Prompt Ideas: a nudge for when you're out of ideas

Every player knows the moment: the scene is set, the input bar is waiting, and your mind goes blank. Prompt Ideas is for exactly that moment.

Two actions and one question, always at hand

Above the input bar you'll now find a small Need ideas? link with a lightbulb next to it. Click it and up to three suggestions unfold for the current moment of your story:

• Two actions. One usually pushes toward your active quest, and the other takes a different angle on the situation.
• One question. A yes-or-no question you can put to the Oracle when you'd rather probe the scene than act on it.

The suggestions are written for where you actually are: the characters present, your quests, and what just happened. They refresh with every beat, so there's always a fresh set for the current situation.

A starting point, not a script

Here's the honest caveat: these won't be the most creative prompts you've ever seen. They aim for the sensible next move, not the brilliant one. The boldest ideas in your adventure will still come from you.

That's by design. Clicking a suggestion never submits it. It just fills the input bar and switches to the right tab, so you can send it as is, or better, edit it first. Sharpen the wording, add your own twist, use it as a springboard for something the suggestion only hinted at. Think of Prompt Ideas as a starting point to develop your own idea, not a script to follow.

There when you want it, quiet when you don't

The panel remembers your habits. Fold it away with the × and it stays out of your way; the lightbulb keeps glowing quietly in case you change your mind. And if you'd rather never see suggestions at all, you can turn Prompt Ideas off entirely in Game Settings.

So next time the blank input bar stares back at you, give the lightbulb a click. The story keeps moving, and the best ideas tend to show up once you're moving too.

Cheers,

The LiveTale Team