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Spent hours watching players play live in Discord. Asked a shit ton of questions. Then spent more hours reading their feedback.
My goal: understand what players actually do.
The playtest worked. When people understood the system, everything clicked. Progression sped up, spending happened naturally, and competition emerged on its own.
The biggest takeaway was that the first minutes matter more than anything, and its was not clear or sharp enough.
When the next action is obvious, players move quickly. When the value is clear, they're putting their time and money.
Players live for risk and failure. They hate waiting. No tension means boredom.
The core loop holds. Landowners optimize and compete. Non-landowners min max energy. Two sides of the same coin.
Now it’s refinement.
Sharper onboarding.
Louder value signals.
Clearer wins and losses.
On to the last 5%.
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