Hi Everyone,

We just wanted to give a quick update on the state of Choices and answer some of the questions we’ve been getting:

What’s going on with the changes to The Royal Romance?

The changes to TRR are part of a test we’re running to see how expansions to older books perform. At the moment, it is just a test; we’re going to see how it does before making any further decisions.

Why are you changing old books?

Our hope is to bring in new features, scenes, and art that will improve The Royal Romance and other older Books for all players, to help bring them to the same level of content as our current Books.

The goal of this project is to expand and improve; we want to add to the older books, not rewrite them. Our intention is not to change any core part of the story, just to add more to it. We very much do not want to change character’s personalities, just give you more time with them. We hear your feedback on the changes, and will take it into account when deciding how to proceed with the test.

Why did only some new users get the change?

It’s a common practice to test changes with a segment of new users first. There’s two reasons for this: first, because we want to make sure the test is successful before changing your game, and second, because this lets us fully test it out and make sure there are no bugs. Ultimately, the test will either be pulled if it’s unsuccessful or rolled out to all users if it succeeds.

Why didn’t you tell us about the test?

It is our policy not to announce our tests. The reason for this is pretty straightforward: the majority of our tests don’t end up making the cut and getting rolled out. We feel that it doesn’t make sense to tell our players about changes until we are certain they are actually happening for all users.

With that said, we very much understand that the way this test was rolled out caused some confusion, and we’re going to work in the future on improving our messaging and communications to let you know what’s going on sooner.

We appreciate your patience with this. If there’s anything you’d like to share with us, feel free to reach out to us on our social media pages. And as always, thank you so much for your constant support, and enthusiasm for Choices!

-Team Pixelberry