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Announcements on Home Page

When I come to Glitch, I usually just sign in and see my home page, then enter the world. I don't really visit the forums regularly, I don't read the blog posts or follow on twitter. As such, I often miss major announcements like the new skills and items and the un-launch. To me, these seem like pretty major things to have missed when I logged in and viewed to main pages.

So, my suggestion is simple; add a little box at the top of the home page when you've logged in that links to recent Staff-created topics and announcements in the forum, similar to the Hot Topics box at the top of the forums themselves. The home page is a page that most glitchen will end up seeing at some point, and so everyone can be in the loop.

Posted 13 months ago by Viscount Vilhelm Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • This is a very good idea.
    Posted 13 months ago by Pascale Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I agree! Even though I do check the forum decently often.
    Posted 12 months ago by Jay Kitty Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Agreed! I only started checking the forums when I realized all the news/updates were announced there but my baby brother has never been on the forums and would miss things if I didn't tell him. 
    Posted 12 months ago by LittleMan Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'd go farther and request that there be an Announcements & Updates screen when you log into the game. The percentage of players who read the forums is always going to be a small percentage of overall players, and scuttlebutt in Global is not a great replacement for TS communicating changes to the players of Glitch.

    I love that TS has a Twitter account where they update us on bugfixes, and I think it's great that staff like Stoot and Blanky will put details in the forums, but there has to be a better way for disseminating key information to all players.
    Posted 12 months ago by Knitomaton Subscriber! | Permalink