# Loading screen synopsis

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/loading-screen-synopsis/29327>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [July 23, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/loading-screen-synopsis/29327 "2024-07-23T01:07:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![MrAbrahms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@MrAbrahms](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/MrAbrahms)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/loading-screen-synopsis/29327/1 "2024-07-23T01:07:07Z")

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It would be really helpful to be able to see a synopsis of the currently selected world and character on the loading screen. Once you have a few, it can be really difficult to keep track of what’s what, especially when there isn’t an easy way to see this info without loading the character. Something along the lines of this rough mockup:

 ![cdda_worldcharloadingscreensynopsis](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/1/15819135290f22646a01d44ea7f3fb9b30ff061a.jpeg)

(It should also mention somehow that she’s a squidgirl, but I’m not sure how it’d work that out.)

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**Author:** ![npostavs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/npostavs/32/11802_2.png) [@npostavs](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/npostavs)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 1:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/loading-screen-synopsis/29327/2 "2024-08-25T13:52:37Z")

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> [@MrAbrahms](#):
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> (It should also mention somehow that she’s a squidgirl, but I’m not sure how it’d work that out.)

Maybe just a free-form description field in the diary that the player could fill in?

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**Author:** ![Arche\_Zwei](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/arche_zwei/32/2220_2.png) [@Arche\_Zwei](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Arche_Zwei)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 5:02am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/loading-screen-synopsis/29327/3 "2024-08-26T05:02:42Z")

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You mean,  
Like the Backstory in a Character sheet in D&D?

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**Author:** ![FryingMike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/fryingmike/32/12464_2.png) [@FryingMike](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FryingMike)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/loading-screen-synopsis/29327/4 "2024-09-13T00:24:31Z")

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I like the new loading screen in game, the tower, the man