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Starri game update is really bad

Starri

This used to be the only game they would play. What they are saying is that everything about it is terrible now.

So bad they don't want to play it at all.

It's so bad they'd rather play Bluey, which they wouldn't touch before because it was too childish. But they seem to enjoy now due to updated games.

The new body detection algorithm requires standing too close and is harder to control. The new visuals are all ugly and I agree with them looks like throwbacks to 90s era pixel games rather than the flashy arcade games.

The avatars are now uglier too, and they say they didn't even like the skins anyways.

It's bad enough that I think you should just roll it back to 1.0 and discard this new version.

Posted by Jh ·
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  • Arleigh Greenwald

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    Aug 29

    Jh,

    Thank you so much for the feedback. We are listening and collecting all comments. Have you tried adjusting any of the settings? The note timing and spacing may help.

    Our CEO and co-founder, David, posted a response last night on FB and Reddit. If you have time this weekend, please take a look. We'll respond with more early next week.

    Thank you again!

    Arleigh

    • Marisa Porter (Virtually Marisa)

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      Aug 29

      Thank you for sharing this. While some of these settings were definitely helpful (like turning off the cut scene and getting rid of concert mode), the fact that all the long runs and other things your body (not your hands) have to hit— the fact that these glitch and flicker in and out still makes my daughter nauseated. Is there anything in the roadmap to make solid shapes that don't flicker in and out? There's too much flashing and extraneous movement and it hurts her eyes. Is there a setting for this? Also, if she turns off SFX, then there are no satisfying hit sounds, and that's the only way to get rid of the screaming people. BTW, minimal is sort of like being between two blobs, whereas before, she was in space and it was very atmospheric.

    • Jh

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      Aug 29

      I was going to post an update:

      Specifically on the boy who looks like he’s actually dancing while playing,

      he looks more like he is doing karate now.

      To me this is the most major regression. The mechanics or movement algorithm has changed the behavior of the players. It was a very cool effect to see kids become like real dancers while playing. Now it looks like they are practicing ka strikes.

      Some of the other children seem to be responding well to it now. If you guys made a quick patch yesterday or within the last few days to this new version, it appears to have worked.

      Although the children who were die hard fans of the last version still refuse to play the new one.

      When you guys made the last major update before this one, the kids were huge fans of that change. But they hated this newest version.

      I’ll join the FB at some point, but I don’t really want to associate my FB account yet for privacy reasons.

  • Marisa Porter (Virtually Marisa)

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    Aug 27

    Same. My daughter right now: “Starri was everything to me, and now it’s gone.”

  • Kokena Donnelly

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    Aug 27

    I’d be fine with a roll back or it being available still. The Starri game was a major draw to this game system. And sadly it’s not an option any more cause it just makes me nauseous with all the movement going on around the lane and the new visuals of the blue lines aren’t helpful either.

  • Jh

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    Aug 27

    Also want to add I can show you videos, where it is designed well enough that the child, the best one an older boy, who genuinely looks like they are dancing a real dance while playing. The changes are definitely a regression, even the algorithm for detecting movements.