Spiral Knights - How to save the game (a GM must read)

How to save the game (a GM must read)

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Sun, 04/13/2014 - 18:38

Anthrom

Here is the deal:
The game is dying, lets all accept it. Many are tired of waiting for
Updates that really matter and arent happy with the events.
Because of that many quit and nobody hears from the game anymore.
No new players means nobody will spent money on the game!

OOO, update the game already! At least tell us what is taking extremely
long!!! Save the few players you have left!!! Most important, make a new trailer!
Let people know this game exists, if making a simple trailer ask us knights to gladly make one for you!!!
Let us knights spread the word on social media and you will gain alot of new players!

And most important, talk with us, listen what we have to say! Becouse we are getting the wrong idea of you guys. You keep delaying updates and wr have no clue what is happening! Just answer us and we will understand!!! How hard really is it!!!

Really, lets fix this together
We have many cool ideas you guys never read or hear of...

Take 5 minutes of your so precious time to answer us and we will do anything you need!

Sun, 04/13/2014 - 18:41

Midnight-Dj

*takes out an electric guitar*

Looking down into the clockwork,
Large cogs turned by,
Every monsters advancing together,
So willingly to sacrifice crowns,
Players accepted their fate of grinding,
Give up freewill, conform,
Individual pieces hurled together,
Becomes a full storm.

Looking down into the Great colony,
Grand Arsenal rise,
Even the developers with the greatest intentions,
Started to believe in their own lies,
They can always talk about the future,
But eventually, contents must be made,
The only way out of the clockworks,
Is to strike out and pave your own way!

We all play,
Our own knights,
Will you fuel the desire to grind?
Always struggle with the truth,
With all the games you might have played.
No matter how awesome this game is,
You will eventually leave,
Even when the Vana has fallen,
The grinding still raged with in!!!

Sun, 04/13/2014 - 18:47

Markus-Aurelius

These "THE GAME IS DYING!" threads are getting annoying.

Let us knights spread the word on social media and you will gain alot of new players!
They stop us from telling other people about the game?

We have many cool ideas you guys never read or hear of...
You know for a fact that OOO hasn't read or heard of these ideas?

Sun, 04/13/2014 - 20:43

Hexzyle

Song of waiting for updates
What will the future hold?
How will I be rewarded?
Have I the right to riches
In a world where there are no prizes?

Who makes the Clockworks tick by?
When will the update be ready?
Do I get prior warning?
Am I told, are there no surprises?

I have to count my blessings
I have to learn my lessons
My fate is in the balance
I must go on believing

Sun, 04/13/2014 - 20:45

Pepperonius

@OP

While most of your post has been repeated for about 3 years on the SK forums in one thread or another (SK has been dying since it launched, btw, according to forum goers), you raise a very good issue that I will highlight for you.

Most important, make a new trailer!
Let people know this game exists, if making a simple trailer ask us knights to gladly make one for you!!!
Let us knights spread the word on social media and you will gain a lot of new players!

Without throwing out wild accusations or spending your budget for you (@OOO), I must say that your marketing team has been less than stellar. Without my brother, who encountered the game on steam launch, I would not have found SK. I still do not know where the advertising for SK is, to be honest. I love the trailer itself, and as posted by the OP, we could sure use a new one, and this time, market it. Many of us would help with that, and spread it over social media.

Without SK, I would have missed out on a lot of friends, and if that is the case for me, then there are people out there who haven't found SK yet, and they deserve the chance at these friends too.

Sun, 04/13/2014 - 20:49

Markus-Aurelius

I didn't really think about it at first, but, yeah, the trailer is long overdue for an update.

Sun, 04/13/2014 - 21:22

Floerail

these thread...

No new players means nobody will spent money on the game!

there's new player every week~ but not too much, most of them leave because of bad connection or stuck when reach grinding section.

if they not tell us about gunner update from the first place.. lot of people might not ragequit or bored to wait for this update~
i agree with the new trailer, they need promo this game too in most gaming website to improve player base.
but another problem is our bad server.. as i told above our bad server can sometime or most of time cause new people to leave
but they can't focus on making both gunner update and good server...
gunner update, can make veteran stay or leave (depend of what going to be happen)
better server, can make some new player and veteran with bad connection to stay healthy but no new content can make some old player leave (they actually don't have target to reach which make them bored)

this is what all of us want.. informing us about new future but canceled and you guys run without giving any clue is wrong
tell us what happen.. this make me sick and some of my friend already left because of forever delay update

Sun, 04/13/2014 - 21:34

Dividedfish

My Thoughts

Let people know this game exists, if making a simple trailer ask us knights to gladly make one for you!!!
Let us knights sp read the word on social media and you will gain alot of new players!

Yeah, I wouldn't mind seeing this turn into a sort of contest. We make some trailers, the marketing department sees the trailers, ands they decide that theirs isn't as fantastic, and so they use the newly made one instead. Not only do players participate, but it helps advertise overall.

And most important, talk with us, listen what we have to say! Because we are getting the wrong idea of you guys. You keep delaying updates and we have no clue what is happening! Just answer us and we will understand!!! How hard really is it!!!

It would be nice to have just a tad bit more communication. But don't get too impatient. Things take time.

Sun, 04/13/2014 - 21:50

Curious-Mewkat

Of course the game is dying. All online games will die sooner or later. Seen halo? What happened to call of duty 4!? Yea those are games that do not update, so here's another : everquest, maplestory, trickster...

Yep... Thanks for reminding us the inevitable

Sun, 04/13/2014 - 23:01

Untrustful

Adding replay value is as

Adding replay value is as simple as adding arcade elements. Examples include:

Soccer Lobby in Phantasy Star Online Blue Burst
Racing Johnny in Chrono Trigger
Cooking Show in Star Ocean 2
Everything in the Golden Saucer (Final Fantasy 7)

The Arcade Redux will be introducing some stuff that I think we'll all enjoy. There's these little touches that were added in earlier depths that you don't see much in later depths, like the "Choose wisely" thing where you have to choose between two treasure rooms, and the spots you shoot to get crowns or enemies to spawn. I'm really pumped up for the coming updates if we get a more varied touch on stuff like this.

(Ignore the following if you hate when people post ideas about whatever that seem impossible)

Heck, it'd be cool to do a solo prestige mission or a new coliseum game where you're basically a chess piece (you're restricted to the movements of the knight piece) opposing a themed team of enemies (all fiends, all gremlins, etc who can move according to their chess-equivalent role), and the floor is all spikes except the paths you're allowed to walk on when it's your turn, and when an interaction happens (when you land on an enemy or it lands on you) you and the enemy are locked by a gate on the square you're both on and forced to fight (the lander would get a bonus of some kind like power, defense, speed), and the objective is to take on the enemy representing the king piece.

Mon, 04/14/2014 - 05:56

#10

Dahall

@OP

I don't know if anyone said this but, "We all start dying the moment we are born".

So please, there are many F2P games that have become popular but then started dying the next several months.We are just consumers and can't do anything about this.So please, please stop your whining and go do something useful for yourself and your community.

Mon, 04/14/2014 - 10:22

#11

Sloveniangirl

I know how to save the game

I know how to save the game too. Problem is that they (I belive) rarely eccept or agree w/ any suggestions made by players or sent by an email.

Mon, 04/14/2014 - 11:08

#12

Fangel

How to save the game:

Give Three Rings more money so they can live and keep updating the game.

The game isn't going to die just like that. As long as there's income from the game, then it will stay up.

Reminds me of another game that is apparently dying.
(Link to a screenshot as the actual site has a lot of users who would break the Spiral Knights terms of service, I.E. swearing up a storm)

Mon, 04/14/2014 - 11:26

#13

Mystrian

How to save a game

insert memory card into playstation
go to save
select which memory card you would like to save to.

Congrats! You saved your game.

Mon, 04/14/2014 - 11:46

#14

Bluencool

Yawn.

1- Game Master is not the same thing as Developer. Game Masters babysit players. Developers develop the game. Be aware of the difference.

2- Be it GM or Dev, let's just don't assume we know the game and its current state better than OOO personnel. OOO can do whatever it wants with the game. If they think gunner update needs more time, they are probably closer to the truth than you. They have access to all the stats concerning SK, therefore, it is pointless to tell them that their game is "dying", which is likely wrong.

Mon, 04/14/2014 - 15:08

#15

Shamanalah

my 2 cents

Funny thing is I did 2-3 late night stream announced on the forum... I do silly videos whenever I can too (school + work + new games + seen everything on SK = me not playing so much now)

Of course SK is in bad shape atm, after promo and before a hugely awaited update, people will go away but when gunner update hits... BOOM! We will all be there... XD (even me!)

That's how SK always worked... BS update came in July... so my new estimate is late July, early August for the Gunner update....!

.....And then it comes out next week!

Mon, 04/14/2014 - 19:25

#16

Poetry

RE: How to save the game (a

RE: How to save the game (a GM must read)

1. Level editor.
2. Steam Workshop.

Mon, 04/14/2014 - 19:29

#17

Pipipipipi

Let me just quote someone on this...

A day is coming when the gunner update will be released...

And on this day the forums will explode in fiery glory and joy....

A few days will pass....

And then the people of SK will find something else to complain about. ~Xephyis

Tue, 04/15/2014 - 05:05

#18

Usevnsevnsixfivfor

Poetry wins the game.

Tue, 04/15/2014 - 05:55

#19

Zaffy-Laffy

It gives nothing but fame.
Okay, that sounded lame.

Wed, 04/16/2014 - 04:03

#20

Xephyris

@pi*5: Xephyris*

@pi*5:
Xephyris*

I apologize for the weird name haha

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