text creep

noun

text creep

noun

Etymology Compound of text + creep.

1

The process by which a work of art (e.g. a video game) becomes overly full of text or writing, e.g. to exposit lore about the work.

  • Welp, people did warn me that text creep was par for the course for HoYoverse games, but I was still surprised.

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