I'm an indie developer based in Japan. After having worked as a game designer at two Japanese game companies for a short period, I decided to take a shot at making a game by myself. My first game is The Frontier, which is currently up for voting on Greenlight.

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Nikku_Nomura
Nikku_Nomura - - 22 comments @ The Frontier

Hey Shadow_Zone, thanks for the comment. I already replied to this on the greenlight page, but I'll post my response here as well in case anyone else wants to read it.

I do plan on adding animals and monsters to the game, but I'm still ironing out how I want the battle system to work. The plan is to have some animals that you can capture, raise and breed. You will then be able to collect materials from them over time. The other animals/monsters will drop materials if they're defeated.

Also, thanks for the sprinting request. I will see if I can implement something for it.

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Nikku_Nomura
Nikku_Nomura - - 22 comments @ The Frontier

Hey etherflows, thanks for the comment! And yeah, that will be my main focus for the new demo.

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Nikku_Nomura
Nikku_Nomura - - 22 comments @ The Frontier

Yeah, those are good points. I'll keep them in mind when I'm working on the new demo. Thanks!

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Nikku_Nomura
Nikku_Nomura - - 22 comments @ The Frontier

Hey, thanks for the feedback.

The examples you listed are ones that other players have also brought to my attention, which is a good thing. They all share the same problem of a lack of proper information being passed on to the player. This is the biggest issue I'll need to fix for the next demo version. And thanks for mentioning a tutorial. It's something I abandoned as unnecessary early on in the project, but it's worth looking into again. I'm also thinking about adding button prompts and an in-game guide to help players out. I'm not sure if I'll be able to get all three into the next demo, so I'm curious which one (or combination) you (and others) think would be the most helpful.

I'll also address the issues you brought up.

Equipping tools - You can actually equip up to 4 tools at the same time (the 4 slots on the left of the screen) and it'll automatically use the appropriate one, however, it's difficult for the player to know this without me mentioning it.

Interacting - I will be adding the ability to just click and hold the mouse button to make mining/etc easier. As for the inconsistency, I'll look into trying to unify the controls some more.

Closing UI - Quite a few people have mentioned this one, so I want to add a button to close each UI window in addition to the current key (X) that's used to do it.

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Nikku_Nomura
Nikku_Nomura - - 22 comments @ The Frontier

Hey tomerbarkan, thanks for the comment!

Yeah, the game still has a ways to go. If you don't mind, could you tell me some specific complaints for things that tired you out while playing the demo (e.g. confusing controls, UI menus are hard to understand/navigate)? For my next demo version I want to focus on improving the UX, so any feedback would be appreciated.

Also, it looks like you have your own game that you're working on. Good luck with it, and I'll be sure to check it out.

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Nikku_Nomura
Nikku_Nomura - - 22 comments @ brennie00

Hey brennie00, thanks for following The Frontier.

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Nikku_Nomura
Nikku_Nomura - - 22 comments @ crabbypaste

Hey crabbypaste, thanks for following The Frontier.

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Nikku_Nomura
Nikku_Nomura - - 22 comments @ Vladiskov

Hey Vladiskov, thanks for following The Frontier.

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Nikku_Nomura - - 22 comments @ drthompson001

Hey drthompson, thanks for following The Frontier.

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Nikku_Nomura - - 22 comments @ Prodigy777

Hey Prodigy777, thanks for following The Frontier.

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Nikku_Nomura - - 22 comments @ SniperCharlie

Hey SniperCharlie, thanks again for following The Frontier.

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Nikku_Nomura - - 22 comments @ Cristiano.b.

Hey Cristiano, thanks for following The Frontier.

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Nikku_Nomura - - 22 comments @ SolidSlater

Hey SolidSlater, thanks for following The Frontier.

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Nikku_Nomura - - 22 comments @ Bl00dW1f

Hey Bl00dW1f, thanks for following The Frontier.

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Nikku_Nomura - - 22 comments @ AtliJorund

Hey AtliJorund, thanks for following The Frontier.

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Nikku_Nomura
Nikku_Nomura - - 22 comments @ rvernon22

Hey rvernon22, thanks for following The Frontier.

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Nikku_Nomura
Nikku_Nomura - - 22 comments @ Indie Devs

Hey Indie Devs, thanks for letting me join the group.

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Nikku_Nomura
Nikku_Nomura - - 22 comments @ Bundek

Hey Bundek, thanks for following The Frontier.

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Nikku_Nomura
Nikku_Nomura - - 22 comments @ The Frontier

Thanks! Hopefully future updates won't take me so long to put up.

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