It's ironic to me that a game as creative as Glitch reduces it citizens to working in the mines for lucre of the realm.
I'd REALLY like to see more of a community/civilization feel. Imagine what the skills of Glitch culture could be! Painting, sculpting, song writing/singing, playing instruments, dancing, clothing design... the ability to work in groups to put on "performances...
More play and less work (harvesting, harvesting, cooking, cooking, mining, mining) I don't want to go to work in the mines everyday. It feels GROSS. And I figured out today that I do it in order to donate to shrines so that I can speed up learning so I can cook better food to work in mines and harvest more resources to make food to work in mines and and be able to teleport to places (like the mines).
Additionally, the highly commercial idea of currents, vendors and auctions squiks me. In my earlier stages I struggled to figure out how to find tradespersons. To be able to have a classified (or something) where we can find skilled folks would rock! (cook me some food and I'll fix your tool!)
Lastly, I was excited to see penmenship.. I value reading and writing highly. I got that skill early. I was saddened to see that it isn't valued in game. Notes? there isn't even a quest tied to it. Poets? Novelists?cookbooks? memoires? "record history"? They could be timed similarly to mining or gardens (it takes this many in game hours to achieve this and you must schedule time - like meditation). Why write? Why collect paper? why?
Perhaps a "weekly" "newspaper" or "monthly magazine" with top "stories from the Glitch news feed, tech updates, interesting posts, new groups, breaking policy could be "purchased" in game/delivered to our mailboxes/homes. It could be subscribed with currents or purchased at a vendor (got to have reading). And a benefit for those who "read" or buy those things? A book shelf/store/library with tomes that increase skill (kinda like the sims but not).
Does it all have to be about acquisition? and achievement? What about tickets to a "concert" or a "movie" or a "play"? How about club houses with meeting times where people can trade skills and knowledge IN game? When we help each other, what are we helping each other to do? Mine in groups? and hang out at parties?
If we are in the minds of giants, then I'd like the giants to work towards being a little more cultured please. Hopping petting, nibbling, milking, squeezing, cooking, mining, "exploring" is fun... but more dimension please. These giants have big brains.
Thanking you for your attention,
!Kona