Gaslamp Games gonna be active on Steam forums?

Discussion in 'Clockwork Empires General' started by Honorable_D, Aug 13, 2014.

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  1. Daynab

    Daynab Community Moderator Staff Member

    We will have a presence there. I will personally be there to keep an eye on them and answer concerns.
    It is harder to have useful discussion in that format than it is on more compartimentalized forums or places where you can post information and reach everyone, though, which is what Citizen was talking about, and that we might not be able to respond to everyone when there will be way more posts than there is right now.
     
    Daynab, Aug 14, 2014
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  2. Daniel

    Daniel CEO Staff Member

    We will not be ignoring steam's forums.

    We will be allocating all the time we can to communicate with people, as long as we have time to actually work on the game too.

    My point was simply that at a certain point, we can't answer everyone all of the time, and we'll do everything we can to make sure that we use each hour or minute we have to communicate with as many people as we can effectively. We're not sure what the best way of doing that is yet, because it's different for every community and certainly changes as the ratio of users to developers changes. We will try some stuff, and some things we try will work better than others, and we'll learn, and we'll improve.

    Communication is really important to us, and it's really important to players, especially in Early Access. We will be constantly trying to figure out how to most effectively reach as many people as possible. Any less and we wouldn't be doing our due diligence, and I honestly don't know how we could possibly do more.
     
    Daniel, Aug 14, 2014
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  3. Honorable_D

    Honorable_D Member

    You probably already know this but if not please realize that you can create as many sub forums as you like on the Steam Community - one for Bugs, Suggestions, Q & A...

    Just look at how Folk Tale, a game similar to Clockwork Empires, manages theirs like a pro: http://steamcommunity.com/app/224440/discussions/
     
    Honorable_D, Aug 14, 2014
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  4. Nicholas

    Nicholas Technology Director Staff Member

    For those following saves at home, they're working - modulo a few little teething issues:

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    Nicholas, Aug 15, 2014
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  5. Wolg

    Wolg Member

    (...the more I look at it, the more that mining designation tag looks a bit like a player's directive to the lady colonist regarding where on her fellow colonist she is meant to jam her pickaxe.)
     
    Wolg, Aug 15, 2014
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  6. Akuma

    Akuma Member

    Yeah, looks like a feature to me. Hallucinations of the murder act and all.
     
    Akuma, Aug 15, 2014
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  7. Poklamez

    Poklamez Member

    I'm pretty sure there are enough people supporting Gaslamp Games that answering questions or redirecting people to official statements and these forums will largely be done by the community, although having a developer weigh in every once in a while makes that a whole lot easier.
    I also strongly suggest either posting the Clockwork Empires Alpha Quickstart Starvation Avoidance Guide™ as an announcement on the steam forums or actually putting it into the game, that should help avoid a lot of potential headaches during launch.
     
    Poklamez, Aug 15, 2014
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  8. Tleno

    Tleno Member

    Oh yes, that should be made a sticky just like it is on forums! Damn useful guide with the lack of tutorial in current state!
     
    Tleno, Aug 15, 2014
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  9. dbaumgart

    dbaumgart Art Director Staff Member

    (I updated it for the latest version! It will be attached to the Steam store as a PDF download. I should also update the version posted here, shouldn't I ... )
     
    dbaumgart, Aug 15, 2014
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  10. Tleno

    Tleno Member

    Dunno if that many people give a dodo about that pdf in store, seeing as many games don't have pdfs, and even some Valve games like Team Fortress 2 have novelty pdfs instead many people ignore or aren't even aware of the pdf manual feature.
     
    Tleno, Aug 15, 2014
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  11. Niknud

    Niknud Member

    just put a sticky thread on the steam forums that has the info about things like the pdf.
     
    Niknud, Aug 15, 2014
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