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1  Economy / Marketplace / Re: 1000 BTC Giveaway – Dragon’s Tale Beta Test Celebration on: February 07, 2011, 03:29:20 PM
It was a great party. It was fun playing and competing with everyone...

I haven't found any bugs per se, though there are a few issues with the game for now that could be improved to make the experience more enjoyable, I think.

First off, the movement and camera controls are not very comfortable to use, and the game experience would be greatly improved by a more responsive and intuitive camera/movement system. Clicking around the floor will often make you click the leaf of a bush or some other random thing instead, bringing up a window rather than making you move. Using the WASD keys is not ideal, since the keys interrupt each other at times (if you want to see what I mean, move diagonally with W and D at the same time, then let go of W to try to start going just right instead, and the character will just stop).

Being able to swing the camera with a middle (or right) click and drag would be great, as putting the mouse to the edge of the screen is far from quick 'n' easy, and you can't even change the pitch of the camera, only zoom in and out at best (without changing camera mode entirely, that is). The combination of not being able to change the pitch of the camera and being stopped every time your character reaches a vaguely steep slope makes it sometimes difficult to see how to get down from a hill or mountain.

Aside from the controls and camera, I'm pretty happy with the game itself. If you can add more and more games to make the world seem a bit less 'huge barren landscape with a couple of things here and there', that would be awesome, I think. In a real casino, you have different games and interesting things everywhere, and it helps make the place seem more lively and fun, especially if there are a fair few people around, but even if there aren't too many people, it still feels alive and exciting - same goes for amusement parks, flee markets: the crowdedness of the objects and places of interest, to a large extent, is a good thing. Right now in Dragon's Tale, everything is so spread out that it's easy to not really feel like there's much to do or many people around, even if there might be. I understand bringing in new games will take a lot of time and effort, of course.

Thank you very much for hosting the event, and I look forward to seeing how the game evolves, especially as more and more people join in! Keep up the good work.
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