[UPDATED] Devs' Corner: May 2024

Our developers have something to tell you! Every three (3) weeks, our devs will provide you with information about their work in the “Dev’s Corner.”

This publication is a way of keeping everyone updated on what’s happening with the game. We invite you to discuss and leave your feedback for each of the publications.

Note: All posts must adhere to the forum guidelines and be constructively made.

Take a look at our very first Devs' Corner publication!

Warm wishes,

The Howrse Team
 
Ow
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Check out the latest features on the game via the newest Dev’s Corner!

Best Regards,
The Howrse Team
EchOw
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The mobile message one is AMAZING, that was so frustrating
jsniper
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Ok, so at least these are fixing problems that actually exist this time.

Kind of seem like, not the priorities tho. I’m confused as to why some of these problems that never seem to get fixed are even problems, like promo videos not working on desktop but working fine on mobile
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Wildmage
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I sure would like to be able to get a warning that my employees' contract is about to expire. I don't check my employees every day, but I don't like to lose them even for one day.

I also would like to see the bonus for all of the companions to make it easier to choose the one I would like to use.
gollygee
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an actual bug fix! huzzah! default smiley <:o)
answrs
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Ardenia1 wrote:
We have the Inspector Lestrade coat, Mary Morstan (Watson) coat, and Mrs. Hudson coat.
It ends there with no other coats, and no way to find them in the sales.
I am hoping more Sherlock Holmes coats and divines will be coming in the future, but I noticed something else, too.

When you look under the Collections tab, there is not even a list for the Sherlock Holmes coat collections. They do not even count for a trophy.

We have a Sherlock Holmes Adventure horse series with:
Dr. Watson, Irene Adler, and Professor Moriarty but none of them give any Sherlock character coats.

I am hoping this is something the howrse team is working on. That would be a lot of fun to be able to collect all of the character coats, the character divines and have all of them to count for a trophy, too.
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I have a sneaky suspicion (only a speculation, though) Howrse are going to introduce a new BM item for that as one of the final divine's gifts in this series, like it has happened with Musketeers and an Inkwell. Since it's like 99% going to be Sherlock Holmes, there might be a violin or perhaps a magnifying glass (a hat?..) that upon placing on a horse grants it one of the coats. Would perfectly solve filtering and collection problems as well, so seems likely to me.
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Thank you for your messages, your feedback has been shared with the team!
EchOw
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Well this is exiting I think
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Check out the latest features on the game, including some changes to the Ascent of Olympus via the newest Dev’s Corner!

Best Regards,
The Howrse Team
EchOw
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The care buttons on mobile did not need "refreshed"!
They're so weird now, no one asked for this!
quokka
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Have to admit I am not a fan of the mobile action button color scheme. Would be nice maybe if we could have choice of options for individual accounts or a dark vs light mode. I am sure some will like it, and I know that you can't make everyone happy, and I accept that. But having an option would be nice instead of the in my opinion way too bright washout that is new. There is a reason I personally choose dark modes most of the time. Saves the eyes a bit!
lbenedict15
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The new mobile button color is absolutely horrible. Way too bright! I wish we had the option to pick a different color or use the old button color.
《Bee》
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That cardgame event is very, very bad. It seems to drag on for months and months too.
Jiiroh
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"This will also make it easier for you to get the fragments of a particular divine horse in an Ascent of Olympus."
...
"So we've cut the time it takes to collect fragments by 14 days"

It was difficult, but now it fells impossible to get divines from Ascent of Olympys
Liberty
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How about your programmers/testers stiop being lazy and start doing their work? The fragments given in asscent are still of previous divines.

You can not allow yourself such mistakes when people spend their passes/money to play this game.
Capella
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They've changed the colour of the buttons, but couldn't be bothered to actually fix any of the massive errors on the mobile site that make it practically unusable? I really see how dedicated that the devs are to the site.
bowiesjulie
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Liberty wrote:

"This will also make it easier for you to get the fragments of a particular divine horse in an Ascent of Olympus."
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"So we've cut the time it takes to collect fragments by 14 days"

It was difficult, but now it fells impossible to get divines from Ascent of Olympys

oh that was absolutely, 100% the intent. they don't want anyone getting free divines, even useless ones, without paying them thirty USD a pop. this is made obvious by the post entire year of events and changes.

frankly I'm shocked it took them this long to change it :\
answrs
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I only rlly play the mobile version of howrse and I kinda hate the new 'refreshed graphics of the action buttons on the horse' what was wrong with the old ones?? ╥﹏╥
GalaxyHorses
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Ascent is actually a really cheap way to get divines; a full round cost me anything between 1500-2100 passes, which gave me one copy of each divine. Now there are only 4, so I reckon it would be cheaper as there is a lower chance of getting fragments for a divine you aren't after.

I personally stopped on my AU account when we started getting closer to the switch; with the obols I have saved up, the daily ones and drachmas, plus the 1300 or so passes I will have by the time the round starts to end, I could very well do a full round if I made the choice to. Keep in mind that these passes are being earned through the objectives, I've not spent any money on that server.
Oathkeeper
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The new button colors are bad. I can't stand to take care of my horses because it hurts my extremely light sensitive eyes.

I'm literally BEGGING you to PLEASE change it back!
VolkVy
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I actually immediately hated the buttons. But, I farm on mobile all the time, and now that I've been doing it for a minute, I actually like them. My first thought was that they're a little harder to see, but I'm used to it now. I like how they look greyed out.
wynter12
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Buttons greying out is great default smiley (l)
But being so white on first place?
Painful to see even with the lowest screen brightness.

White background, white buttons...
Please consider rolling back to green buttons conserving greying option.

And maybe work on night mode default smiley :(
RumorHasIt
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Definitely not liking the new button colors for mobile, the old ones were fine. The white is pretty harsh on the eyes.
Fjord Purebreed
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Wow the buttons in mobile look horrible! Actually, "horrible" doesn't even begin to describe it. The green buttons made so much sense, since the normal background was green, nevermind the white-ish background while choosing a task. Now it looks like one of the generic Word document styles. Sorry, but my eyes and brain hurt looking at these red outlinings filled with white color no1. on a transparent background thats in white color no 2. that get turned into horrible grey blocks of sadness whenever you press them
m5rik
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I'm unfortunately not liking the mobile button color changes. As someone who gets very bad headaches/migraines, the white is much too bright for me. default smiley :'( The graying out is fine after I've already clicked the buttons, and I think that part looks good, just not the white. It's also a little unfortunate that the buttons don't really stand out compared to the background. It made me wonder how easy it is to see for colorblind folks default smiley (o) I agree with what other people have said about having an option to choose between the new and the old style! I think that would be great if possible, mainly because I loved the sense of nostalgia the old color gave me default smiley (l)default smiley :)
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