• https://www.reddit.com/r/kittensgame
• https://dojotoolkit.org/reference-guide/1.7/dojo/index.html#dojo-index (I'm using mostly pre-1.7 dojo functionality)

Most recent roadmap: https://trello.com/b/cecIwqp2/kittens-game-roadmap Please feel free to add other suggestions.

In a grim and dark future of the catkind no one can hear you scream.

• Good: mythical monsters, elder artifacts, arcane technologies, lost civilizations
• Bad: elves, fairies, robots, owls

• It's better to reuse existing buildings and resources rather than introduce new

• Active gameplay should be encouraged if possible, but should not be an absolute requirement to play.

• Every problem or bottleneck should be addressed in multiple ways (E.g.: Tradepost to reduce fur consumption AND hunting upgrade to get better yield)

• Every solution to a problem should create a new problem

• Design things difficult first and address them with upgrades later

  • For god's sake never ever nerf anything

• Think how things will scale at later stages. You have a rare resource that cost 1M unobtainium? Someone will be able to farm trillions of them.

• Try to introduce some varieties in mechanic but stay withing established rule system.

  • For example, hunt require catpower, grants you various resource and have a chance of giving you something rare
  • Similarly trade require catpower, grants you various resource and have a chance of giving you something rare.
    • Everyone are really comfortable with trade mechanic because it speaks in familiar terms that players have learned already.

• Don't use %reduction effects. For every problem it may solve, a trillion new issues will appear.

• Don't use price reduction effects. If you do, be extremely careful.