Hey @DenkiGames 

Dude, I can't explain the joy I have playing this game. It's so satisfying when your place comes together and everything just works.  Having to wait till 2018 truly saddens me but I understand that you want a break. I definitely agree with everyone that you should try getting it on steam and get it out there. I would love for you to keep the Mac version, because 1, I have it on my work computer which happens to be a Mac  and 2, I think it would widen your publicity (if that makes sense). As for quality, I think its amazing, the simplistic look is absolutely ASTONISHING and definitely helps with frames, so if I have 20+ workers doing there own little thing, I'm not killing my computer(Mac). 

As for some ideas for the future...                                                                                                                                           

---I think there should be a small popup, maybe in one of the corners, that shows what command a worker is performing as you hover the mouse button over them, I think this would be great for when your bot is stuck or your just purely curious as to what it is doing, I just personally hate having to press space and then go through everything and sometimes the sidebar gets a little annoying.                                                          

 ---Movable research and worker sidebar  and/or movable popup for whatever your cursor is over

 ---Bigger Storage (maybe even a Storage Manager)       

 ---Use Charcoal as a fuel source                                                                                                                                              

 ---Upgraded furnace

---A way to remove and place Grass/Weeded Soil/Tree Soil

---Trash cans 

---A way to set the area at which the Workers work in

---different floors

---Stone Houses

---Random Generation

---I was also thinking of a more intricate citizen system like school, mating, bigger houses, etc. (that can go on forever in my mind)

---Slaughterhouse (well the functions of one)

---Better crops/crop fields

God, I really said a lot and the problem is, I have more ideas and it's because this game has so much potential, really did good job on this one. I lastly suggest reaching out to Sl1pG8r I see him surfing through Itch.io a lot and I have a feeling that this would be a game he would love. I can't wait till we see more from you, good luck.

Sincerely,

Gavyn

P.s. If you need anymore ideas lol, email me: Chef.prod14@gmail.com

Hey @DenkiGames,

Regarding Kickstarter, have to say I didn't even hear about it and would have willingly backed it if I'd known. So don't knock yourselves too harshly, you have a marketing issue more than a product one.

For more publicity I'm sure you're aware that Yogscast will be doing their charity stream through the month of December. Might be worth reaching out to them and seeing if they can do anything on stream. They've even published Caveblazers recently so might be open to something more cooperative.

Keep up the good work, looking forward to an opportunity to get a Steam key. Which might also be something worth considering, get the game listed on Steam and generate some buzz over there even if it's just follows/wishlists. The Devs for 'They are billions' recently did sales through Humblestore for pre-early access steam beta keys. The response kind of tripped them up it was so successful (they ran out of keys). Maybe check that out also as it would let you get some revenue before even releasing to steam. And of course it would then also generate more activity in steam from those who've bought the game.

As for depth in the game, I agree, it currently seems to be a tech tree rush, albeit very enjoyable. Perhaps having goals and unlocks linked to world objectives would help.  Fulling needs is good but I'd also wonder if having hostile mobs, weather/decay etc could be worked in to add depth without it centering on just supply and demand.

Maybe even look at a modular manufacturing tier. Where people can build complete factory units rather than multiple singular machines (benefit of smaller footprint, faster production etc). Such factories could be trained in a similar manner to bots.

I'll go shut up now. Have a great Christmas & New Years.

Ah, so no update until 2018 ? Fine, fine... I liked the weekly something, but i get your point.

People looking at the game around me all say the same : art is not attractive, not as a tech but as a mood. They don't want super high level new polygonal machine killers, but they do want more cohesive everything, GUI mostly. The color choice was often quoted as a "no way i paly that". Too shiny, too unartistic. Some even ask if there is an ASCII mod instead (in a serious question).

I don't really care about that part, but i share what they say.