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Welcome, dear backers! This is the discussion forum for the Kynseed backer build! Please buckle up for safety and share any and all feedback, impressions, and ideas in this subforum. Feel free to make any new threads you want or reply to any existing threads as you like. If you find any bugs on your beta travels, please be sure to report them in the designated bug squashing zone. Cheers!
Whoop! Had a quick blast on the beta, going to have a proper go tomorrow! Twig's house looks amazing!
I did my lil youtube video of it and i'll continue the series (so far everyone says they want it woohoo) but maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan, you guys have a REALLY amazing exploring aspect going on - i love the fact i can actually get lost, you got the ultima feeling there on point, just walking around feels like i'm finding something new and interesting every second.
the unique NPC designs though are the bread and butter my god they are so good and fun to look at and some families are SUPER CREEPY lol
I haven't yet received a key despite signing up as a land shaper backer yesterday. Is there a support email that I need to contact? I've tried twitter and the "contact us" form on the website. Thanks!
Hi there whitewolf! We've been getting a slew of messages on all the platforms so I may have not gotten to your message just yet. Sorry 'bout that! If you want, feel free to send me a message here on the forums with the email you backed at and I'll take a look and see what might've happened. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by whitewolf
Just fiddled with the beta a bit; don't feel like I personally encountered any bugs, maybe just a few things that haven't been finished yet or need more polish. I stopped my romp prematurely because I ended up accidentally riding the pig and couldn't figure out how to dismount. Seemed like I could still do a few things but I couldn't interact with people. Beyond that, my first impressions and suggestion have mostly to do with the UI for interactions and such. I'd made some notes:
I felt the interaction interface was somewhat awkward. I think it would be better if when you opened it, it stayed open and let you select your option through an action, rather than auto-selecting the option you arrow keyed to after lifting your finger from the E key. Being able to move your cursor and select the option would also be good. I selected an option I hadn't meant to a few times from tapping E and having it select the option my cursor happened to be closest to at the time.
When interacting with the world, I didn't have a problem selecting things with the right mouse button, but it felt unnatural for me as the selection key during interactions and on other interfaces, like maybe some other key like E would be appropriate, though that one could just be a personal preference on my part rather than something needing to be changed. When toggling items for gifts or feeding or offerings would be an example of this; I also noticed the arrow keys for selection on this screen are inverted and offer some resistance. I need to hold down the arrow key rather than tapping it to move to another item or it will "bounce back" a bit.
An option to toggle targets for interaction would be good if there isn't one; though I didn't see a need for interacting with the cow in the time I'd played, I had to shuffle around a bit to decide if I wanted to talk to it or the dad milking it.
This one could just be my own incompetence or lack of awareness, but I couldn't read any of the signs.
The games looks and sounds really nice and I appreciated the quirky characters I interacted with and look forward to meeting more of them on my next visit. I was a little disappointed certain systems weren't present in the game yet but I understand they're a bit more complex and will take more time. A somewhat inconsequential nitpick in regard to the startup message: there is a sentence fragment (should be, ...big ideas, and big ideas...) and "independent" is misspelled. Hope I could be of some assistance and I'm excited for more to come! I intend to try and actively pop in and offer my experiences and insights when able.
we're the keys going out in waves, or all at once?
The keys for landscaper ($33) and above have been sent out yesterday. The other will be sent today probably round noon PST.
I was kind of wondering about spoilers I'm not sure if things are actually randomized or if there will be sort of structured scenarios in the world, when i say randomized i mean emergent quest that can happen dynamically in the world - so i guess what im saying will there be a spoilers forum or does it even matter? just don't want to mess up the experience for anyone.
Ahhh I can't wait for my sweet little key to arrive..I'm already looking out for the carrier piggys~
Sadly it's gonna be around midnight over here when the keys will come..Hopefully I won't get too sleepy while waiting XD
Same with me :D when the first keys arrived yesterday, it was pretty close to 10pm at my place. I hope that it will be the same today, so I can play a few hours before going to sleep ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Crimson
Hello Keyseed developers,
I bought the beta-key this morning ( Piggy Backer $ 9 Seed Sower ) April 29th 2018. I live in Europé in Sweden. I wonder at what time will I receive my Beta-key. Do you send it to my mail, steam or Humble Bundle webbsite? On Humble Bundle website they said "Thanks for purchasing Kynseed - Seed Sower, this site is claimed by you" so vill I receive the Beta-key to Humble Bundle website so I can unlock it in steam?
The time I'm writing this letter to you is 16.30 PM in the afternoon. You promised to deliver the Beta-key in the afternoon but I havent received anything. Please tell me at what time I will receive the Beta-key or if it will be delayed a couple of days?. I'm looking forward to play and test your game.
/Kind regards
Peter
How do you download the game to play the closed beta? I have a key but the game isn't available to access on steam and I can't find anywhere to download it..... I must be being dumb right now.
Edit: Nevermind, figured it out!!
I've only played the beta up until the festival so far,but I have some thoughts. Some of these might have been mentioned already by others,but I haven't had the time to read through everything,so apologies if I repeat a lot of what others have said so far.
-Time. Mainly it feels like there isn't enough time in a day right now,when I had to go to mother Hubbard to learn to cook,I could barely make it back to the farm to go to sleep. Not knowing where exactly she lived was also a part in this,but I didn't spend that much time looking around. This might be relieved by stopping time while doing certain things,like when you are looking in your inventory,or reading a book. Right now I find myself rushing through reading books and conversation because of it,which makes me miss quite a bit of information. Another option is to increase the time it takes for a day to pass by a bit. I already feel rushed trying to accomplish all the tasks in a day sometimes,I couldn't imagine running a business and a farm at the same time in later stages of the game.
-Target toggle button. I feel like this would be very useful. Especially since a lot of people seem to prefer standing on the exact same spot at the moment :P.
But it would also help when Dad is milking the cow,to better be able to choose which one to interact with.
-Controls. A few things bothered me about the controls,mainly having to hold down buttons during interacting instead of it being toggled. This could cause unwanted interactions or accidentally giving things away. One other thing I noticed is when the game tells you about certain controls,it generally only tells you the controller ones,even though I am playing with keyboard and mouse. This was especially confusing during the blacksmithing mini-game. It told me to press A to hit when over the target,but it didn't work,because that was for a controller,so I had no idea what to exactly press,so I figured it out by trying different ones till I got the right one.
-The music. Specifically the abrupt changes when walking into shops. I think this is mainly an issue cause in most other games like this,you load into a house,so you have a small break with a black screen and no music while entering. I think a better approach might be fading out the current playing tune,then fading in the shop's music. This way it wouldn't be such an abrupt change,which could feel quite jarring.
-Planting seeds. The way it works now is rather tedious,and it doesn't seem to work all the time. When I tried planting cabbages,I had to do it about 5 times on the 4th plot before it got planted. This might be because the positioning is very precise,but it looked like it just didn't register it a couple of times. Maybe a better option,or even an alternative to the one that you have right now,is to hold the seeds and click on the plot you want to plant it in. The current method is also useful for when you have a lot of different seeds,so having two methods of planting for different situations would be handy.
-Sleeping animation. This is more of a visual bug/glitch,but oftentimes when I went to bed in the evening my character sort of floated perpendicular to the bed above the ground instead of in the bed. And weirdly when I was up too late and fell asleep outside,a bed suddenly appeared.
Anyway,those are my thoughts at the moment,don't get me wrong,I still really liked playing it for the short time I had time for so far,and excited to see where this might go in the future(hopefully a future without truffles disappearing on me :P).
I agree with that it makes it feel quite a bit rushed when you want to explore you're thinking of time more then you are about experiencing the quest or exploring, perhaps just a better feeling of time would make things better or slowing time down a bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Amanea
Hi!
I'm a Kickstarter backer and I opted in the day beta was announced and I was just wondering when the email will come in. I hope I didn't miss anything. Sorry to be a bother!
yeah,I had that same feeling. It might get better when I don't spend so much time on simple tasks because I'm not used to them yet. But I still feel the day should last just a tad bit longer then it currently is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Secretcode
The day does feel too short in my opinion. How long is a day in real time? 15 mins? 20 mins? I need to explore the world and enjoy the beautiful world!
I also backed and am waiting for my key.
Hey there! Really enjoyed the Beta! I finished it in roughly 3 hours while taking my time and exploring every part of the map. I met most of the NPC's and really like the scale of how big it is. A few points to take away of course! Obviously animations aren't close to completion yet, but we're definitely on the right track! No real gripes when it comes to how anything looks, it's all very beautiful and a work in progress. The AI was very basic but that was not surprise at all. They'd stack on top of each other making it difficult to talk to specific people. I found a cat about an hour into my play but he ended up sitting on my crops and I could no longer select him or play with him. Hes forever just chilling there. (Not a big issue AT ALL, just wanted to bring these up.)Civilians would greet me through walls and didn't feel very unique besides The Blacksmith, Mother Hubbard and the Apothecary. The story that I got to play was VERY cool, my only complaint was the cliffhanger. ;) Wanted to see a bit more with the festival though. When Druids day (as I'll call it) does come around, It should feel unique! I always threw offerings at the goddess when I passed her anyway, so it didn't seem like a real celebrated event. I would of loved to see a small gathering or something different! I noticed the Druids day celebrator NPC, but they don't do much yet. Also, this last bit of criticism is very small and I'm absolutely SURE is for us lovely beta testers, but I didn't really appreciate the 4th wall breaking dialogue. The joked were funny, I even laughed out loud to one description. However, I wanted to really immerse myself in the world and kept getting taken out of it by very minor quirks that other people may not find the same. Who knows, somebody may love the game more because of it, but that's my opinion. :) This game has HUGE potential, it absolutely oozes it! I can't wait to see the future updates and where we go in future! Thanks for letting us play beta! -Jeromeo first forum post ever, anywhere.
I agree with basically everything Amanea said, especially the thing about targeting and the music. I mostly agree with the time thing, however I suspect that is something Mr. Fairweather will take care of, and that the first several days are supposed to feel rushed/short (if not, then yeah, more time would be really really nice because as is, it's super frustrating).
The biggest input I have is please please please let me have inverse scrolling for the radial menus. Preferably as a toggle in settings because I need it more for the controller than the PC controls (plus I know not everyone loves inverse scrolling...though their subjective opinion is wrong).
Would also love to be able to remap the controls. The keyboard equivalent of the left trigger to display info is not comfortable to click. I'd personally would like shift and control to reverse, but that's just me.
Hey there folks! Thanks for all the feedback so far (we'll be reading each and every bit of it!), but just to help us keep everything nicely organized feel free to make brand new threads for all your feedback and impressions. It makes things much easier for us when it comes to having discussions and keeping track of it all. :D
Thanks everyone, and keep that feedback coming! ^^