#In-Game Tutorials

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Hello all! We're currently looking for input on what tutorials folks want in the game.

Tutorials would be succinct descriptions of features and functionality to help players understand details that may be unclear or confusing, or simply to have as reference. These would be always available from a Tutorials button in the in-game phone.

Here's an example of a 3-part tutorial for gifting friends:

  • Each day, you can give up to three gifts to each of your island friends.
  • Items like Friendship Blossoms and Friendship Bouquets let you give more gifts per day.
  • Try to give gifts that match a friend's preferences. You'll earn more friendship and get more items.

Try to be specific in your responses. Answers like "Flowers" are less helpful and already known. A more helpful example would be "How color transfers can happen with Flowers". The most helpful example would be to follow the format used above and tell us what you believe information should be, eg: "To transfer a color, you need one patterned parent of the color you intend to transfer, and a flower of the type you want to transfer it to."

Off-topic responses, such as suggesting other features, will be deleted to try and keep this as clean and useful to the dev team as possible

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somber meteor
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increasing chances of visitor visits and probability of whether they visit - that it isn't a basic mechanism of yes or no

  • that you can boost the number of hearts but it's based on interest tags and not required items
  • that even with max hearts, you still are not granted a visit at first available spot (i think)
  • might even be worth making dear daniel the test subject, with HK helping MM place items in the house, that having more things he likes will help him travel faster/get here sooner or something
brazen widget
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Deluxe vs Non for bouquets/blossoms

robust parrot
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An explanation that you might need to wait some time to find the second Giant Seed may help.
(Perhaps that access to further seeds may need advanced quests, etc. And also that they take 3 days of watering to grow.)

limber stratus
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A multiplayer walk through would be amazing especially for new players who are hesitant to try for lack of information.

Also a tutorial for flowers to help with those who are visual learners .

Maybe a trial so that people can try it out .

Flower breeding has been a very big deterrent because of the intimidation factor 😔

I love this game and id love to help any way that i can so i love that you guys are asking for input

near dawn
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for in game tutorials i would suggest:

  • color transfers (how to do and how many exists)
  • pattern transfers
  • how to gain a pattern
  • how spawning works (the whole spiel on the empty plot and the percentages)

but in pictures because people won’t read wmm’s dialogue 😭😭

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coral storm
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A tutorial that guides you through all the Menu’s on the Phone App would be helpful for brand new players.

There’s simply many questions that are answered within the Phone Menu.

After landing on Friendship Island, you could have someone like Chococat Guide you through each option on your phone to get your more acquainted with them.

nimble basalt
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maybe an explanation on how some needed items for visitors will be unlocked later in the game (instead of being seasonal items that one can't get), i feel like i've been ripped off by trading here when i could have waited a couple days and buy/craft items for cheaper

and definitely what each symbol means

brazen widget
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(We need to figure out if we can do many pictures because memory is such an issue on low-spec devices, but we're hopeful)

vocal gulch
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I think rules of minigames would be good tutorials, the first time I tried Rockadoodler Roundup I immediately went out of bounds and felt it was kind of unfair to eat a game ticket like that instead of having a tutorial showing you that there's a "play area"

near dawn
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i think though what would be best is an area on your in-game phone where you can repeat tutorials

either that be how to get residents, flower tutorials, mini games etc

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obtuse basalt
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if we’re going to do a tutorial on how gifting works, you should mention how 3 heart =/= the best gift for leveling purposes. I only found out about that by being on this server & by that point I was about a week in to the game. I was kind of upset when I realized I’d been using up my island bouquets & friendship blossoms but not even necessarily to craft the best materials for what I was trying to achieve. (leveling the characters to unlock quests etc.)

near dawn
near dawn
robust parrot
mental bobcat
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People definitely need one more step in the decorating tutorial to show them how to put things on tables

storm karma
crimson dirge
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What Island bouquets are and how they work- the info in their description is good but maybe if mymel says it the first time

sacred halo
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hopefully most of these tutorials will be optional, i would not enjoy being forced to sit through a bunch of tutorials again if i had to restart

crimson dirge
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Maybe something that tells you the island resources respawn at island reset, which is different from in game days

storm karma
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maybe a skip tutorial button then?

night sparrow
sour garden
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How to make the ultimate comic

harsh belfry
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A tutorial for when you are stuck with missions, to try and increase friendship with the characters instead of focussing on missions

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crimson dirge
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fishing- update to say green area, currently it says green line. also add in tutorial a video of hitting the joystick along with how the fish thing responds. if there are alt buttons, put that there too.

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crimson dirge
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Basic controls- jump and balloons
also all alt controls - r/l bumpers for tool rotation; left dpad for map

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a thing to tell you about tutorials and how to access them- pops up one time, that's it - maybe rolled into phone overview

obtuse basalt
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Another quick & easy tutorial to show you that the pickaxes can be used to break chests would be pretty cool. This is something else I learned only from being in this server.

somber meteor
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further explanation on which items generate which dyes / maybe a chart stand that expands when clicked, similar to what's at the games

crimson dirge
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Bubble wand- update in game dialogue to remove the some hard critters need multiple bubbles- they do not, but you need to touch the bubble, which it may or may not say and include in tutorial - also note you cannot catch fish with it

robust parrot
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Something explaining the icons under the mini map?

  • These icons are effects currently affecting you.
  • They may be from companions, multiplayer friends, or even...
  • Extreme weather (Icy Peak).
night sparrow
crimson dirge
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a note that bait does nothing

somber meteor
viral lagoon
limber stratus
# brazen widget What would you want out of the multiplayer walkthrough?

Possibly a “ trial “

With a “ bot” multiplayer .

Where you click tutorial in keroppis MP QUEST and it shows you

  • these are items thats are tradable
  • how many mp tasks can be done weekly
  • items needed to complete levels
  • inicators for challenge courses
  • tips for completing mp tasks ( exp . When doing challenge courses one player should be at the start while the other is at the end ; meet in the middle )
  • id also love to see if a chat option would be available soon ( or maybe just being able to emote ( camera, characters/locations , challenge courses icon, etc)

Ive played multiplayer alot and ive done some with player who have been playing over a year but havent attempted MP due to a multitude of reasons ( majority ive seen is not being familiarized)

I believe these steps will help increase confidence of players for MP and increase the chances of multiplayer use.

obtuse basalt
crimson dirge
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how to open the two kinds of puzzle rooms - buttons and not. It's been a bit weird having random button ones and most just interact like normal and I see people getting confused thinking buttons are multiplayer or no buttons means do not open

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How each block type works in puzzle rooms, or interact with block and see what it does

limber stratus
drifting cloud
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On the subject of Dear Daniel. This is not a tutorial, but he should specifically have text that says you need to make the Red Bow Apple Pie recipe before you get a quest

robust parrot
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I don't think there is anything that clearly says visitor requests are in Daily Quests, so maybe:

  • Visitor quests can be found here!
  • You can get quests for up to 3 visitors per day.
  • Some visitors have requirements to get their quests!
limber stratus
crimson dirge
limber stratus
near dawn
obtuse basalt
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something that currently drives me crazy is when you level a character & it says something along the lines of:

“unlocked: best friends” press + for more info; then when you hit + it literally just repeats the short description. instead this would be the perfect opportunity to add a blurb of what it actually means for them to be a best friend. ie: the ability to have them collect things for you.

I know that ability is explained but there is currently no explanation for what it means to be a good or close friend.

limber stratus
sour garden
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A tutorial on companion abilities once you reach the character friendship level that unlocks it

drifting cloud
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I think a lot of people would also appreciate a Reference menu for the tags so that they could figure out what some of them are

strange rain
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I didn’t know initially that upon maxing out friendship you can request those friends to find things for you, maybe something for that?

mild pilot
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I am begging for a tutorial on flowers. I know nothing about them nor their use. I just plant seeds and collect the flowers when they spawn.

hidden topaz
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I would suggest a better tutorial on making the red flowers, and also transfers for flowers.

paper solar
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Id like a tutorial on flowers in terms of crossbreeding and patterns and transferring colours i know wish me mel talks about it but I feel like a step by step shown how to do it would be so good

graceful lance
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I agree with a tutorial for multiplayer, explaining what you can do (both on the island, like go to the shop, and how you can interact with other players) as it took a while to figure it out.

A little bit more explanation when you unlock different character abilities as I completely missed what some of them do.

warped shuttle
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I think whatever tutorials you decide to add to the game there should a tab or menu where they are collected and stored so people can return to them and reread them in case they didn't get it the first time.

toxic cipher
muted path
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symbols definitely!! they r so confusing

soft flax
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A better tutorial on flowers more like step by step guide and mention to separate them for the flower varieties!!

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A lot of people still don’t get flowers

tacit sparrow
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More Tutorial(s) for Island visitors and decorating cabins for island visitors in early game - I'd be more specific, but I'm still trying to figure out how it works (ex. I only just found out you can put things on tables via this thread).

prime elbow
soft flax
amber pawn
pliant berry
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Tutorial on breeding and cross breading flowers I’ve watched so many videos and still don’t get it . A tutorial from wish me well instead of her telling us would be great.

sour osprey
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  • best friends can collect material for you reminder
  • i think i would forget to take best friends to see our friend islandspirit
  • reminder to collect friendship beads in MP
  • reset vs in game time
  • game progression how to. When I first started I was really intent on just exploring and didn’t realize I had to also priority gifting max gifts every day for game progression)

.... theses are less tutorials but i guess reminders? maybe the loading screens can have more visual reminders instead of just text reminders

somber meteor
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tutorial for various furniture items - am seeing folks playing on new devices not knowing you can change time w bed / clothes w mirror (yes in loading screens but reading can be tough ya know)

polar flower
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A tutorial better explaining weather effects, particularly how long the effects last for. And a tutorial on how bait works, theres no explanation in game on how that works

cinder ruin
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This might just be me but I was very confused by how companion abilities worked at first. I've been playing for 2 weeks and didn't realize until last night that I needed to have them with me to use their abilities. I think a tutorial or even just some dialogue hinting at that could help newcomers like me

brazen widget
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Recycling Plant

quick flower
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Giving gifts to characters with max friendship gives you character capsules
I think it would be helpful since I didn't know for like 2 days after I maxed chococat

tidal trail
# brazen widget Recycling Plant

Reef Revival has an introduction to the Recycling Plant, but I think for the Fwishing Well and Recycling Plant, there should be a more option in-detail explanation on how the chances work; as those odds aren't transparent to the userbase at the moment.

slender forge
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I world appreciate a tutorial on event flowers. Information on any limitations to reproduction, crossbreeding, blending, etc. outside of the greenhouse…within and outside of the event time period.

limber stratus
# brazen widget Recycling Plant

If we could get a comprehensive explanation of the recycling plant that would be amazing !

There have been instances where you put 12 -20 trash bags and all you get is coral spores or dye

Its so hard to come by keys . 🥺

robust parrot
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Camera:

  • What the different options do when taking a photo.
  • What the different options mean after a photo is taken.
    • People sometimes don't understand the difference between "Accept" and "Save", so have lost photos they wanted.
eternal ridge
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I might have missed it etc, but I would like a tutorial on Companians abilities. If I am not mistaken, a similar game had this and it was very useful - truthfully, atm, I didn't know what abilities were until I googled them. I thought it was something my character had, I didn't realise I had to take someone with me.

bleak grove
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A tutorial about flowers how to grow them step by step

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and the different colours

tidal trail
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Considering tags are getting a revamp (which they very much needed), a tutorial, maybe as a part of Batz-maru's water balloon starter quest, to teach you how tags affect hearts and friendship levels.

willow moss
orchid kernel
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I would love to better understand fertilizer logic. When am I supposed to be using it — before I water, after I water, in some cases both times? What is the best strategy? A tutorial on how fertilizer works in detail would be very welcome

weary ether
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I would like a better understanding of making flowers certain colors and how to plant more flowers to gain the other colors because lord I've been on this bow besties quest with hello kitty for so long because it's not letting me do what the videos have said

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obsidian creek
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On a quick skim I couldn't see if this had already been mentioned, so: the hearts system for visitors. How their requirements mean they can visit but 5 hearts makes them more likely to.

sour osprey
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I feel like a reference to what times of days you can find specific critters and fish

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Would be useful

sour osprey
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Editing the above suggestion- if compiling tutorial or reference for location or times of day of all critters and fish is too much, then at least put that info if it’s a required quest

Example: like ||kyorosuke’s 3 star quest|| - lots of ppl did not know where to find the fish even if they’ve caught it before

sacred nest
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I need help finding the character in spooky swamp during the quest of hide and seek

echo tundra
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How to decorate cabins according to the liking of your visitors, how to increase the likelihood of them coming by decorating it with the things they like, paying attention to the tags, and how those items correspond to the number of hearts you see on a cabin next to the visitors name. Ways to decorate the cabins and other cool suggestions.

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Because I have noticed that the visitors ratings will sometimes increase more then one in a single visit and it’s because I keep their cabins decorated with at least 5 things they like which gives them hearts next to their name when they use the magnifying glass to see which visitor the cabin satisfies. Sometimes a visitor will want to stay after visiting you only 3 times. And I believe it’s because it’s the cabin satisfaction level.

heady bone
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A tutorial about getting that one fish in particular

gentle turtle