My Thoughts on Game Direction

[SirAstrix]

@Gaddiel

Of what they originally wanted the game to be, they now have to step back and say, how much of this can we actually achieve.

I actually brought this up in another post, which can be read here, as to what’s still promised and what’s not. Yes, there are some hardware limitations that prevent say 2000 ACTIVE Hearthlings in a single city. At the same time, though, there’s been multiple debates on how that can be achieved, as well as there are things they are more than able to do…but have chosen not to for various reasons.

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@Psyduck

its the learning curve that will break your backbone and murder your family and eat your pets

Reminds me of Eve Online and X3.

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@Solus

So I’m strongly on the side of optimism with constructive criticism and a healthy dosage of cheering on the devs will eventually lead to a beautifully finished Stonehearth akin (or as close as they can get) to what we dreamed of in the Kickstarter.

How can you say that it would even be close when half of the Kickstarter has basically been thrown out for various reasons? I ask that legitimately in the hopes that I missed something rather than blind optimism.

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@Logo

Folks keep mistaking this for some sorta impersonal civ city/empire building game.

Well, that was one of the original selling points…

@Logo

This is part of the reason why every mention of PvP in multiplayer is a sore point, hearthlings fighting one another goes against the very nature of the game.

Again…another selling point / promise.

@Logo

The devs have a vision and theme, and I don’t expect them to go against those things.

If that’s the case, then why can’t they share it? Why are people like myself, @Psyduck, and @coasterspaul not seeing it? I don’t know when you came in or started following, but many of us that have been around since the Kickstarter days, or right there in after, are basically lost.