[1.0] Great job on the tutorials, Toby!

I went through the tutorials today, just to see how they changed from FE. Great job! Easy to follow. Good narration and flow. I was struck how much easier it is to understand the game mechanics as you explained them.

One comment, though. There were entirely too many videos of heroes dying. Dying to dragons. Dying to Umberdroths. Dying to Death Demons. Were you feeling particularly vengeful that day?

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thanks for the compliment! You will have to ask Scott what he has against heroes, he actually puts the videos together and tells me to slow down when I talk. ENUNCIATE AND ENERGY.

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Lord Reliant

Join Date 03/2006

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Tell Scott he should attend some anger management classes.

An actually helpful comment- it seems like the sound levels changed a lot between tutorials. On some I had to increase my volume and others decrease it. Not a big deal, but something to tweak for future tutorials for the Next Big Thing. Really, though, they turned out good at providing a tutorial. I might also suggest having one that talks about leveling up a hero since it ended right before that part.

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The tutorials are really great...are you guys planning on adding more videos (I know the development process is slowing down as you guys gear up for the new projects)?

In addition, will there be an addenda for the manual? I have to confess, I find that the manual does not explain a lot of the mechanics of the game (for a gamer of my experience level-virtual novice). I watch LPs of players playing FE or LH and I see them doing things mechanistically within the game and I have to ask myself 'How did they do that?'. I still do not understand how to use diplomacy correctly (trading material, tech, etc).

Have you guys thought of playtesting the game (or future games if you are not planning on putting more time in this project) with people who like games but are not seasoned vets? I know that sometimes things that are second nature to the vets are as hard as using an abacus for the newbies.

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cardinaldirection

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Quoting flagyl,

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Have you guys thought of playtesting the game (or future games if you are not planning on putting more time in this project) with people who like games but are not seasoned vets?

^This is such an invaluable exercise for game designers. Seasoned vets appreciate the polish just as much.

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