Hey everyone,
Thanks to the thousands of players who spent time playing our short demo and for providing feedback! We wanted to give an update on lessons learned and next steps.
First, a whopping 88.1% of players surveyed (n=201) answered “very high” and “high” to the question: Based on what you saw in the demo, and the components indicated as "under construction", what's your interest in playing the full version? Those who answered our survey were primarily our core audience – those familiar with Mr. President already.
We’re excited by this result but we know we still have a long way to go. We agree with a lot of the feedback provided, which ranged from macro suggestions to micro changes. Here are the top three:
Provide more details on “what happens, what can happen, why am I doing things.”
Provide a more intuitive interface, UI/UX. Some players wanted even more tooltips whereas other players felt that the zooming options were not sufficient (text too small).
Provide a better onboarding experience.
Next Steps
We will keep our demo up, which is a change from our original plan of turning it off on June 16, because there were players who downloaded the demo but were not able to try the demo just yet.
We’ll prioritize some immediate changes to the current demo that this cohort of players can benefit from. Specifically, we’re working on an action log that shows you previous actions, rolls, and results.
We’re going to circle back internally to start planning towards a second demo that can showcase our implementations of player feedback and more progress on the game.
If you haven’t played yet, please watch Ananda’s walkthrough in lieu of an onboarding experience. Thanks again to all of you who tried out the demo or watched Ananda's video or left feedback for the demo. Please continue to monitor our blog or X for updates!
Thank you!
-The Mr. President Team