[UPDATED] Devs' Corner: April 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!

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The Howrse Team
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Have you seen the change on the account manager page?

Check out this month's brand-new features in the new Dev's corner Change Log!
pillOw
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Oh the new changes are amazing!

Thank you guys for making the website looking sleek all the time!

The changes make it so much easier to find things, and it helps out with a different overall feel~default smiley (l)
Gona
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I can understand fixing bugs and such but continuing to change what really does Not need changing is getting annoying and old fast. Not to mention clearly trying to shove the VIP account on everyone. default smiley :@
smokeykit
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OK, what is this new account page?

1. It lagged out my computer.

2. It's so...white. It actually hurts my eyes and I can barely read the writing because it's blinding...

3. Just...no. Like the others are whatever, but the "my account" page did NOT need to be changed. At all.
Honey + Sprite
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"Changed the reach XXX years old with one horse objective"

Okay. Now when are you going to change the dewing peggy, dehorn uni and remove WoY objectives? Why did you intentionally leave those out? Why do you want us to mutilate our horses and waste our passes?

And what changes exactly did you make to the reach x years old with a horse objective? Am I no longer going to need to age my horses to 20? Or did you replace the objective with some other objective? Or did you just plain remove it.This change log isn't specific enough. It lacks too much information. If you're going to give us information about changes then at least give us ALL information. Otherwise, what's the point? If you're gonna do something, then do it properly, don't stop halfway there.

Although I do like the change to uni covering offers and I do agree that the account page is a bit easier to navigate. I also appreciate the minor changes where you added a link to our items history pages on the BM and shop pages.

But I would still like to know the FULL LIST of changes.
ShadowKokufu
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Honey + Sprite wrote:


2. It's so...white. It actually hurts my eyes and I can barely read the writing because it's blinding...


I have to agree with this, it's very bright.
Please consider a muted green like this we have, especially for those sensitive to sharp lights default smiley :)
Nalu93
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The new account page is honestly quite ugly - and I have to agree that it's blindingly bright. Would prefer it to be the standard muted green we are used to on howrse default smiley :(
Poolpaw
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Well... FIRST added BUG with this update: if you try to REMOVE shared account it ADDS the next one on your friends list to shared account. There is no way to REMOVE shared account anymore. It just spreads like a very nasty bug. Seriously upset now!
donkeyshot
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Account page is too bright now.
NoTW26
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So where do we go to find our item history? I look at that page daily and now I have no clue where it's located as howrse decided to change a page that didn't need changing at all. I hate this new look and hope they can change it back. It's much too blocky and in your face in my opinion
12daughter34
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After a bit more searching I did find the item history on the store page, but my statement still stands. It's very inconvenient for me to go to the store just to look at my item history
12daughter34
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So I can add new people to co and remove them..but..I can't remove any of the accounts that already had co...fun! default smiley xd
Rhysand
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I really hope howrse Dev team plan on fixing the co man glitch...this could make for a really bad day for someone or a team.
hcrazy361
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Another change we didn't ask for, or need. Why the insistence on changing things that don't need to be changed, when there's a whole host of other issues that need attention? Instead of changing the account page (and screwing up co-management in the process) why not fix the horrible lag and slowdowns that people have been reporting for months? Every update causes new issues and the changes to established features that we're all so used to add *nothing* to the game.

At least change the colour. Seriously. I think my eyes actually melted out of my head.
Salem
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As someone who is particularly light sensitive, there are days even the standard howrse site is TOO BRIGHT for my eyes making it uncomfortable to play.

The new account management page is HORRIBLE, it is literally painful for me to look at and the layout is awful and this page did not need changed, at all.

I also have to agree with others when asking about the objectives that require the devaluing of horses- removing pass paid items, removing horns/wings which makes a horse less valuable. And if we skip these unreasonable objectives it costs us the streak toward the HoP.

Why do the devs continuously feel the need to ruin features that did not need changed, yet ignore things that have needed addressed for a very long time?

These recent changes are not making the site better, it is making it worse, and I'm finding fewer and fewer reasons to want to play, much less to spend money on passes anymore.

Why bother supporting a site that clearly does not pay any attention to the needs of its members?
Nyghtraven
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default smiley :@Hate the new, headache blinding new account manager page!!

Where on earth do I find my list(s) of items used, pass history, etc?

Please, please change it back
The Dancing Granny
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In this age of icons and avatars - this page is just too much text with too much white space. I will eventually find everything again but it's a pain right now.
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The Dancing Granny wrote:

Where on earth do I find my list(s) of items used, pass history, etc?


Pass history is in the pass page.
Your item history is in the Store AND Black Market page. default smiley :)
Nalu93
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For the years objective they changed the wording -

Reach exactly 15 years old with one horse

I believe the "exactly" wasn't there previously.
Oathkeeper
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Oathkeeper wrote:

For the years objective they changed the wording -

Reach exactly 15 years old with one horse

I believe the "exactly" wasn't there previously.

Ooooohhhh, thank you for clearing that up. I was worried that it would have been some other unwanted change. But this change is welcome. Thank you for clearing that up.
ShadowKokufu
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Why'd you make the default avatar uglier? It doesn't even fit.
The devs corner insists on making new changes every month and almost all of them are totally worthless. Not even that, they don't even bother to list everything they changed. The change log also deletes an entry everytime this happens, so players still confused about the currency change or divine fragments are out of luck.

default smiley (o)
Blubbs
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I like the update on the account page! I think it looks sleeker and is much easier to navigate as a newer player who doesn't have the site memorized yet.

That said. Please change the color. One of the nicest parts of Howrse is that it has toned down colors, making it easier to play for as long as I like without getting eye strain.

PLEASE fix the comanager on the account bug, as that is at this point in time an insane glitch that looks like it would Only lead to more problems.

I would enjoy the developer notes much more if there was more specification as well! That makes it feel like I actually have an idea of what's going on, rather than vague tidbits I don't understand as much.

Like with the "Corrected a bug that prevented players from completing certain beginner objectives" line, it would be nice to know just a bit more detail like "Corrected a bug that prevented players from completing certain beginner objectives 1, 2, and three."

I would also like the objectives to mutilate our horses to maintain the streak removed. They feel cruel, especially to people who don't buy passes and use that as their main way to get some.
theodericc
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I'd like it if the draft system was fixed. Freisans, gypsy vanner, etc. Should be under that category. Plus adding the others.
Rezhal
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Just posting in case others are worried sick about the access removal adding people instead:

"I've been told that the co-management issue should now be fixed. Try clearing cache to make sure your browser is receiving new data, and log back in, and you should be good to go."

Worked for me! So those having [had] the same issue: go at it with cleaning browser & restarting default smiley (b)
donkeyshot
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That white page is just awful! Please, please change it! It looks like the kind of thing you'd find on ancient word processing software from decades ago.

Please change it to a muted colour!

As someone with ASD I'm incredibly light sensitive and my fear now is that more and more Howrse pages are going to be changed to this awful white format like the notification and account pages! I love the colours of Howrse and we don't need it to be made minimalist or 'sleek' or whatever you guys are trying to achieve.

Honestly, my brain is swearing so much right now! default smiley (6) default smiley (li)
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