Kill your darlings

Before  I released the first vesion of the game I had this feature in my backlog about a Gobling Bankir that takes all your current gold and dissappear. If you can find him again he will give you back twice what you lent him.

I put of adding this feature for a long time but as it aligns with my design pillas and adds strategic depth I could not keep my hands off it.

I implemented it and released the game on itch.

In this update I decided to remove it due to the following reasons:

• The feature requires a more UI that the gold score this is problematic since the Goblin Bankir is something that only a small percentage of player willl focus on. The best ones ;-)

• It has a two step use that makes it hard to explain by experimenting. "Ok so this guy took all my gold, better avoid him next time." People who got how to use him got it from my devlog.

• Finding the Goblin is also hard because he has no natural connection with the shrine.

I also did it because it is a bold move to make your game better by removing stuff rather than adding more.

However after this update I got feedback that he is somewhat missed. And that made me rethink and come to the following conclusion.

The Goblin Bankir is a good feature but it has some problems that needs to be addressed before it can be implemented in a good way.

If you have ideas on how to make the Goblin better I am all ears :-)