An update on Chirper, and some more.

[TotalyMoo]

Greetings community!

I'm one for rambling, so let me make this short and concise for once.

We've heard your feedback regarding Chirper and understand that a relatively large amount of vocal users are not fond of this feature. Listening to our players-to-be is very important to us, yet so is the artistic integrity and design choices of Colossal Order. Taking this into consideration - a give-and-take is in order.

The change we have gone for is that you will now have an option to disable the sound and animation/pop up from Chirper. The bird will still stay on your screen, but you must click it to see the updates from your Cims.

We believe this is a good middle ground, as the feature is important for you to get an overview of the wants and needs of your citizens.

Also, something else that hasn't been properly communicated.

There will be separate options when you start a game for unlocking everything (except monuments) and unlimited money/sandbox. Right now this is a CO-made mod, we aspire to add it as a checkbox / easily accessible option before launch.

Thanks for listening, and have a lovely Friday!

Cheers,
John

 

[Veidit]

Good job, thanks!
I was a bit worried about it, but wanted to play the game myself before I choose my opinion, this gives me an option and I am happy for it.
And you have a great name

 

[Jeruntje]

AWESOME! Thanks!!!!

 

[Jirnsum]

You guys keep amazing me with your responsiveness to feedback from the community. Awesome!

 

[Kanimir]

 

[Inge Jones]

I actually want to see the chirps, just not centre screen, so this doesn't really satisfy my preferences. But I appreciate that many people will find this a suitable solution, I will have to bear with it.

 

[ruzen]

I wana squeeze and pop that stupid birds head on my screen.
but thanks... I guess

 

[medopu]

I hope i don't see 1 serious bug in this game at release, if this feature is the thing you focused on the final stages pre-release.

 

[Eurofighter1200]

Very good options are always a good option

 

[Philemon1976]

Glad to see that you care about your customers worries.
I myself cant judge about that tweeterbird, because I havent played the game yet. but I began to worry about the multiple "plant"-message in that video. so that's a relieve. thx.

 

[Geroshabu]

While I do respect artistic integrity being a designer myself, I find the bird and twitter-feed something meant for consumers more into The Sims than complex city building; if it annoys large part of the main consumer segment it makes sense to add the possibility of turning it off. Personally I find that it detracts from the experience by partly being a strange distraction, partly from making me a populist mayor paying more attention to social media than factual reports.

 

[BStyles]

I think a mayor that stays in touch with his citizens as opposed to looking at the big picture is a better mayor overall. Sure, maybe not in the sense of tweets, but he could draw up a grand design for the city that fulfils his goals and makes citizens happier by listening to their opinions.

 

[Hannodb]

Good enough for me. I don't mind the bird one bit, but when I build, then I want my clicks to do what I intend them to do. I don't want stuff moving in under my cursor, so this solution would satisfy me.

 

[Hicksimus]

Excellent!

 

[Vampirovibrio]

Hi, all.. I would just like to say thank you to totalyMoo and team for listening to the players. While the much-maligned chirper has been a point of contention for many players (me included), I'm very much impressed that the team has decided to allow for players to have an option to turn off the animation and sound.

Once again, much thanks to the dev team!

 

[Greyhamster]

Awesome! Would it perhaps also be possible to make it moveable, so you can drag it to a desired position on the screen? I'd very much prefer it to be in the top right instead of in the middle, for example.

 

[Inge Jones]

Awesome! Would it perhaps also be possible to make it moveable, so you can drag it to a desired position on the screen? I'd very much prefer it to be in the top right instead of in the middle, for example.

+1. I don't like that I have to turn off the chirps altogether just to stop them occupying my prime screen area.

 

[Zed68]

The only thing that worried me a bit was the sound... but once again you show how much you listen to your customers and potential customers...

 

[kissof]

I don't get it, is that to complicated to move the chirp on the right side of the screen? :mellow:

 

[GMeador]

It's funny to me that you guys are applauding that CO listens to you.... but you don't want to listen to your citizens.

I for one probably won't turn off the animation, etc. Feedback from my citizens is important for the success of my city. After I play the game, my opinion may change.... or not.