Urgent: Polling about the Foundry

esther · October 2015

The aim of the survey is to find out if participatory culture allows players to keep playing Neverwinter. Participants of this survey must have played games designed by others or designed games by themselves in Neverwinter.There are 10 to 15 questions depend on your answers.Thank you for your help!

1. How regular did you play Neverwinter before you reach level 15?
 Less than once a month
 Once a month
 Twice a month
 Once a week
 More than once a week

2. How many hours did you spend on Neverwinter before you reach level 15?
 Less than 2 hours
 2-5 hours
 5-10 hours
 10-20 hours
 More than 20 hours

3. How regular do you play Neverwinter after you reach level 15?
 Less than once a month
 Once a month
 Twice a month
 Once a week
 More than once a week

4. How many hours do you spend on Neverwinter after you reach level 15?
 Less than 2 hours
 2-5 hours
 5-10 hours
 10-20 hours
 More than 20 hours

5. Have you used the Foundary to design games before?
 Yes
 No (Please ignore question 6,7,8,9,11 if you choose no.)

6. How regular do you use the Foundary to design games?
 Once a year
 Twice a year
 Once a month
 Once a week
 More than once a week

7. What are the reasons for you to design games by using the Foundary? (You can choose more than one reason.)
 It is fun
 Meet new friends
 I design games for my friends
 Gain rewards (Gold and Astral Diamond)
 Other reason:

8. It is exciting to design games by using the Foundary.
 Strongly disagree
 Disagree
 Somewhat disagree
 neutral
 Somewhat agree
 Agree
 Strongly Agree

9. I feel like I make contribution to the Neverwinter gaming community after I design games with the Foundary.
 Strongly disagree
 Disagree
 Somewhat disagree
 neutral
 Somewhat agree
 Agree
 Strongly Agree

10. I feel like I belong to the Neverwinter gaming community.
 Strongly disagree
 Disagree
 Somewhat disagree
 neutral
 Somewhat agree
 Agree
 Strongly Agree

11. It is interesting to design games by using the Foundary.
 Strongly disagree
 Disagree
 Somewhat disagree
 neutral
 Somewhat agree
 Agree
 Strongly Agree

12. How many hours do you spend on playing games designed by others?
 0 hour
 2-5 hours
 5-10 hours
 10-20 hours
 More than 20 hours

13. The games designed by other players are interesting.
 Strongly disagree
 Disagree
 Somewhat disagree
 neutral
 Somewhat agree
 Agree
 Strongly Agree

14. The games designed by other players are exciting.
 Strongly disagree
 Disagree
 Somewhat disagree
 neutral
 Somewhat agree
 Agree
 Strongly Agree

15. You will keep playing Neverwinter in the next three months.
 Strongly disagree
 Disagree
 Somewhat disagree
 neutral
 Somewhat agree
 Agree
 Strongly Agree

16. I feel that myself and other players are connected.
 Strongly disagree
 Disagree
 Somewhat disagree
 neutral
 Somewhat agree
 Agree
 Strongly Agree

dzaims · October 2015

How are we supposed to answer the poll?

1. Constantly
2. Middle range, perhaps, on my first couple toons
3. Constantly
4. Constantly, 10 hours+ per week
5. Yes, recently
6. Couple times/week, 4-10 hours depending on if creating new, or tweaking older
7. Fun, designing for guildies, and I’m a creative soul anyway.
8. Agree, within the struggle with the Foundry’s limitations
9. Strongly Agree, if people were motivated to run UGC
10. Agree
11. Agree, with some measure of frustration
12. 2-5 hours/wk
13. Agree
14. Somewhat agree, there are too many BS exploits and review pimping out there
15. Of course
16. Myself and players, sure.. myself and Devs? Less so, given the neglect of UGC in the game.

zebular · October 2015

Here are my responses:

1. How regular did you play Neverwinter before you reach level 15?
 More than once a week

2. How many hours did you spend on Neverwinter before you reach level 15?
 More than 20 hours

3. How regular do you play Neverwinter after you reach level 15?
 More than once a week

4. How many hours do you spend on Neverwinter after you reach level 15?
 More than 20 hours

5. Have you used the Foundary to design games before?
 Yes

6. How regular do you use the Foundary to design games?
 Once a week

7. What are the reasons for you to design games by using the Foundary? (You can choose more than one reason.)
 It is fun
 I design games for my friends
 Other reason: I enjoy telling D&D style stories, for I have been a D&D Dungeon Master for almost 25 years now and have many stories, both told and untold, finished and unfinished that can be translated into Neverwinter via the Foundry.

8. It is exciting to design games by using the Foundary.
 Agree

9. I feel like I make contribution to the Neverwinter gaming community after I design games with the Foundary.
 Strongly Agree

10. I feel like I belong to the Neverwinter gaming community.
 Agree

11. It is interesting to design games by using the Foundary.
 Agree

12. How many hours do you spend on playing games designed by others?
 2-5 hours

13. The games designed by other players are interesting.
 neutral

14. The games designed by other players are exciting.
 neutral

15. You will keep playing Neverwinter in the next three months.
 Strongly Agree

16. I feel that myself and other players are connected.
 Agree

imaginaerum1 · October 2015

I'm not sure what's so "urgent" about this poll.
Anyone who is still here after the determined and continuous ignoring of Foundry and its authors is a hard-core author. We're here because we want to tell D&D stories that others can play through and enjoy, and this is one of the only places we can do it. We're still here even though it's been ages since they added anything new to Foundry except bugs. We're still here even though the majority of high-ranked quests are either ancient or exploits. We're still here even though every time someone from Cryptic says that this time for sure, someone's going to work on foundry, it either never happens or quickly stops. And we'll probably continue to be here until they shut down Foundry entirely, because if we haven't left yet, we either enjoy pain and frustration and/or are too stubborn to leave, and still hold onto the vain hope that maybe, someday, someone at Cryptic will wise up and see that the one thing that sets their game apart from the others is the part they continue to ignore and marginalize.

So how are these questions and our answers to them going to affect anything, and particularly affect anything to the point where the survey is "urgent"? Honestly, they're not. Look at the way they've ignored the hundreds of responses they got to their "we want to know what you think" survey.

In answer to your questions, level 1-15 goes by in no time, so isn't really relevant. Making a quality foundry quest takes many, many (many many) hours. Making more than one is a serious commitment. Those of us still doing it like to do it, find it interesting, hope others will like what we've made, and plan to keep doing it, even though it's like trying to make something while Cryptic gives us wedgies every 15-30 minutes. Despite the fact that almost nobody says anything on foundry chat anymore, and the oog guilds that had formed have gone away along with most of the authors, we still consider ourselves a community, if a disjointed and somewhat delusional (refer to "vain hope" above) one.

-- @Gruffydd

(If you liked AD&D, enjoy playing for the story rather than rewards, like trying something a bit different from the standard Neverwinter linear hack-and-slash, and/or have fond memories of module T1, please try my quest T1: The Village of Hommlet. Thanks.)

waryur · October 2015

The foundry reviewer in me first wants to say it's spelled "Foundry" not "Foundary".

Although I appreciate the sentiment of polling, I'm curious if you're able to have any pull for any urgency and bring this to Cryptic's attention? If this is a legitimate poll from PW or Cryptic, just say so. No need to hide, and you'd probably get more responses too. If not, this will probably not be taken into consideration any more than Cryptic's own thread for feedback. As Gruffydd put so well in his post, if any authors are still here despite all the obstacles it's because they, we, are hardcore.
So I'll answer the poll anyways. Because "vain hope".

Questions 1-4 not very relevant. Takes no time to level up. So played a ton of hours before and after hitting level 15.

5. Have you used the Foundary to design games before?
 Yes

6. How regular do you use the Foundary to design games?
 More than once a week, before recent events.

7. What are the reasons for you to design games by using the Foundary? (You can choose more than one reason.)
 It is fun
 Meet new friends
 I design games for my friends
 Other reason: The ability to stretch my imagination to the limit, and stretch the foundry's abilities to the limit. Constantly learning new things. Making all my D&D adventures come to life in a whole new way.

8. It is exciting to design games by using the Foundary.

 Strongly Agree, except when bugs get in the way.

9. I feel like I make contribution to the Neverwinter gaming community after I design games with the Foundary.

 neutral - I feel glad that I'm able to contribute, and others can enjoy. However, there's little to no acknowledgement by the devs that the foundry even exists for the gaming community to be aware of for them to enjoy it. You set your work loose in the ether and hope someone finds it. Too many players don't know what it is, and still think we control loot drops in the end chest.

10. I feel like I belong to the Neverwinter gaming community.

 Disagree - to other authors, yes I feel like I belong. Sadly, with few exceptions, not with the overall community at large, excepting my guild. See #9. Authors are a breed apart.

11. It is interesting to design games by using the Foundary.

 Strongly Agree

12. How many hours do you spend on playing games designed by others?
 More than 20 hours. More than that total, really. Waaaay more. Weekly? 1-5hrs.

13. The games designed by other players are interesting.

 Strongly agree - However, there are so many exploit foundry quests, it's hard to find legitimate quests. But when you find them, they're worth it.

14. The games designed by other players are exciting.
 Strongly Agree - some amazing jaw dropping work out there that is better than game content. See #13.

15. You will keep playing Neverwinter in the next three months.

 Agree - The foundry. I can't stay away.

16. I feel that myself and other players are connected.

 Neutral

valcontar73 · October 2015

Questions 1-4 not very relevant. Takes no time to level up. So played a ton of hours before and after hitting level 15, I have 11 chars so imagine...

5. Have you used the Foundary to design games before?

 Yes

6. How regular do you use the Foundary to design games?

 Once a week (I'll spend more time on it, but the weird bugs are very dissapointing)

7. What are the reasons for you to design games by using the Foundary? (You can choose more than one reason.)

 It is fun
 Meet new friends
 I design games ~~for my friends~~ for EVERYONE

 Other reason: Vanity?

8. It is exciting to design games by using the Foundary.

 Strongly Agree

9. I feel like I make contribution to the Neverwinter gaming community after I design games with the Foundary.

 Agree

10. I feel like I belong to the Neverwinter gaming community.

 Somewhat agree

11. It is interesting to design games by using the Foundary.

 Strongly Agree

12. How many hours do you spend on playing games designed by others?

 2-5 hours (I usually like to test new foundries from other authors friends)

13. The games designed by other players are interesting.

 Agree (except if they are a "farm or quick/fast/exploit quest)

14. The games designed by other players are exciting.

 Agree (There are amazing masterpieces outhere, far better than the cryptic/pwe are able to do)

15. You will keep playing Neverwinter in the next three months.

 Somewhat disagree (Refining to the infinite? (Tell me where in D&D you need to REFINE a weapon in order to use it properly, where? tell me? where? WHERE? I'm not hearing you! WHERE IN D&D YOU NEED TO REFINE A WEAPON? not to mention other equipment pieces...) Dropping tons of resources on the Black Hole, uh sorry the Stronghold? Deal with the Foundry with tons of irritating bugs you find every time you want to test something? )

16. I feel that myself and other players are connected.

 Somewhat agree

si1verwf · October 2015

1. How regular did you play Neverwinter before you reach level 15?
Every day!

2. How many hours did you spend on Neverwinter before you reach level 15?
5-10 hours

3. How regular do you play Neverwinter after you reach level 15?
Every day!

4. How many hours do you spend on Neverwinter after you reach level 15?
3-4 hours daily

5. Have you used the Foundary to design games before?
No (Please ignore question 6,7,8,9,11 if you choose no.)

10. I feel like I belong to the Neverwinter gaming community.
Agree

12. How many hours do you spend on playing games designed by others?
2-5 hours - across all characters and all my time played

13. The games designed by other players are interesting.
Agree

14. The games designed by other players are exciting.
Agree

15. You will keep playing Neverwinter in the next three months.
Somewhat agree

16. I feel that myself and other players are connected.
Somewhat agree

Also, my 5 cents about teh Foundry
There is NO ANY reasons to authors to create it or develop, also as for players to play custom Foundry maps.
Why?
NO ANY worth and good rewards.

torontodave · October 2015

What's the purpose of this poll? ... It's your only post.. Just wondering. =D

guitarzan698 · October 2015

I'll answer these questions when PWE answers mine.

iandarksword · October 2015

I hit level 15 like the first or second day of Open Beta?
I used the Aurora engine in Neverwinter Nights for my own entertainment.
I try to login at least twice daily.
My daily in-game time varies between a few minutes to several hours (I have these things called a job, and children, they come with "responsibilities.")
Yes, I use the Foundry editor. Not as much recently, because it crashes when you add sounds.
Is UGC exciting? Sometimes.
I don't keep track of how long I play UGC, given the broken status of the editor, I've been holding off to allow people to create a finished product.
Do I feel like part of a community? Yes, an angry, frustrated, and tiring community. I wish I had a more cheerful viewpoint, but it is what it is.

hastei · October 2015

Hi guys, thanks for replying. Your responses were greatly appreciated. On behalf of the author of the poll, we are students from UWA focusing on participatory culture on Neverwinter's Foundry (how players play Neverwinter's Foundry, how they share their ideas, etc). Although I had just joined this forum, I myself had played Neverwinter before and tried the Foundry for the past two years. I personally guarantee you all that we are absolutely neither from PW nor Cryptic. We greatly appreciate more additional responses.

lovepeas · November 2015

1. How regular did you play Neverwinter before you reach level 15?
 More than once a week

2. How many hours did you spend on Neverwinter before you reach level 15?
 5-10 hours

3. How regular do you play Neverwinter after you reach level 15?
 More than once a week

4. How many hours do you spend on Neverwinter after you reach level 15?
 More than 20 hours

5. Have you used the Foundary to design games before?
 Yes

6. How regular do you use the Foundary to design games?
 Once a week

7. What are the reasons for you to design games by using the Foundary? (You can choose more than one reason.)
 Other reason: Creative outlet

8. It is exciting to design games by using the Foundary.
 Agree

9. I feel like I make contribution to the Neverwinter gaming community after I design games with the Foundary.
 Somewhat agree

10. I feel like I belong to the Neverwinter gaming community.
 Somewhat agree

11. It is interesting to design games by using the Foundary.
 Agree

12. How many hours do you spend on playing games designed by others?
 More than 20 hours

13. The games designed by other players are interesting.
 Agree

14. The games designed by other players are exciting.
 Agree

15. You will keep playing Neverwinter in the next three months.
 Somewhat agree

16. I feel that myself and other players are connected.
 Somewhat disagree

Good luck on your assignment.

Urgent: Polling about the Foundry

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