that all such instances are considered softlocks. For example, some games (notably old-school adventure games) allow you to save your game and continue playing after missing your only opportunity to acquire an item or trigger an event that is required for victory. Usually this is intended by the developers as a way to troll the player or extend the gameplay time by forcing them to restart, but in some instances it may be because the player took a route that was not anticipated by the developers and sequence-broke the game. I've also heard of saving (or auto-saving) immediately before an impending death cited as an example of a softlock. Yet another example is cases where some or all of the controls become unresponsive, or a critical menu screen becomes inaccessible, while the game continues to run normally otherwise. And of course there's cases where you simply fall into an inescapable pit, get stuck in a wall, or are otherwise immobilized without dying.
The above examples represent a wide variety of "unwinnable states", but which of them are considered softlocks? Does it depend on triggering glitches or other behavior that the developers didn't intend? Does it depend on whether or not loading your saved game fixes it, or whether it can only be fixed by restarting from the beginning of the game? Are there any other considerations I've missed that distinguish a softlock from some other kind of unwinnable state? What is the definition of a softlock?
terminology
edited Sep 3 at 18:06
Wrigglenite♦
37.7k20 gold badges134 silver badges189 bronze badges
asked Sep 2 at 17:57
Ryan ThompsonRyan Thompson
1,1918 silver badges18 bronze badges
add a comment
|
I've heard the term "softlock" used a lot, especially in speedrunning contexts, and I have picked up an intuitive vague definition from context. It seems to mean getting the game into a state where winning/progressing is impossible, but the game doesn't give you a game over screen or otherwise acknowledge this unwinnable state.
However, it's not clear to me that all such instances are considered softlocks. For example, some games (notably old-school adventure games) allow you to save your game and continue playing after missing your only opportunity to acquire an item or trigger an event that is required for victory. Usually this is intended by the developers as a way to troll the player or extend the gameplay time by forcing them to restart, but in some instances it may be because the player took a route that was not anticipated by the developers and sequence-broke the game. I've also heard of saving (or auto-saving) immediately before an impending death cited as an example of a softlock. Yet another example is cases where some or all of the controls become unresponsive, or a critical menu screen becomes inaccessible, while the game continues to run normally otherwise. And of course there's cases where you simply fall into an inescapable pit, get stuck in a wall, or are otherwise immobilized without dying.
The above examples represent a wide variety of "unwinnable states", but which of them are considered softlocks? Does it depend on triggering glitches or other behavior that the developers didn't intend? Does it depend on whether or not loading your saved game fixes it, or whether it can only be fixed by restarting from the beginning of the game? Are there any other considerations I've missed that distinguish a softlock from some other kind of unwinnable state? What is the definition of a softlock?
terminology
edited Sep 3 at 18:06
Wrigglenite♦
37.7k20 gold badges134 silver badges189 bronze badges
asked Sep 2 at 17:57
Ryan ThompsonRyan Thompson
1,1918 silver badges18 bronze badges
I would think that in terms of developer intent, deliberate "trolling" softlocks are actually less common than simple accidental ones. The intentional ones were largely in things like Sierra Adventure Games, if I'm on my mark.
– Southpaw Hare
Sep 4 at 15:43
@SouthpawHare Yes, Sierra adventure games are perhaps the most well known for it, but far from the only ones to do it. Certainly the practice is much less common today.
– Ryan Thompson
Sep 4 at 15:44
I have heard the term applied to certain mechanics of a game as well. For example in romance in Dragon Age Inquisition, there are soft lock points and hard lock points when romancing a particular character.
– Lore Friendly
Sep 6 at 4:44
@LoreFriendly It may be using the same terms, but that doesn't sound like the same thing I'm asking about, unless pursuing specific romance paths in DA:I causes the game to crash.
– Ryan Thompson
Sep 6 at 6:26
@RyanThompson Oops, I only read the question title.
– Lore Friendly
Sep 6 at 11:30
add a comment
|
I've heard the term "softlock" used a lot, especially in speedrunning contexts, and I have picked up an intuitive vague definition from context. It seems to mean getting the game into a state where winning/progressing is impossible, but the game doesn't give you a game over screen or otherwise acknowledge this unwinnable state.
However, it's not clear to me that all such instances are considered softlocks. For example, some games (notably old-school adventure games) allow you to save your game and continue playing after missing your only opportunity to acquire an item or trigger an event that is required for victory. Usually this is intended by the developers as a way to troll the player or extend the gameplay time by forcing them to restart, but in some instances it may be because the player took a route that was not anticipated by the developers and sequence-broke the game. I've also heard of saving (or auto-saving) immediately before an impending death cited as an example of a softlock. Yet another example is cases where some or all of the controls become unresponsive, or a critical menu screen becomes inaccessible, while the game continues to run normally otherwise. And of course there's cases where you simply fall into an inescapable pit, get stuck in a wall, or are otherwise immobilized without dying.
The above examples represent a wide variety of "unwinnable states", but which of them are considered softlocks? Does it depend on triggering glitches or other behavior that the developers didn't intend? Does it depend on whether or not loading your saved game fixes it, or whether it can only be fixed by restarting from the beginning of the game? Are there any other considerations I've missed that distinguish a softlock from some other kind of unwinnable state? What is the definition of a softlock?
terminology
edited Sep 3 at 18:06
Wrigglenite♦
37.7k20 gold badges134 silver badges189 bronze badges
asked Sep 2 at 17:57
Ryan ThompsonRyan Thompson
1,1918 silver badges18 bronze badges
I've heard the term "softlock" used a lot, especially in speedrunning contexts, and I have picked up an intuitive vague definition from context. It seems to mean getting the game into a state where winning/progressing is impossible, but the game doesn't give you a game over screen or otherwise acknowledge this unwinnable state.
However, it's not clear to me that all such instances are considered softlocks. For example, some games (notably old-school adventure games) allow you to save your game and continue playing after missing your only opportunity to acquire an item or trigger an event that is required for victory. Usually this is intended by the developers as a way to troll the player or extend the gameplay time by forcing them to restart, but in some instances it may be because the player took a route that was not anticipated by the developers and sequence-broke the game. I've also heard of saving (or auto-saving) immediately before an impending death cited as an example of a softlock. Yet another example is cases where some or all of the controls become unresponsive, or a critical menu screen becomes inaccessible, while the game continues to run normally otherwise. And of course there's cases where you simply fall into an inescapable pit, get stuck in a wall, or are otherwise immobilized without dying.
The above examples represent a wide variety of "unwinnable states", but which of them are considered softlocks? Does it depend on triggering glitches or other behavior that the developers didn't intend? Does it depend on whether or not loading your saved game fixes it, or whether it can only be fixed by restarting from the beginning of the game? Are there any other considerations I've missed that distinguish a softlock from some other kind of unwinnable state? What is the definition of a softlock?
terminology
terminology
edited Sep 3 at 18:06
Wrigglenite♦
37.7k20 gold badges134 silver badges189 bronze badges
asked Sep 2 at 17:57
Ryan ThompsonRyan Thompson
1,1918 silver badges18 bronze badges
edited Sep 3 at 18:06
Wrigglenite♦
37.7k20 gold badges134 silver badges189 bronze badges
asked Sep 2 at 17:57
Ryan ThompsonRyan Thompson
1,1918 silver badges18 bronze badges
edited Sep 3 at 18:06
Wrigglenite♦
37.7k20 gold badges134 silver badges189 bronze badges
edited Sep 3 at 18:06
Wrigglenite♦
37.7k20 gold badges134 silver badges189 bronze badges
edited Sep 3 at 18:06
Wrigglenite♦
37.7k20 gold badges134 silver badges189 bronze badges
37.7k20 gold badges134 silver badges189 bronze badges
asked Sep 2 at 17:57
Ryan ThompsonRyan Thompson
1,1918 silver badges18 bronze badges
asked Sep 2 at 17:57
Ryan ThompsonRyan Thompson
1,1918 silver badges18 bronze badges
asked Sep 2 at 17:57
Ryan ThompsonRyan Thompson
1,1918 silver badges18 bronze badges
1,1918 silver badges18 bronze badges
I would think that in terms of developer intent, deliberate "trolling" softlocks are actually less common than simple accidental ones. The intentional ones were largely in things like Sierra Adventure Games, if I'm on my mark.
– Southpaw Hare
Sep 4 at 15:43
@SouthpawHare Yes, Sierra adventure games are perhaps the most well known for it, but far from the only ones to do it. Certainly the practice is much less common today.
– Ryan Thompson
Sep 4 at 15:44
I have heard the term applied to certain mechanics of a game as well. For example in romance in Dragon Age Inquisition, there are soft lock points and hard lock points when romancing a particular character.
– Lore Friendly
Sep 6 at 4:44
@LoreFriendly It may be using the same terms, but that doesn't sound like the same thing I'm asking about, unless pursuing specific romance paths in DA:I causes the game to crash.
– Ryan Thompson
Sep 6 at 6:26
@RyanThompson Oops, I only read the question title.
– Lore Friendly
Sep 6 at 11:30
add a comment
|
I would think that in terms of developer intent, deliberate "trolling" softlocks are actually less common than simple accidental ones. The intentional ones were largely in things like Sierra Adventure Games, if I'm on my mark.
– Southpaw Hare
Sep 4 at 15:43
@SouthpawHare Yes, Sierra adventure games are perhaps the most well known for it, but far from the only ones to do it. Certainly the practice is much less common today.
– Ryan Thompson
Sep 4 at 15:44
I have heard the term applied to certain mechanics of a game as well. For example in romance in Dragon Age Inquisition, there are soft lock points and hard lock points when romancing a particular character.
– Lore Friendly
Sep 6 at 4:44
@LoreFriendly It may be using the same terms, but that doesn't sound like the same thing I'm asking about, unless pursuing specific romance paths in DA:I causes the game to crash.
– Ryan Thompson
Sep 6 at 6:26
@RyanThompson Oops, I only read the question title.
– Lore Friendly
Sep 6 at 11:30
I would think that in terms of developer intent, deliberate "trolling" softlocks are actually less common than simple accidental ones. The intentional ones were largely in things like Sierra Adventure Games, if I'm on my mark.
– Southpaw Hare
Sep 4 at 15:43
I would think that in terms of developer intent, deliberate "trolling" softlocks are actually less common than simple accidental ones. The intentional ones were largely in things like Sierra Adventure Games, if I'm on my mark.
– Southpaw Hare
Sep 4 at 15:43
@SouthpawHare Yes, Sierra adventure games are perhaps the most well known for it, but far from the only ones to do it. Certainly the practice is much less common today.
– Ryan Thompson
Sep 4 at 15:44
@SouthpawHare Yes, Sierra adventure games are perhaps the most well known for it, but far from the only ones to do it. Certainly the practice is much less common today.
– Ryan Thompson
Sep 4 at 15:44
I have heard the term applied to certain mechanics of a game as well. For example in romance in Dragon Age Inquisition, there are soft lock points and hard lock points when romancing a particular character.
– Lore Friendly
Sep 6 at 4:44
I have heard the term applied to certain mechanics of a game as well. For example in romance in Dragon Age Inquisition, there are soft lock points and hard lock points when romancing a particular character.
– Lore Friendly
Sep 6 at 4:44
@LoreFriendly It may be using the same terms, but that doesn't sound like the same thing I'm asking about, unless pursuing specific romance paths in DA:I causes the game to crash.
– Ryan Thompson
Sep 6 at 6:26
@LoreFriendly It may be using the same terms, but that doesn't sound like the same thing I'm asking about, unless pursuing specific romance paths in DA:I causes the game to crash.
– Ryan Thompson
Sep 6 at 6:26
@RyanThompson Oops, I only read the question title.
– Lore Friendly
Sep 6 at 11:30
@RyanThompson Oops, I only read the question title.
– Lore Friendly
Sep 6 at 11:30
add a comment
|
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
A softlock is an instance where game remains in a playable state, but progressing further or past a certain point becomes impossible. It's an event that can happen to speedrunners where triggers and events are hit out of order, causing the games script to break completely, thus causing the progression breaker.
Contrast this with a hardlock, which locks up the game to the point where command inputs do nothing, and the game becomes unresponsive.
With the examples you presented:
For example, some games (notably old-school adventure games) allow you to save your game and continue playing after missing your only opportunity to acquire an item or trigger an event that is required for victory.
Defeat does not constitute a softlock -- defeat is just another ending for the game. A bad ending doesn't inhibit your gameplay commands nor does it render the game unplayable, it simply means you lost. However, if the conditions for either a bad or a good ending cannot be achieved whatsoever due to previous actions, then this can be considered a softlock.
I've also heard of saving (or auto-saving) immediately before an impending death cited as an example of a softlock.
This is a player-induced softlock, not a game softlock. The player has put themselves into a situation where they cannot progress further, so yes, this is a softlock. Examples would be saving with 1HP with no healing items before a boss you must defeat in order to proceed.
Yet another example is cases where some or all of the controls become unresponsive, or a critical menu screen becomes inaccessible, while the game continues to run normally otherwise.
If the game is inhibiting players from inputting commands or accessing a critical game function that would otherwise allow the player to progress, this is a hardlock, not a softlock.
And of course there's cases where you simply fall into an inescapable pit, get stuck in a wall, or are otherwise immobilized without dying.
This is a softlock. Normally developers have teleport triggers that reset a player back to a playable position in the world in the event they fall off a pit and such (or just kill the player, forcing them to restart at a previous checkpoint). If the developers didn't put in a failsafe in the event of the situations you describe, and you cannot progress because you entered one of those conditions, then you have been softlocked.
answered Sep 2 at 19:22
senpaisenpai
62.9k147 gold badges400 silver badges629 bronze badges
Let us continue this discussion in chat.
– senpai
Sep 3 at 5:54
Comments have been cleaned up. Please use the chatroom if you'd like to discuss further.
– Wrigglenite♦
Sep 3 at 18:09
add a comment
|
protected by Dragonrage Sep 4 at 20:32
Thank you for your interest in this question.
Because it has attracted low-quality or spam answers that had to be removed, posting an answer now requires 10 reputation on this site (the association bonus does not count).
Would you like to answer one of these unanswered questions instead?
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
A softlock is an instance where game remains in a playable state, but progressing further or past a certain point becomes impossible. It's an event that can happen to speedrunners where triggers and events are hit out of order, causing the games script to break completely, thus causing the progression breaker.
Contrast this with a hardlock, which locks up the game to the point where command inputs do nothing, and the game becomes unresponsive.
With the examples you presented:
For example, some games (notably old-school adventure games) allow you to save your game and continue playing after missing your only opportunity to acquire an item or trigger an event that is required for victory.
Defeat does not constitute a softlock -- defeat is just another ending for the game. A bad ending doesn't inhibit your gameplay commands nor does it render the game unplayable, it simply means you lost. However, if the conditions for either a bad or a good ending cannot be achieved whatsoever due to previous actions, then this can be considered a softlock.
I've also heard of saving (or auto-saving) immediately before an impending death cited as an example of a softlock.
This is a player-induced softlock, not a game softlock. The player has put themselves into a situation where they cannot progress further, so yes, this is a softlock. Examples would be saving with 1HP with no healing items before a boss you must defeat in order to proceed.
Yet another example is cases where some or all of the controls become unresponsive, or a critical menu screen becomes inaccessible, while the game continues to run normally otherwise.
If the game is inhibiting players from inputting commands or accessing a critical game function that would otherwise allow the player to progress, this is a hardlock, not a softlock.
And of course there's cases where you simply fall into an inescapable pit, get stuck in a wall, or are otherwise immobilized without dying.
This is a softlock. Normally developers have teleport triggers that reset a player back to a playable position in the world in the event they fall off a pit and such (or just kill the player, forcing them to restart at a previous checkpoint). If the developers didn't put in a failsafe in the event of the situations you describe, and you cannot progress because you entered one of those conditions, then you have been softlocked.
answered Sep 2 at 19:22
senpaisenpai
62.9k147 gold badges400 silver badges629 bronze badges
Let us continue this discussion in chat.
– senpai
Sep 3 at 5:54
Comments have been cleaned up. Please use the chatroom if you'd like to discuss further.
– Wrigglenite♦
Sep 3 at 18:09
add a comment
|
A softlock is an instance where game remains in a playable state, but progressing further or past a certain point becomes impossible. It's an event that can happen to speedrunners where triggers and events are hit out of order, causing the games script to break completely, thus causing the progression breaker.
Contrast this with a hardlock, which locks up the game to the point where command inputs do nothing, and the game becomes unresponsive.
With the examples you presented:
For example, some games (notably old-school adventure games) allow you to save your game and continue playing after missing your only opportunity to acquire an item or trigger an event that is required for victory.
Defeat does not constitute a softlock -- defeat is just another ending for the game. A bad ending doesn't inhibit your gameplay commands nor does it render the game unplayable, it simply means you lost. However, if the conditions for either a bad or a good ending cannot be achieved whatsoever due to previous actions, then this can be considered a softlock.
I've also heard of saving (or auto-saving) immediately before an impending death cited as an example of a softlock.
This is a player-induced softlock, not a game softlock. The player has put themselves into a situation where they cannot progress further, so yes, this is a softlock. Examples would be saving with 1HP with no healing items before a boss you must defeat in order to proceed.
Yet another example is cases where some or all of the controls become unresponsive, or a critical menu screen becomes inaccessible, while the game continues to run normally otherwise.
If the game is inhibiting players from inputting commands or accessing a critical game function that would otherwise allow the player to progress, this is a hardlock, not a softlock.
And of course there's cases where you simply fall into an inescapable pit, get stuck in a wall, or are otherwise immobilized without dying.
This is a softlock. Normally developers have teleport triggers that reset a player back to a playable position in the world in the event they fall off a pit and such (or just kill the player, forcing them to restart at a previous checkpoint). If the developers didn't put in a failsafe in the event of the situations you describe, and you cannot progress because you entered one of those conditions, then you have been softlocked.
answered Sep 2 at 19:22
senpaisenpai
62.9k147 gold badges400 silver badges629 bronze badges
Let us continue this discussion in chat.
– senpai
Sep 3 at 5:54
Comments have been cleaned up. Please use the chatroom if you'd like to discuss further.
– Wrigglenite♦
Sep 3 at 18:09
add a comment
|
A softlock is an instance where game remains in a playable state, but progressing further or past a certain point becomes impossible. It's an event that can happen to speedrunners where triggers and events are hit out of order, causing the games script to break completely, thus causing the progression breaker.
Contrast this with a hardlock, which locks up the game to the point where command inputs do nothing, and the game becomes unresponsive.
With the examples you presented:
For example, some games (notably old-school adventure games) allow you to save your game and continue playing after missing your only opportunity to acquire an item or trigger an event that is required for victory.
Defeat does not constitute a softlock -- defeat is just another ending for the game. A bad ending doesn't inhibit your gameplay commands nor does it render the game unplayable, it simply means you lost. However, if the conditions for either a bad or a good ending cannot be achieved whatsoever due to previous actions, then this can be considered a softlock.
I've also heard of saving (or auto-saving) immediately before an impending death cited as an example of a softlock.
This is a player-induced softlock, not a game softlock. The player has put themselves into a situation where they cannot progress further, so yes, this is a softlock. Examples would be saving with 1HP with no healing items before a boss you must defeat in order to proceed.
Yet another example is cases where some or all of the controls become unresponsive, or a critical menu screen becomes inaccessible, while the game continues to run normally otherwise.
If the game is inhibiting players from inputting commands or accessing a critical game function that would otherwise allow the player to progress, this is a hardlock, not a softlock.
And of course there's cases where you simply fall into an inescapable pit, get stuck in a wall, or are otherwise immobilized without dying.
This is a softlock. Normally developers have teleport triggers that reset a player back to a playable position in the world in the event they fall off a pit and such (or just kill the player, forcing them to restart at a previous checkpoint). If the developers didn't put in a failsafe in the event of the situations you describe, and you cannot progress because you entered one of those conditions, then you have been softlocked.
answered Sep 2 at 19:22
senpaisenpai
62.9k147 gold badges400 silver badges629 bronze badges
A softlock is an instance where game remains in a playable state, but progressing further or past a certain point becomes impossible. It's an event that can happen to speedrunners where triggers and events are hit out of order, causing the games script to break completely, thus causing the progression breaker.
Contrast this with a hardlock, which locks up the game to the point where command inputs do nothing, and the game becomes unresponsive.
With the examples you presented:
For example, some games (notably old-school adventure games) allow you to save your game and continue playing after missing your only opportunity to acquire an item or trigger an event that is required for victory.
Defeat does not constitute a softlock -- defeat is just another ending for the game. A bad ending doesn't inhibit your gameplay commands nor does it render the game unplayable, it simply means you lost. However, if the conditions for either a bad or a good ending cannot be achieved whatsoever due to previous actions, then this can be considered a softlock.
I've also heard of saving (or auto-saving) immediately before an impending death cited as an example of a softlock.
This is a player-induced softlock, not a game softlock. The player has put themselves into a situation where they cannot progress further, so yes, this is a softlock. Examples would be saving with 1HP with no healing items before a boss you must defeat in order to proceed.
Yet another example is cases where some or all of the controls become unresponsive, or a critical menu screen becomes inaccessible, while the game continues to run normally otherwise.
If the game is inhibiting players from inputting commands or accessing a critical game function that would otherwise allow the player to progress, this is a hardlock, not a softlock.
And of course there's cases where you simply fall into an inescapable pit, get stuck in a wall, or are otherwise immobilized without dying.
This is a softlock. Normally developers have teleport triggers that reset a player back to a playable position in the world in the event they fall off a pit and such (or just kill the player, forcing them to restart at a previous checkpoint). If the developers didn't put in a failsafe in the event of the situations you describe, and you cannot progress because you entered one of those conditions, then you have been softlocked.
answered Sep 2 at 19:22
senpaisenpai
62.9k147 gold badges400 silver badges629 bronze badges
edited Sep 3 at 19:59
answered Sep 2 at 19:22
senpaisenpai
62.9k147 gold badges400 silver badges629 bronze badges
answered Sep 2 at 19:22
senpaisenpai
62.9k147 gold badges400 silver badges629 bronze badges
answered Sep 2 at 19:22
senpaisenpai
62.9k147 gold badges400 silver badges629 bronze badges
62.9k147 gold badges400 silver badges629 bronze badges
Let us continue this discussion in chat.
– senpai
Sep 3 at 5:54
Comments have been cleaned up. Please use the chatroom if you'd like to discuss further.
– Wrigglenite♦
Sep 3 at 18:09
add a comment
|
Let us continue this discussion in chat.
– senpai
Sep 3 at 5:54
Comments have been cleaned up. Please use the chatroom if you'd like to discuss further.
– Wrigglenite♦
Sep 3 at 18:09
Let us continue this discussion in chat.
– senpai
Sep 3 at 5:54
Let us continue this discussion in chat.
– senpai
Sep 3 at 5:54
Comments have been cleaned up. Please use the chatroom if you'd like to discuss further.
– Wrigglenite♦
Sep 3 at 18:09
Comments have been cleaned up. Please use the chatroom if you'd like to discuss further.
– Wrigglenite♦
Sep 3 at 18:09
add a comment
|
protected by Dragonrage Sep 4 at 20:32
Thank you for your interest in this question.
Because it has attracted low-quality or spam answers that had to be removed, posting an answer now requires 10 reputation on this site (the association bonus does not count).
Would you like to answer one of these unanswered questions instead?
I would think that in terms of developer intent, deliberate "trolling" softlocks are actually less common than simple accidental ones. The intentional ones were largely in things like Sierra Adventure Games, if I'm on my mark.
– Southpaw Hare
Sep 4 at 15:43
@SouthpawHare Yes, Sierra adventure games are perhaps the most well known for it, but far from the only ones to do it. Certainly the practice is much less common today.
– Ryan Thompson
Sep 4 at 15:44
I have heard the term applied to certain mechanics of a game as well. For example in romance in Dragon Age Inquisition, there are soft lock points and hard lock points when romancing a particular character.
– Lore Friendly
Sep 6 at 4:44
@LoreFriendly It may be using the same terms, but that doesn't sound like the same thing I'm asking about, unless pursuing specific romance paths in DA:I causes the game to crash.
– Ryan Thompson
Sep 6 at 6:26
@RyanThompson Oops, I only read the question title.
– Lore Friendly
Sep 6 at 11:30