I’ll definitely be adding some form of statistics in. Once challenges are in place, some sort of high score would be very appropriate and more general statistics are easy to add onto that.

I probably won’t be adding new environments. It wouldn’t be too difficult from a coding perspective, but it would require a huge amount of time be spent on new art assets. You might have noticed I have three monster sprites and already recolored two of them :)
I probably will be doing more art assets, but I’ll be doing something much smaller than an entire redrawing of the environment. I’m leaning towards adding another monster type or two right now.

Thanks for your suggestions. I’m glad you and your brother had a good time with the game and I’m hoping I can deliver more fun and awesomeness with the upcoming update :)

Now that you are asking for suggestions, though, let me just roll up my sleeves… Nah, I’m kidding. The game is already a lot of fun, but I do feel like the special abilities are somewhat pointless. At least when playing split-screen, anyway. Item management would be easier if you could cycle through them with the triggers (currently allocated for special abilities) instead of the bumpers. Combat would be more fun if you had a shield, too, because only one character class has the ability to defend himself, and it’s kind of hard to pull off.

I do like the idea of having single-player challenges, though. AI opponents would also be a cool addition, but I know that’s a pain to code.

Everything you have planned would be wonderful, I especially like the sound of online play. Would it be local split-screen Live play? What are the odds that online play would allow more than 4 players? If more players are possible then System Link would be great, too; I’d love to download it on our other Xbox so the whole family could play without having strangers in each match.

I don’t have any gripes yet and I only have three suggestions, all of which I’m sure you’ve already thought of and either plan on doing or have decided against…

+ A statistics page.

+ A way to change settings in each gametype. That way we could play Treasure Hunt with only blue treasure, no time limit, extra enemies, and 8,000 points to win, for example.

+ A few different environments? Maybe just the same map at night, perhaps there could be a day / night cycle? Various weather (rain, snow)? I don’t know how complicated that would be to do, so I apologize if that suggestion is a bit too much, I would just love to see a bit of variety.

That’s all I can think of so far, but maybe more things will come to mind with a few more hours of playing. Feel free (but not obligated) to add me (Mr Mad Monkey) and my brother (RubyConstrictor) on XBL if you’d like us to keep you updated. :D

I don’t think you’re my first customer, but you’re among the first thousand. You’re all very special to me though :)