So with the announcement of us eliminating Breadcrumbs. The team wanted some more info put out. I am posting a write up @buddy.nole did to explain things.
I feel its good you hear the "voice" of other members of the team. So after you "SMASH" the upvote, that helps fund our development, let's us know what you think in the comments below.
A Brief Glimpse Into Coming Holy Bread Economy Changes: by @buddy.nole
You’ve been hearing the team drop hints about economy changes coming to Holy Bread for a while now. We are finally far enough along with the new designs that I can elaborate further on the upcoming changes you will be seeing.
As you have almost definitely already seen, the breadcrumb buyback system being eliminated was one very first changes @simplegame implemented. This allowed @simplegame to redirect the funds from that program into hiring developers and graphic artists to work on improving the game itself.
This change results in a serious economy imbalance in the game that must be taken care of. The entire Crystal Spider Games team has spent hours upon hours discussing this topic alone. We went back and forth a lot on this one. On the one hand we could slap a quick and dirty fix over the newly opened hole in the game. On the other hand we could buckle down and use this opportunity to make some fundamental changes to the game that will result in a killer game that will thrive for years. We chose the second hand.
So buckle in with us. This is where it gets exciting.
1: Breadcrumbs will be entirely removed from the game
Instead of trying to find a new place to spend breadcrumbs, we are just going to completely get rid of them. Breadcrumbs will be a thing of the past.
Do not fret, all of the breadcrumbs you currently have or collect between now and the final removal of breadcrumbs from the game will be converted into a usable form for the post-breadcrumb game. We will work hard to make sure that all of the effort you have put in to earn breadcrumbs in the past does not go to waste.
All of the tasks that cost breadcrumbs will obviously be repriced to take gold or bread(TBD).
2: A New Leaderboard Reward System
While being number 1 on the leaderboard is a reward on its own, we love the concept of receiving a tangible reward for being at the top of the game. I cannot go into the details of the new system yet, but I can tell you that the top players in our leaderboard will continue to receive tangible rewards for their efforts through the blockchain.
Now, if you thought the breadcrumb changes were big, the changes to bread itself will blow your mind.
3: Bread will no longer be a monetized, p2w in-game currency elimination
You heard me right. Bread will no longer cost real cash. Instead, bread will only be earned through in game mechanics such as exploring the upcoming dungeons, among others.
4: Bread will no longer skip time
In fact, the entire time skipping mechanic is going to be removed from the game. You will no longer have to wait 5-15 minutes before performing another action. As a team, this mechanic has never been one of our favorites. We understand how it fits into certain game designs and that it works for many games, but as we got further and further into our vision of what we will bring to the game over the next year (which I am BEYOND excited for! It is so hard not to just spill all of the beans right now) we kept running into this mechanic not fitting well with many of the new features we want to bring.
It took us a lot to make the decision, but once we finally made it, so many pieces just fell into place. So forced time waits are getting the axe, thus bread will no longer skip them.
5: Energy will become more important
Instead, the energy system will be lifted in importance to manage the pacing of the game. We will rebalance and simplify energy stores and costs per action around this new framework.
6: Bread will receive a new value
The game is called Holy Bread. Bread should be the most important thing in the game. And after this change it really will be. I can’t go into more details yet, but you are going to like this one.
What I will say is that at this news is released some of you will be tempted to stock up and hoard bread like crazed mad men. If you are so inclined, go for it. It could be fun. But if I do my job right as we transition to the new paradigm, those who hoard bread now will be on equal footing with those who continue to spend bread and advance through the game normally. I’ve played way too many tabletop RPGs to not know how to handle meta-gamers ;)
I really hope that this peek under the hood helps give a clearer picture as to the direction the in game economy of Holy Bread will go. There are tons of details still being worked out but the general path is in place. As we work our way down the path, my MAIN priority is to make sure that all of the work you have all put into the game so far is not forgotten and transitions over to the new paradigm. So do not fret, we have your back and will make sure all of your hard work is not erased.
Stay buckled in, were just getting started here.