Seeing the tula screen once a year was a strong part of giving you a feel of accomplishment and feedback. You could see what had changed since last year, and could probably connect at least some of the changes to your actions. In a game like KoDP, the exact effect of your actions on the underlying variables is often vague - as it should be, for otherwise it loses part of the atmosphere and becomes a dressed-up Excel. But it's important to still give the player some sort of feedback, and the tula went a long way towards that.
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:29 PM, Bryan Thexton <bethexton_at_...> wrote:
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> Seconding that! I do understand that it may not work on an iphone sized screen, but it really helped give me a sense of my village. Perhaps something else could go in that slot, if even a short written description or 'state of the clan' summary?
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> I think that screen was the only place that players saw the tracking of carls versus cottars, so I suppose that could be dropped too (or if easier left in place and never talked about at all).
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> --- On Wed, 9/1/10, Meredith Dixon <dixonm_at_pobox.com> wrote:
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> From: Meredith Dixon <dixonm_at_...>
> Subject: Re: re: Features to cut (was: Statistical ledger)
> To: KingOfDragonPass_at_yahoogroups.com
> Received: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 1:35 PM
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> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 12:46, David Dunham <david_at_...> wrote:
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> > Actually, the tula screen is gone.
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> It sounds as though you've already made that decision, so there's
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> probably no point in arguing about it, but in case you ever port the
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> game to anywhere else, may I say that the tula screen is one of my
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> favorite parts of the game? I really like having a visual
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> representation of the growth of my clan.
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> Meredith Dixon <dixonm_at_...>
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> Maconiana has been published at last!
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> <http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=4340342>
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