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Dear visualutopia, my name is Tatiana and i'm from Russia, but moved to | ||||
Seems like our presence on social media (Facebook) is working, and the visuals (graphics) doesn't seem to be the problem! | ||||
I'd bonk you Zeta. | ||||
Yes, Facebook thing is working But to say graphics of Visual Utopia are not the problem is just foolish. Comparing to any other game, we are very outdated, for 10 years there have not been any graphics updates. To be honest I am ashamed to actually ask people to play the game before graphics get to a level that is at least acceptable for a game. Before there is an update to make the game graphics look something like this: You can't really expect lots of players. The graphics we have now are ugly And we're called Visual Utopia. The irony. Its the game mechanic that keeps us all here, the ability to move armies anywhere you want, adjust to enemy movements. Make plans, do all sorts of different attacks, that is whats missing in most other browser games. I just wish we could have the graphics and the game play. (Also do not do the update you suggested while back, the religions and everyone owning only 1 city and take over gives you % of resources... we do not need that, game play is not broken. Graphics are.) | ||||
i always thought the most important aspect of the game is teamwork. i probably wouldve quit after my first week if i hadnt discovered the chat. in fact ive stopped playing since the chat died. maybe make improvements to the ingame chat? | ||||
Graphics are easy to fix. Its a case of getting ideas and consensus on the idea before creating the graphic. Done it for 20 years and thats always the problem... we dont all like the same thing | ||||
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Meh i like the graphics the way they are.. if this game looked like COC i dont know if i would play it... its a nostalgic feeling... Maybe changing all the race cities to look different at least would be nice though.. | ||||
Well yes, its only the cities that need urgent update. Everything else looks fine | ||||
bling those pictures are lame. everyone who plays vu are adults | ||||
Talk for you, iloved those graphics :D | ||||
This game would thrive it had a smart phone app - graphics isn't the main issue. It's just the generation we're in. The amount of mates who've told me that if this had an app they'd be glued to it is not worth counting - too many! | ||||
yeah but you like playing farmville juan | ||||
Mobile version: http://visual-utopia.com/mobile/ | ||||
this game is over ten years old, and it is not broken just old. it was built when flash games and browser based games were it. you didnt need to BUY the game it was Free To Play and your more than free to Donate. now ftp is the vehicle in game Purchases the model. vu has no shiny gold star to market ticks only work if you know how to use them. idk make half sale at market more intuitive. but again idk in the age of 3$ pre alphas and what ever star citizen costs people still play eve cause its solid and theyre invested. this isnt cookie clicker one of its own marketing points is its slow... strategic... and stable. its not hoiv its not total war its not they are billions or wow or broken its Visual Utopia and its just old and i love it. also chrome works on most smartphones. games not broke we are also boats | ||||
In more then ten years I have played this game, regardless of all the new maps, tricks and changes to the game which I would say are an improvement. The game has clearly declined in it s ability to attract new players or keep up with the times. Proof is that when I started this game ten years ago, We had about 70 odd new and semi new players fighting all over mantrax around 50 new players in zetamania Then probably around 4 era's later when I started to play on fant. There was literally hundreds of players playing at the same time on fantasia. Playing in the lower worlds was actually looked down upon unless you where new. It was normal to have 7 kingdoms all fighting eachother with like 20-30 players each. 10 years later there are about only 30 active players on fantasia, the rest of the worlds are dominated by experienced players. I came back around a year ago with the intention to make a kingdom full of new or newish players which I did. I would say I have only come across 3 new players, who all have now quit. We are more bored of the game then broken, the same kingdoms still exist the same players dominate every map, the same cliques exist since I last player about 5 years before. The only difference is they have lost more then half their numbers. Zeta has not made a worthwhile contribution to adding new players. I am not trying to say he hasn't tried, but the fact is hes failed at getting new players or keeping the ones he already has is obvious for anyone who played long enough. Also the VU mobile absolutely sucks I can use it etc but it took so long to find a way around moving armies. I still cant cast magic. There needs to be something done about this for this game to improve, everything on earth can improve. I dont want to hear this caveman approach of if its not broken dont try and fix it. We need to improve it, the games not broken its just everything in life has to get better otherwise it gets left behind in ancient times. VU is from ancient times. | ||||
Im prolly the one who most bashes this game. But VU is brilliant. There is no other mechanic that is even close to it. | ||||
if uwer thinks VU needs a team, then i think we can assume that its fine the way it is | ||||
Sure VU is great :) | ||||
We need to advertise more I think, I had never bought BT's and started the game as a child so decided once I was an adult to pay to get a custom account. Thank you for everything you have created Zeta the game is great and can improve by heaps too. | ||||
fuck it im drinkin now imma tell my shitty joke. we should make T-shirts. that way we could have wet T-shirt contests then the ultimate combo BOATS AND HOES | ||||
ok go ahead, tell the joke | ||||
Well, something like this would probably help:  Allies/enemies color, race/owner note. Various QoL improvements for a number of windows are also needed, I can provide a detailed list if needed (I wrote a script for this back when I was playing). There's also the need to hide some information from the client-side code, as it can lead to cheating. It's possible to know various info about armies and cities just from the source code. Don't know if this has been addressed during my absence. | ||||
I hear you Zeta - I use the mobile version - but people will more likely stumble across this using the App store and therefore a string of constant players. Not to mention that you'll probably gain extra revenue. | ||||
I, and a few others have been cawing for an app for years. Same reason as above, people finding the game and easyier to just click on an app. Really like the idea of coloured city names too. Would require formal relations being added but that also would be an improvement imho. | ||||
App store is the way. | ||||
And I'm a firm PC-user. I'm from 1957. | ||||
If we add the game to the app store it will be buried deep, next to the daemons of Moria. Just like our Facebook app! | ||||
I see what you're saying - the movement of armies on the mobile version can sometimes be a bit clunky in my opinion. I'm still an avid app fan for the survival of this game though - imagine the amount of people that would just quickly log in whilst on the toilet etc. :P But I seriously think we'll gain more players. However, it's probably a lot of work for a game that you're not making money off... but you never know, it might just be the next flappy bird! haha | ||||
mobile version never worked for me, y only play pc. :( | ||||
Still having the same fantasies that I become a billionaire and invest a millions into this game as I had when I was 13 (now 22). | ||||
suck my ballz | ||||
Since this thread seems to be something close to a suggested improvements forum, I figured I'd share some of my not-so-positive views of the game in a sort of short review of my first close to four weeks playing this game. I'll highlight negatives over positives, not because I don't think there are any positives, but I don't see how just saying how good the game is will help change anything. | ||||
Any chance you could hire someone zeta? Doubling your power should definitely generate more than double the revenue.... | ||||
dear VU. I'm bored with the game now, so decided I am going to crash the servers while I play this years fifa. | ||||
you could help zeta, might be more productive | ||||
nah, bored with that too. | ||||
What a benefit to society. | ||||
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