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I think it's a fun idea, with three area that can be improved: 1) Like the others are saying, you need to find a (better) designer 2) Playing the game seems t
by m_eiman 18y ago
I think it's a fun idea, with three area that can be improved:
1) Like the others are saying, you need to find a (better) designer
2) Playing the game seems to be a massive time sink.
I could never spend that much time on a game, regardless of how good it is. And I don't think it's just me, pretty much nobody with a job could spend a few minutes every half hour to run their taxi company. Which ties into..
3) Too much micro management.
This is mostly a personal preference, but I'd get tired of micro managing my cabs pretty soon.
Things that would make it easier for me to play:
a) Make it possible to play in a rewarding and competitive way spending no more than a quarter to half an hour per day.
b) Less micro management, but that should be a requirement to achieve a) anyway.
I can see the Challenge thing as a mini-game, maybe it could make it on its own as a game widget. Maybe make a Wordpress et al widget that doubles as a game and as an ad for the "big" game?
You have an interesting idea, looking forward to see how it evolves!
- m_eiman 18y agoAs an update a few days later I'd like to add that the new "improved" version with ads is.. Let's just say that there should be less ads than game. I know that they're there to annoy users into paying for the premium version, but this is just too much.
- m_eiman 18y agoSneaky thing with the "earn us affiliate money to pay for your premium account" scheme, though! And I mean that in a positive way :)
- villiros 18y agoYou got it. We didn't actually change advertising stuff at all, it's just that it only kicks in after a few days for each user. In general, advertising performs terribly in these kinda games, so our revenue model is based on transactions and premium accounts. Ads are just a way to force users to pay. It might be slightly over the top at the moment, though.