Hey everyone!
I'm opening a discussion because I want some thoughts and opinions about Monster XXXperiment and wanted to hear some of all of your possible ideas about the future of the game.
As of this update there isn't nearly as many game breaking bugs as we had a 9 months ago, the character artwork is currently getting remastered, but theres one thing left that's still bugging me and that's the gameplay.
For some time now I felt as though the gameplay is boring and repetitive which Is true there isn't much "Management" in our management game but I have been discussion with my secondary programmer to possible address that issues.
Quest/Bounties
One thing we talked about adding is Quest/Bounties which would be called "Research Findings" what this would do is have a list of unlockables that the player could unlock by playing around with the Kin's environment settings, giving them different diets, possibly buying new items to use on the Kin etc. Unlocking a research finding would have a scene for that specific finding and Karen giving the player bonus pay for the discovery.
Town
Another we've talked about is starting to add the Town. We discussed separating funding from the player's actual paycheck allowing the player to spend their hard earned cash from work. Buying gifts or going on dates with your Favorite Kin, taking part in activities such as betting and gambling, etc.
Active Management
We've also talked about making changes to how management is done adding more layers to it so you all the players feel more in control when tending to Kin. We've talked about possibly having a Kitchen Staff that you would use funding to teach them new styles of cooking for the Kin's diet instead of having all of the options immediately available. We talked about maybe instead of having the room fully built the room only has a base form and then through finding out what the Kin likes the player can request that certain items or decorations is added to the room. Stuff along these lines.
Want to hear from you
Monster XXXperiment is as much you all's game as it is ours and we don't want to take major steps in trying to change that game if you all like it for what it is right now. Currently I feel as though we're losing room to expand and that now may be the time to start expanding and trying experimental features out to see what would be best for the project.
To ease any minds we will also be continuing our current workflow but we planned to release this new experimental Monster XXXperiment to Nebula Tier and above supporters to play first and foremost to gather feedback before releasing on Itch.
Thank you so much for supporting Monster XXXperiment!
The Discussion is also taking place in Discord if you all would like to join and discuss there.
https://discord.gg/ehcVg7svas