[UPDATE] Ask your questions to the Howrse team!



HellOw,

Despite our two first batches of answers, a lot of questions remain unanswered. Let's fix this with a new Q&A session!

From 25th March to 1st April, we invite you to ask your Howrse-related questions in the #game-dev-qa channel in Discord!
When joining the Discord server, you’ll need to click on the horse emoji to access all of the channels.

During this period of time, you will be able to ask and vote for your favorite question(s). The 20 most popular questions will be sent to our team, who will answer them!

▶️ In case of equality between several questions, the questions will be selected according to their chronological order of publication.
▶️ The Howrse team reserves the right not to answer a question, even if it is among the most voted by the community.

How can I ask my questions?

If your question hasn’t been asked or already answered by the game dev team, you can submit your question by writing it in the #game-dev-qa channel;
You can ask as many questions as you want, but only write one question per message.

Please know that the team will not be able to answer questions asked in the forums, unless they have been re-posted by someone in the Discord server. If you do not wish to join the Discord server, you may use this topic to present your questions and request Discord users to forward them onto the dedicated channel.

Before you post your question:

✅ Make sure your question has not been already asked.
✅ Make sure your message only includes one question. If you want to ask another one, write another message.
Your question(s) must be about the game: features, events, team, etc.
Your question(s) and phrasing must be respectful and comply with the Discord server rules.

What is not allowed?

No chit-chat will be allowed in the game-dev-qa channel. You can talk about the Q&A session in this topic or in the #game-dev-discussion Discord channel.
Off-topic questions will be moderated. This place is meant for you to ask your questions to our game dev team, messages about sanctions, or support tickets are not allowed.
Links and pictures are not permitted.

How can I vote for my favorite questions?

✅ If the :OwThumbup: emoji has not been added yet under your favorite question(s), add it to vote for it.
✅ Make sure to use the right emoji: other emojis will not be counted for the final vote.

FAQ

When will we get the answers?
Our game dev team is very busy working on different features of the game. However, we will do our very best to provide you with the answers within the next two months.

How can I make sure that my question is not off-topic?
As long as your question is related to the game itself, and not about a sanction, it will not be off-topic. You can discuss your question with other players here or in the #game-dev-discussion discord channel. If your message is moderated, our team will do its best to provide you the reason why.

Who will answer our questions?
Depending on the question, you will get an answer from the members of our Game Design, Art, Producing, Programming, Customer Support, or Communication team.

My question was very popular, but not answered by the team. Why?
The team reserves the right not to answer certain questions, even if they are very popular. The Ubisoft policy, or even the secrets around the game unfortunately do not allow us to answer all your questions.

To sum up

WHEN? �

March 25–April 1st, 10 AM (Paris time) → Ask your questions.
April 1st-April 3rd, 10 AM (Paris time) → Vote for your favorite questions using the :OwThumbup: emoji.

WHERE? �

� Ask your question in the game-dev-qa channel in Discord! Don't forget: One message = one question. Ask as many questions as you want!
� Discuss the different questions asked or the format of this new Q&A session in the game-dev-discussion discord channel or right here in this topic.

We look forward to hearing all of your game questions!

The Howrse Team
EchOw
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So, if we don't use Discord, we here, on the actual game itself, cannot participate in the vote for a question already submitted, because we can't even SEE IT, and we have to beg someone who has a Discord acc to submit our question here for us to be transferred to the Discord server. (at the very least YOU should provide that service). WHY? Why would you set up something so important to ALL players when the majority of players can't be involved ?
I know many more people who straight out REFUSE to use it than l do who actually have an acc, infact l only know 1 person who has an acc, that speaks volumes to me.

WHY is the game itself being pushed into the background for these unsafe 'outside' sites? What is wrong with our in-game forums?

l've had a look on the Howrse Discord server and l was disgusted with the foul language used by one player on their profile, what a wonderful experience for kids default smiley (o) That was more than enough for me to never look at it again, besides the fact its un safe, particularly for the vulnerable younger sector of our community.
You seem hellbent on forcing us to join Discord, but not this Black Duck!


▶️ The Howrse team reserves the right not to answer a question, even if it is among the most voted by the community.


# And if this is the case, why would we even waste our time participating?


I apologize for the length of my Question, but l feel strongly about keeping the game on the gamedefault smiley ;)
Josey jojo
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Josey jojo wrote:

So, if we don't use Discord, we here, on the actual game itself, cannot participate in the vote for a question already submitted, because we can't even SEE IT, and we have to beg someone who has a Discord acc to submit our question here for us to be transferred to the Discord server. (at the very least YOU should provide that service). WHY? Why would you set up something so important to ALL players when the majority of players can't be involved ?
I know many more people who straight out REFUSE to use it than l do who actually have an acc, infact l only know 1 person who has an acc, that speaks volumes to me.

WHY is the game itself being pushed into the background for these unsafe 'outside' sites? What is wrong with our in-game forums?

l've had a look on the Howrse Discord server and l was disgusted with the foul language used by one player on their profile, what a wonderful experience for kids default smiley (o) That was more than enough for me to never look at it again, besides the fact its un safe, particularly for the vulnerable younger sector of our community.
You seem hellbent on forcing us to join Discord, but not this Black Duck!


▶️ The Howrse team reserves the right not to answer a question, even if it is among the most voted by the community.


# And if this is the case, why would we even waste our time participating?


I apologize for the length of my Question, but l feel strongly about keeping the game on the gamedefault smiley ;)


I agree Josey Jojo like I have a account but whats the point in asking a question if other people wont vote for it at all and a good chance other people will ask what you might want to ask as well, but I do very much agree it should be on the game and not discord for the questions
Tara224
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I have a question if anyone could be bothered asking.

Why are so many important game related discussions and information hosted off the actual game site? How is it fair/convenient/useful/better than discussing in the already EXISTING forums???
luinlote
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I did some hunting around on the discord and seems to be because not all versions have forums, they're hosting it on discord that in theory everyone can use.

I proposed the above 3 questions (into one simplified question) for you lot but I doubt it'll be chosen, they're very pro-discord on there
EA81
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I would like to know when they are going to lift the restriction on the phanes egg - surely the gp levels have progressed far enough by now?!
Probably not a very popular question default smiley :p
(I am one of those who won't use discord...)
gaff
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Well,how ridiculous. I'm not on discord and don't plan on joining it. Ask and answer questions here instead, it makes much more sense!
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HellOw,

The Q&A session is now open on Discord!

Head to the #game-dev-qa channel to ask your questions to the Howrse Team!
Don’t forget to click on the horse emoji in server-rules to access all of the channels.

We’ll see you there!

The Howrse Team
EchOw
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gaff wrote:

I would like to know when they are going to lift the restriction on the phanes egg - surely the gp levels have progressed far enough by now?!
Probably not a very popular question default smiley :p
(I am one of those who won't use discord...)


Looking at the questions on discord that has been asked and has been voted for 19 times so there is a chance it could be answered

I will also add if its allowed to Im happy to post in the discord questions anyone has if they dont have/use discord and am then happy to post the answers in here if its allowed of course
Tara224
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Thank you, Tara224!
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