Dear Players… about the BIG Update
We’re aware that some of you are upset 😿 with the changes in our recent BIG update of Flick so we’d like to explain some of our goals and decisions.
⭐ Goal 1: Make the app smaller and faster to download ⭐
We’ve moved all of the artist-designed decks to the cloud. This has reduced the app size from 157MB to 74 MB. That’s better than half of the size! We have plans to make it smaller too.
Now players choose which decks to download - one at a time.
⭐ Goal 2: Make it much faster to collect card decks ⭐
When we first launched Flick we had 3 artist decks. By collecting random cards players could complete the decks quickly.
Now with over 40 decks {and more coming} completing your favourite decks had become an arduous task taking months 😢. There was no control over the decks you wanted to collect and complete first.
Now, players have the control to choose which decks to unlock for collection and ONLY win cards from unlocked decks. This makes collection much faster for new players.
Plus all players get 1000 coins and 1 deck token to get started with unlocking whatever they wanted.
We wanted existing players to benefit from this faster collection too. Without taking any of your cards away we locked all incomplete decks and then unlocked the 6 decks with the most progress. Existing players can unlock more of what they want with the 1000 coins and deck token received when upgraded.
This has upset some players. Therefore, we’re going to change the cost to unlock a deck to just 100 coins IF you already had cards collected in the deck.
UPDATE (2nd May ‘23): We’re adding a “Relock Deck” button to the deck view. Players will soon be able to choose to relock a deck that was previously auto-unlocked during the upgrade and receive a refund of 500 coins to unlock the deck of their choice. ETA: Mid-May for this feature.
Update (11 May ‘23)
Hot and exciting news! Following the really helpful feedback from our community - the new RELOCK feature is available in the latest update (2.00.29) - currently being slowly rolled out to everyone.
Our players on iOS should be able to manually update to the latest version even if it states that auto-update is not available.
Now you have the POWER to RELOCK any decks that were auto-locked during the upgrade - receiving 500 coins to unlock the deck of your choice. {{The refund is only given for the decks we auto-unlocked for you}}.
⭐ Goal 3: Better showcase all of our wonderful artists and their decks ⭐
We’ve redesigned the gallery to show better artist and deck previews. If you like the preview then you can download a deck to see all the cards! All individual cards can now be zoomed up to see in all their glory!
⭐ Goal 4: Give players more fun things to spend coins on ⭐
A lot of our long-time players had amassed tens of thousands of coins and had collected ALL of the cards so they had nothing to buy, making the game less fun and rewarding.
✨ We’ve introduced “shiny” cards. Simply collect or buy duplicates to update your cards to shiny versions. Hope you like the effect. We will improve it over time.
⭐ Goal 5: Allow players to spend more money in the game whilst still making sure everyone can have a tremendous FREE experience ⭐
Flick is our passion but it’s also our job. We want to grow Flick: get more players, and expand our team so we can hire more people to make Flick better: more polished, more content. And of course, commission many more amazing artists! As such, we have expanded the options to buy items, adding bigger discounts for buying bigger packs of items.
Previously, we had a unique in-app purchase for each and every deck. With over 40 decks this was annoying. So we have now added “deck tokens” which players can buy in packs of 3 or 6 for better value.
⭐ Goal 6: Improve the Level Select ⭐
Following the big update, it was clear from your feedback that we needed to find a new approach to help players enjoy viewing their level progress.
With numerous levels and various difficulty modes, we hope that the updated design simplifies the experience.
As always, we encourage feedback for future improvements.
What do the colours mean?
Green: level solved!
White: level attempted, but not yet solved.
Gold: level HIGH SCORE (Get in!).
⭐ Goal 7: Make it so artist’s backgrounds are automatically selected ⭐
Whenever you complete a deck you now get the matching background (designed by the artist) for free. You can also choose a background per deck (via the “select tabletop” button) and the game will remember.
Now we have so many artist backgrounds we removed a bunch of the generic ones - mostly to reduce app size as per Goal 1.
If YOU have lost access to backgrounds you paid for with coins or you really miss a specific tabletop please let us know (support@flick.games) and we’ll see what we can do.
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Now the BIG update is out, we’ll be working on polishing and tweaking things - so expect improvements soon!
We really appreciate your support, feedback and patience. 🙏
For any problems, please contact us directly (support@flick.games) and we’ll do our best to help.
Lots of love,
Team Flick 💖