I like BuzzerBeater.
I love the game.
I just don't want it to slowly decline without doing nothing. I don't know if there was a thread before about discussing this particular subject. But I do believe we can still get that 40k users from ancient times and probably more. We just have to modernize.
To start, I have asked this just minutes after posting this thread. Where are we headed? Is there a roadmap where we can be excited about future developments for the game? We just want something to look forward to. With that out of the way, I just hope I won't be saying suggestions that was already planned from the start lol .
Alright! so here are a few suggestions:
* It's just my observation but I think it would really look modern if we just removed that "aspx" extension on the URL. It would look 2x better looking in the URL. It would not feel old like I'm living in 2005 looking unsecured. Sure, it would break a few bookmarks but I feel like it's going to cater more on old users rather than potential users. It's nitpicky but I just feel that we should start with that.
*Let's enhance the User Experience. Creative Minimalism. Let's create more drop-down buttons on the left and right pane. Let's make more dynamic on-hover mouse animations. I guess the vibe should feel more "balling" or as the kids call it, "bussin". I just think we should gamify the view.
*The thing is we're kinda hidden or our current design just repels people with 1 second attention span. It might not seem much but my main issue is that we just have this big black background color that you cannot change when you don't login. It just irks me a bit that it feels old, screams that the game is text-heavy (which is not because the court atleast have animations), and feels secretive; like I'm an entering a forum for a sketchy betting site.
*This is subjective but perhaps, in the main page (buzzerbeater.com) putting the social media link at the top rather than at the bottom would get people join DC more to check how active the community is.
*We just don't make fun of the game enough. Listen. As a community, we just take ourselves too seriously. We should be able to post anything that would be deemed funny, interesting, and just idiotic and unbelievable. Have you ever gone to a subreddit and sort the posts to TOP - ALL TIME and see all these memes that would make not only the game but also the community more interesting? I want that! Let's make a forum section where we could just shitpost. C'mon brother
*Our mobile app. It's interesting. Wish we could get a roadmap for it as well
. But I think we should stay away from it from looking like a simple news app. I once played an esports manager app that looks really, really good visually. It has a lot of microtransaction shit so I stayed away after half a year but it followed the same concept: real life schedules with players with ratings. I stayed there for a half a year because its design felt really esports like. We should not underestimate what the mobile app can bring us. Hopefully, more players!
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*Was there an option to choose font styles? I think it would be nice. Let's just save it as persistent storage. Anyway, not really important but is definitely an improvement nonetheless.
Alright, that's about it for now since there's just real life matters hahaha. I'll post more when I can think of something. But now I'll tell you what I like currently that definitely helps the game
^^ YOUTUBE CHANNEL. It's the best. I love it. Kudos to Bubbles for it and the whole dev team who has put in as the officlal/unofficial youtube channel
^^ Discord. Very good. Most of them are friendly and helpful. Wish there was a shitpost thread but everyone seems very helpful. Some drama and competitive nature is great too but I digress
^^ Our main page. My lord, I love the design and I wish we could have that same aesthetic feeling inside the game when you login or when you're viewing it (the forums