[Suggestion] Chook Catalogue

[Stinky Stan]

Just having a catalogue so you can see all the chicken types/skins you can get. Have them sorted into a normal egg, rare egg, golden egg, and legendary.
Anyones you haven't obtained yet are blacked out.

[Tor]

This sort of thing belongs in the unknown and me personally would prefer to have an online wiki instead of it being a feature in the game.

[Clubanimon]

I actually would really love a Catalogue, even if its just images of what you have unlocked and then a total count of --/-- chooks if not a silhouetted view. Thought really silhouettes really only matter for the Legendary chooks, golden and down are all the same body time, just different colors.

[Ragical]

Originally posted by Clubanimon:

I actually would really love a Catalogue, even if its just images of what you have unlocked and then a total count of --/-- chooks if not a silhouetted view. Thought really silhouettes really only matter for the Legendary chooks, golden and down are all the same body time, just different colors.

Be craaaaazy if those regulars, rares, and goldens had different stats on them huh? Including some that are rarer than others and left the possibility of us adding more whenever we like..

For instance there could be an ultra rare Regular chook with .001% chance to drop that wears a top hat. I mean theres not, but there also could be.

In all seriousness... Like Uncle Death here pointed out, isn't it a little more fun this way?

[Stinky Stan]

Originally posted by Ragical:

Be craaaaazy if those regulars, rares, and goldens had different stats on them huh? Including some that are rarer than others and left the possibility of us adding more whenever we like..

For instance there could be an ultra rare Regular chook with .001% chance to drop that wears a top hat. I mean theres not, but there also could be.

In all seriousness... Like Uncle Death here pointed out, isn't it a little more fun this way?

I think just what Uncle Death and I find fun in the game are probably different! I really enjoy collecting things so being able to know if I have a complete collection (or as much as I can get) is satisfying.

It could be an optional item that costs lots of in game money to get or DLC, that way for people who don't wanna know, they don't have to know.

Regardless though, it is your game at the end of the day. If you decide against it, no amount of cajoling will work so I'll leave it there :>

[Thryden]

I would like a catalog too. I've stopped hatching basic eggs, focusing on rare and gold. But if I knew that there was a "skin" I haven't gotten yet, I'd keep hatching basics. I had thought I'd found all the rare skins (I have over 50 rares) then suddenly a new one for me hatched the other day. It makes me wonder if there are anymore that I haven't found...

[Clubanimon]

The unlocking and collecting aspect is one of the the things I find most fun in these games. It's what gives me a reason to keep buying cooks even after I have a steady income flow and don't really NEED more.

[wave97]

I agree! a catalog would be much better than going online and looking for chooks many games have it and it wont hurt the fun at all!!

[Ragical]

Hey everyone! The biggest consideration in game dev I think is time, the time we would spend making a catalog would be time we could spend making new events, games, or types of chooks.

This isn't to discount this idea at all, its a good one. Its just one that would take more time than you might expect.

From a design perspective as well, we would just like to add that little bit of mystery to the game... a treasure hunt as we sprinkle content out whenever we can. If this was something players really really wanted and down the track we could justify putting the time into it, we could look at it then.

[Puddy]

+1 for a catalogue.
The collecting aspect of this game is what appealed to me most about it, but no point in collecting if you never know how complete that collection is. :)

[Tor]

Originally posted by Puddy:

+1 for a catalogue.
The collecting aspect of this game is what appealed to me most about it, but no point in collecting if you never know how complete that collection is. :)

Your loss, i guess.

[katabatic]

Full support for a catalogue, or at least some distinguishing factor (whether text or actual stats) between the patterns. See my post in suggestions for what I think might be cool :)
For what it's worth, I'd vastly prefer a catalogue over new events, games, or kinds of chooks. Improve what you have before branching out, imo!

[Eukanaria]

Since there's a fair split on support/opposition for the catalog, what if we follow Uncle Death's suggestion and make a Wiki?

[Stinky Stan]

Originally posted by Eukanaria:

Since there's a fair split on support/opposition for the catalog, what if we follow Uncle Death's suggestion and make a Wiki?

There's not a fair split though. Uncle Death has been the only person other than the developer who has voiced concerns about it.

Regardless, go for it. No ones stopping you.