Firstly, just want to say thank you to the dev team for creating the amazing world that is Cahaya. It has been a blast playing these past weeks. The following below are suggestions that I believe will help enrich the world and gameplay.
Symbol Legend:
(Love)
(Improvement feedback)
(Wishes to see)
Resort Rooms
: Functional suites that we can actually check out of. Additionally, be able to choose how many days we can stay.
: It be nice if the number of beds were also listed so that it would be easier to know which room will be best suited depending on party size. Additionally, I think it would be a lot more intuitive that when selecting a suite, we then have the option to select all the zois that will be staying, instead of sharing the password through conversation. I think the “Share accommodation password” option is best suited when inviting a zoi(s) that is not in our household.
: It be really cool if there was a dedicated honeymoon suite , an underwater suite, a luxurious suite, or a family oriented suite for a large household.
VIP/Exclusive Underwater Restaurant & Club (Resort)
: To see local dishes be offered and served at current cafes and dining areas at the resort.
: I know a restaurant or dining areas at the resort already exists, but I believe if an underwater VIP/Exclusive restaurant & club were incorporated, it would immensely elevate gameplay. Why? This is not a restaurant or club that ANYONE can go to. A zoi will have to have a certain status to be able to enter. Possible criteria to be a VIP is that players will have to collect all stones to be able to enter, or hold a certain job title at Cahaya or complete certain side quests while at Cahaya. There are endless possibilities of what criteria(s) is needed to enter. Since this is an exclusive club/restaurant there should be food, interactions, performances and exclusive activities (especially group activities) that can only be experienced if at the VIP/Exclusive restaurant/club. This will not only encourage players to spend time playing to obtain VIP status, but also increase gameplay replayability too.
Pools/Waterslides (Adults, Children and Toddlers)
: The ability to swim! The animation and visuals of swimming are great. Love that we have pools as well.
: ZOIs having the ability to swim autonomously. It would also be nice if we could have the option to have a third person view when going down a waterslide as well as be able to go through the entire waterslide with the twists and turns! That would be amazing if we could do that!
: + Diving board animations, with different diving techniques maybe depending on swimming level, age or emotions.
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A kiddie pool or area for toddlers to enjoy water play as well. The same for children, as I believe this will add more gameplay and immersion into the game for players who like to do family gameplay. As currently, there’s nothing a toddler can do at the resort with water. The only thing a child can do is swim or go down a waterslide. Having different water attractions will be great for gameplay and will help players not feel that gameplay is repetitive or lacking with limited options.
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Group activities while in the pool such as playing games like Marco Polo, dancing together, sharing an underwater kiss or etc.
SPA
: The visuals for different bath treatments or foot soaks.
: For the back massage, animations when receiving a massage or getting up afterwards to move the shoulders around are the same regardless of what massage treatment was done. It would be nice if there were various animations and expressive facial expressions depending on the type of massage or treatment a zoi is receiving. Additionally, animations for these things are very short which breaks immersion and feels at times very underwhelming.
: Groups activities! Especially for couples such as being able to get in a bath or jacuzzi together and have many interactions options in the romance category or other categories. I think maybe incorporating an indoor or outdoor hot spring would be a cool group activity not only for couples, but for other surrounding zois too for gameplay immersion and realism. It would be cool as well if facial treatments were added to the game too.
Ocean (Activities and Exploration) Pt. 1
: The deserted island, boats and snorkeling!
: When snorkeling at night, it’s hard to see anything. For this reason, I’ll make sure to snorkel during the day so that I can see . It would be nice if bioluminescent plants, animals and etc. were incorporated so that nighttime diving can be enjoyable and fun. When you disembark from a boat, the boat disappears if you swim a short distance away. Ultimately, losing the boat since the boat is no longer visible when trying to find it. At that point, you have to swim around and hope to be close to it for the boat to reappear again. Be nice if the boat could stay visible at all times. Additionally and currently, the ocean floor is quite bare. So adding more foliage, terrain and etc. would be nice to see.
: Groups activities while in the water and activities for children to do! Since children can not snorkel or drive boats, there isn’t much to do for a child while out in the ocean. So including ocean activities for children would be nice especially for players who like family gameplay. Being able to interact with the dolphins and etc. would be cool as well along with other water activities such as jet skiing, parasailing or racing! The ability to hunt with a spear or equipment can be a new system added to the game which can be another way a zoi gets food especially doing rags to riches gameplay.
Ocean (Activities and Exploration) Pt. 2
: I believe adding supernatural creatures such as ghosts, mermaids and etc. will really add to gameplay content while snorkeling or scuba diving during the day, but especially during the night. This can introduce new gameplay consequences or rare moodlets when encountering them which can be dangerous or create special interactions. I believe if underwater caves, shipwrecks, temples, or etc. were included that would let players to fully or partially explore will not only be amazing and fun, but new gameplay activities could be done as well such as finding hidden treasures, interacting with special NPCs creatures or doing underwater mining to find rare stones and etc.
[*] Video of scuba diving exploration and attractions [Youtube]
Island
: Implementing hidden caves, temples or etc. as an attraction will be nice to see with lore ( maybe with supernatural creatures or etc. as NPCs)! As well as being able to fully or partially explore them to find hidden treasure, do mining, be able to experience special interactions or etc.. Since the lighting mechanics for a flashlight/lamp works and is already implemented in the game, it be cool that in or to explore caves, temples or etc. it is required to use a light source (torch, flashlight or etc.). This will add to the immersion and realism.
[*] Video of exploring a cave with a lamp [Youtube]
Arcade
: Bowling, pool, & turtle racing
: Animations for bowling and playing pool are short, would be nice if animations were longer for immersion and realism.
: Currently, children are not able to buy resort coins, go bowling or participate in turtle races. So it would be nice to see more activities such as arcade games they can participate in to win tickets and be able to exchange those tickets for prizes that are exclusively from Cahaya. As for an outdoor activity like the turtle race, maybe incorporating a bouncy house, a physical game similar to “hungry hippo” or a water gun racing game to pop their ballon first can be incorporated so that children, teens and adults can all enjoy. Lastly, there is nothing a toddler can do at the arcade, so maybe adding a small play pit area for them will give them an activity to do if a family outing is taking place.
