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Happy Holidays From HearthPwn
Everyone here at HearthPwn wishes you the best of times during the holidays. Enjoy your time with your friends and family, but don't forget to give the Innkeeper, and us, a visit too!
Ben Brode on Deck Slots, Alt Card Art, Beginners
Senior Game Designer, Ben Brode, took to reddit to clarify a couple of questions and concerns which stemmed from his recent vlog on Card Text Consistency.
Quote from Ben BrodeI just wanted to pop in and hopefully clear up a couple things.We don't focus only on beginners, it's just that we bring them up a lot because many vocal players are already representing the other major group (engaged players). Most of what we do is for engaged players. In fact, just releasing any kind of content is pretty bad for new players. You've identified the fact that we are making the game worse (higher barrier to entry) for new players despite our apparent focus on them. That's because we really are trying to focus on everyone, impossible though it may be.
Also, I agree we do need to do something about the barrier to entry. I'm not sure it's catastrophic right now, but it won't take too many more expansions before it is. I made a video about this recently, you can check it out here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGc6hAr8r6c
We are pretty close to having some actual plans to share with everyone about this. Sorry I can't share more right now - still hammering out some details.
A couple more clairifications [sic]:
- Deck Slots - we are actively working on this.
- No alt art card rewards - this is more to benefit engaged players than new players. The game is somewhat more fun when you don't have to read your opponent's cards, and you just let the art inform the gameplay because you've just memorized it over time.
- No Weekly balancing - this also isn't for new players. Made a video about this, you can check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1ioY1KO79A
Hearthstone Jingle Bells
Gloudas put out quite an impressive version of Jingle Bells which uses the sounds of Hearthstone!
Jingle Bellls!
Is it me or the cake is a lie?
Haha, nice video. Hope ya'll had a nice christmas and wish you all the best for the new year!
"We don't focus only on beginners." "No alt art card rewards - more to benefit engaged players than new players." "No Weekly balancing - this also isn't for new players." - Ben Brode 2015
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"we focus on EVERYONE"
So they focus on no one. This is what is killing modern video games (and movies) as no one has a clear direction anymore
Don' woray, they certainly have a direction: GET MONEY.
That and make games as
funaddictive as possible to increase money flow, release games unfinished and rely on modders to finish the product so less is spent on production to increase money, save base features for expansions to steal even more money, focus on phone-users and casuals to increase money, don't balance to get even more money.There is a clear direction, and that is what is killing modern video games, not the lack of one.
4 days without news(
I am excited about the extra deck slots! Happy holidays everyone. :)
Happy Holydays!
Merry Christmas everybody!!
Love the jingle :) Good job!
I agree that minions shouldn't have alt art. It makes watching the game harder.
Merry Christmas everyone! \o/
I wish Legend for all :D
iam confused
You shold buy a deck slot for 50 gold and have a max of 27 deck slots.
Hey Brode? If you buggers don't have extra deck slots out by the start of March at the latest, we're gonna nail the entire HS team to the wall of their office by their earlobes.
This is beyond a joke.
The cake is a lie!
"Actively working" == Blizzard speak for "let's postpone this another month".