Irene
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Oct-10-2009 05:01
Hi :-)
As a newbie, one of the first screens you meet when you log in, is the case page, and there you may "play the tutorial" to learn about the game. I guess sevral of you have played it?
Now, when that tutorial is played through, there is still a lot more to the game, that one might not know. For myself, I can admit it took me a week or two until I found the message board... Lest understood how the PM system worked...
This contest is about writing a "tutorial 2", for a newbie to play when the first tutorial is played, and perhaps a few cases is tried, to learn more about the game, so that more of the fun will be opened up to the newbie. (oh, well, and the newbie perhaps will be inspired to stay?).
Prize: every contest needs a prize, and the main prize would of course be if Ben would put up the second tutorial on the case page.
Unfortunately, I am not able to force Ben to do so, so.... all I can give is gift subscriptions - unfortunately... What if the contest can run for a month, then we have a week of voting, where everyone may vote on what they think is the best suggestion, and the winner gets 3 months gift sub?
If your suggestion covers more than one post, please number them in a way that will make us understand they go together.
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Irene
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Nov-3-2009 09:49
If you feel stuck, one idea might be to create a new detective, and play through the tutorial, and perhaps do a couple of cases... trying to put yourself into the situation of a newbie. This is a potential future subscriber, but there must be some hooks that make him or her find it interesting.
Ask yourself some questions, and those questions might reveal what a tutorial follow up could contain.
Example:
* what do I do if I need help with something?
* is there more to the game than doing cases at the beginner level?
* are there other people around here?
* is there any community here, and how would they treat a newbie?
* what if someone thinks I am stupid?
* is there a way to more easily find those who will be positive to me?
* what do I do when people clam up?
* what happens if I quit a case?
* is there a catch if I answer no on the question of accusing someone?
* is there something I can do if I accuse the wrong one?
* what effect does the items in the detective shop have?
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