Polls/surveys for all of us

[GDfromRivendell]

I get it, but we don’t have unlimited time or resources, and defending the right to transparency in all early access processes is our shared effort. I understand that personalities differ, but this community is one of the least toxic across life-sim spaces. It’s up to the company to make sure they don’t create situations like this in the first place.

Also, we can still add a couple of upvotes to the thread here: Discord

[GameTesterCaleb]

For those who want multiplayer…. look what happened to fallout 76… Inzoi is a single player game, the game is not meant to be online.

[Samuriko]

@GameTesterCaleb

For those who want multiplayer…. look what happened to fallout 76… Inzoi is a single player game, the game is not meant to be online.

Without going overboard, MP is possible.
Not speaking to make InZOI an MMO (tho a future MMO build like this might be nice)

But allowing 4-8 players to live in the same town you do in another lot with their own family might be nice.
Think more like Diablo II. Where you play alone but can invite ppl to play with.
This is the kind of Multiplayer that would make sense.

[LittleBrownBiscuit]

Polls would be great when opening the game. But, I’m wondering, what is this forum for apart from bug reporting. If they’re responding to discord and not the forum adding our input here is a waste of time.

I’m not on discord and won’t be, I prefer the forum. They incentivise us to post here, but only interact with discord.

This is my impression. If I’m wrong please let me know.

[SmallArchangel]

@itsmechiie7

As for the default 48 hours day issue, which seems to be the root of the problem: 1. it came as a solution for the constant feedback that was being received about days being too long and people being bored and having nothing do to in their day and 2. only 26 people voted to keep 96 hours as default. Even if they were more people than the ones who preferred 48 hours as default (6 voted for 48 hours, some more were neutral) but out of a thousand average player it’s a rather small number of people which makes me wonder if maybe they had other sources or went with the previous feedback provided somewhere else. Not every player is on discord, and we don’t know if they are getting their information from somewhere else, such as player data, since the game is online even if singleplayer.

Where else are they getting their player feedback data from, to come to the conclusion that a majority wanted to change to 48 hours? Clearly not Discord, obviously not these forums or Steam forums either. Some other place we as players don’t even know about? Considering Discord does seem to be the forum on which the devs are most active and engaged, extrapolating 6 votes for a change to 48 minute day length as a “majority” against 26, is somewhat bizarre. Even ignoring GD’s observation, which is a good point in itself:

@GDfromRivendell

Also, majority context is often misread: it’s not when people silently stick with the old that matters (they’ve already bought the game and are fine with it, they’re not camping Discord). It’s when the audience actively asks to vote for something new that’s not listed in the USP. So by default, those who didn’t vote for 48 min automatically become “yes” by the 96 min and the 48-min sample remains a minority, even if 0.1% of the 1.5M buyers voted.

Edit: It seems the devs may be changing the needs system to change dynamically depending on the duration of day chosen, so my points above are now null & void.

[itsmechiie7]

Absolutely agree

[Federica]

i’ve been thinking about this since i saw it implemented in schedule I. hopefully, the inzoi team will add it

[tata_milet]

I hate the idea of multiplayer!
I prefer playing alone. I don’t like others interfering, nor do I enjoy interacting with them.
In fact, I sought out and found a way to play alone in GTA Online.

[tata_milet]

Really, it would be great to have surveys directly in the game!
That way, it would be guaranteed that all players have access to the opportunity to share their opinions.
I think it’s very important that we can express our opinions more openly and widely, like on Discord and here in the forum. However, many players don’t access these platforms frequently, or even at all (I myself didn’t even have a Discord account until I joined inZoi, and I used it very little; I actually found it much better when they created the forum).
So, I believe surveys directly within the game would be much more effective and fair, ensuring that all players can share their opinions.

[ZOIa]

Polls/surveys in the game are fantastic idea!
I also find discord kinda messy. Forum looks more organised.

[Robert]

I have never used Discord and never will , The same as i never use Facebook , If a game company has its own website to me then that should be the first port of call for info and surveys etc

To me one thing i find is that Inzoi trying to implement everyone’s ideas is taking away from the vision they had in the first place and they can never satisfy everyone all of the time , Personally speaking i hate the idea of Multiplayer , I saw how it went for EA with The Sims and wasn’t surprised when it crashed and burned . Maybe a minimal multiplayer where you can play just with personal friends , Running servers is not cheap to do it and I for one would not want to end up paying a subscription monthly or buying every single bonus item just to pay for them .

My main issue playing Inzoi at the moment is things like dancing , playing instruments , swimming or reading ETC do not either last long enough or do not have an option like with swimming to have them swim round in the ocean autonomously or in pools , Maybe an option to start the interaction and it loop until you actually stop it .Pools to me at the minute or completely useless and i have never seen my zoi or any NPC swim by choice in a pool or the ocean . Well apart from in Cahaya where my zoi decided instead of using the water transport to get home decided to swim across from the the resort area to get back to the mainland

[Minthyuyu]

I have to agree with the point, that the current development seems very scattered. Listening and getting feedback from the community is one thing. But right now it feels like they get a bit lost regarding having a clear direction. A red hering, so to speak. I mentioned that in the last Brainstorm on this forum:

@Minthyuyu

At the same time, I still have this growing feeling that inZOI sometimes starts polishing systems before the foundation underneath them is stable enough.

A new movie for the cinema is a nice detail. More animations, interactions and little pieces of content are nice too. I am not saying those things should never be added, or that every developer on the team could simply be reassigned to autonomy or simulation programming.

But when so many core systems still feel unfinished, inconsistent or disconnected from each other, seeing increasingly fine-grained additions can feel a little backwards.

This game is still lacking in a lot of aspects and we are already in 0.9.6. Adding these small details, like described in the Brainstorm, can always come once everything is stable or even after release.

And I agree with the animations as well. Where is the point in watching TV for like 5 seconds? The lengths of certain actions/animations need to be adjusted. Per example for the TV, having an option like “Watch a short TV show” or “binge watch” so the action would go longer, would already help.

[Kara]

100% agree!

This suggestion should really be taken seriously by the team.
I never go on Discord either, so the only information I have = forum + YouTube.

[Kara]

@LittleBrownBiscuit

If they respond on Discord and not on the forum, our contribution here is a waste of time.

I’m not on Discord and won’t be, I prefer the forum. They encourage us to post here, but they only interact with Discord.

I’m not on Discord either, and I also get the feeling that feedback here is taken less into account. At least, I don’t see any communication about this to reassure us that suggestions made on the forum are considered just as much as those on Discord.

Yet, taking the time to sign up on the forum and make suggestions shows that we really care about this game and would like to see it improve. It’s precisely because we want to see inZOI evolve in the right direction that we take the time to share our ideas and feedback.