@Flauber, I'd like to clarify, I do quite enjoy Go. I've been playing since day 1, I'm currently level 22, and I'm just 10 away from catching 'em all. To accomplish this, I've had a fantastic time exploring my local city and interacting with fellow players. I've found, however, that if I want to play when I'm, say, walking the dog up and down the street, it's unlikely that I'll run into anything awesome, mysterious, or exciting (if I find anything at all). I've long found a core aspect of Pokemon to be the fun in discovery (whether that means discovering a worthless fish evolves into a water dragon, or discovering there's another Pokemon beyond the original 150) and feel that Go could do a better job conveying that excitement by shrouding the game in more mystery. If you know rare Pokemon are more likely to spawn inside the forest near your home, you'll feel incentivized to explore it. In Go's current state, you know outright that you won't find a Charizard or Dragonite there - in fact, you know you'd be lucky to find even a Pidgey, and figure it'd make more sense to drive up the busy road by your house that you've driven over a thousand times before.
Hey! I'm Shane Brunswick, the creator of the game. Proof can be found on my GitHub (the sentence under the profile pic): https://github.com/WhataShane. If you have any questions about anything regarding me or the game, feel free to ask! =)
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Re: Random: Disgruntled Young Pokémon GO Fan Makes Satirical Game About Playing in the Suburbs
@Flauber, I'd like to clarify, I do quite enjoy Go. I've been playing since day 1, I'm currently level 22, and I'm just 10 away from catching 'em all. To accomplish this, I've had a fantastic time exploring my local city and interacting with fellow players. I've found, however, that if I want to play when I'm, say, walking the dog up and down the street, it's unlikely that I'll run into anything awesome, mysterious, or exciting (if I find anything at all). I've long found a core aspect of Pokemon to be the fun in discovery (whether that means discovering a worthless fish evolves into a water dragon, or discovering there's another Pokemon beyond the original 150) and feel that Go could do a better job conveying that excitement by shrouding the game in more mystery. If you know rare Pokemon are more likely to spawn inside the forest near your home, you'll feel incentivized to explore it. In Go's current state, you know outright that you won't find a Charizard or Dragonite there - in fact, you know you'd be lucky to find even a Pidgey, and figure it'd make more sense to drive up the busy road by your house that you've driven over a thousand times before.
Re: Random: Disgruntled Young Pokémon GO Fan Makes Satirical Game About Playing in the Suburbs
Hey! I'm Shane Brunswick, the creator of the game. Proof can be found on my GitHub (the sentence under the profile pic): https://github.com/WhataShane. If you have any questions about anything regarding me or the game, feel free to ask! =)