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Hello there, people.
First of all, I wish to tip my hat off to the developer. Truly outstanding work you've done, it's rare to find a freeware videogame that could easily be sold on Steam. I've been playing The Road 2 Success for most of my weekend, which is a sort of a huge compliment coming from me personally, as I'm rarely home when free days swing around. Not even triple A games have that kind of power on me, my statement should fully explain how addictive this game can be.
With that being said, I wish to offer my feedback to Mark. The main problem I have with the current version of the game is that it becomes very tedious very fast, unfortunately. Specifically, I'm referring to the mechanics behind the CD stocks after a single or an album is released. Making sure that you don't run out of stocks is a very time-consuming process and it made me give up after some time - but only to start a new game and try again with fewer artists.
I believe this could be easily rectified by implementing a quick button in the home menu that takes the player to a screen in which you can easily check remaining stocks. I'd envision a box on the left side of the screen listing artists signed to the player's label who are currently on the market. On the right, I would have a list of remaining stocks in each region and quick input fields that you can use to order more CDs from the manufacturers. The process doesn't need to be automated, I'm far as I concerned. It just needs to be quick and easy. I'd consider releasing a patch with such a change ASAP, even before 1.2 is released. I believe that the game would improve dramatically at that point.
Something else that could be improved, in my opinion, is how the promotion shows are listed. I'm from the US and sadly I'm unfamiliar with shows in the UK, Europe or Asia. I reckon that US shows are listed in order of popularity, from top to bottom. I assumed that it was the case for UK, European and Asian shows as well, but when I checked out the game editor, I noticed that it isn't always true. Displaying the ratings for each show would fix this minor problem, I do believe.
Another minor problem I have with the game is the nationality of the randomly generated artists and what they perform. Don't get me wrong, I think this is a nifty feature of the game, but at the end of the day, the overall goal is to have artists you've signed reaching the top of the charts, thus bringing in loads of cash for your label. I'm not sure if a Scottish rapper could ever accomplish that, no matter how good he is. A Scottish rock band, on the other hand, well... that's more realistic. I do believe that the music industry is simply dominated by a few countries and I think the game would stand to improve without randomly generated artists cluttering the game. I would implement a way to dramatically reduce the number of artists from nations that aren't well-known for producing quality performers on a regular basis, or at least assign a preferred genre for each country.
For example, it's well-known that 99% of hip hop artists are from the US and it is equally well-known that the UK produces quality rock bands or that Europe has a variety of quality DJs/Electronic performers. To me, a Swedish rapper - as an example - makes little sense. They might have success in their own country, singing in their own language, but International success would be elusive. In the game, you're competing against internationally acclaimed labels, and as a player I'm looking to grow my label's reputation and hopefully sign a few superstars in the future, and it only makes sense to me that such popular artists would come from countries that are known for dominating the industry.
Last thing. In my opinion, the growth of an artist's reputation might be a touch too slow. I'm playing with the real life database and I signed Ariana Grande for my label. I had her release a couple of Five Stars singles and a couple of Five Stars albums, plus I sent her on tour twice, but despite her star potential, she is still under 20% in reputation and even less in Asia. Of course, I don't expect to have an artist jump in popularity overnight, however I do believe that quality performers should be reward accordingly. Nowadays, if an artist is good enough the whole world is going to learn about them quickly, thanks to the power of modern media - say, YouTube. I think the game should reflect that. Maybe an average artist would have difficulties gaining popularity, but a potential superstar should become a musical sensation sooner than that.
I realize this is a long post and I apologize, but hopefully my feedback has been constructive enough. Again, I think this game is outstanding and it could become a real gem with a few improvements.
Best of luck and keep up the good work!
I am looking in a test build what I can figure out to do about the reordering of stock, ill come back to you on this.
As for randomly generated artists, this is a tricky part but has a lot of complexity already attached to it. Its being modified in 1.2 and I cannot see me changing this in 1.1 really due to the work involved and 1.2 is all new code.
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Hey nice post. Im on my way home from work ill have a good read of this tomorrow as im tired but from some of it i can say a fair bit of this covered in 1.2 but ill reply better tomorrow when ive had some sleep.
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I see festivals being reworked completely to be honest. I can add more but its a bit of a task so I would prefer to change it completely as now the purpose is just increasing reputation etc but I would like to make it so much more.
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This will be my last suggestion I will make before 1.2 is released...
-Are you going to add more award types and more award shows and can the data handle more than 10 items of awards for the run of the show maybe up to 15 or 20 ? Can more festivals be added as well
I can add more awards or festivals, if you have some you can tell me a site for details ill look into it.
-Will there be an interactive mode to see how critics and audiences react to the artist's material like music wars did ? Can we see have an option to see how the award show runs live and that the artist or band give a speech if they win an award or if they go on tours we want to see how the audience/critics react to the songs and the show overall ?
Not for 1.2 but this area needs reworking on how it is now. I am not sure about this feature in music wars you talk about as I dont play that game.
-Will an artist/band discography would look different this time and will it look how it look when viewing an artist/band wikipedia and the numbers an album/single etc charted ?
Not quiet due to space restrictions but it is now different.
-Can some songs chart even though they are not released as singles ? Some songs by alot of artists would chart due to most digital downloads of it and it would chart even though the artist havent released as singles. Can it be released as singles and have a music video by an artist/ban by choice ?
No not at this stage however I am looking at airplay and how I can bring it into the game but it wont make 1.2. Charts at the moment are purely down to sales or videos tbc as I am yet to get to that bit.
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I have to be careful with awards and festivals because if I add too many it will slow the game down and will affect other areas of the game as reputations get influenced.
Maybe ill add some new ones in the new databse though. If you have any suggestions then let me know along with a website about the festival or award.
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And Also Add Billboards chart,And Many more chart for your information Oricon Chart is the biggest chart in Japan,meanhwhile in Korea Gaon Chart is the Biggest chart I hope you can add all my suggestion to this version game
There is far more charts etc in the next version.
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First at all it don't too late right.....
Okey,Number 1,I hope the player can give a fandom name like example Pink=Pink Lovers
Number 2.Add more Best Quality Songwriter for country,RnB,Rock,Hip Hop,Rap and JPOP.
Number 3.I hope there are all label artist go tour together.like example Young Money Tour.And The artists that will play for this tour is all Young Money Artist
number 4.Add KPOP Genre
Number 5.Add More Award like newcomer award,best rnb artist and many more.
Number 6.I Really hope that you will relese it on android too.
only that my suggestion.I very hope that me suggestion will make you add this to 1.2 version.Im Sorry if my english is bad becouse im from Asia.I Love The Road 2 Sucsess.I Injoy this game.
What does this mean?
"Okey,Number 1,I hope the player can give a fandom name like example Pink=Pink Lovers"
Tours is being redone so ill consider you suggestion.
KPop is in for 1.2 as well as many other genres.
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It is too late however I suggest you post this again when the next patch is worked on as it will only contain user ideas.
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You know im glad I reread this as I completely missed what you was asking for. I'll put it down to being unwell...anyway enough excuses.
I think this is a good idea ill add to my todo list. In respect to your marketing department ordering more stock.
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Thanks for the feedback its obviously useful for me.
I am currently at this stage in the 1.2 development and am considering ways around making it such a long process. Its possible for me to make it automated but I am also changing the way you do it manually. The big difference is there is now around 130 countries instead of 4 regions so to make it simplier is one hell of a task.
I'll do my best to make it better hopefully you will be happy with the results.
When I release the alpha to a select group ill ask them to give opinions on this area and am more than willing to change it to suit the players requirements.
As for a donation. If you arent enjoying a part of the game then I am not doing a good enough job for one. Ive never accepted a donation simply because its not required. As it stands all I want is people to play and enjoy it for free, its a hobby of mine outside the stress of work.
So thanks for feedback and if you have more then let me know im interested to read it.
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I love music, why else would I make this game right?
I ALWAYS listen to music as I make the game, my mood determines the style of music. But what I can say I like is.
Electronic, be it Trance, dance etc etc
Pop
Hip-Hop
R&B
Rap
Im open to other genres but these days not so much rock. I dont mind music thats not in English, I have loved many a song that isnt.
Use the Youtube tag to recommend songs or you can link me to your google music playlist as I use this to listen to music on pc or mobile these days.
So let me know whats new and good, im always after new playlists and share with others.
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Diamond certification is in fyi
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I was checking the schedule and noted that you can travel the world in 5 days and produce an album and visit a TV show in Japan even if you have a gig in USA.
My short suggestion is:
- Allow only 2 activities per day;
- Demand time to rest and travel;
- Put the prodution time in the schedule;
A more complex suggestion:
- Create 3 sub-types of promotions (Live, Streaming and Recorded), If a artist is not on Japan the only way to him promote himself there is traveling or making a streaming or recorded promotion but Live will be more effective than the others.
- Allow the label decide what days the artist will record the album/song, if it's necessary 10 days it could be during free dates on a tour;
- Make impossible a gig and a record session on the same day / Travel and do anything else but promotions / Allow 3 activities in the same day but demand a rest day before it, so the artist could make a gig and 2 promotions in the same day;
- Disable the option to book a promotion in the same Show over and over! Allow it only 1 or 2 times per month.
All complete valid points raised 100% agree. I have a few things in mind to implement some of this. I'll be copying this post to my dev section to make sure I look much more at this.
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Sad it upsets you so much but if editing your own database is not enough for you to control your own game I cannot do anymore. I wont get involved in politics however I am going to change it to Republic of.
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Is so rare coding it in right now would cause significant problems without me cheating the system. If this becomes more common ill certainly add it and may even do so but not in 1.2
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Good evening.
I would like to make some suggestions about the very nice and addictive game you have created.
Always in a positive light and without criticism.
1) electronic messages that are opened should fade immediately
Not sure what this means?
2) should the emails have date beside of them
Im sure I can add this.
3) there should be a detailed course of the tour and a summary at the end of this.
total viewers / merchadising revenue / income concert / summary of the board as to whether or
not they were successful.
Good Idea, ill note this down. Tours hasnt been coded in 1.2 yet but is a 100% rewrite so as I said ill note this one as good idea.
4)should minimize clicks in the artists tab. On the Home tab of the artist must indicate at what
stage is the preparation of the cd and how many days it will be ready.
otherwise it can build a new tab for all the artists together and look
at what stage are their tries.
Not totally sure what you mean. The idea with the new interface being used was to allow more data but I wont deny it actually in a way has added more clicking but until in Beta will be hard for me to know if its not good, I dont think its a problem. Drop down menu's mean I can add quicker access to direct information.
5)Marketing assistants can be more active by saying when ends the stock from an album.
Good Idea another ill note down.
it would be nice to create a database for each individual country. for example I would choose Greece and tried to conquer the local music industry and then make the step to the global music industry. each country will have their top artists like now.
If you need someone to make the local database here in Greece, i will be very happy to help the game to gain more fans and even gain more depth
Artists are likely to be more successful in their local region with the introduction of individual countries.
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-Also can an artist choose different producers on an album instead of one producer to do the whole album.
This can happen now technically, each song can have a seperate producer.
-Schedules should be tweaked a lil bit and show everything that an artist/band is up to.
Schedules are being updated.
-Critical Reception of an album/Single Should Be Tweaked As well. Like rolling Stones , NME, Allmusic, Entertainment weekly etc usually review album/singles all the time by giving them ratings while some use stars and some grade them. I think you should have critics react to the artists materials by giving it compliments under each critic and show what each critic have to say about the record. If the material is positive the sells would increased however if the material is negative it could have an affect on sales.
This part of the game sucks, but wont be heavily updated in 1.2. Magazines will come into the game, to what full extent will be revealed later.
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I am in the process of completing the album creation screens at the moment so ill bare this in mind. Greatest hits, remixed albums, live albums etc will be handled somewhere else and will come shortly. I am keeping quiet on details so I have plenty to tease with before release, such as youtube videos etc as I want to promote this version harder than ever before.
EP's however im still convinced wont get in this version, I find them a luxury feature at the moment , but thats not to say they wont come at some point. Jury is still out there for me. EP's have not been confirmed for 1.2.
As for double disc albums, at the moment the game has a built in limit still but I can work a change to this if required. I dont think right now the feature is top of my list again but I can consider it, but ill do so once the core new release details are running well.
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You guys have certainly gone all out on the lists.
The plan is soon I will work on a large database update. I have been waiting on a lockdown on some things before doing so. Once that is done and editor is stable enough ill be able to add continiously over a week to build a very large databsae. In fact going off of these lists you might find the first database completely full of real artists, could be interesting!
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Fyi Once I'm off work Tues I'll be replying to the suggestions.
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The only time I have decided on removing something for that sort of reason was removing the Falklands even though I am British.
I will keep the official country title opposed to the UN title for now and you can edit this as you wish in the editor as you can change countries here.
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Ill rename it Republic of
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Spice girls wont be coming to the game unless they come back.
The databse with the game will only contain current artists.
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Just to say I have tweaked this list I believe. Its still very large dont worry! I'll get this list for you soon but its virtually no different to this.
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Sub labels wont come in 1.2 but they will be coming to the game in the future.