Two Hours of UI Feedback, with the Revision List Still Open
Background: The first formal UI draft appeared two days earlier, and the community split over it. Today: On Saturday, the UI dispute continued, and the game designer hosted a two-hour livestream to listen. Impact and next: The dispute became a set of points that could be discussed one by one, and the designer saw that explanations alone would not win everyone over.
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Background: The first formal UI draft appeared two days earlier, and the community split over it. Worried the debate would remain scattered across chat, a game designer decided to hear the feedback in a public session.
Today: On Saturday, the UI dispute continued, and the game designer hosted a two-hour livestream to listen. Some insisted the current design was clearer; others found the interaction flow awkward. As the designer listened, they noted the issues and tried to distinguish differences in taste from problems that could keep players from understanding the interface.
Impact and next: The dispute became a set of points that could be discussed one by one, and the designer saw that explanations alone would not win everyone over. The next step was to organize the feedback and take it back to the design discussion. Which suggestions would make it into the formal version remained undecided.