Dev Diary #284 Players Visit in Prague
[h3]Ahoy Ylanders![/h3]
Last Friday was quite unique. For the very first time we, Ylands devs, were casually meeting up with our adventurers Stiegi and YoHasLEGO. They have been at the core of our community for quite some time, whether it's on discord, in the blueprint shop or on the C.A.G. server, you probably met them too! So how did it happen that we actually met up? There is a story, of course...
This is not actually exactly how the story goes - it was much simpler. A few weeks ago, YoHasLEGO and Stiegi contacted Anna, our community manager, that they would be in Prague, where our HQ is located, and asked if we wanted to meet up. Of course we want to meet some of the most active community members, especially since they agreed to answer our questions in a proper game dev meeting while exploring, in true adventurer nature, the wonders of Czech cuisine. So we decided to share the meeting notes with you and give you a bit of an insight into the process featuring actual players!
[h2]Community Meet Up[/h2]
Date: Aug 4, 2023
Atendees:
Secretary: Nikki (I wish our Senior Producer was here, he takes the best notes)
Goal: Get together, talk about Ylands, other games and life in general. Refreshments optional.
[h3]Topic 1 - Ylands:[/h3]
Stiegi thinks it is the best game in the world and so does YoHasLEGO. They need some very specific piece of triangle building block. Design is taking notes on the specifics and will discuss them with Art. YoHasLEGO will follow up with us in more detail.
We discussed the whole process of reacting to community ideas together and we didn't miss the opportunity to ask for specific feedback from our players face-to-face. Designers were asking about general and specific design ideas and followed up with questions about the direction of the game. Senior QA ChoCho and CM Anna were curious about bugs processing and if we are dealing with them to the players content, and Marketing was interested in conceptual topics such as understanding motivations, drives and player journeys and inquired about specific merchandise ideas and in-game items that players would like to see in the shop.
NEXT STEPS: Ask community to react and feedback these points as well, right here in the comments. We will be happy to read your feedback.
[h3]Topic 2 - Grabbing dinner:[/h3]
Adventurers are exploring new things practically non-stop, which is why YoHas had "svíčková" and Stiegi fried cheese, new dishes for both of them and true signature, authentic meals of the Czech cuisine. Along with that they both tried Kofola, which is a Czech herb-ish cola-type soda. For future reference: The Slovakian "halušky" is not a good choice at this particular establishment, go with the "svíčková" or fried cheese instead.
Dessert was kindly provided by Stiegi's mum who made us Ylands themed cookies! Delicious, thank you!
[h3]Topic 3 - Other games:[/h3]
Long discussion, since all of us are gamers and we love talking about all the games all the time. The discussion went on until quite late and this is where a Senior Producer would take much better notes because I got too invested in the debate and forgot to take any.
ACTION ITEMS:
Thank you for reading the notes and we'll be back next week!
Stay Classy!
Last Friday was quite unique. For the very first time we, Ylands devs, were casually meeting up with our adventurers Stiegi and YoHasLEGO. They have been at the core of our community for quite some time, whether it's on discord, in the blueprint shop or on the C.A.G. server, you probably met them too! So how did it happen that we actually met up? There is a story, of course...
This is not actually exactly how the story goes - it was much simpler. A few weeks ago, YoHasLEGO and Stiegi contacted Anna, our community manager, that they would be in Prague, where our HQ is located, and asked if we wanted to meet up. Of course we want to meet some of the most active community members, especially since they agreed to answer our questions in a proper game dev meeting while exploring, in true adventurer nature, the wonders of Czech cuisine. So we decided to share the meeting notes with you and give you a bit of an insight into the process featuring actual players!
[h2]Community Meet Up[/h2]
Date: Aug 4, 2023
Atendees:
- YoHasLEGO
- Stiegi
- Anna
- ChoCho
- pYpse
- Nikki
- Patrik
- Prokop
- Mr. Fluffy
Secretary: Nikki (I wish our Senior Producer was here, he takes the best notes)
Goal: Get together, talk about Ylands, other games and life in general. Refreshments optional.
[h3]Topic 1 - Ylands:[/h3]
Stiegi thinks it is the best game in the world and so does YoHasLEGO. They need some very specific piece of triangle building block. Design is taking notes on the specifics and will discuss them with Art. YoHasLEGO will follow up with us in more detail.
We discussed the whole process of reacting to community ideas together and we didn't miss the opportunity to ask for specific feedback from our players face-to-face. Designers were asking about general and specific design ideas and followed up with questions about the direction of the game. Senior QA ChoCho and CM Anna were curious about bugs processing and if we are dealing with them to the players content, and Marketing was interested in conceptual topics such as understanding motivations, drives and player journeys and inquired about specific merchandise ideas and in-game items that players would like to see in the shop.
NEXT STEPS: Ask community to react and feedback these points as well, right here in the comments. We will be happy to read your feedback.
[h3]Topic 2 - Grabbing dinner:[/h3]
Adventurers are exploring new things practically non-stop, which is why YoHas had "svíčková" and Stiegi fried cheese, new dishes for both of them and true signature, authentic meals of the Czech cuisine. Along with that they both tried Kofola, which is a Czech herb-ish cola-type soda. For future reference: The Slovakian "halušky" is not a good choice at this particular establishment, go with the "svíčková" or fried cheese instead.
Dessert was kindly provided by Stiegi's mum who made us Ylands themed cookies! Delicious, thank you!
[h3]Topic 3 - Other games:[/h3]
Long discussion, since all of us are gamers and we love talking about all the games all the time. The discussion went on until quite late and this is where a Senior Producer would take much better notes because I got too invested in the debate and forgot to take any.
ACTION ITEMS:
- Thank Stiegi and YoHasLEGO for their visit and cookies
- Wish them good luck in their studies closely related to Ylands in one way or another
- REMIND the community to join our Discord server to be able to chat with us even more often and more closely about Ylands!
- Prepare the next Dev Diary about the Community Ideas List
Thank you for reading the notes and we'll be back next week!
Stay Classy!