-LOCKED - Coding Update: Lion Page, Conservation and more!
Posted on 2018-08-17 07:56:40

Coding Update!

Lion Page Optimisations
* Lion name and information at the header of the page has been condensed so that it doesn't take up half of the initial page.
* The lion's image now fits fully in the window no matter what size your device's screen is. If you are a mobile user, you should no longer need to scroll sideways to see the full lion image.
* Feed, Play and Breed/AutoBreed have been moved to the top, just underneath the image for ease of access. Play now incorporates the old Interact menu, and is automatically selected before any amusement toys are selected.


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* Social Media buttons have found a new home on the top of the Currents table.
* EXP bar (or cub training bar) and level have been merged with the Lion Stats table.
* Revealing a lioness' fertility has been moved to the fertility Snake - you can now use that tool to reveal the fertility of different lionesses at the same time instead of having to navigate your way through your pride.
* Update Lion section is now collapsible.
* A lion's biography will not show on the page if it is empty, saving some valuable page space.
* Broodmother has now been incorporated into the lion's "Role" alongside Hunter and can be updated when you update your Lion's details.
* You can now also secure your lion from the Update Lion section.


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* Chase, Kill and Send to Nature Reserve have been condensed (with a collapsible description of all the options). The buttons have also been color coded; orange is neutral, red is negative karma, green is positive karma.


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Other Updates
* The Nesting page has been switched around a little to have the nesting function at the top and the list of lionesses at the bottom.
* Mysterious Stranger's appearance chances have been increased.
* Admins can now make a response to a forum post which is displayed in a styled box and gives you a notification - for instance, if you ask a question on the news post, we can now reply in your forum post and you will know about it right away!


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Conservation Efforts
We've proudly donated to charity as part of our March anti-poaching event and now we have implemented a permanent page called "Conservation Efforts". This page is linked at the bottom of the game with our Terms and Code of Conduct, so that now you can investigate the charities we have donated to in the past along with some other information about conservation efforts around the globe.

Conservation Efforts


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Hotfixes this week:
* Fixed broken encounters in explore

Also, the quota bar for maneater studs has been lowered - last year you guys fought all together for specific shops daily, now it seems to be more relaxed due to personal bars, so we adapted :)

Announcement:
Next week will feature the last unique Art Update (content - decors, etc). After that, we've noticed the last Friday of August is actually the *last day* of August and next day you'd get Event news. We've decided that August 31st will become the first community update without the coding update, so that we can give you more fun content for August Event.
Remember that starting September, aside from monthly Event news, every second Friday of the month will be the official update day, containing both art and coding news. The other Fridays will be Community Fridays and will contain raffles, comics, hotfix information and other similar small stuff.


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Raffle Lioness


Congrats Olyndicus (#7313)! You have won the last raffle lady!
New lady with the Lake Malawi BG up for impressing in Special Lioness area in Crossroads or in NEWS section under News Post List!

Polls and Dev Notes
Thanks for your input on what fixed slot the next hybrid tigery stripes marking should be at. Based on Leopon's fixed slot experience and fitting leopard-like rosette we thought you guys can estimate what your designs revolve around at. Slot 10 has the most votes with Slot 1 following it. It surprised us a little bit as we thought you guys would enjoy putting some light, underbelly markings over the stripes for more natural look perhaps. We'll give it some thought and try to adapt while making you guys satisfied. Thanks for your thoughts!

LINK - New poll! Should AutoBreed become a monthly subscription similar to Feed All Play All?


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Next Update: Art Content update! Decors, Markings, etc!

Friday goofy doodle comic:


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Edited on 17/08/18 @ 08:38:04 by Xylax (#4)

Api (#139974)

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Posted on
2018-08-17 14:36:52
I really hate the new lion page update. It's hard to navigate and doesn't look as good as it used to. Would be cool if we could toggle the new one off.



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Sara (#62059)

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Posted on
2018-08-17 14:59:55
Wow I love this update



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pup (#141608)

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Posted on
2018-08-17 15:08:43
love the updates and the comic has me rolling omg



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Khare (#61540)

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Posted on
2018-08-17 15:47:03
Not a fan of this week's update either, sorry.



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Tatt2 (#10958)

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Posted on
2018-08-17 15:56:55
I have a suggestion, but not sure if it has been suggested before. Could the breed/auto breed buttons have a permanent/fixed place? I don't pay attention to feeding, so one lioness it can be on the left and on the other it's in the middle. Kind of incoherent for me.

Sorry if it has been suggested already.



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soup (#52780)

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Posted on
2018-08-17 16:25:29
Love that comic



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MuttPup ๐Ÿ• (#69116)

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Posted on
2018-08-17 16:26:44
One thing I'd really like fixed is adding an "Import to Wardrobe" button on to other player's lions.

It'll be extremely useful when looking for cubs to buy, since the lion ID is small and hard to find.



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โ„๏ธ Icey โ„๏ธ (#44765)

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Posted on
2018-08-17 16:40:10
Thanks for the speedy response, admin team (and Myriad!)

A few comments on the current system (as constructive criticism ofc, also as an user who almost always plays on mobile!). Hope it's not that big a problem since I honestly like the new layout and dealing with these is normal in a bigger coding update c:

โ€ข hard agree on the feeding/breeding buttons being too close. I love not being able to scroll as much (and bless you for fixing the lion page size for mobile!), but I feel like a bar with buttons for breeding, autobreeding, and reveal fertility would be a better choice than the current placement maybe? (Also yes bring back the reveal fert button if it's not too much trouble plz). It'd keep the breeding information separate from feeding/playing since it kinda IS a separate action. We need to feed/play almost every day and breeding is just every 20 days. Separating them seems better imo.
. NOTE: separating them as in "make the space between the two bars bigger than that thin line" ;) It'd fix the issue pretty easily!

โ€ข Thumbs up to spreading the chase/reserve/kill buttons a little bit more. Or make the font bigger. It's too small in mobile and it makes me click the wrong link pretty often^^' Maybe in general? this for mobile ofc

โ€ข and my biggest request: just -consider- keeping the lion ID, X's Pride, and Former Prides links centralized under the lion name again if possible? And with a bigger font size? It's just so to the far side and in such a small font that my phone just doesn't select the lion ID when I need it for scrying stone/etc, I just keep clicking on the link below it instead of copying the ID and it's just... Making me go crazy. Please please please consider this one ;-;

(Literally the small spacing between the buttons and the small font size seem to be the biggest issue imo so far c: )

That said, I really do like the update and how it makes the lion pages easier to navigate <3 Just something to think about, -especially- that third point if possible? C: it really made life harder for me. Overall though it'll take a while to adjust but I'm sure it's for the best.


Admin Response:
Thank you for you guys' input, we're noting down the spacing issues


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Edited on 17/08/18 @ 16:51:26 by โ„๏ธIceyโ„๏ธ[sunset] (#44765)

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Posted on
2018-08-17 17:09:01
omg that comic tho



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Myriad (#76)


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Posted on
2018-08-17 17:11:57
I 100% agree with Icey's comments, I think these would be some great tweaks and solutions (I also am having the issue of not being able to easily select and copy the lion's ID# on mobile to use for wardrobe etc)

I think having breeding actions and feed/play actions slightly separated seems like a great potential solution too, especially having now done all interactions etc for both my prides and played around plenty with how it currently works. And if there was a bar for each, the breeding one might then have enough spare room for the reveal fertility button to be put back, and even for the fert % to be displayed there permanently too to save scrolling..?

Another issue for me atm which I think somebody else mentioned is that feed/play/breed etc moves position on the interaction bar depending on which things are there. So for instance for a lion that is fully fed, the play button is in a completely different place compared to one who is still at all hungry. Going through playing with them or breeding it feels so clunky to have to keep altering where youโ€™re clicking/tapping to adapt to the changes of positioning. Fixed positions would be so much more intuitive if that would be possible.

Overall I do really like the page layout changes though; I donโ€™t want to seem like itโ€™s by any means all negative! For me, especially as a mobile user, itโ€™s a definite improvement overall. I really like the neatening and paring down of it all, as well as making it more mobile friendly with responsive image size etc. I think with a few minor things tweaked it could be perfect once we all get used to it c:

Thank you so much for all your work on this and on continuing to fix and change things since the update because of player feedback too <3


Admin Response:
Thank you for you guys' input, we're noting down the spacing issues


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Moth ๐Ÿฆ‹ (#21482)


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Posted on
2018-08-17 17:18:31
Lovin these updates!



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Posted on
2018-08-17 17:41:03
how do you change a lion's name on the new lion page?


Admin Response:
On the bottom of lion's page there's a "Update Lion" collapsable tab - all data to edit is there, including the name!


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Absolute Garbage (#144183)

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Posted on
2018-08-17 18:24:28
I'm so glad everything's in a nice little box, now



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Kwillow2 (#72489)

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Posted on
2018-08-17 18:51:45
I do love the fact that the play buttons are now higher up, saves a lot of effort and time when going through and playing with everyone in my pride to keep their moods up! However, I wish that the space for naming a lion was shown by default, or there was an option to do so (if there is and I missed it, forgive me). It's inconvenient to have to click an extra button every time I wish to alter a lion's name, footnote, description or role, I think.



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Posted on
2018-08-17 19:07:54
That comic is great! XD



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