Poll Results

Hi,

here are the results of two Polls of the last weeks.

Poll 1: MC Character (Quick VIP Poll)

After receiving some requests to make MC look a bit more masculine I put up two variants for a quick VIP Poll

• 15% voted to keep current MC (Type A)
• 43% voted for variation B (a bit more Chad...)
• 43 % voted that either is fine

So from V0.6 MC version B (which anyway isn't massively different) is used for side images. I used the opportunity to normalize his height as well, as I made a mistake from the beginning with that. He was way to small if you compare him to T'Ris.

Poll 2: Biggest Gripes regarding SJX (All Patron Poll)

Here are the top requests for items to change

• A / 19% want save-game compatibility
• B / 15% want less grind
• C / 15 % want a romance route for (a / any) girl
• D / 6% want better stress / mood management
• E / 6% misceallanous

Based on that, here are the measures to improve the game in that direction:

• In an attempt to combine A & B, I introduced (i) new mid game starting points for new versions, which reflect different states of progress. Also, (ii) your best bots can be carried over to new games. Furthermore (iii) repair grind will be way improved with V0.6 in an immersive way.
  Availability: V0.6
• A romance route is decided to come in, but for that I need to introduce a new character, as all the current ones (T'Ris, Nimhe, Vee, Khelara) are not the classic romance type LI. There will be a new character more suited to a romance path and maybe I can bend Khelara's path a bit in that direction too.
  Availability: V0.7
• Stress / mood management was a bit rough in V0.5, it is toned down (less stress for tasks, automation possibilities, ...).
  Availability: V0.6
• Regarding other change requests, there were a bunch more I took over into the planning list and some already in V0.6
• A bit contentious issue is Nimhe's hairstyle, as it makes her look too young to be an experience hacker. Some players like the old style. Still experimenting with variations, but will take until V0.7 to swap out all art once a design is decided (probably make a VIP poll for that)

Thanks for everyone who participated!

You can also visit the new "Game requests" channel on Discord in case you can come up with more good ideas.

y.v.