The Episode Challenge: The New Player Experience

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The Episode Challenge: The New Player Experience

The People's Guild: A Splinterlands Podcast

Welcome back to the People's Guild. Our latest initiative is a challenge in which we aim to engage the writers & content creators out there through a new per-episode objective.

First and foremost, a massive thank you all our participants in last week's challenge - our biggest turnout yet! We had in excess of 10 submissions - wow! Thank you!

An update for future TPG Challenges - we will accept submissions for the polls until 12:01 UTC Monday morning, so please be mindful of the cutoff if you'd like to be included.

The Next Challenge

This week's #TPGChallenge calls on the community to explore and identify key areas in the player experience—especially for new players—that could benefit from further development and refinement by the company. Our aim is to focus on "easy wins"—simple yet impactful improvements that could significantly enhance the onboarding and early gameplay experience for new players.

We know that Splinterlands offers a rich and complex world, but that same complexity can sometimes create barriers for newcomers who are excited to jump into the action. Your mission is to look at the new player journey, assess where there might be friction, and propose realistic solutions that the company could easily implement.

Now, it's time for the Splinterlands community to weigh in! Identify areas where Splinterlands could make quick improvements and offer your creative solutions. Think about what features or systems might make the game more inviting, engaging, and rewarding for new players while staying true to the competitive, strategic heart of the game. Let’s work together to make Splinterlands a more welcoming experience for all!

Once you've got your post together, be sure to tag us @thepeoplesguild & toss the tag #TPGCHALLENGE on there so we can be sure to get eyes on it.

As a note, our weekly challenge will be based upon any of the following:

A Monster or Summoner
An Ability
A Ruleset
An Element
A Mana Cap
A suggested Ability or Ruleset
A Player Bounty
Wider Splinterlands Questions and Thoughts
Marketing & other DAO-related activities
Other Hive games & Dapps

We're trying to come up with some fair measures (perhaps # of comments, # of reblogs & shares, something else entirely?) and some cool reward ideas - in the meantime, we'd love to hear from you all. Let us know your suggestions for any/all of the above!

Also, drop a comment & let us know if this challenge would be something you'd enjoy.

Let the battles begin!