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Cute new progress bars

The new progress bars for watering, petting and harvesting trees are cute...haven't figured out yet if other things got them.

Posted 11 months ago by ~Pink Flamingo~ Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • agreed!
    Posted 11 months ago by rach.the.emobear Subscriber! | Permalink
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    Posted 11 months ago by Pavida Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It also says "doing stuff" when you're clearing a dead tree.
    Posted 11 months ago by Jammie Dodger Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I am not sure I like it. I feel like Im playing Hello Kitty or something cutesy and girly.....

    I might be a girl, but I played with hot wheels.
    Posted 11 months ago by Innie✿, Obviously Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh!! I LOVE it...Very nice on the eyes!!
    Posted 11 months ago by sgjo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Too cute for my liking. I agree with what Innie said about it being like Hello Kitty. 
    Blech >.<
    Posted 11 months ago by Ebiler Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think they're far glitchier than the old ones.  I am a fan!
    Posted 11 months ago by Scarlett Bearsdale Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Is there a problem with the tinkertool? I didnt see a progress bar at all, so I couldnt stop the repair of my pick halfway to save energy. Im accustomed to just fixing it up just 30 or 40% while mining if Im low on food. Anyone else see this or have I missed someting?
    Posted 11 months ago by Koftun Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yea, I was going to make a comment that they were kiddie magnets in my original post, but I refrained...they are almost too cute as to being a bit childish, but then I figured, maybe I just need to relate better to my inner child...
    Posted 11 months ago by ~Pink Flamingo~ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Completely agree with Innie. Much prefer the old ones.
    Posted 11 months ago by Nyx Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have to play a bit to get used to it I guess o_O
    The heart for pet is definitely too much here tho
    If it's too short try "petting" or somethin
    Posted 11 months ago by Lemo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I love em!
    Posted 11 months ago by Ayasta Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I loooove the new progress bars. :D So perfectly Glitchy.
    Posted 11 months ago by Shiromisa Kaya Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Something about them doesn't look "neat" enough. I like how clean the fonts and icons are everywhere. Maybe because there's no white around the word? I'm not sure what exactly it is. Glitch looks cute and handmade, in a way, but also very clean, and these status bars aren't as much like that. (Or maybe I just need time to get used to it.)
    Posted 11 months ago by Penelope Sue Subscriber! | Permalink
  • these are HORRIBLE, lets make it so no guy will want to play :P
    Posted 11 months ago by Byght Mei Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yea, seem a bit child-like for me...and yes, quite girly... think there could be something truly glitchy but not so juvenile....
    Posted 11 months ago by Uniquely Prime Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm hoping they grow on me.
    Well, not like a wart or something. That would be awkward.
    Posted 11 months ago by TransplantedEntwife Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yeah. I gotta say I'm not much a fan. I can understand why they changed it from the bars (nothing says "i'm wasting my time" quite like a progress bar and nothing says "progress bar" quite as well as a, well, progress bar), but this just doesn't quite do it for me. 

    (maybe it's the font choice?) 
    Posted 11 months ago by Vera Strange Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I like them. They seem more... err, glitchy, I guess, as Shiromisa says.
    Posted 11 months ago by SeerQueen Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I agree Vera..I am not really liking this "change".   I don't feel that it really goes with the game..Hmm maybe too....? Comic? cutesy?
    Posted 11 months ago by Gable875 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I like them too, although I agree that it's a problem if there's no way to cancel repairing as Koftun suggests.
    Posted 11 months ago by Janitch Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Penelope Sue
    That's my main argument against them, too. While they are cute(ish) in their own right (though I stand firmly in the Innie camp), they don't have the clean look the old bars had, which matched the rest of the UI. The contrast between the charming style of the world and the very clean, straightforward UI both amplifies the cute and keeps it in check (in a good way): take away that contrast and you get the Hello Kitty World feel. :/ If they had absolutely had to be changed, I would have wanted a more symbol-y direction, like the heart and water drop speech bubbles for the trees.
    Posted 11 months ago by MX Ghostie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It's fine except it's WAY TO BIG! Geez we're old but we're not blind yet. Tone it down a bit. Please use text a few sizes smaller. It would be much better IMO.
    Posted 11 months ago by Eye Wonder Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Koftun - agree...no progress bar at all with repairing items...maybe this is something we need to report in bugs?!
    Posted 11 months ago by Uniquely Prime Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Koftun/Uniquely Prime
    Did you try reloading? My repairing bar shows up just fine ("doing stuff").
    Posted 11 months ago by MX Ghostie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I get the bar when repairing items "doing stuff" -- you can x out of it by clicking the x. 

    The more I see it, the more I think it is the font choice being a bit too squee (and twee). Perhaps the font used in the Super Harvest rainbow animation would be better - still a bit cutesy, but not cutesy covered in chocolate syrup with sprinkles and whipped cream on top.
    Posted 11 months ago by Vera Strange Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Reloaded. Works now with the "doing stuff" bar as MX Ghostie writes. Whew. :)
    Posted 11 months ago by Koftun Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nice, but a little too cute for my taste. Maybe if the letters weren't so bubbly or the "Pet" didn't end with a little heart? *pops bubbly letters* *pop* *pop* *pop*
    Posted 11 months ago by Zurin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I can roll with the new progress bars, but I personally am not a big fan of puffy balloon-style fonts, so I greatly preferred just a generic bar.

    It feels (to me) a little juvenile / childish and cutesy when compared to much of the other game design, and balloon fonts are less easy to read in general, but, again, I'll go with the flow if that's what we end up with. After all, "giant love" and "super harvest" have similar (or identical) balloon-like fonts. Maybe they grate less because they occur less often: you don't see them every single time you do almost anything at all in the game.
    Posted 11 months ago by ✰ Lorelei ✰ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • For UI affordances that you see a gazillion times, simple and clean is—yes, I'm going to say it—ALWAYS BEST.
    Posted 11 months ago by Pascale Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I can live with them but don't like them much, think they were better before. Do not like bubble writing at all and they are HUGE, ugly and untidy looking. Glitch is cute but not twee, fine line and bubble writing crosses it,, IMO.
    Posted 11 months ago by Miss Parsley Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Visually not as functional as the old bars.  Almost unusable with some 'backgrounds.'  I have hopes that they're working on more functional improvements than this.  It seems like the kind of thing a coder does to fool around.
    Posted 11 months ago by Holstedt Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I love the new progress bars!  So many times I click trees without thinking, now I know if I'm watering, petting or harvesting :)
    Posted 11 months ago by Cabinwood Subscriber! | Permalink
  • first response ..am i teaching my grand child to read, or playing a game..
    Posted 11 months ago by Queen Alcmene Subscriber! | Permalink
  • -1,000,000 .
    Oh no - this IS HORRIBLE ! I do NOT like this . It is way to childish -bubbly ballon letters!!!? Come on Glitch- whimsical is one thing childish is another. Please dont make this permanent !
    Posted 11 months ago by serenitycat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Dare I say, that while the cosmetic changes are cutesy at best, I'd much prefer the devs to be working on substantive changes so we can be true re-beta testers?!  Cutesy fonts and cosmetic changes can come after we break all the major changes to the game...if I am supposed to be a beta tester now, I want something real to test vice something cosmetic...
    Posted 11 months ago by Lone Wolfette Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +a lot to serenitycat
    Posted 11 months ago by OMG BACON!! Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I looove 'em. I think they're fantastic. They fit better than the sterile, generic ones we had, and I'm veryveryvery pleased with 'em.
    Posted 11 months ago by Djabriil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "Cutesy fonts and cosmetic changes can come after we break all the major changes to the game"
    +1 to Wolfette
    Posted 11 months ago by Lemo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I can live with these, but I don't like them. I don't want to read "Mine mine mine" x times a day. And yet it is hard not to read text that pops up on the screen. Somehow seeing the text telling me I am doing exactly what I set out to do and already know I am doing feels wrong. The very first time is a nice surprise. The 100th or 1000th time, not so much.

    I like the X that lets me click it to stop. How often will I use that? Probably almost never but it seems like a nice option. The X alone (without the text) would let me know I am actively engaged in something that I can stop doing.

    In my dream world the next update of this will feature a check box (over near the music and atmosphere volumes) allowing me to opt of of this activity related text.
    Posted 11 months ago by The Cat Face Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I don't like them it blocks the beautiful view and is out of place. At least should be smaller.
    Posted 11 months ago by Gruff McGruff Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yuk! I do not like this change at all. Queen Alcmene, serenitycat, Ebiler and byght mei expressed my reaction perfectly.

    This change coming soon after the "Kid's Room" quest (great design, but so first grade), makes me think glitch is moving away from a game for adults (ok, 13+) to kiddies. Whimsy, silly, playful is one thing. Babyish, girly, cutesy is quite another. Alarm bells are going off *begins breathing deeply to calm down*
    Posted 11 months ago by GreyGoose Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I vote for the old progress bar.  The color of the progress was easier to see.  Simple and clean.
    Posted 11 months ago by Ari Cloud Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I like em.  Make me smile, especially when tinkering.  
    Posted 11 months ago by Red Sauce Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Today: OMG TINY SPECK CHANGED SOMETHING I HATE IT
    Tomorrow: Hey, I'm playing glitch same as always.

    We're in beta, folks! Complain away, things can change back and forth.
    Posted 11 months ago by Spong Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I don't mind it but I also would like something less puffy and balloon-like.
    Posted 11 months ago by MaryLiLamb Subscriber! | Permalink
  • If they can change the text on actions, why can't they let us turn it off if we like? As well as the black popups in the main play screen and the speech bubbles from whatever I am interacting with (not people). Please, please let me turn them off!
    Posted 11 months ago by Bexatious Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I like them... I am with some of you in that they could come after some other things. ^.^ Like our houses :)   Maybe make harvest green and not pee yellow/ orange too.
    Posted 11 months ago by Thursday Soleil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have to agree..They are kinda cute..but...Just a Tad..too Big  lol :D 
    Posted 11 months ago by Cryztal Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I like everything abut the new progress bars with one exception -  the choice of font.  A bit too twee even for Dr. Babycat.
    Posted 11 months ago by Dr. Babycat Subscriber! | Permalink
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