They actually listened! Elderwoods is revealed!

[RiverCat]

https://palia.com/news/dev-blog-looking-ahead
And trading is confirmed to be coming, unsure of how limited. Summer Maji Market return?

RE Elderwoods: I'm sad that Elderwoods is probably january 2025 but at least they revealed it, which was my biggest gripe lately.
RE Plot Placement Limits: Wish they would actually go ahead and have a PC placement limit for plots and warn visitors that the plot has PC limits. But at least they put the flower limit to double now, that's great.

[CursedXistence]

That whole Dev blog reads like Daybreak and not S6.

[RiverCat]

Originally posted by CursedXistence:

That whole Dev blog reads like Daybreak and not S6.

It sounds like they perused reddit, discord and here and responded to the biggest points lol

[kyleblane]

Yeah, I can't help but see some outside influence from Daybreak in this (and I'm glad, S6 needs some management guidance). Everything in the update is a good step, but they continue working at such a slow and unimpressive rate. I'm a bit concerned that we won't see much substantial new content added between now and Elderwoods. Heck, I'm even concerned they won't hit the "Early 2025" release without anything substantial before then.

It kinda bugs me the way they say "As we continue expanding the world of Palia" and "as we ramp up toward the launch of Elderwood and beyond" completely avoiding and ignoring the fact that the game is still very unfinished. A beta game isn't "expanded" it's "completed." I've never seen a dev work so hard to pretend they aren't in beta, and it fascinates me.

[MadDawg2552]

The thing that bugs me is they call the Elderwood an "adventure zone". All of the temples are adventures zones, too. Does that mean once you're done with the Elderwood, you have no more reason to go there (like the temples)? Or are they making it an area with repeatable quests?

I'm hoping it's the latter, and I'm also hoping we can bring our friends with us, instead of solo-only adventure zones. Repeatable content is something this game really needs.

[n00bdragon]

Originally posted by kyleblane:

I've never seen a dev work so hard to pretend they aren't in beta, and it fascinates me.

This is Steam, the very platform that invented Early Access. Making a half-finished tech demo and then perpetually adding content and no polish until the money dries up is the standard operating procedure for most games these days. It's not an aberration. It's the expectation.

[kyleblane]

Originally posted by n00bdragon:

Originally posted by kyleblane:

I've never seen a dev work so hard to pretend they aren't in beta, and it fascinates me.

This is Steam, the very platform that invented Early Access. Making a half-finished tech demo and then perpetually adding content and no polish until the money dries up is the standard operating procedure for most games these days. It's not an aberration. It's the expectation.

The difference is that S6 doesn't use Steam Early Access or say anything about beta on the store page. It's barely on their website (you have to go digging). It's not anywhere on Switch.

[Roan]

Some nice things to look forward to, though I am still skeptical knowing how they've delivered things thus far.

Plus this also feels like they're bleeding people fast and are trying to be like "wait look at these shiny things please stay!"

[ZeroGiven]

Still waiting for the accessibility features

[RiverCat]

Originally posted by ZeroGiven:

Still waiting for the accessibility features

First time mentioned: 2 years ago?
Last time mentioned: March
How long does it take to add a brightness slider or a text slider? They seem to have no problem increasing text size randomly every other patch for the sake of the Switch, but letting us choose between 3 sizes is too hard?

[Moonwitch]

Originally posted by ZeroGiven:

Still waiting for the accessibility features

Still no news on accessibility features, or more of? Dang, some of us should of spent more on the premium store then as some would say. If only they had, the game would be in 1.0 now.

[MadDawg2552]

Originally posted by Moonwitch:

Dang, some of us should of spent more on the premium store then as some would say. If only they had, the game would be in 1.0 now.

No one has ever made that claim, at least not in the Steam forums.

[krieglich]

Originally posted by Moonwitch:

Dang, some of us should of

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/could-have-should-have-would-have.html

[Moonwitch]

Originally posted by MadDawg2552:

Originally posted by Moonwitch:

Dang, some of us should of spent more on the premium store then as some would say. If only they had, the game would be in 1.0 now.

No one has ever made that claim, at least not in the Steam forums.

Oh that claim is there, just need to look harder. Should notice that pattern fairly quickly if they present themselves.

Originally posted by krieglich:

Originally posted by Moonwitch:

Dang, some of us should of

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/could-have-should-have-would-have.html

Oh boy look, a grammar nazi. Well excuse me "should have".

[Roan]

Originally posted by Moonwitch:

Originally posted by ZeroGiven:

Still waiting for the accessibility features

Still no news on accessibility features, or more of? Dang, some of us should of spent more on the premium store then as some would say. If only they had, the game would be in 1.0 now.

I legitimately have no idea what you're trying to say or insinuate here... :/

Are you trying to say that if we give them more money they'll finally follow through on promises made ages ago?

Or was this an admittance that maybe S6 had pulled the wool over yours eyes and you're starting to see that?

[ZeroGiven]

Originally posted by Moonwitch:

Originally posted by ZeroGiven:

Still waiting for the accessibility features

Still no news on accessibility features, or more of? Dang, some of us should of spent more on the premium store then as some would say. If only they had, the game would be in 1.0 now.

But "It's a free game", "No one is forcing you to spend money".