November 25, 2009 Parking lots... and Interface

11:58pm by Cheechoo (Site)

The next thing we want to talk about is the new parking lot interface and system.

Right off the bat I want to apologize to some of the super-users who have been wanting to be able to sell parking spots that they don’t want, but this feature likely won’t make it into 3.0, but it is still something that we want to implement.

That said, we are making the parking lot system simpler, and easier to understand:

First off, everyone will get one free parking space. This is mainly so that it becomes easier for new users to get that 2nd car. Saving up 30-80k when you’re wanting that tier 2 or 3 car is quite the deterrent and experience killer. Secondly, there will be a much easier interface to purchase the new parking spaces that come out, instead of hiding them in the donate page or the Garage/Auto Row.

On the interface side, we’re doing our best to simplify the experience to streamline your gameplay experience. Right now the parts shop and garage are terribly messy, so we’re doing an accordion to clean up the shops.

The dashboard is getting revamped and there’s a new header image (no more city!). The city had to go because it was too dang big, and pushed site content too far down.

And we are pulling all advertisements! We are trying to improve the user experience, and the ads simply take too much away.