Earth Day Quest Feedback
Thank you for bringing quests back to the kingdom. Quests have always been a favorite of mine well into my days of original VMK. I am very happy to have them back here. Today's quest was a surprise and a rather enjoyable experience that I hope to repeat in the coming weeks. Overall I thought staff did a terrific job with this quest. Often it can be challenging tuning the difficulty of a quest that the entire game population will ultimately play but for a first ever introduction I felt this quest was well written and strong.
The trivia was informative, on point, and relevant. I did not feel any of it was out of place nor did I feel any of it disrupted the flow of the quest. I also feel there was just the right balance between trivia and other filler tasks to ensure it wouldn't become too tedious should I get a question wrong and have to repeat some steps.
Jungle Cruise I feel is a necessary evil. I think it added the challenge element as well as rounded out the quest. The score was not too difficult but did require more than one round. I also feel it was on point for theme, its a game about exploring the world taking pictures. It is a perfect fit for Earth Day. I can understand that the score needed might be more difficult for some to hit maybe in the future that can be re-explored and retuned if needed but for a first quest I think it was a good starting point for testing the waters.
I found a lot of the filler tasks to be transitional, they were good at keeping the flow and did not seem too out of place. I think they are needed to break up more tedious difficult parts of the quest so I think the use of them sparingly worked well for this quest. The classic thumbs up and smile are staples to VMK quests so for me they had a very nostalgic feel and I was pleased to end the quest with the classic Mickey Mouse smile.
The prize is a home run. Thank you so much for Green Mickey ears. I loved them in VMK, loved seeing them here, love owning them here even more. The credits are also nice but unnecessary, I would have been happy enough with the ears, the credits are icing on the cake.
Things I would do differently? That is such a subjective way to look at quests because for me quests tell a story. Not every quest needs to include all elements available. Finding atoms or gems can be fun and can fit certain themes but for this one I think it had everything I would expect an Earth Day quest to have. I think looking for ways to improve in the future is something everyone thinks about once they finish a project, but as far as I can tell this quest is solid, has a nice rhythm and pace. I would not expect every quest to take me three hours nor would I expect it to take me two minutes. People start and finish quests in different lengths of time. Its hard to say if the entire population felt this quest was long or short, it would really depend on how good they are at Jungle Cruise, trivia and typing. I think the quest for today was perfect.
Very enjoyable quest, thanks again staff.
Happy Earth Day!
