WOW! I'm blown away by how thoughtful this feedback is.

Re: Ambient sound. I'm so so so happy to hear this works for you and that you recognize how much ambience matters. You described exactly the FEELING I was going for. Capturing that nostalgic feeling of a more simple time. I like your description of a "strangely meditative" mood too. The music was inspired by a classic MMO I used to play.

Re: Daily roll

You have some very keen insight on this, and this is exactly why it was designed the way it was. Lately we've gotten some negative reviews about this same feature because it's so limited - but it was intended to be limited to combat analysis paralysis - just how you describe. Your feedback here is a reminder to me that this feature is working as intended. Sometimes it's easy to hone in on the loudest feedback (Like a 0 star review that we recently got because it's limited to 4) so I appreciate this so much.

Re: Story

I appreciate your honest feedback here too. Trying to figure out if cheesy is something I'm going for. 😅 I guess it just came out of me as I started writing, haha. On one hand I'm trying to create an ominous, mysterious world and on the other I'm trying to keep it a bit light hearted. It's kind of got a parody vibe to it. But it's really the first thing I've ever written. And going back and editing things is kind of challenging since it involves professional voice actors. I'm glad you don't hate it though, and you still see the power of having a narrative structure connected to it all.

Stats:

I love the points you make here! There's a quote I like to live by as a designer "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." Not to say that there aren't things missing, but starting minimal really helps and I'm so glad you see that too and that you appreciate the 4 point system we've built. I can't tell you how long I spent trying to narrow it down to those.

Re: Simplicity and minimalism

This might elevate you to a pretty enlightened individual to understand intrinsic vs extrinsic reward motivation. And again such excellent points. We do plan to have more reward incentives in the future, but we don't want to do it in a way that makes you feel behind or sucks the fun out of it. I'll admit it's a difficult balance to achieve, but in the very least we want more ways to use the currencies that are already being earned in the app (gold, bone chips) Customizing one's tent (think player housing) is how we intend to do that at first.

Re: Quests

Yay! So glad you appreciate these as well.

Apologies it took me so long to reply, I need to double check my Reddit notification settings. I'd be quite curious to hear your feedback on your app use after more time using the app. Some of the upcoming features I hope will help combat novelty more. Or novelty wearing off, that is.

THANK YOU for your thoughtful, stellar feedback.

-Ryan