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Prioritize Playability over Game Art

Posted 2023-10-30 13:38:24
#1085744
Well, I wouldn't know anything about that issue. Never got into custom decor since my art style doesn't match the game's
🍂 Leonca 🐆
#54339
Posted 2023-10-30 13:41:05
#1085746
That's fair but my point was that there are still a lot of major issues that need to be focused on and prioritized over new game art, regardless of whether or not they affect you personally. I'm glad you're happy with the game and don't see the pattern here, but I will stand on my soap box here and insist that the pattern has indeed been there (even if they are trying to improve it now, which is very exciting!)
mercurie
#35270
Posted 2023-10-30 13:49:27
#1085747
Not saying you don't have a point. I can only speak to my personal experience
🍂 Leonca 🐆
#54339
Posted 2023-10-31 16:47:46 (edited)
#1086267
As a player who has read a lot of Game Development threads regarding varied categories of the game aspects, I can see that developers do implement features based on some suggestions posted in this board, usually in a partial way, while of course from perspective of somewolf who has focused on several suggestion threads might not see changes related to the threads they're focused on, even if these threads are popularly commented (some suggestions that only have a few replies can go through).

Developers usually look for suggestions to get some hints rather than completely player-based ideas. Some popular suggestions might feel neglected because they don't contain solutions that are acceptable for devs. Players in suggestion threads are experts in pointing out what's wrong with the game but suggesting good solutions to them is a real challenge. I very often see threads expressing valid issues but giving bad fixes to them. Or devs might be looking for instructions but none good are shown, just several pages of comments supporting ideas.

It's important to set priorities in development. While some suggestions are taken to implement features, other must be postponed or neglected. I must agree I feel the priority is not right - there are unfinished features for years which I prefer to be done before expanding another event or new artwork. Maybe an issue is that there are not many players expressing in Game Development threads that some ideas are really good but there are other, more important things to do before. The community seems to be eager to get everything at once.

I also agree that devs don't communicate very much with the community which otherwise I think would be the best for the development. If they cut the contact, the community can think about anything and when we think about anything, the most vocal of us might present the most pessimistic scenarios, that we're not listened, that we post so much for nothing, etc. Come on, we all - devs and community - speak the same language, let's talk!

Btw on the side note, regarding the Suggestion Compilation Master Post linked in the OP - the post was not last updated in 2020, it was being updated until 2022 (the last edited date can be seen there when you hover over (edited) word at the top of the post). Nevertheless, it seemed that at that moment the post stopped being updated and it's been a year now.
Dżanek
#24018
Posted 2024-09-22 06:50:26
#1280627
I have to add my hat to the "I don't feel ignored" crowd. I imagine it depends on your experience, but I've been active on another pet website for years... and not only the devs there would ignore popular suggestions, but they would go out of their ways to implement gameplay things that the playerbase would get mad over. That game is still very active and popular.

However, I always love new game play updates, way more than art update, and more transparency is always a good thing, so I absolutely agree with this suggestion - but maybe not the tone of it.
Flavien⭐Bouchard
#52221
Posted 2024-09-26 01:41:43 (edited)
#1284657
I read your locked post and... I've never agreed more with someone. Why imporve the enclave, clean up the chased wolves pool, make custom decor actually profitable for the creators, prevent GC from costing 700SC, decrease the price difference between T2 and T3 wolves when you can just add another lunar decor?
IceGiant🇵🇱
#144912
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