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New & Improved Shrines (Super-Cool Visual Examples!)

As a graphic & website designer by day, I chose to take on the task of revamping the Shrine's to make them more accessible, less 'mathy', and more fun! "Shrines shouldn't be a chore", I thought!

Below is my little presentation on just that, with totally hand-created 'what a Shrine window could look like' windows! The first two slides just explain the dilemma of Shrines (as I see it) so you can skip them if you want, and get to the good stuff starting in slide 3!

If you want to know more about me, or contact me directly, hit me up on my site shivian.com

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Slide 1
http://shivian.com/images/glitch-ideas/glitch_shrine_improvement-01-01.png

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Currently

Shrines kinda stink.

Yeah they give you good XP... but it's hard to tell all the details you eventually both want, and need, to know.

How much will this get me?
How much can I donate today?
Is this too much to donate?

As one user said: they're too 'mathy'

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Slide 2
http://shivian.com/images/glitch-ideas/glitch_shrine_improvement-01-02.png

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We Need

Better, clearer information.

Simple functions that any user can understand and look / act like other in-game elements.

A shrine window that any user will find delightful, useful, and simple. From level 5 to level 60.

Less mystery, which generally just causes annoyance.

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Slide 3 (NEW SHRINE PICTURE!)
http://shivian.com/images/glitch-ideas/glitch_shrine_improvement-01-03.png

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New Shrines

A familiar set of buttons just like vendors, to remove confusion.

Text under the favor bar for the giant o tell you how much you can acquire today.

Bar at the bottom of every shrine window showing how much XP you can gain from all shrines in a day, as well as your current progress. It is darker to make sure a user does not get confused with the shrine itself. Hovering over this area would give a popup further explaining it, in the same way that the Mood icon does.

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Slide 4 (NEW SHRINE PICTURE!)
http://shivian.com/images/glitch-ideas/glitch_shrine_improvement-01-04.png

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Donating

Perparing an item to donate now shows you how much favor it will gain with that giant.

An animated gold (the color of emblems) bar in the shrine's favor bar showing how much it'd increase, as well as numbers in the favor bar directly. The bottom donation area would directly tell the value of a donation (including the effect of powders).

Optional idea: to keep the 'mystery' aspect, if you've never donated an item before it would show up with '???', until your Glitch 'learned' how much it was worth when donated.

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Slide 5 (NEW SHRINE PICTURE!)
http://shivian.com/images/glitch-ideas/glitch_shrine_improvement-01-05.png

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Spending

Spending is familiar, but keeps the same look and feel of the rest of the shrine's interface (same as buying vs selling at a vendor).

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NOT ON SLIDES

My other suggestion would be to simply also make donations 'wrap around'. If you accidentally (or deliberately) donate something that exceeds the maximum for an emblem, allow the favor to wrap around to the next favor bar. This also removes a level of 'mathyness' and makes shrines much more accessible and less calculated when interacted with.

Posted 13 months ago by ✦ SHI∇IΔΠ ✦ Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I love this idea. I am currently at a loss with what gets what from shrines.
    I know I need to get particular emblems for the skills I want so I am focussing my donations. I didn't realise there was a cap. Maybe I haven't reached it yet.

    All the info you have added would be really helpful for me.
    Posted 13 months ago by Whisp Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1
    Posted 13 months ago by Bashere Subscriber! | Permalink
  • My biggest thing right now is simple: When I reach the max favor at a shrine, give me an option to collect the icon or to not collect the icon.
    Posted 13 months ago by Bashere Subscriber! | Permalink
  • All of the ideas so far here are really adored, thanks everyone for posting! Anyone else have any thoughts?
    Posted 13 months ago by ✦ SHI∇IΔΠ ✦ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Except you messed up the favor limits...Your window says you are on 2200 favor per emblem for Pot. And the limit is 2400. You can donate enough to get an emblem and 100 favor after that per day. Dont know what equations you're using :\
    Posted 13 months ago by The Mighty Dino Subscriber! | Permalink
  • SiCk_0_N0sCoPeZ: it's merely a visual example / reference, it wasn't intended to be accurate on all counts. But good catch!
    Posted 13 months ago by ✦ SHI∇IΔΠ ✦ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I love the interface you've designed!  TS should offer you a job!
    Posted 13 months ago by Jewel Stoned Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +100 Very cool idea and well presented Shivian.
    Posted 13 months ago by ♪♥~ Auren ~♥♪ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I heard the Staff ended up checking this out! Thanks for giving it a once-over, Tiny Speck Staffers!
    Posted 13 months ago by ✦ SHI∇IΔΠ ✦ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
    YAY!YAY!YAY!YAY!YAY!YAY!YAY!YAY!YAY!YAY!YAY!YAY!YAY!YAY!YAY!YAY!YAY!YAY!YAY
    i'm so happy!
    Posted 13 months ago by Askarema Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Great work. I hope TS incorporates this. And maybe they should hire you to implement it.
    Posted 13 months ago by Billy McBinky Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Excellent ideas here!
    Posted 13 months ago by Kirnan Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yes, yes, yes! Many things in Glitch are intuitive, however donating to the gods is completely confusing and not fun. I hope they adopt your suggestions.
    Posted 13 months ago by Terror Terror Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well done idea, can't believe I missed this!
    Posted 13 months ago by Rook Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks Terror Terror and Rook!
    Posted 13 months ago by ✦ SHI∇IΔΠ ✦ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I love this idea.  The one thing I like about the current shrines is that they kinda resemble real life ideas about donating or sacrificing to the gods.  People have some belief in what they will get from their sacrifice, but they really don't know.  Its all up to the god(s) lol ;)

    But I still think this would be awesome!
    Posted 13 months ago by lahutchi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I also love this idea, but find myself in the Vera Strange camp.  I think Glitch needs a little more complexity in general to give it depth.
    Posted 12 months ago by Crag Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +++++++ a million!

    I hope the staff/devs take a look at this thread!!  Love your designs and ideas.

    I can't stand not knowing when I'm about to run out of overall daily shrine XP -- it's quite the gamble sometimes, and a serious waste of EHSP when I guess wrong :-)
    Posted 12 months ago by Clarabelle Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Slide Rocket XD
    Posted 12 months ago by Rook Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It makes me happy to still be seeing replies to this!
    Posted 12 months ago by ✦ SHI∇IΔΠ ✦ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This would be immensely helpful for new players who don't understand the donation system and a great relief to old ones frustrated with its limitations. I hope the staff implements these new shrines. :)
    Posted 12 months ago by Sweet Ivy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • As a new player, I didn't understand the point of donating. At first I thought the donation shrines were wastebaskets where you throw things you don't want. For the longest time, I kept throwing dirt clods in there. (On that subject, I STILL don't understand the point of digging and I'm level 14). Why would I just throw my stuff away when I could sell it? I am now starting to understand about getting emblems and what they may possibly do, but I had to leave the world and go research things on other websites to figure it out...not good for an immersive experience. Even with my new knowledge, it's still confusing. This definitely NEEDS to be addressed pronto. Glad this thread is getting attention.
    Posted 12 months ago by Terror Terror Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I love the idea of a reworked shrine interface that includes more detail, but I'm also in the camp of wanting there to be a bit more complexity.  I also assumed that each giant would favor certain items when I first started and was disappointed when I found out I was wrong.
    Posted 12 months ago by Squash Buckler Subscriber! | Permalink
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