Sticky Business

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Accessibility + Grind-Reducing Wishlist
Joining the wishlist train because, while there is so much to love about the game, I have to echo the common sentiments that it can be 1. way too grindy for the cozy vibe it's meant to capture, and 2. not very friendly to those with hand/wrist issues. So, here's my wishlist:

- Accessibility options! This would make it SO much more playable for me. Having to click 20-60 times in one go is painful with a repetitive stress injury, and can cause undue stress on the injury. I would love anything that gives the option to not have to click so much. This is especially true for fulfilling orders, where a lot of the clicking could be replaced with the option to select a certain number of products, set default goodies, etc.

- Make Things Count. What I mean by this is, things like packing paper and filling are currently totally aesthetic. It seems like a no-brainer to give them some sort of value - maybe they cost 1 coin each, but add 1% xp to the order. It would also be SUPER cool if the goodies added to each box had bonuses for being related to the customer (ie. pride merch for customers who talked about being queer, journals/planners for those who talked about struggling to keep track of things, candy for anyone whose order mentioned having a bad day). At first, I thought they were, and it made me put more thought into my gameplay. When I realized it didn't make a difference, it made it less exciting and feel more grindy and repetitive.

- Have sticker elements unlocked from the start, but have the goodies be unlocks. IMHO a lot of the problems with the game come from needing to unlock sticker elements (again, the "grindy" problem, but also people who wish they could edit stickers because they didn't have certain elements when they made them at first). At the start, the game feels very full of possibility, but as you get to know the limitations more, it feels too restrictive. I propose that, rather than unlocking shapes or colors, the unlocks would be:
-- different sticker paper, filling, packing paper, shop slots (this works well already, and moreso if there's incentive to use filling/packing paper)
-- every non-sticker item could be unlocked. Keychains, candies, journals, all of it - it also feels rewarding because the more you unlock, the easier it is to get XP, which is not the case with sticker elements (at least, it feels much slower with sticker elements).

Now, this next part would be a major overhaul, and I don't expect it to happen at all. But, I would love it if the game had a shop rating that could go up or down. It could be affected by failed orders, late orders, including packing paper/goodies, and periodically include messages from customers. Some of the storyline could even be moved into the reviews (the messages thanking the shopkeeper would go very well here). The game is already very forgiving, so it wouldn't be a source of stress in my view; rather, it would be a fun challenge, and give more incentive to be thoughtful with how you play. It would also make the story progression feel a lot more natural in my opinion.

(Bonus, doubly unrealistic addition to the above: rather than having the messages appear as DMs to the shopkeeper, the messages would go really well as social media posts. Maybe new customers follow the shop, and you can follow back to begin their storyline, which leads to the shopkeeper seeing those messages as posts. The stories are often very overshare-y for orders to a sticker shop, but as personal posts that the shopkeeper catches on their feed, they make a lot more sense. It also can come off as much more thoughtful to have goodies reflect what the customer posted.)

That's all I've got for this post. I like the game, but I think a few tweaks to the player experience can really make a huge difference. Super happy to hear any thoughts about these!
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HFEpro 16 Jul @ 6:27pm 
i'd flipping LOVE an auto complete order button. trying to hunt down all my stickers each time is such a pain.

and it's really hard to see if i've fulfilled any orders for the transparent potion sticker cuz it's already grayed out.

FOLDERS for stickers & sticker sheets or some sort of organization method would be amazing.
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