Is the workshop content decent?

[clutzyninja]

Wife and I just finished all the vanilla content and loved it. I tried a Daily Pick community content room by myself just now and it was terrible. Are the monthly "best-of's" good? Or is it hard to find good community rooms?

[Nicky]

Originally posted by clutzyninja:

Wife and I just finished all the vanilla content and loved it. I tried a Daily Pick community content room by myself just now and it was terrible. Are the monthly "best-of's" good? Or is it hard to find good community rooms?

Hey clutzyninja! There are a lot of great community rooms out there, which we we highlight in our daily and monthly picks. We can definitely recommend you to try out some of the monthly picks. There's a lot of variety in the community rooms as well, so hopefully you'll be able to find something that suits your tastes there!

[Compton]

Yeah lots of them are really good!

[clutzyninja]

Update, we did the Potions Class Harry Potter themed one and it was ok. We also did the one with the dollhouse and the changing rooms and really liked that one a lot. Looks like we'll be able to stay busy :)

[Nicky]

Originally posted by clutzyninja:

Update, we did the Potions Class Harry Potter themed one and it was ok. We also did the one with the dollhouse and the changing rooms and really liked that one a lot. Looks like we'll be able to stay busy :)

That's great to hear! We hope you continue to enjoy Escape Simulator! 😁

[Spyro]

Some fantastic workshop rooms, I liked Aqueduct's tower. Pandemic was a great one too, quite difficult though, it has a guide though, might need it for the server part

[Solenya]

I was wondering if, in the future, it would be feasible to add the option in-game to flag certain workshop submissions that are:

1) Defunct (game updates that led to puzzles "breaking")
2) Work-in-progress
3) Copied/stolen maps that were resubmitted

[G0rilla]

Originally posted by Solenya:

I was wondering if, in the future, it would be feasible to add the option in-game to flag certain workshop submissions that are:

1) Defunct (game updates that led to puzzles "breaking")
2) Work-in-progress
3) Copied/stolen maps that were resubmitted

For WIP rooms people usually note that directly in the title, but we can add that tag in the future. Good idea!
Unfortunately, there's no way we can know if the room is defunct or stolen. We are manually checking every reported room and deleting if needed.

[Solenya]

@G0rilla, how can players report rooms?

I've played nearly 270 maps and have a large list of rooms I know to be stolen (republished by different authors) or defunct (example: hit box for placing items no longer works, corroborated by multiple players via comments)

[Nicky]

Originally posted by Solenya:

@G0rilla, how can players report rooms?

I've played nearly 270 maps and have a large list of rooms I know to be stolen (republished by different authors) or defunct (example: hit box for placing items no longer works, corroborated by multiple players via comments)

Hey Solenya! You should be able to report rooms by visiting the assigned Steam Workshop page. Here you should see several options (Award, Favorite, Share etc.). If you click the flag icon, you'll be able to report the room you deem stolen or defunct. Please let me know if you have any additional questions!

[Solenya]

@Nicky, I only see the flag w/ option to report 'Violation of Steam Conduct Rules'. Would this still be how you expect defunct map(s) to be reported?

[Thoroniul]

Originally posted by Solenya:

@Nicky, I only see the flag w/ option to report 'Violation of Steam Conduct Rules'. Would this still be how you expect defunct map(s) to be reported?

A map not working is not against steam TOS. Just leave a comment on the authors map, and they will likely address it.

[Solenya]

Originally posted by Thoroniul:

Originally posted by Solenya:

@Nicky, I only see the flag w/ option to report 'Violation of Steam Conduct Rules'. Would this still be how you expect defunct map(s) to be reported?

A map not working is not against steam TOS. Just leave a comment on the authors map, and they will likely address it.

I know. Which is why I asked for clarification from the developer who suggested I use it for reporting defunct maps.

To that end, I believe developers of the game have visibility into the reports. Wouldn't be outside norm for a function (report button) to be used for purposes outside of its intended scope (i.e. defunct map reporting).

[Nicky]

Originally posted by Solenya:

Originally posted by Thoroniul:

A map not working is not against steam TOS. Just leave a comment on the authors map, and they will likely address it.

I know. Which is why I asked for clarification from the developer who suggested I use it for reporting defunct maps.

To that end, I believe developers of the game have visibility into the reports. Wouldn't be outside norm for a function (report button) to be used for purposes outside of its intended scope (i.e. defunct map reporting).

Thanks for getting back to us, Solenya! To clarify, in case of a defunct room it would indeed be better to leave a comment on the author's map, so that they might address any issues caused by updates etc. As for any case where a room is not in agreement with Steam's terms of service, you can indeed use the flag option to report a room.