Hey guys,
Yesterday morning we had our weekly meeting. Some of you may already know, but most of us now work from home, and our physical beings only get together on Mondays to regroup and discuss any topic related to the development of the game as well as geeky/nerdy gossips like how much we liked the recent Star Wars movie although they completely changed the original storyline. In today's announcement I want to give you some insights on what was discussed during that meeting, and what we decided to do in the near future.
Should we update the game this Friday as planned?
- This was of course the most important topic of the meeting. As we quietly announced on Twitter, we were planning to do an update this Friday. However, we had a problem. The game needs more polishing. Bugs should be fixed as well as texts. The game balance should be adjusted not to mention other small works to raise the quality level. So here's what we talked about regarding this...
How about we do a beta test to polish the game before we do any update?
A: This beta will focus on polishing the game with help from user reports.
B: Not a bad idea. Yeah I'm down with that.
A: So do that next week?
B: Yup let's do it. So the focus of this beta test will be to polish the game. We have to clearly inform people of that.
A: Absolutely. How about we make it clear on the announcement?
B: The thing is...many people don't read announcements, it has to be visible in-game.
A: How about we make a splash screen with a FBI warning that this test focuses on polishing the game?
B: Sold! Let's do it!
So...that's what was discussed. So to summarize this, there will be a beta next week with new features/stages and everything, and our focus will be to polish the game by catching bugs and crashes as well as correcting English and adjusting the balance/raising the overall quality, among others. The details on how to participate in this beta test will be revealed through an announcement next week, so please stay tuned. (Anyone who owns Dicetiny will be able to participate in the test)
So I'm sure you guys still have some questions regarding this, and I felt that we need to connect more with the community so I suggested the team we do a...
Reddit AMA
Since the time we launched Kickstarter campaign, this has been bugging me because many people recommended it but we have never done one. Reddit AMA has always been on the top of my "To do list". Now I'm happy to tell you that it's happening for real this Thursday night at 9pm EST . Please prepare your questions related to Dicetiny, and shoot them to us come January 21st. But please go easy on us. As you guys already know, we are not very good at English so this will be a challenge for us. But we love trying new stuff, and I'm sure it will be worth a try.
So here's the schedule.
When?: January 21 Thursday starts at 21:00 ,and ends at 22:30 (EST)
That's 6pm in LA, 9pm in New York and 3am in Germany(Jan.22 for Germany),
Where?: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA (Once our post is up, we will share the link on this Community Hub, Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr. You can find the links to these social media sites here: http://www.fakedice.com/ )
Who?: Jin (CEO), Sun-geun (Game Designer/QA), and Mike (Community Manager) will be there to answer your questions. Mike (That's me) will translate for Jin and Sun-geun as they speak limited English.
UIs renovated
https://youtu.be/jFV558DsK6c
We renovated the UIs and here's what we discussed.
A: What is "Storage Slot"?
B: It's where you can keep one of your cards so you can use it later in the game.
A: Ok, and the starting space, it's on the top? What's going on here.
B: The special spaces on the corners are now randomly arranged at the beginning.
A: Aha, to give more replay values?
B: Exactly.
A: Btw I actually prefer the old design.
B: Come again?
T-alek
inspired by Dalek from Dr.Who, T-alek will be one of the new characters you will be playing against in the beta next week.
Our saviour!
A good news! We finally found a person who was willing to help us with English. His name is Matt. Thank you. Your kindness will not be forgotten. May the dice be with you, Matt.
See you on Thursday guys!
Mike "The People's Community Manager"