Attention Content Contributors! -UPDATED 1/23/17-

Well I hope you're right! I have no way of knowing since they didn't include any information. If what you described and linked is true then it is very cool!
You're also right, I wasn't expecting to have full control of anything, but I did hope that my feedback and input was at least heard... which based solely on the communication I've received I do not fell. 

I will certainly reach out and ask these questions directly, but I do appreciate your perspective!

To be clear, I'm not unhappy with the design itself... it's certainly a cat. I'm underwhelmed by the level of polish and communication. As for the "IDEA" as you put it, I don't even know what i'm supposed to say about it since the image is all they've given me. I have no idea what the "Idea" is.

That said, I absolutely expected a more polished design even as a first draft. Especially because the only input I assumed i'd have would be on the visuals. The concept piece is not high level art. It's a very rough sketch which tells me the monster isn't being designed around the pet, the pet is simply being shoehorned onto already designed monster. Which isn't necessarily bad, but in this case seems as I said, uninspired. 

I'm happy to hear others like it though, eases my mind a bit.

I have to say, Wall Cat feels like a sleeper hit.

I'm glad with how the team did my shoes, and I can't wait for information regarding what they do in game.

::Update::

I responded to the email asking for some clarification and Mana kindly responded.
Unfortunately the result is not what i'd hoped for and in fact confirmed something I was fearing about the entire tier of Hounds of Hell contributors.

I don't want to spoil anything for anyone, but I will say that the treatment given to the pets is much less interesting than anticipated and clearly shows a lack of forethought by the development team.


I'm sure the game will be great, but I can definitely say i'm personally disappointed with my contribution. =(

I mean the design is way cooler than I ever thought that'd tier produce. I figured it'd just be a small cat running around in the stage which would be far far more lame. As someone else said the tier wasn't about coming up with a lot of things for your pet monster. It was to use your pet's look as a monster in the game. They did that and it looks fantastic. 

I mean... they probably just take the look of the cat and make 5 of them that serve similar purposes. The tier isn't really about giving input on what they do or how they look right? It's just to have your animal made up for the game. That's different to some of the other tiers where you're helping come UP with something.

In other words, it seems perfectly in line with what that tier promised. If anything it beats having your cat play the role of the dumb witch cats that basically look like normal cats and just run on the ground till you smack it. These are intimidating and huge....palette swap or not.

I would to believe there would be a bit more than a change in color. Remember these two guys?



That is what I call a color-swap.

I would rather believe something along these lines:



Now imagine different animals than just demons. And added to it, different colors and attack animations. Perhaps they all share the same attack frequence. But hopefully each are unique in design but also in effects. They could do small things to make a huge impact. I mean, if we just imagine they guard some important places that goes hand in hand, these enemies would make a better concept. Like, statues or guardians.

But we shall see. I understand how it can be disappointing too.

Same skeleton underneath is a must to stay fair, sure. But creatively, they can pull off plenty.

I could imagine a orange cat have a fire aura around itself. A white ice cat and a zombiefied one, all laying down with a paw to attack you with, but with visual effects layer upon layer.

I could imagine a black cat spit out blackholes so you are drawn towards it and the cat, all of them having change in color but also the details on them as well around them. Perhaps they are part of the castle as toward they have been grown out from it, then the environments would also play a bigger part. So we have to wait and see.

I could imagine so much more just about a cat. How about a cat with urns all around it? With a gear or detail that fits the theme of flowerS and greenlife. Will there be an underwater cat with tentacles? Could there be... a Hamster in the game? A kappa turtle? A dog and a snake? Perhaps a dog with a snake? Who knows.

The edit subject is totally up to the author of the idea. So I have no clue. When they have created the animal, based out of your source (cat or dog etc.) they own the concept-art, they own the features and they can pretty much do whatever they want. Same example (but worse) are facebook. As soon as you upload any image, they have copyright on it.

The good part here is that "my cat" or "your dog" are represented in the game. I do not think there is an issue with the feature, I believe it all comes down to what that tier offered in the first place. The amount of money put into it just to bring your pet into the game, and with that feel that you have creative control.

Poor information leads to poor execution (from a payer viewpoint), but that execution are still exclusive and one out of (was it five?) few will be in the game.

I have to say, when I saw this tier the first time, I thought. Cool, a small animal will be in a room, which will work as a trap or like an NPC for information. Feed it and it will tell you stuff, leave it and it will either block the way or don't mind you at all running pass it. I know the tier said something with the concept of an enemy, but I could never imagine 2 dogs, 2 cats and 1 chipmunk flying around with only horns on their head.

If I would back that tier, I would felt the sting of the economy, but not from the creation, I would feel that my input were zero, since the only thing "I" did, was to give them a photo.

There are a few ways to go about this if you are disappointed.

I could think of. 1. Just let it me. My pet is in the game, that is what matters. The pet have been immortalized (correct spelling?).
2. I want more, after all, I did pay for a quite big tier. A photo, a name of the enemy, the lore added and what it shall drop when defeated, if it CAN be defeated, where it should appear and choose between a few different attacks.
3. I wanted my pet to be a enemy that did something else than just be half, inside of a wall. My own creation, my own enemy. (This feels like a different tier).

there are many more ways to feel about it, but if someone feel they aren't happy - let them know! Maybe there is a bandaid in there somewhere. This goes for any tier.