Hello, I released my game last Friday and it hasn’t gained much attraction. The game loop is complete and there are multiple mechanics:
Planting
Building
Selling
Buying
Codes and daily rewards
We plan on releasing new build objects every week and 5 plants a month but I want to polish my game before I start doing updates.
My question is: What things could I add to my game to improve it? (Different mechanics, etc.)
Also, if this helps, my game is a planting game where you can build on your plot and create a farm and you can plant on soil. You can sell the plants you grow and buy better seeds. You can use your cash to buy plot furniture or more seeds.
Someone on the forum told me to use tutorial signs rather than an actual tutorial and that may prevent people getting bored when they click my ad(s) and join but I’m unsure if that was a good decision or not.
The visits are good I think, but the like-dislike ratio was worrying me.
Okay so I checked out the game, played it for about 7 minutes, and I’ve ran into some major bugs, which may have caused the amount of dislikes.
First of all, the bikes. They just don’t look as good. maybe you can improve the way you sit on the bike for example?
Also, they are quite buggy. I don’t have it on video but one flung me into space the moment i tried to sit on it.
Then, the phone. Looks good, works very well but… Where is the button you use to put the phone down again?
Another thing I noticed was how the button to go back in build mode didn’t work.
Also, you should add a little more decoration.
So basically, the concept is there, but there’s still a lot to improve!
It is a very solid game and I think you did a really good job, but there’s still a lot to fix before people start to get interested in seriously playing it, for now, the experience is just not great.
I hope you will be able to fix these bugs and glitches! The game has potential!
Thanks for your feedback; here’s what I’ve improved off of your amazing suggestions:
~ Added animation for sitting and when you move the bike you actually have a peddle animation
~ I made the Off button larger. It is the orange icon on the top right of the phone. It says “off” with a phone emblem
~ Plot camera was removed so you can place while walking as your character
~ Fixed that. That was a bug leftover from the old tutorial system which was used to prevent players from exiting while building.
~ Added a pine tree in and put rocks and bushes throughout the map
If you’d like to take a look again feel free but I just wanted to say thank you for your suggestion and I’ll continue to add more details and I’ll improve the game…