I think given the ability to simply mail authors such information there is no really compelling reason for Cryptic to work on that before the big pile of other things we'd like.
But I do agree it would be nice!
I'd also like the ability to send such information anonymously, because it would make it a little less risky when some people will flip out and grief critics, even if the criticism is private.
Campaign: The Fenwick Cycle NWS-DKR9GB7KH
Wicks and Things: NW-DI4FMZRR4 : The Fenwick merchant family has lost a caravan! Can you help?
Beggar's Hollow: NW-DR6YG4J2L : Someone, or something, has stolen away many of the Fenwicks' children! Can you find out what happened to them?
Into the Fen Wood: NW-DL89DRG7B : Enter the heart of the forest. Can you discover the secret of the Fen Wood?
As mentioned, there is the option of popping them a mail, which makes it a good idea to post your @nickname in the quest info page somewhere to make it easier for those wishing to contact you.
Also, for the most part, if you take that @nickname and search the foundry forum, chances are they have a post listed in there for review responses that need more than 25 words or less.
I prefer responses via forum. More of a back and forth discussion and also room for more detail in what they are explaining or asking.
the Book Binding series by @HarbingerDrum ----> Help Defeat Lolth's Minions
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If this happens, I want a way to put a quest into a different section of the Foundry then, a section that's only for private testing on the live server by myself and my designated testers. Right now, the only way I can have people test the specific parts of an unfinished quest that I want them to test is by publishing it to the live servers. (And that's the only way to test things like AI Pathing, too)
But in order to prevent people 1-starring me because they didn't read the big "THIS IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION DO NOT PLAY" notices all over the description, I have made the quest impossible to finish.
So we need a way to allow others into our quests for testing purposes that doesn't cause a bunch of 1-star/troll reviews/feedback from people who don't realize the quests are just there for testing.
If this happens, I want a way to put a quest into a different section of the Foundry then, a section that's only for private testing on the live server by myself and my designated testers. Right now, the only way I can have people test the specific parts of an unfinished quest that I want them to test is by publishing it to the live servers. (And that's the only way to test things like AI Pathing, too)
But in order to prevent people 1-starring me because they didn't read the big "THIS IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION DO NOT PLAY" notices all over the description, I have made the quest impossible to finish.
So we need a way to allow others into our quests for testing purposes that doesn't cause a bunch of 1-star/troll reviews/feedback from people who don't realize the quests are just there for testing.
When testing my quest i put a NPC i named Authors Guardian informing the player that the quest is in testing and published for that reason only, and drops a key to the door to enter the quest if the player answers correctly, the guardian only has one correct path but many false paths to discourage learning the route for the key.
for example the NPC would start with one question and 5 answers, each answer leading to 5 separate questions that each lead to 5 more separate questions and answers repeating several times. with only one correct path the player may have picked the wrong answer from the start but wont know it till several questions later, thus making it very hard to figure out the way in before i yanked my quest when i finished testing.
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As mentioned, there is the option of popping them a mail, which makes it a good idea to post your @nickname in the quest info page somewhere to make it easier for those wishing to contact you.
Also, for the most part, if you take that @nickname and search the foundry forum, chances are they have a post listed in there for review responses that need more than 25 words or less.
I prefer responses via forum. More of a back and forth discussion and also room for more detail in what they are explaining or asking.
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But I do agree it would be nice!
I'd also like the ability to send such information anonymously, because it would make it a little less risky when some people will flip out and grief critics, even if the criticism is private.
Wicks and Things: NW-DI4FMZRR4 : The Fenwick merchant family has lost a caravan! Can you help?
Beggar's Hollow: NW-DR6YG4J2L : Someone, or something, has stolen away many of the Fenwicks' children! Can you find out what happened to them?
Into the Fen Wood: NW-DL89DRG7B : Enter the heart of the forest. Can you discover the secret of the Fen Wood?
Also, for the most part, if you take that @nickname and search the foundry forum, chances are they have a post listed in there for review responses that need more than 25 words or less.
I prefer responses via forum. More of a back and forth discussion and also room for more detail in what they are explaining or asking.
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Comments to -> the Book Binding
But in order to prevent people 1-starring me because they didn't read the big "THIS IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION DO NOT PLAY" notices all over the description, I have made the quest impossible to finish.
So we need a way to allow others into our quests for testing purposes that doesn't cause a bunch of 1-star/troll reviews/feedback from people who don't realize the quests are just there for testing.
When testing my quest i put a NPC i named Authors Guardian informing the player that the quest is in testing and published for that reason only, and drops a key to the door to enter the quest if the player answers correctly, the guardian only has one correct path but many false paths to discourage learning the route for the key.
for example the NPC would start with one question and 5 answers, each answer leading to 5 separate questions that each lead to 5 more separate questions and answers repeating several times. with only one correct path the player may have picked the wrong answer from the start but wont know it till several questions later, thus making it very hard to figure out the way in before i yanked my quest when i finished testing.
Indeed, but reviews are fun!
Brethren of the Five, Campaign. - Story focused
The Dwarven Tale - Hack 'N Slash