Upgrade the max appeal: now painfully obscure

[Masefield]

New (within last year?) patches require you to grasp magically that you hit unlock, then, rather than select the appeal increase tab, you select the Wall tab (!!??!?!?) for REASONS, and then drill down randomly into that to upgrade some random wall.

And then boom, magic happens. This is utterly illogical and opaque to any reasonable player.

Were I new to this game I'd have given up on this; having played a lot (a long time ago) I figured there had to be some path through. If you are hellbent on keeping this this way, then have some kind of tutorial and make it clear there is some sadistic reason for this.

[Hollywoodb1]

No problems from me figuring that out at all, and I consider myself quite reasonable. It explicitly says the effect of upgrading your walls. It all but holds your hand in telling you what to do each time you reach the threshold for a new upgrade. Notifications, button pop-ups, messages, etc. If you don't do the thing the game screams at you to do, I don't know what to tell you.

I don't know how much more help the average player would need honestly. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree, but I'm sorry you don't like the change lol.

[Masefield]

I still find the prompt decidedly opaque and unclear; I've still not seen any prompt to check walls. I do agree to disagree, but do so quite cheerfully in the knowledge that obviously I must be an outlier. You are mostly right about the hand-holding though, but it's a good thing in a game like this which is generally a fascinating blend of casual and challenge. Thanks for your thoughtful response, Hollywood1.

[N373r]

How does one unlock maximum appeal?
I can't figure it still out.

[Aceria]

We're gonna try adding some red exclamation marks to the menu to see if that forces people to dive into those menus more consistently. Could also add a popup (like for the crafting menu), but I'm never a fan of those.

Originally posted by N373r:

How does one unlock maximum appeal?
I can't figure it still out.

Open up the unlock menu and select any of the walls with a lock on it, on the right side you can see the cost and the effect you get from buying the unlock.

[dbvel]

it think this issue has been taken care of but still it took me a decent while to understand how could I "unlock a new shop", since there's just one shop

[BlackSparrow]

I'm having the same issue, I click on object and it says unlock but the unlock button is dark, like I can't but I keep getting the quest to upgrade.

[dbvel]

Originally posted by BlackSparrow:

I'm having the same issue, I click on object and it says unlock but the unlock button is dark, like I can't but I keep getting the quest to upgrade.

This section is unlocked with money. It's dark because you don't have enough money.

[leeroy5000]

Hi There,

Bumping this as this need fixing - why can't I click on the objective and go to the right place?

Why is it not a separate button under the unlock menu (or filter)?

How about the text in the objective say something more like: Unlock the next wall pack to increase your overall appeal from 5 to 10....

Any of these would be a huge step forward!

Keep on improving this game - good fun!

[BlackSparrow]

Originally posted by dbvel:

Originally posted by BlackSparrow:

I'm having the same issue, I click on object and it says unlock but the unlock button is dark, like I can't but I keep getting the quest to upgrade.

This section is unlocked with money. It's dark because you don't have enough money.

ok thanks

[TekDragon]

Originally posted by Aceria:

We're gonna try adding some red exclamation marks to the menu to see if that forces people to dive into those menus more consistently. Could also add a popup (like for the crafting menu), but I'm never a fan of those.

Originally posted by N373r:

How does one unlock maximum appeal?
I can't figure it still out.

Open up the unlock menu and select any of the walls with a lock on it, on the right side you can see the cost and the effect you get from buying the unlock.

I hope that typing that sentence out made you realize how illogical and obtuse the max appeal system is currently. Like, who would even think that it makes sense to unlock a random wall paper to get a higher appeal max?