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With all of the new recent changes and all of the rumors
spreading about about new updates, we were hoping to get some
feedback on the current update and what you'd like to see in the future!
Please fill out the forum below:
Questions:
Concerns:
Suggestions:
Other:
We will take each answer into consideration! Happy posting!
So.
Questions: are there upcoming any new maps?
Concerns: hm, I think there aren't any concers... only thing what is sometimes scary me is closing in rock. Sometimes it's funny, but when your character is closed in rock and you can't do anything it's... well, not funny.
Suggestions: I think there would be more defalut animations, for canines and felines. What more, making wings presets is hard work, so wings markings is amazing idea. And of course some new maps (jungle, savanna, desert, eventually volcano map) or back of some old maps.
Other: -
There are some plans for some new maps, as they were looking for some creators for them! If you don't mind my asking, could you elaborate on the rock issue? Your character gets stuck inside of the rocks? Thank you for the feedback and suggestions!
Questions: Is there going to be anything out of the usual?
Concerns: Pretty much about the current problems with the crashings some users have like when going to a different map than The Grounds.
Suggestions: Mhm, pretty much what this game needs is an addition of what we currently have like more animations or maps like Dark said. Such as other biomes because people seem to be bothered about the lack of them, all is populated by vegetation and nothing is really different. Having different biomes and maps is a good idea and it could be considered if it haven't been :3
Other: Nothing really :D
That is a tough question to answer. Personally I'd say yes - you will see some unusual things! I have noticed a lot of the crashing which should hopefully be fixed in the near future. Thank you for the feedback and suggestions!
Questions: Will there ever be bigger maps?
Concerns: Hmm, let's um.... Crashing issues, similar to the one above, except it happens after I stay a few minutes in the Grounds ^^
Suggestions: Bigger maps, and more different biomes
Other: None
There is generally an issue with crashing when it comes to bigger maps. The largest map size you'll most likely see will be the current size of Cherika Valley. We should hopefully be fixing the crashing issue soon! Thank you for the feedback!
Question: Ever gonna consider making a road-map of things planned and ways you're going to go about them?
There is an outline for things to be done and worked on, however, what things in specific can't be elaborated on right now. :)
Suggestions:
1- Fix the bug that allows us to "unblock" whoever blocks us.
2- It would be nice if you could add ways to interact with the game itself, so maybe we can feel more connected with it.
3- If the game had a story behind it, it would be very interesting to know. This could make the game experience more immersive.
Thank you for letting us know about that bug! And by interacting with the game, do you mean interactions similar to how Impressive Title was with NPCs, items, etc.? As for the story, I feel like that could be tied into the game interaction - unless you mean the legitimate story of how the game started. Thank you for the feedback!
Hey, I have some questions, I downloaded everything I needed to, even the IP address matches up perfectly, I'm still confused on how to run the game. Whenever I try to play, It says, "Cannot Connect To Front Server"
Are there any videos or guides that can show me how to set it up? By the way, I use a thinkpad computer, Hope that helps! XX Fawnfeather
Hey there! This seems like it might fit more into a help thread - but just make sure that you have the "Play Game" tab open on Chrome/Edge/Browser and keep that open while you play. If that doesn't fix your issue, let me know and I'll try my best to help you out!
With a new possible update, will it be able to fix the whole exe issue? Like being unable to play at all and the constant crashes after about a minute of gameplay?
I am assuming that you are talking about our newest fix to the crashing/unable to connect issue that we had a little while ago. This will be addressed and fixed in the future ~ and hopefully the crashing will be fixed also with this!
Thank you all for the feedback!
Question: Ever gonna consider making a road-map of things planned and ways you're going to go about them?
There is an outline for things to be done and worked on, however, what things in specific can't be elaborated on right now. :)
Thank you all for the feedback!
Since I'm really not sure how clear the community has to be in order for this to be understood, but I think Jango was implying a roadmap for the community to actually look at what's being done instead of keeping the community in the dark with these 'surprises' that we seem to constantly get. Just let the community know what you're working on instead of hiding it, truly. This is a constant thing and frankly? I don't know why it all has to be hidden from public view.
That's my suggestion. Create a roadmap for the community to look at.
Questions: How did you just find out about the block glitch when its been a thing since the start of the game? Why can't you tell us about the road map? Wouldn't that be a risky move to surprise us again? When will the moderators in training be promoted? Why are you making this thread if you are temporary? Will the troublesome and inactive mods/admins be demoted and replaced?
Concerns: Lag. My computer gets really hot when playing feral heart. Also the fact mods have been confirmed to watch movies while watching chat. Why not interact or step down if they are so bored?
Suggestions: Get rid of maps that no one uses. AKA the underwater one.
Other: I am not trying to be rude or pushy. We just need answers.
I don't want to sound rude, but I COMPLETELY agree with this. I personally think Spicy deserves to post this, however, I do NOT like that MOTS get to be involved into staff related stuff. With our community being able to choose who we want as electives, you don't know who is getting picked. Which means, it's a risky thing. Staff do staff things, MOTS are elected to be looked up to and seen by many as someone who should be recognized for what they have done for the community. That doesn't mean they should be doing things staff get to do because that's the staffs job. And I also don't want to sound rude because I love the current staff, with many of them being my friends. BUt I have noticed, that they don't really come on. I've never heard about the movie thing or them being bored, but I do think we should rethink our choices a bit for who we choose and if we really want to commit to something, especially if we really want this game to be as big as we want it to be. Like I said, no hate, this is MY opinion and i'm saying it because I believe we need to realize this. Thank you for sharing you opinions, Cilantro. I don't think you're sending hate at all. I mean, this thread did ask for our opinions, so...
Questions: How did you just find out about the block glitch when its been a thing since the start of the game? Why can't you tell us about the road map? Wouldn't that be a risky move to surprise us again? When will the moderators in training be promoted? Why are you making this thread if you are temporary? Will the troublesome and inactive mods/admins be demoted and replaced?
Concerns: Lag. My computer gets really hot when playing feral heart. Also the fact mods have been confirmed to watch movies while watching chat. Why not interact or step down if they are so bored?
Suggestions: Get rid of maps that no one uses. AKA the underwater one.
Other: I am not trying to be rude or pushy. We just need answers.
I don't want to sound rude, but I COMPLETELY agree with this. I personally think Spicy deserves to post this, however, I do NOT like that MOTS get to be involved into staff related stuff. With our community being able to choose who we want as electives, you don't know who is getting picked. Which means, it's a risky thing. Staff do staff things, MOTS are elected to be looked up to and seen by many as someone who should be recognized for what they have done for the community. That doesn't mean they should be doing things staff get to do because that's the staffs job. And I also don't want to sound rude because I love the current staff, with many of them being my friends. BUt I have noticed, that they don't really come on. I've never heard about the movie thing or them being bored, but I do think we should rethink our choices a bit for who we choose and if we really want to commit to something, especially if we really want this game to be as big as we want it to be. Like I said, no hate, this is MY opinion and i'm saying it because I believe we need to realize this. Thank you for sharing you opinions, Cilantro. I don't think you're sending hate at all. I mean, this thread did ask for our opinions, so...
I think Faewyn, you're exactly right. However MOTS originally started doing staff duties while I was still on the team. I don't mind them making seasonal party posts and things like that, but MOTS are intended, or were intended, to bridge staff and community to create more transparency on where the game is going. MOTS were supposed to fill in the community on what staff plans are, and where the game is being taken, while also pitching ideas directly from the community to the staff team.
It seems, to be quite honest, MOTS has been turned into a handy-dandy tool for doing more work and still keeping things hushed down for more surprises. This isn't the way it should be used, to be quite honest. So let me make my Feedback more eccentric.
Questions: Why are plans still in the process or hidden? Why is staff not sharing the ideas with the community, and to be honest, why isn't the community voting on things to be prioritized for the game, or at least voted into as a project to work on? That way you get an idea on what the community wants to see next.
Concerns: MOTS has turned into a bit of a vip-club rather than the bridge between community and staff that was needed way back when. Everything still remains as a surprise or as a secret. I am afraid continuing down this path well end up as another 1.15 scenario. We all know how that went down.
Suggestions: Create a roadmap for the community on where the game plans to be taken, stop being hush-hush about plans, and allow MOTS to share plans with the community and also showcase their ideas.
Other: I think I covered that enough. Alpha is exactly right.
Questions: How did you just find out about the block glitch when its been a thing since the start of the game? Why can't you tell us about the road map? Wouldn't that be a risky move to surprise us again? When will the moderators in training be promoted? Why are you making this thread if you are temporary? Will the troublesome and inactive mods/admins be demoted and replaced?
Concerns: Lag. My computer gets really hot when playing feral heart. Also the fact mods have been confirmed to watch movies while watching chat. Why not interact or step down if they are so bored?
Suggestions: Get rid of maps that no one uses. AKA the underwater one.
Other: I am not trying to be rude or pushy. We just need answers.
The block glitch, I am assuming you are referring to the rocks and such that was brought up by Dark_Heart, was small and difficult to work on since technically those meshes and objects were not ours to take and mess around with. As for the road map and this thread, that will be more elaborated on below.
The moderators are not really much that I can elaborate on as I am only a MOTS and not a full staff member - but, and I do apologize as this is gonna be a bit of opinion, the moderators still do keep an eye on the chat and names and such to make sure that people are still safe and everyone is following the rules. I can say myself that while I love this game and community and want to do as much as possible for both, I still generally have movies/YouTube/drawing up also.
Lag will be addressed and fixed to the best of our ability soon. c:
Getting rid of the maps could find to be more of an issue than a fix - from the recent FeralHeart Radio Broadcast we actually found that a few still do use that underwater map. Getting rid of the maps may be a bit upsetting to some of the other users - but I do completely understand where you are coming from with that.
Since I'm really not sure how clear the community has to be in order for this to be understood, but I think Jango was implying a roadmap for the community to actually look at what's being done instead of keeping the community in the dark with these 'surprises' that we seem to constantly get. Just let the community know what you're working on instead of hiding it, truly. This is a constant thing and frankly? I don't know why it all has to be hidden from public view.
That's my suggestion. Create a roadmap for the community to look at.
This will be addressed below :)
Since I do not mind being harsh, I have to say this is comical. This is absolutely nothing to do with SpicyDirt either—I appreciate them making this as it is their attempt to connect with the community—but why the hell does this thread exist? There is an entire board dedicated to allowing users to voice their opinions and suggestions on both the forum and the game. The staff know what the community wants to see, and the continuous refusal to show give some explanation is embarrassing for those working on the team dedicating themselves to this dying game.
Having MOTS and others occasionally post threads like these (just as I have in the past) does not excuse the developers (whoever they may be now, lol)/staff/Raz lack of content and connect. We all have lives, but it is just sad that Raz cannot even allow his own staff team to just do some basic fixes, such as the block issue, etc. This is unsettling for those who have dedicated themselves to this game, whether they be former staff, staff, or regular players. So many people have voiced their opinions and still remain unheard.
My suggestion? Transparency, and maybe the ability to take some criticism. Stop thinking that those looking to find issues want to just destroy that false sense of power staff have. Get some new staff that want to think outside the box, or maybe talk to those old developers that moved on due to "creative differences" for some advice.
Also, probably is time to make Bloo, Iris, etc. full moderators. I think after almost a year they have enough experience taking care of the 100 max. users online at any given time.
I will address my involvement with this post and such below. As for Transparency - that is a bit of my own fault. You guys nominated me to be the connection and I am not sure that I have been the best to you guys and the community. As for the criticism, I think that you'll be seeing a huge improvement on this when the new update does come out!
The MITS, while I do agree with you, have been making GREAT progress that most certainly deserves praise on their part. While their training has only recently begun, they will be full moderators in a short time! :)
I don't want to sound rude, but I COMPLETELY agree with this. I personally think Spicy deserves to post this, however, I do NOT like that MOTS get to be involved into staff related stuff. With our community being able to choose who we want as electives, you don't know who is getting picked. Which means, it's a risky thing. Staff do staff things, MOTS are elected to be looked up to and seen by many as someone who should be recognized for what they have done for the community. That doesn't mean they should be doing things staff get to do because that's the staffs job. And I also don't want to sound rude because I love the current staff, with many of them being my friends. BUt I have noticed, that they don't really come on. I've never heard about the movie thing or them being bored, but I do think we should rethink our choices a bit for who we choose and if we really want to commit to something, especially if we really want this game to be as big as we want it to be. Like I said, no hate, this is MY opinion and i'm saying it because I believe we need to realize this. Thank you for sharing you opinions, Cilantro. I don't think you're sending hate at all. I mean, this thread did ask for our opinions, so...
I am going to mush all of the posts referring to my involvement, this post, and the road map right here.
You all nominated me into this position for a reason, and with that came the opportunity to work along side the staff team. Now personally I felt like I have not done enough for you guys, I haven't done enough to help with the transparency between staff and community. I took that and asked permission to post this instead of having a staff member post this - that way I would be able to interact with the community and be able to prove to you guys that I do care for this community and want it to grow. Doing this meant that I took away that spotlight from the moderators and MITS - so I am to blame for this post seeming like the staff aren't doing anything. I can promise you that the staff are doing quite a lot for you guys right now and are also assisting me when it comes to some of the questions, concerns, and suggestions of this post.
As for the road map and the whole surprise aspect of it - the main goal of the update is to show the staff and development team are taking your suggestions, concerns, and ideas into consideration. The whole staff and development team decided to keep the update a surprise to be an awesome gift for the community. They want you guys to get excited for the update and have that element of surprise. Their way of going about it is like Christmas - you know that something good is coming but the surprise of opening those gifts add to the excitement of the whole day! Maybe, instead of getting a complete road map, the staff and development team might be able to come up with a release date for you guys. That way, just like Christmas, you have a set day where you know that something amazing will be happening. :)
Just a reminder that this thread is for feedback purposes following the
the format below:
Questions:
Concerns:
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Other:
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Thank you all for the current feedback that we have!