Zukero,
Thanks for your post. Your views are particularly welcomed on software design. As you mentioned, Andor's Trail has really evolved, much in part because of input such as yours. Even someone who may simply pose a question, might be the one who unknowingly greatly impacts the direction of how something currently being done, goes towards getting done more efficiently, effectively, and/or just differently (in a better way), by triggering a form or stream of lateral thought. Please don't equate what you may feel to be lack of understanding of what goes into the game, to what may be considered a helpful or significant suggestion, question, or comment. I say this to all who may read this post, out of the belief that many people have great ideas, but for one reason or another, feel uncomfortable with sharing them. There's actually a fair number of ideas that are currently on "the back burner", only to be potentially added in at a later phase of development.
Prioritization of development is always an active topic, as the flow of available time and content that is submitted finds its way into the game, much like placing a puzzle piece into the big picture (developing puzzle).
The continued development of a High Score list or Leader Board, is something that could be streamlined and taken further, but in what direction? A forum poll might serve well to determine, but by their very nature are limited in what information they convey based on the number of participants. Many players seem to favor the interactive process of logging into the forum and posting their updates, along with their associated commentary. A more automated approach may take away from the social aspect of the process, which I believe is more favored than the competitive portion of just being on a list (from my observation, and possibly skewed view from the sense of community associated with the forum). However, none of this is shared to negate the validity of your post.
Aside from the background on the Andor's Trail Project, due to its growing popularity, many players and forum members have voluntarily translated and compiled the other languages this game is available in. Due to the flow of development, the additional language files are usually the last to be available. With the team approach, as nyktos has covered elsewhere, "in house" testing and other final touches are often going on while new translations are being added in. For whatever it's worth, I myself always choose a piece of software that's available in an English only language, when presented with the choice.
Please keep the feedback and input coming. I'm not the only one who reads it, or takes notice.
On behalf of all who have contributed to Andor's Trail, the game and its forum, thank you for your compliments on the game itself. I believe they carry a great amount of significance, and help to balance out the negative feedback that's primarily, and ironically, based on the fact that "this game is a work in progress".
