Starfixer Suggestions

[starfixer]

So I just started playing this game, and it seems to have potential but could definitely use work. Here are some suggestions ( more will come) to make the game better and easier to players. Alot of these suggestions come from star traders.

- better tutorial. When I start playing, I have 0 missions, and no idea what to do. Nothing is bolded so I know where to go or what to do. I get an explanation of the buttons, but a better tutorial introducing more buttons and their functions, how to work the map (main, zoom, world), what to do on ports etc would be helpful in getting people started, including me.
- pause button. Ability to pause or stop course after beginning movement.
- bold buttons for missions. bold whatever you need to press to compete a mission like in st.
- better map. show in map where you are, where mission destinations are and where plot destination is. On the world map, show which section youre in.
- better help. unlike st where you have to read a giant help to play, it would be more fun to be taught everything about the game through a game tutorial (learn via play, not via read). However, for those who want additional info, a help would be nice. The current help doesn't have much. I don't know what skills do what: what changes range, what does cannon, what does long gun, what does ship defense, what lowers rations, etc? A much better help explaining the basics with a better description of what to do, how to work everything, the basics to play and combat without the help being too long would be nice.
- coordinates on map. Ability to see coordinates of sector by holding sector on main map or zoom map.
- easier and less complicated. I know that you guys like paying attention to detail but don't go overboard. Try to make the gameplay, the map and all of its features somewhat simple and easy to figure out for new players.

I'll have more ideas later but the most important is an in-game tutorial where I know what to do, what everything does, how everything works etc and a slight increase in simplification of gameplay, the map system and all its features because right now I'm lost and can't figure out much and the only things I can figure out are because I played st. You know how much I love you Cory Trese but I can't give this game a good rating because it's currently very confusing and complicated and needs work.

EDIT: I gave it a 5 star rating, but only because I know how good it'll be after a couple of updates

[athios]

Hey starfixer, what you've written has been discussed before, and I think nearly all of it is on the to do list.

Pause function already exists. It's basically a response to the feature request in ST, i.e. pausing by clicking anywhere.

Bold text for mission options was also already implemented, but I think they ran into some problems when they tried to change to a custom font. Now sometimes it shows up, most of the time it doesn't (for me).

[starfixer]

Jul 21, 2013 2:51:45 GMT -5 athios said:

Hey starfixer, what you've written has been discussed before, and I think nearly all of it is on the to do list.

Pause function already exists. It's basically a response to the feature request in ST, i.e. pausing by clicking anywhere.

Bold text for mission options was also already implemented, but I think they ran into some problems when they tried to change to a custom font. Now sometimes it shows up, most of the time it doesn't (for me).

The bolding should also apply for buttons that are of pictures, in which the colour if the picture could change as there's no font to bold.

I feel the tutorial, some simplification of certain things and some map improvements are most important at this time though, as I said in the previous thread.

Perhaps it would be a good idea to temporarily return AoP to beta until its been improved, but give access to anyone on the forum. This way, got get plenty of testers but you don't need to worry about bad ratings or scaring off potential players. A game's initial release is most important, and hence AoP's release on the play store should only be after it is competed and has no problems.

[Cory Trese]

Thanks for the post