0025160: Enhancing player's feeling of progression and accomplishment. Making it easier to start a game. - Arcen Idea Tracker (Bugs and Features)

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0025160	AI War 2	Suggestion		Jun 5, 2021 2:31 am	Jun 5, 2021 2:31 am

Reporter	JoyfulRogue	Assigned To
Status	new	Resolution	open
Product Version	3.100 Commander Vision

Summary	0025160: Enhancing player's feeling of progression and accomplishment. Making it easier to start a game.
Description	I bought this game over a year ago and simply couldn't get into it... felt like I had to smash through a brick wall of complexity. Had like 1h played last year. Now I finally play and I'd like to share some suggestions based on that experience. It could alleviate some of it for new players. This game's openness and freedom is good in many ways, but some players may feel intimidated or unmotivated to start a game because they're not sure which options to pick. The Easy Medium Hard scenarios are a very smart design decisions, but IMO they're not taking it far enough. Also, I found myself feeling a bit disappointed by the fact that I won a game and it isn't even recorded anywhere. I come back to the main menu and nothing changed. For those that feel overwhelmed by the openness and need a clear answer to the question "what start should I pick next?" I suggest two things: 1. Start tracking defeated scenarios. Give players a nice, satisfying checkmark next to the scenario name when they beat it in quickstart mode. 2. An integrated "quickstart a new game" button that takes into consideration which scenario player just beat and start the next logical progression step. Basically, a "campaign" constructed of a series of scenarios with increasing difficulty and complexity. That way a player can have a feeling of progression after beating a scerario and clarity as to what to play next. Optionally also: A Hall of Fame accessible from main menu, listing all the scenarios won with some settings like AI diff. and factions. An option to "+1" or "-1" every quickstart scenario. A quick way to make it a bit harder or a bit easier if I want to play generally the same theme again but maybe I lost horribly and need it to be easier or won and want extra challenge second time around. It would be a single button that alters diff settings under the hood in a sensible way for that scenario.
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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
Jun 5, 2021 2:31 am	JoyfulRogue	New Issue