Completing tasks in games? That’s unheard of, I just jump between quests lol

I’ve always wanted to try something like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitica

I don’t want some dumb online-service though. I’d only use something that I can self-host, or something that’s offline.

I’m very fond of how video games let me go to bed, sleep exactly 8 hours and wake up fully rested. Also you don’t need to poop.

Also, eating whole wheels of cheese doesn’t make you fat.

Excited to wake up to a new day, slightly confused, a bit of a hassle going on but there are some friendly faces around and I get to help those people fend off a dragon, everybody seems to be expecting great things of me!

…some months later I’ve lost the track of my life, no idea where I should be going, a long to-do list in the pocked I am sneak-archering through yet another draugr-filled cave, later I go pick up flowers and delivering notes instead of focusing on the big and important goals, what were they anyways? I seem to have ridden on this side path for too long and really need to find direction for my life. Everyone is waiting for me to save the day after all! I’ll just finish this one small thing and get to it –

Excited to wake up to a new day, slightly confused, a bit of a hassle going on but there are some friendly faces around and I get to help those people fend off a dragon, everybody seems to be expecting great things of me!

cries in neurodiverse

Applying D&D logic to everyday situationsmakes everything more interesting…that’s for sure.

(Roll a charisma check. 9.)

You’re an uncouth idiot. Leave me alone.

Okay but, umm, what’s uncouth?

Socially clumsy and tasteless.

Sounds about right. I’m as bland as room temperature water that’s been sitting out for three days.

(Roll another charisma check) (What?) (Roll. Another. Charisma. Check.) (10)

She sighs with a slight exasperation, shakes her head and removes herself from your life.

(Roll a WILL save)

I’m mostly there for the random whole roast chickens that restore my health.

Until analysis paralysis kicks in.

I honestly think this is why I find myself getting back in to WoW.

I played Avowed recently (GamePass) and that got me feeling nostalgic for it. I really liked Avowed. It reminded me of WoW (just the RPG elements, not the MMO elements) mixed with Fable.

Part of it is because I’d been out of it for so long and there’s sooo much content to explore. And that they’ve made it so much more accessible to casuals. And the quests don’t feel as repetitive as they used to.

But “here’s a specific thing you need to do, go do it” combined with the occasional dopamine hit of getting a rare/epic drop, or a randomized rare upgrade, or levelling up…man that hits the spot.

To be fair, at least with a lot of games I play, the task is usually persistently displayed on screen and there’s either some type/combo of guided navigation, quest marker or glowing thing highlighting the thing you need to do/interact with.

Then again, I still get distracted with side quests/shiny things but much easier to get back on task when the information and optional guidance is right there

Also being given the resources and time needed to accomplish the task

Quest: clean out your fridge

And like a viewpoint, minimap, and easy controls, like if I had something that just has a questlist, and it’s easy to figure out how to do for my controls, it’s… amazing!