Simplify, Simplify, Simplify, Simplify, Simplify, Simplify, Simplify, Simplify, Simplify, Simplify, Simplify, Simplify, Simplify, Simplify, Simplify.
With four different areas of information and 14 stats showing at any given time, it was clear that we were overwhelming people:

When selecting a new map to play, players needed to consider...

That's my bathroom wallpaper, by the way. I did not select it; it was here when I bought the house. Anyway, the bottom line is that we kept all that data, but hid it. Here's what we show players now:

The game's still as complex, but the dozen or so pieces of data weren't fun to process when players selected a map, so we simplified.

When selecting a new map to play, players needed to consider...
- Their total points ever, forever
- Their total "experience" points
- Their total jumps attempted
- Their safe landings
- From those two stats, their failed landings
- Their total "kisses" received
- Their total "hugs" received
- The total number of plates they'd hit
- The total distance they'd fallen (in kilometers)
- The number of fans they'd outraged throughout their career
- The most points they'd received in a single jump
- The most kisses in same
- The most hugs in same
- The most plates hit in same
- The most fans outraged in same

That's my bathroom wallpaper, by the way. I did not select it; it was here when I bought the house. Anyway, the bottom line is that we kept all that data, but hid it. Here's what we show players now:

The game's still as complex, but the dozen or so pieces of data weren't fun to process when players selected a map, so we simplified.
2 Comments:
Personally I think it might be better to have a visual representation of the user's star record for each level (as in 4 star icons). You know how people hate reading! Or maybe it's just me.
Additionally I demand your bathroom wallpaper be featured in the game somewhere.
By
jack, At
April 25, 2009 at 4:46 PM
> visual representation of the user's star record for each level
Hey, that does make sense. This is why we blog!
> Additionally I demand your bathroom wallpaper be featured in the game somewhere.
Weeeeeeeeeell, ok.
By
Ichiro Lambe, At
April 25, 2009 at 4:58 PM
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