Game Development: Runs Like Wind

[ctopolon3]

meld = bots rules

[Sevenless]

The increase of weight is a joke on low weight curios (dragonflys and the such), and the increased study time is encouraging more alting around (which i don't think is your goal).

I'm guessing the intention was to make less used curios more attractive due to being spammable? Like lets say seashells? It would also allow low level players a bit more agency in production spamming to get their initial skills during the early lag times. But it speeds everything up equally barring some kind of modifier like "only found curios can benefit from this, not crafted". I know most endgame curios are crafted (but I'm not 100% sure).

I'd need to see some endgame studies to confirm, but that might be a sensible limit to put on it so it doesn't just catapult factions further ahead. Would also give value to curios like bluebells, because factions could combine those in a similar way to how ant queens work.

[bamump2k9]

why not just have the crafted curios be the ones that meld, why does it have to be every single one of them?

[Redlaw]

I really do love the idea a lot, just want it resited a little. Makes some stats more worth it lol.

[Muffet]

meld = bots rules

Anything that is unique and require repetitive work makes botting good, Natural resources and fate curios being an old example

[sMartins]

Neat....I think this kind of stuff is what the game need now, gameplay features. Well done, combined with the push out thing will be lot of fun.
I suggest also to reconsider the WASD thing and maybe also a quick way (hotkey) to pick up forageable, etc...a easier feeling and more game style with controls could enhance the gameplay a lot and appeal more people.
Personally I don't mind that much about the WASD thing (still usefull in small places) but I'm sure a lot of people would appreciate that.

P.S. With the WASD thing plus an hotkey to peek up forageable people could even explore the world with a controller + some external software, just saying

[Thedrah]

from what i saw, melding added lp and exp with no diminishing or increasing. the time and weight increased by a % i think additively

i think the curios will shift to what is cheap to produce (or mass produce) and has good lp/exp ratio. if it stays as is

maybe some diminishing return on the lp/exp ratio

[Sevenless]

Neat....I think this kind of stuff is what the game need now, gameplay features. Well done, combined with the push out thing will be lot of fun.
I suggest also to reconsider the WASD thing and maybe also a quick way (hotkey) to pick up forageable, etc...a easier feeling and more game style with controls could enhance the gameplay a lot and appeal more people.
Personally I don't mind that much about the WASD thing (still usefull in small places) but I'm sure a lot of people would appreciate that.

Exists in custom clients, I don't tend to use it though. I prefer harvesting from the minimap, makes things a lot more clickable.

[TheNater]

Server has been down for ~20 minutes now. Think they're rolling back the curio change?

[Sevenless]

Server has been down for ~20 minutes now. Think they're rolling back the curio change?

They have to roll it, or remake it. It's broken beyond reasonable use right now. Like, too overpowered to let it be tested.

Stuff happens.