Hi everyone,
I'm one of the developers of the game Crafting Kingdom.
We just released the game today and we would love to know what you think, especially in terms of the game's accessibility.
The game focuses a lot on crafting resources, producing goods and then selling them.
You start out small, chopping logs in your lumberyard. Eventually you will work your way up unlock new products, buy new buildings and production facilities which allow you to produce more valuable goods.
You can also build out your own estate, if you have the necessary construction materials.
The game is incremental, which means one of the gameplay mechanics is that you need to restart your progress every now and then to get ahead. You complete quests and earn bonuses like faster production and higher sale prices for your next restart.
The game is free. There are optional ads, but no in-app purchases. The ads are voluntary rewarded videos, which will give you a powerful boost for watching (for example double log production for 10 minutes).
You can find the game here:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/crafting-kingdom/id1190611967?ls=1&mt=8
We tried to make this game as accessible as possible, but know that there are probably plenty of things that could be better. We would really appreciate some feedback on what could be improved. Any feedback is welcome.
Please note: The game uses Unity and the Unity Accessibility Plugin (UAP), so not all VoiceOver gestures are supported.
Comments
Hi, thanks for that, so is
Hi, thanks for that, so is storage a fixed amount is there like a maximum amount you can have? also I edited my comment with some accessibility thoughts, not sure if you saw those before posting your reply.
Love this game so much!
Hi, Thanks so much for fixing the a11y issues with this game. I love it so much. I play it all the time. I was playing the first day the update came out and stayed up almost the entire night playing. My wife looked at it and Jumped on it as well. She is fully sighted. Is there any way to change the volume of the system default voice as well as change the speed? Awesome job. Keep up the awesome work!!!
Storage Space
Hi there,
storage space is technically endless. However, each new expansion will cost more than the previous one, and it can get pricey pretty quick.
That's why it can really be worth it to build out the estate, because it gives you the 10% bonus. Later in the game you will also get quests that lower the price of storage more and more. You'll need both these upgrades to extend your storage space into the highest levels later on.
Comments
My storage space is now 715 and my Estate is now at level 3. Love it!!!
purpose of resourcing and selling?
hi all, at present i am running through the game chopping logs selling, same for timber but do i need to store any of the resources to advance in the future part of the game? surely, there is more to this title from what can gather than just resourcing and selling on without keeping anything in storage? just curious
Update on the way
I just wanted to post a quick update: Based on the feedback we've received from our lovely and awesome beta testers, the crash bug seems to have indeed been fixed. We submitted the update to the store and hope that we can get through the review either tomorrow or the day after. I will post a change list here once it is available.
In the meantime we won't sit idle though, we're already working on more improvements that didn't make it into this update. Better number formatting and better swipe detection will be part of that. Also, the estate will finally read out a description of what your home currently looks like.
We could have waited with this update to include those changes, but fixing crashes and bugs should always be done sooner rather than later.
More than just collecting resources
Hi Will,
yes, absolutely. Go and pay your estate a visit. It requires you to have a certain number of specific contruction materials in storage so that you can build it out to the next level.
Also, in the Castle you will find a number of quests to do, such as selling a certain number of logs, or having a certain amount of automated production slots.
Building up your Estate.
You will be required to have certain things to build up your Estate, such as 200 tembers, and 200 Leather strips, I believe, for your first build, then it goes from there. Such as 300 meat, and 300 coal for your next one. Keep in mind, each build up also requires a certain amount of gold.
Podcast
Hey guys,
I'm finished with the game podcast. I'm currently editing the recording as best as I can.
More descriptions
Is there any way you, the developer, could give visual descriptions of the games world, and the places you visit there? It would help me to understand the world a bit better, and where the places are visually placed on the map. Also, it would help to know what the castle, city, lumber yard, ect. looks like. Thanks a lot in advance.
Visual Descriptions
I like that idea a lot. Something that I already added but that didn't make it into the upcoming update yet is visual descriptions of the estate. So that you get to know what you just built.
Maybe something similar could be added to other screens as well, I don't know. My only wish is to make it so that those descriptions are optional and don't make navigation more cumbersome. I could imagine an extra button after the "Help for this screen" button for example. That way it can be easily skipped, since I assume most people swipe down to get directly to the main screen rather than going through all buttons one by one.
Understand and agree.
I completely understand your points and agree. I do really like the idea of the screen description button. that would be very awesome.
Yeah timecrest
Yeah Timecrest does that, describes the pictures of the characters and the world around them.
Splendid game
I downloaded this game very early today and I must say that I am absolutely loving it. I also like the fact that the only thing I am killing while playing this game is time. I love the idea and the whole concept of this wonderful game. Thank you so much, Michelle, for creating and making these games accessible for us in the blind community. Please keep up the great job. We are all thankful to you and your team for all the wonderful things you are doing and your hard work is infinitely appreciated. The music and the sounds are great. Would it be possible to add a few seconds of sound identifying whatever buildings you're entering? For example, as sound that would let you know that you entered the farm, the furnace, your state, princess, the city, etc. It wouldn't have to be a sound that would stay there in the background but just play a few seconds just enough to give you the sense that you are going somewhere. Anyways, these are only my humble suggestions. The main reason why am here is just to let you know that I am loving this game. I also would like to be part of the test flight group. My email is the following: [email protected]
Once again, thank you for everything you're doing in order to make games accessible for the blind.
Ambiance sounds when entering locations
Hi AppleFan,
your suggestion to add a unique ambiance sound effect upon entering a location is pretty great. It would add to the immersion, but also help letting players know that they are actually in a different screen than before.
It'll take me a while to collect all kinds of sounds for this, so please don't expect this to happen very soon, but it is on my backlog of improvements.
It will be awesome
Thank you, Michelle. I am glad my suggestion seems like something that can be done. I also like the idea of visual descriptions. An extra button would be great. Thank you for doing such a terrific work on this game. The more I play, the more I like it.
Expedited Review
To everyone on iOS 9 who can't currently play the game due to the app immediately closing after opening:
I just wanted to quickly mention that we contacted Apple and asked whether they would expedite the review of the game because it contained a crash fix. They kindly agreed and we are now in review. If all goes well, we will be allowed to release the update today.
This game is great!
Hello.
Having played this game for a couple days now, I can say it's a great game.
I'd personally like to buy things with real money like perminent chopping speed for the Lumberyard but that's just me. I understand some players like myself like to play like this whilst others do not.
I'm really happy to know that this game is being worked on and will continue to be a great way to kill time for many years to come.
New Version Out Now
Apple really came through and expedited the review. The new version is out and available now.
Here is the list of changes:
- Performance increased further
- Game now auto-saves regularly
- Accessibility: Products in City will announce how many are in storage together with the product name
- Accessibility: Produce button is now the first button in any production slot, to make updating automation quicker
- Accessibility: After selling a product, game will announce how many are left in storage
- Accessibility: After a progress reset, the sell buttons in the city are no longer inaccessible
- Accessibility: Added Sell All button to the city market product listing
- Accessibility: Boost Buttons in the Castle are now labeled with how long the boost will still be active
Up and Down Flicks - do they make sense?
This is general question to everyone:
This game uses up and down swipes to let VoiceOver users quickly jump between groups of controls. Examples are jumping between products in the city and production slots in the locations. In both of these the help text specifically mentions this mechanic.
But the mechanic actually works in many other places as well, where it isn't specifically mentioned.
My question is - should we add additional tutorials or help texts or instructions somewhere to make sure players are aware of this mechanic? Or is mentioning a few times enough for people to just try it out?
We're adding more of these groups in future updates, too - it has been noted that the OK and Back buttons should always be quickly accessible this way in all windows, and we wholeheartedly agree. But we also want to ensure everyone is aware of this feature.
So what do you think? What's you're personal experience?
Up and down flicks
The up and down flicks certainly have proved to be very useful for they help us navigate faster between one product and the other. I personally try to flick up and down every time I open a new screen just to see what it does. Honestly, I think that just mentioning it a few times at the beginning of the game should be enough for these are some of the most frequent or used VoiceOver gestures. I also think it would be nice to have a gesture that would take us to the bottom of the screen. This would aid us in finding the treasure chest faster and easier. If we could have one more flick or swipe to take us to the bottom of the screen, we would not need so much time to find the treasure chest.
I just downloaded the new version of the game and I have to say that I like it. Right now I am playing with the music off and the lag issue that we all are experiencing seems A little bit less noticeable. Thank you for the great job you are doing. I am liking this game more and more every time.
Thanks for the update, and more request, please?
Thank you for the recent update. I like the "sell all" buttons in the city market, now I don't have to here the message over and over again lol.
One request, if it's not too much trouble, would it be possible to have a "sell all" button that would sell all my products at one time?
About the up and down flicks, it makes sense, and I try it all the time on different pages to see where it works. It actually helps me navigate the pages a little better when the focus jumps around.
Another request, would it be possible to add a gesture that would take you directly to the bottom of the page?
I don't know if everybody found out the the gesture of 2-finger swipe up takes you directly to the top of the page, and if you swipe down with 2 fingers, it reads the page from that point to the end. It helps to read the quest list without the focus jumping around everywhere.
Michelle, do you think the update for the numbering format can be added to the next update? please? with cherry on top? lol It's driving me bananas lol. I thought the expansion was only 100,000 but to my surprise, it was 1 million coins, wow!
It also made me think a couple of times that to unlock a product, it was 10,000, but it was 100,000. Since the roter doesn't work on the game, I can't read the numbers one by one. I would very much appreciate it if it's going to be on the next update since now I'm starting to be on the higher levels where I have to have 1 and 2 million coins to do an expansion and finish a quest.
Again, thank you very, very much for an awesome game, and thank you for all your time and hard work that you put on the game to make it more fun to play. I appreciate it very, very much.
Number formatting
Hi sunshine,
yes, absolutely. I fixed the number formatting yesterday actually, but it was a few hours after we submitted the current version for review. So this will definitely make it into the next update!
Here is my feedack thus far.
Here is my feedack thus far.
The following covers the good and the issues with crafting kingdom
The music cuts out when voiceover speaks. This is a bit of an issue as it interrupts the game play. I have ducking off.
There is a bit of a lag from when the user flicks to when voiceover reads the choice. This might have something to do as well with the music cutting off.
the screen are well lag out but they are a bit hard to navigate at times.
There is also lag when I flick up and down in the city to view my items to sell. See note above
Lag
Hi KE7SUM,
thank you for your feedback. I am especially concerned about the music cutting out.
Would you be so kind as to update to the latest version in the store and tell me whether this is still happening? We just made an update today which improved the lag by a lot, and I am hoping that it will also fix the music cutting out.
Getting to the bottom of a screen.
Hi, Getting to the bottom of a screen would be quite useful as,, the treasure chest is sometimes at the bottom of the world menu, and being able to flick to the bottom of the menu with the up/down gesture would allow us to get to the chest much quicker. thanks so much for the update. Have you figured out how to add the "Screen description button to all the world places as well as the world's main menu? That would be awesome to hear descriptions of all the places. Again, thanks so much for such an awesome game. and Thank you for your awesome work with accessibility.
Sound effects
Hi Michelle. I could help you out with sound effects for any category. Just let me know how to get them to you. I just downloaded the game and now going to try it and see if its working.
I echo everyone's sentiments
I echo everyone's sentiments that it's great that the game is accessible, and that the dev is so responsive to input here. I'm having a harder time getting into it as much as some other commenters here, but I think that's down to me not really understanding this genre of game. What other popular mainstream games is this comparable to? I also installed the new update, but the game still crashes when I open it, and I have to go into it via the app switcher. Once I do that though, the game works great for me. running iOS 10.2.1 on a 64 gig iPhone SE. A somewhat amusing point, anyone else find themselves swiping up in iOS after playing the game and expecting VO to jump to the top of the screen as it does in the game? lol.
LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH!!!!!
Hi. I just started playing this yesterday after I saw this post and I love this game!!!!!!! A game where I can sell and produce and build. Didn't think there would be any games like this anytime soon. So thank you for making this accessible. I also got the new update for it today and as far as lag I still notice it. I'm using an iPhone 7. Still love this game though.
The Princes and her gifts
Hi, I'm having an issue with the Princes. When it says that sale prices go up by 2 percent, Ok, I understand that, But, it gets confusing. It then says, It goes by 4 percent higher, then by 6 percent. Maybe it should say, All sales are not 2,4, 6 percent higher than the default price, or something like that.
I am actually using the
I am actually using the latest update as I just got the game today. At least according to the ios app store.
Reset
Hello there I like this game very much thank you for doing what you're doing for us but I have a couple questions I am not under percent sure on what I keep and what I will leave it if I do the reset to get more click quest but I have the new update where it saves automatically I was just curious what are you and what I keep If I reset it it what would I lose it went well I keep is what I was wondering I haven't done that because I'm not hundred percent sure I will I will lose it will I will keep but I am loving this game I hope this is understandable because you're using dictation
When you reset the game you
When you reset the game you get to keep the rewards you earned and I beliwve the achievements like the 5 percentsales but I'm also not sure.
You get to keep your Estate
If you've started progress on your Estate, the progress is still there. so, say you get to level 4, like I'm just about to do, that is still there when you reset the game by claiming your rewards.
Ok, How do I know I've
Ok, How do I know I've leveled up? I am confused about the upgrades
Selling products.
Hi, I see that the "Sell 1" option is no longer in the selling options for each product. Is there any way we can have this back as I have 403 leather, and I only need 400. I'm unable to sell those 3, unless I sell them all, witch, I don't wanna do as I need the 400 for my Estate.
Never mind, I found it. I
Never mind, I found it. I missed it as focus for some reason kept changign on my end. I can't expand just yet but I'll get there.
Works good
The game works good but the only real issue is the lag.
Lag here.
Hi, I'm still having the lag issue as well. Even after the latest update.
Even with the latest update I
Even with the latest update I get the lag as well. Music still cuts off as well, but the user can if they need to shut it off.
hope that helps a bit.
Question about the Quest
Hi Michelle, I have a question about the quest.
Does it give you random quests to do, or is it based on the things that you do in the game?
A friend of mine and I started playing the game together, but we don't do things exactly the same. He has different list of quests to do, and I didn't get the same ones that he got when I did the previous quests that he finished.
So, just wondering if the quests is given randomly or not.
Also, his "sell 10" button is disabled most of the time. Sometimes it's there and sometimes it's not, even when he has way more than 10 products to sell. Just wanted to let you know what's working, and what's not.
Thank you very much for fixing the number formatting. I can't wait for the next update lol.
Again, thank you for all your hard work and dedication to make this game accessible for us.
Some lag.
Hi. I am getting some lag. I haven't tried turning the music off yet. Think I might complete a few more quests though before I reset my game. As previously stated, I am really liking this game.
Lag Here Too
Good Morning Michelle. thanks for the latest update. I also experience some Voiceover lag, but, it has improved a bit.
I also like the changes in the city market. The flick up and down helps a lot. I think that, when a new user plays the game, perhaps they should be given an automatic hint, for a predetermined amount of time, with regard to the value of the flick up and down. this would help to break them into efficient nagivation within the game.
Keep up the great work.
production slot announcements
hi all, i find that with the latest update, when i change a slot, to produce a different material voiceover still says the original status, for example, if i changed 1 to timber, from logs, it would say this slot has now been changed to logs yet which i go back, voiceover says slot 1 timber.
Thanks for the bug report
Hi Will,
Excellent catch and thank you for reporting. I'll put that on the list of bug fixes for the next update.
I also noticed that asbug
I also noticed that asbug reported well. Also when I'm turning on my automation slots I'll lose focus and end up at the bottom of the screen. Is there a way to start all of your automations slots in a given place such as the farm etc? I'm loving the game.
Sell 10 bug
Hi all. I got the sell 10 disabled bug earlier today. I had like 22 timber, and over 10 logs, but, I couldn't sell by 10s.
I have not seen that one as
I have not seen that one as of yet, Is this a random hard to reproduce bug or can you reproduce it on demand?
Problem a friend is having
Hi my friend using a SE is getting stuck in the farming screen. The curser is jumping around alot and she can't get to the back button now that their are more slots. Have you thought about adding a scrub jesture in the game to go back. It would make things faster instead of swiping all the way to the left.
the lag
The lag is the only main issue for me. I think its worse now than when the game first came out. I even turned off the music. Tomorrow I will play again. My fingers are hurting from the game. And the focus drops when I try to either get out of a screen or when I'm trying to grab the treasure chest.