Game Devs Banned For Making Annoying NPC Follow Quests

If you design a quest where I need to follow an NPC and they move SLOWER than my running speed but FASTER than my walking speed you are banned from making video games for one year.

This is a screenshot of a public X (formerly Twitter) post. The profile features a profile picture of a cheerful green incidental fish character from the animated show SpongeBob SquarePants, with a horizontally reversed display name spelling 'Andy Astruc' and the visible username @AndyAstruc. The post text humorously complains about a widely disliked video game design choice: escort/follow quests where the NPC the player must follow moves at a speed that is slower than the player character's running speed but faster than their walking speed, forcing players to repeatedly switch between running and walking to avoid falling behind or getting too far ahead of the NPC. The poster jokes that any game developer who implements this kind of quest should be banned from making video games for a full year, leaning into the relatable frustration many players feel about this design flaw.

This meme was originally posted as a tweet by X user @AndyAstruc, and was later reposted to Reddit as a meme under the title 'Feels intentionally frustrating', referencing the deliberate annoyance of the described quest design that many players have experienced across a wide range of video games. It circulated widely in gaming communities for its relatable, sarcastic take on a common pet peeve.