Love these types of games

[MasterKeeper1]

I love the management aspect of building a mall, an airport, prison, and many other things. There are not that many games that have this style that you guys are going for but I like it. I have prison architect and this looks very similar in a good way. Some recommendations as I have seen many games like this fail before. 1. Try to allow people to micromanage everything but let other people just manage the main stuff ex. building shops hiring people and putting them too jobs, but allow people to be able to tell an "employee" to do this and then this then this. this will hopefully expand your crowd base a little. 2. Have a lot of different building types and scenarios. I know that you are limited in what you can do but try to get as much logical building types in the game. 3.Customization. Many people like to be able to change building colors, change the uniform colors etc. This will attract more people. And 4. Include workshop and mod support. To be able to share your mall and show your mall on the workshop will be cool. Also to be bale to share building blueprints. Also mod support. This will allow moders to make your game better, and more expansive. It will add many new objects which you might never think off. It will also keep people playing for longer. Anyways this game has the potential to be something great if you guys are able to execute it correctly. Im interested on what it is going to become and I will buy it. Also any date for release you have in mind other than just fall. like October, November, December??? Also once it comes back I will be giving you feedback as much as I can as I want this to be a great game. Good luck.

MK

[Obiwan]

mother of luke .... L2 PARAGRAPHS!!! holy hell do you people ever stop to proof read these things?

NO!! because you just got crit in the face by your own wall of text!

[The Quadsphere]

Hey Master Keeper #1, thanks a lot for your input.
This game wouldn't exist without Prison Architect! Please do understand that we are 4 years, 30+ updates (and 10 people) behind the current PA version. There is currently only 2 people working on this game: me, coder and designer (full time for a year) and a freelance artist.

1. There will be an ongoing discussion on this topic (look for the other thread 'Automation vs Micro'). The current idea is to have both gameplays: minimal interaction (minus building and management) and intense micro when needed (crisis, events), depending on a difficulty setting and enabling specific events at the start of a game.
2. What do you mean by 'logical' building types' ? More zone types (they all serve a function) are definitely planned.
The feedback on first few weeks of early access will determine if the focus goes on fleshing out existing zone types and systems or adding new ones. But of course we want to have both in the long run.
3. I've been thinking about color picking for walls and floors tiles (objects are more complicated). Definitely considered. (The downside to color picking is that unless the player has a real sense of color theory it looks like ♥♥♥♥ really fast).
4. Sharing malls over the workshop is in progress. Sharing only the blueprints is a good idea, I'll add it to the list. Graphical and scenario mods are likely.

As for the release date, I'm afraid it's going to be 'when it's done'™ within 'This Fall'™. Seriously, it's right around the corner.
Looking forward to your feedback!

Obiwan: Please keep the discussion constructive.

[MasterKeeper1]

Well great job with only three of you guys looks good. I am sorry if I seemed harsh I just love these types of games and want them to survive and thrive. Also I love how active you are with the community this makes many players happy that they are helping to make the game better and effect the development. Also for the logical buildings I mean to try to make it realistic ish. I know that some people want the out of the box ideas and I like ten as well just you know make it kinda realistic. Not fully just kinda. It's a very hard line to run. And for the realease date I totally understand. I love that you are not pushing it out and makeing sure that the game is good and ready for play. And just know that you have support for this game and don't stop because this game can become great. Good luck and if you need any feedback on any ideas you have about putting stuff in the game tell me and i will try to give a two sided response in which ways it is bad and good. Looking forward to this game. :)

MK

[oldeguy]

me too MK#1

[[3SP] BamBennos]

Well, u definetly could use the key "enter" more often :) Then it wouldnt be a DOOMY WALL OF TEXT OF DOOM xD