New Creature Profiles v2

Ian • 13 February 2012 at 12:42 PM

Egg Cavers,

I am really excited about creature profiles v2. I didn't expect there to be such a massive response to the change. We've gotten a lot of positive reactions and some negative reactions. I realize that allowing users to "trial" the version 2 layout would have been a better way, as opposed to a hard switch. So, for those who were shocked by the change, I apologize.

I am now in the process of making revisions to the already-released version 2 creature profile layout. I really want the Egg Cave community to "build" the site and voice their opinion.

Here's the most recent mockup of what I'm working on:

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/1463/screenshot20120213at121z.png

If you could all post your thoughts, that would be amazing. 😃 Try to keep your thoughts short, so I can get through everybody's.

Creature profiles v2 are gonna be built by Egg Cavers, not just by my imagination. 😉

Thanks!

cubexline • 13 February 2012 at 12:46 PM

1. That the food things where near the next button(easy to go through and feed).
2. Probably the way you feed, you now know if you fed it and how much ec you get.
3. How much ec you got and if you actually fed the pet or not.
4. Hitting the feed button and moving on. 😋

Ian • 13 February 2012 at 12:48 PM

Sweet. I've been hearing that the Feed button being close to the Next/Prev links is a very important thing. Noted. 😊 That's the biggest change in the mockup above.

Thanks for the thoughts! Keep 'em coming.

smilies • 13 February 2012 at 12:52 PM

1. What did you like about version 1 creature profiles?
I don't know, never really thought about it. I sort of liked the way it was laid out, like the profiles were higher up so it drew a little more attention to them.
2. What do you like about the new version 2 creature profiles that wasn't present in version 1?
I love the giant happiness bar, the new feeding thing, the grey look, and how big and black the stats are X3 It makes my pets look more impressive XD
3. What elements do you feel were "lost" from the version 1 to version 2 layout?
I don't think anything was really lost, although I wish the Freeze potions were just a little bigger, more noticeable ^^
4. When you go to a creature profile, what is the first thing you're looking to do? View stats? Hit that Feed button?
The profile text 😊

EDIT: Oh, didn't see the mock-up ^^" I like that better. because the pet and the feed button are higher up. And it looks good 😃

Orderedchaos • 13 February 2012 at 12:53 PM

That new mockup looks good. Love that the stats are bolded and more prominent. For me, that was the one thing I didn't like about the new profiles.

libra • 13 February 2012 at 12:56 PM

I like the happiness bar, but I kinda think we should do something so the creature is more of the main focus.

smilies • 13 February 2012 at 12:58 PM

Also like how you changed it to "Owned by" rather than "Stolen by" 😋 Because I know I didn't steal my onny, etc ^^

cynt5100 • 13 February 2012 at 12:59 PM

hmm.. I'ts O.k. Ithink the creature should be in the middle. And maybe a little bigger @Ian The creature really is the main focus

sprite • 13 February 2012 at 1:02 PM

I like it except the size of the happiness bar. When right beside the creature it's more noticeable than the creature is. I can live with it if needed 😊

For me feeding is faster with the V2 version compared to previous versions. I'm all about load time for images. Where there used to be be 3 it's just one and done. Much quicker.

Thanks for asking for our input. Good luck!

sophia123 • 13 February 2012 at 1:06 PM

wow, the pic shows exactly that what i wish!!! really! i saw the new profile and thought: cool, it looks so great, and the button is much effective... but... i would change it to that what the pic shows^^
can't believe it 😉

but one idea to the happines bar:i like it, but much of the immortal creas have horrible notes on it... that is not cool -.- so... maybe it could be changed to an ever full bar (maybe in a different color) or only the word "IMMORTAL"

greetings!

smilies • 13 February 2012 at 1:08 PM

@sophia123 I completely agree 😸

libra • 13 February 2012 at 1:09 PM

@Sophia123 - I like your "Immortal Happiness Bar" idea.

sophia123 • 13 February 2012 at 1:11 PM

@smilies and @maximum_ride_forever nice to see, that i am not the only one who has "a problem" with that^^ thank you two!

lily- • 13 February 2012 at 1:15 PM

@Ian
Thanks for letting us put more input in.
I definitely like having the feed button near the top, though I do think having the potions there being bigger would be better so that they are more noticeable. Also maybe having the happiness bar back to being underneath the creature would be better so like @luvmykids244 said the creature itself would be clearer to see. I also think the font in your mock up for the feeds/views/clicks compared to the V2 now released looks better because it matches with the rest of the font used on EC.
Oh and I agree with @Sophia123 Though I think maybe having it say health instead of happiness would be better, though that wouldn't work best with immortal creatures very well...

I think that's about it. Sorry if it was too long to read, I get carried away sometimes.

nanami • 13 February 2012 at 1:19 PM

@Ian

first, thank you for the new design 😊

the new version is cool but there is some stuff what could be fixed, so it would be better 😉

first it would be better if the feed button is near the next Button

and all the Numbers and the Happines Bar could be smaller

or you must make the Pet Pictures Bigger in the profiel, because they are the imported stuff what must be focused on, not the Views, Feds and Clicks.


it would be cool if the profiel would be more creature centered 😊

bunnyshadow • 13 February 2012 at 1:29 PM

@ian AWESOME IDEA COMING YOUR WAY 8D

I think that essence of litsdnats should be under the creature picture and bigger, also if a creature has been starred by using cavecash there should be a tiny star potion in the corner of the creature profile, that way starred creatures by cave and by CaveCash have different rarities? because i believe people would like to have a star potion in the top corner xD

nkiay • 13 February 2012 at 1:47 PM

@Ian

The placement of this is much better. Works for me. 😊

elluwah • 13 February 2012 at 1:58 PM

I'm already pretty used to this new version of creature profiles. 😊 But the mockup definitely looks improved, I like how the feed button is back on the right hand side. I'm also very pleased with how the facebook links are moved to below the profile area, that'll stop the profiles jumping around as the page loads. ^^

badkittynono • 13 February 2012 at 2:11 PM

@ian I do like the new mockup. Not as pretty, but other than that it looks good 😊 I agree with @elluwah about the placement of the fb links/jumping. Besides, due to the layout of most sites when I look for a fb link, I look to the bottom left out of habit anyway. The only big thing I can think of is the players who were concerned about the visibility of "do not feed" messages in their creature profiles.

Zac • 13 February 2012 at 2:33 PM

For those who were concerned, "dying alerts" will only display for creatures whose level is under 2000. After that, creatures can still have 0/100 happiness but aren't in danger of dying. 😊

Great feedback!

cafe • 13 February 2012 at 2:49 PM

@Ian

I'm just gushing over the new profiles
They make it so much easier to feed my program [RDBP], the time has been cut in half, because I know if I feed them and don't have to go back and check it.

I like the second profile more, it looks less bulky - if that makes sense. Lmfao.

@Zac

Did you see my topic? I had one about the dying thing xD

coral_sage • 13 February 2012 at 3:22 PM

@Ian
I love it

rawrcookies08 • 13 February 2012 at 3:24 PM

@Ian I love that! It looks SO much easier 😃

Edit//
I like how now when you feed the creature, it's not like different kind of foods. It's kind of cool when you see what food it ate after you fed it. I also like that it shows how much EC you earned by feeding the creature. I do have a question, though: how come there are different amounts of EC depending on the creature?

whitefall • 13 February 2012 at 3:39 PM

Ooh! v2 of Creature Profiles v2 xD

I think it would be nice if you could switch the recently fed by and profile boxes. Most people don't look at the recently fed by info, whereas the profile might be important for Do Not Feeds, Linked Lists, and UFT info~

I love the move of the Facebook icons. 😉
Thanks Ian!

zafeyry • 13 February 2012 at 3:45 PM

The one you posted the picture of would be amazing! The Facebook button gets in my way and I have to wait while feeding, and the feed button being moved makes it easier to go through a large cove like mine 😃

EDIT: Can you please please please install the new profiles by Wednesday (Double Feed Day)?

Deleted • 13 February 2012 at 4:13 PM

I liked V1 Profiles best because you were able to easily click feed list links that were in creature profiles and be able to read the profile😊

ilovedogs • 13 February 2012 at 4:41 PM

@Ian i think it looks great just i think the creatures profile thing should be close to the top, i know people that have dont feed on a creatures profile but i think if its at the bottum people will not see it and feed the creature anyway, so far i think thats the only problem i see oh and the freese could you make that easyer to see? like make it biger agian?

Thanks 😊

darkskyazray • 13 February 2012 at 4:53 PM

I like the feed button this big and the stats below the creatures in the mockup link in this post.

And I agree with ilovedogs - I'd like to see the creature profiles a little bit higher.
Many EggCavers have the E-Tag Links and if the profiles are at the bottom, you have to scroll, till you can click the link. That's annoying and slows down.

So - after a day of feeding, I can say for myself: I like the new layout. 😊 Good work.

dreamer • 13 February 2012 at 5:18 PM

@Ian I just have one suggestion for profiles.

I love the new profiles, and I love the mockup even more. But there's one thing that's bothered me, even since V1 EggCave was still around.
You know how on the top of the creature profile, where it says; "(insert name here) the (insert creature here)?" Well, sometimes if a creature's name is really long, it pushes the "Next Creature" button to the second row, so when I'm feeding I usually click to go back by accident. If I could suggest that that font was a bit smaller so everything could fit on one line, it would be awesome. 😃

(Well, so much for keeping this short. X3)

thursdays_dove • 13 February 2012 at 6:58 PM

I still support the change! I like the link you posted too - although I like the FB liking thing, I definitely think it's better at the bottom as opposed to the top. Keep up the great work, Ian! 😊