New Cave Limited Beta

flashbunny • 8 January 2014 at 7:34 AM

@orderedchaos

Ah, well thank you for the explanation.

That's good to know, again, i just threw it out there as a suggestion 😊

karamel • 8 January 2014 at 11:51 AM

I'm not too keen on @dugarjzlafreohr's suggestion. I personally think that finding a few eggs should be easy, not a treasure hunt. It'd be nice for something like an easter egg hunt, but I'd rather the current system. (/Definitely/ opposed to having different spots each day, too.) However, with that said, I'd sort of be okay with this; it definitely fits with the role-playing aspect. ("You walk into a cave and just so happen to find 10 eggs!" vs. "You walk into a cave and see something hiding behind something else, then notice some more other eggs...")

@ilovedoctorwho You sure you didn't refresh or anything? And there was only one egg in the 'Previously Found' list (unless you stole the other 9)? e_e;;

@Ian "... we want to ensure that the Cave works nicely with mobile devices. ..." Does this mean that other parts of Egg Cave will also become mobile-friendly? o:

The new interface is okay to me, but the transparent 'overlay' just doesn't do it for me. Maybe it's because it's a change and I'm not used to it, but it feels awkward and out of place. That said, I can't think of any other alternatives (apart from the past interfaces, which required more scrolling). x3

And like I said before, I'm willing to compromise on speed/a few more clicks in order to have more reliability. Navigating to a different page actually doesn't bug me too much, and I can get used to it. 😊

aardbeix3 • 8 January 2014 at 1:34 PM

Hooray, I'm testing it!
and I like this new Egg cave!
it's much more interesting now to take eggs.

fallenangel1550 • 8 January 2014 at 3:00 PM

I like and dislike the new cave.

I like how you can go back and steal eggs from your recent attempts. I tend to accidentally close out of an egg I want so that feature is nice. I also appreciate adding some more attempts but I don't know if I would ever use them. I think I would forget. Maybe add a notification when a new cave attempt becomes available? I also like being able to see the gender of the egg, although that doesn't really matter for me.

I didn't like the descriptions, and I have noticed they have been removed. I also don't like how the cave directs you to a new page when trying to steal an egg. It was much faster when it was a popup window. I wonder if there is a way to keep the popup window as well as still being able to go back and steal an egg you recently found.

On a slight side note, I do not like how new cave monthlies are not going to retire at the end of the month. Half of the appeal of the cave and the monthlies is getting that chance to get an egg before it is gone forever. If they were to stay, I think interest would go down severely. Also, by doing this, it makes those new eggs worth nothing, just like the currently available creatures in the cave.

novrain62 • 8 January 2014 at 3:28 PM

okay, the new look is a NO for me. I also don't like having to keep scrolling. I liked the pop up box (was easier to deal with; made more sense). Sorry if people accidently clicked the X (even I did a few times), pay more attention; or tough luck. The more I use this "new cave" the more the OLD was just fine!!!

Go back to original.

goldkoi • 8 January 2014 at 4:30 PM

I have a suggestion for the beta. I know that if you go to the cave from more than one account, you can get frozen, but a few times I've accidentally (not realizing I was on a side) used the cave. It'd be nice to have a way for users to mark an account as being a side, and perhaps when going to the cave on the side, would instead instead just see a message reminding them that it's a side. Does that make sense?

Ian • 8 January 2014 at 4:32 PM

8 Jan: Major UI changes (again)

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More UI updates today. Changed things around, trying to get selecting eggs on the Cave closest to the top for minimal scrolling.

liza200aa • 8 January 2014 at 4:52 PM

@Ian
I don't really like how it opens eggs in a new page. Maybe you can make it optional? (So people can still have their eggs open in a pop-up if they want it that way)

Ian • 8 January 2014 at 4:57 PM

@liza200aa

The reason we've discontinued those pop ups is because many people have reported the pop up to be very unresponsive. It was also very mobile unfriendly as well.

Although it does require extra page loads, this makes Cave stealing more reliable across all platforms.

aedia • 8 January 2014 at 5:02 PM

@Ian Yeah, the pop ups often froze up on my computer and then I would lose the eggs I was trying to get, so I really like the new changes myself.

I accidentally pressed 'leave egg' the other day when I was planning on keeping it, so I was so happy I could go back and get it, I really love that feature as well. 😊 I think the new cave is wonderful this way.

spiritkoi • 8 January 2014 at 5:06 PM

@Ian The only thing I noticed so far is yesterday the eggs were translucent on the cave picture and today they aren't. Just asking.

Orderedchaos • 8 January 2014 at 5:15 PM

@spiritkoi We are playing around with different looks for the Cave until we find a UI that looks good and works well for the majority of people. So during the beta expect the look of the Cave to change a bit. 😊

beckyfeng08 • 8 January 2014 at 5:16 PM

I don't like how it sends you to another link when you get the egg. Some computers are slow, and it wastes time. Anyway, you have to go back, so its 2 links for a creature.

spiritkoi • 8 January 2014 at 5:37 PM

@Orderedchaos Okay! 😋 And I just noticed how some of the mods have upper cased the first letter. How?

Orderedchaos • 8 January 2014 at 5:41 PM

@spiritkoi Special mod powers. 😉

spiritkoi • 8 January 2014 at 5:41 PM

@Orderedchaos Then why don't all the mods have it?

Orderedchaos • 8 January 2014 at 5:46 PM

@spiritkoi Personal preference. Not everyone wants to have capital letters in their name. If you have further questions about this please ask via PM or on my wall so we don't post a bunch of off-topic spam in the thread.

spiritkoi • 8 January 2014 at 5:47 PM

@Orderedchaos Okay!

quillbunny • 8 January 2014 at 5:51 PM

I really like this! Real cool, guys! This musta taken so much work to do! You guys are awesome... @Ian

novrain62 • 8 January 2014 at 6:12 PM

Whether I like or dislike, I ALWAYS appreciate the Effort!!! Thank you Egg Cave Team for ALL the hard work!!!

catqeen1234 • 8 January 2014 at 7:45 PM

I'm liking the idea for the small eggs to appear IN the cave picture. Of course, the black egg with a question mark won't show up well, so going with the suggestion that there be a lighter color...

Why not make the eggs Honk eggs? It is the plainest egg and is a light color for easy viewing. That way it's still a surprise what creature you get but it has more depth and such.

mairbear • 8 January 2014 at 7:53 PM

@Ian Ummm okay so I've been fine with all the updates till now. The intro text on top of the banner looks extremely awkward.

Was this done because of how some people are concerned with scrolling. If that's the case, I think overlaying the eggs themselves with the cave art (as in the last update) looked better.

As another space-saving tactic, perhaps the "Do not visit from side accounts" could be moved to right under the "Approach egg" button, but I honestly think the text should be black, on a white background.

And maybe we could get rid of the whole select an egg and then press Approach thing altogether, just have the mystery eggs be links themselves?

I just really don't like the white text on top of the banner ☹️

momokie • 8 January 2014 at 8:15 PM

@ian

I love the new lay out, its beautiful! 😊 its better than over lapping. Maybe get new art made? 😊 anyways, I love it!! So glad I can be apart of it.

emilianagerson • 8 January 2014 at 8:16 PM

i don't like the thing were you have 10 trys then have to wait about 20mins to get one more try, then again and again, i say give us 10 trys or don't make a wait for the next try.

sophia123 • 8 January 2014 at 8:17 PM

well, when i though about my idea, i saw 5 gray eggs with colorfull questionmark, maybe one of the colors in the cave?!

arcadiafire • 8 January 2014 at 8:30 PM

I personally like the new feature with being able to have more than 10 tries to find an egg in the cave.

My main problem with this site is not being able to find one or two eggs that I really love or not being able to obtain an egg that say is released for just that day or for only a few days due to the influx of a ton of other creatures. I understand that of course the cave is random, but it bothers me all the same. With this new method, i can try to get one every 20 or so minutes. Which i thoroughly enjoy.

But my main point here is that i fully approve of the new features and i hope at least the psudo-unlimited cave tries feature stays permenantly.

ugena • 8 January 2014 at 9:07 PM

It is really great this time, no need more changes for me.
Only one little thing... is it normal that I don't ever see one of the new creature's egg since the beginning of the beta? I'd like to have the irel but I didn't see it even if I came on the cave almost every day.

phoxine • 8 January 2014 at 10:09 PM

I am loving the new cave it is truly awesome i like i can go back any time and still pick them up if i didnt take them.

darksnow23 • 8 January 2014 at 10:36 PM

The new cave is really nice ^^ Like others before me have mentioned, the fact that I can go back and pick up an egg that I accidentally left is a really appealing idea.

It's also really great that the steal attempts reset every now and then to give more chances for LE's and monthlies.

Again, mentioned before, it would be nice if the eggs could be the links themselves instead of having to select and then click approach.

I really appreciate the effort and time spent improving this site, many thanks!!

annapashmina • 9 January 2014 at 12:12 AM

I just realized that I'm part of the beta testers... 😋

Here's what I think k of it..

I loveeee the fact that I can actually see the gender before adopting. Saves time and name change 😊

On the other hand, I prefer the pop-up feature when stealing an egg rather than opening it into a new page since I'll have the "Ability to view previously approached eggs for a couple of minutes, in case you lost the attempt"

Other than that, I love the new cave!

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I'm using Chrome Web browser via Android phone 😊

PS.
I hope there'll be an eggcave app in Android and Apple soon! 😊