mail announcing new world

[Granger]

Just copypaste the announcement about world 10 and hope that some people will check it out. Although, the forum has 179 072 users, sending e mail to all of them sounds a bit of difficult task.

That's what computers are made for.

Also all accounts where the mail bounces with 451 or similar could be discarded to clean up a bit.

[shubla]

Just copypaste the announcement about world 10 and hope that some people will check it out. Although, the forum has 179 072 users, sending e mail to all of them sounds a bit of difficult task.

That's what computers are made for.

Also all accounts where the mail bounces with 451 or similar could be discarded to clean up a bit.

But sending 179 072 emails in a very short period of time from HnH domain might not be the beast idea, eh?

[Granger]

It's not unsolicited, so not really a problem.

[Apillion]

Great idea!

I just came back to HnH to check things out a bit, lo and behold It's happening..
But its pure coincidence that i know it a mail before had would for sure perk peoples interest to return.

[waga]

Bump.
It's like you guys hate money ...

[Tamalak]

Bump.
It's like you guys hate money ...

Seriously. No effective tooltips or tutorial polish to help people not quit the game in the first 5 min, no mailing list, no advertisement, no release on Steam. I feel like the greatest weakness of the game at this point is its low population.

[Burinn]

Bump.
It's like you guys hate money ...

No effective tooltips or tutorial polish to help people not quit the game in the first 5 min, no mailing list, no advertisement, no release on Steam. I feel like the greatest weakness of the game at this point is its low population.

Solicit our favorite Polish player, Teleskop, to create tutorial content.

[xdragonlord18]

Bump.
It's like you guys hate money ...

Seriously. No effective tooltips or tutorial polish to help people not quit the game in the first 5 min, no mailing list, no advertisement, no release on Steam. I feel like the greatest weakness of the game at this point is its low population.

The game has many more weaknesses than that and is really not built well for larger player bases.

[MagicManICT]

The game has many more weaknesses than that and is really not built well for larger player bases.

I think it could handle a larger base of players if the server can scale up past a single machine. (Not sure if loftar has thought that far ahead.) Agree with you about the weaknesses, though. There are some bigger fish to fry than any sort of in-game tutorial, which I am, more or less, in agreement with jorb and loftar on. A good manual is one thing, some of the in-game "teaching" that goes on in modern games the last decade now is just silly. It's like you're trying to teach a four year old how to play.

As far as Steam... does anyone really think Haven is ready for that kind of release? If Dwarf Fortress had hit Steam 10 years ago, it'd be split half between the rabid fan base and half between those that didn't or couldn't take the time to figure it out. And the negatives would be... horrendous.

[Oddity]

As far as Steam... does anyone really think Haven is ready for that kind of release?

It definitely isn't. I have no idea what the people who are so insistent about it are thinking.