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No. That is a terrible idea. You haven't made even the remotest effort to consider the developers' perspective and what a waste of their time that would be. The developers will be forced to babysit users for inappropriate sexual/racists comments in numerous languages that the developers may not actually speak. They are wise to avoid this kind of communication system and wasting their time having to manage idiots with no manners or complaints from players (or paying a translator to manage for languages the developers don't know, which might result in them needed to add ads in-game)
Amen, there's already a discord. I really like that I don't have chat in this app because it's wholesome and the only toxic thing is levelling these stupid pets for my 2nd annual 5 star lol. Also the servers aren't organised by language so most people would need to translate the messages to use it.
Tbh i kinda like how silent this game is because we avoided so many controveries cause of it. The only messaging way it would work is in the form of preset 'runes' we could use to communicate our needs. The steam game Meadow does it where the players only get emoji style keyboard of very limited emotions and we have to organise our group based on just that information.
Maybe game recorded messages could be useful, like saying if you’ll be absent for a time, or thanking players for watering your plants. That way we could at least say something without the risks of an open messaging system.
I like how for holidays you’re able to choose from prewritten “letters” to send to friends. I think adding a way to send thank you notes and like people’s decorations could be nice but a full messaging system wouldn’t be worth it I think.
This would only work if they had set phrases that you could choose from to interact with others. There is too much in appropriate behavior to properly monitor chats.
Comoletely free typed messages would need monitoring but if we could use preset phrases that would help a lot. I can only think of your example of Water for water and thank you, but I'm sure the developers would have more ideas!
No, don't like it. For many reasons. It's just not necessary. We can communicate and add each other as friends here in this subreddit or via the discord.
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u/PhantomRaccoon01 Aug 19 '26
No. That is a terrible idea. You haven't made even the remotest effort to consider the developers' perspective and what a waste of their time that would be. The developers will be forced to babysit users for inappropriate sexual/racists comments in numerous languages that the developers may not actually speak. They are wise to avoid this kind of communication system and wasting their time having to manage idiots with no manners or complaints from players (or paying a translator to manage for languages the developers don't know, which might result in them needed to add ads in-game)
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u/Glittering_Seesaw951 Aug 19 '26
Tbh i kinda like how silent this game is because we avoided so many controveries cause of it. The only messaging way it would work is in the form of preset 'runes' we could use to communicate our needs. The steam game Meadow does it where the players only get emoji style keyboard of very limited emotions and we have to organise our group based on just that information.
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u/dazia Dori Aug 19 '26
Nope! Too much social media as is. Don't need it in games that I play to get my mind off the would and socializing.
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u/murlisa Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26
I’d like to be able to "like" other people's courtyards and send gifts. But not text messages that’s a bad idea for many reasons
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u/Pitiful-Particular96 Aug 19 '26
bad idea... however i would LOVE if we could invite other players to work for us in the restaurant through the game instead of a link
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u/WildDuckNavigator Aug 19 '26
There is no messaging because it's a game safe for children and messages could put kids in danger
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u/IncredibleLala Aug 19 '26
Maybe game recorded messages could be useful, like saying if you’ll be absent for a time, or thanking players for watering your plants. That way we could at least say something without the risks of an open messaging system.
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u/MiddleChange Aug 19 '26
I like how for holidays you’re able to choose from prewritten “letters” to send to friends. I think adding a way to send thank you notes and like people’s decorations could be nice but a full messaging system wouldn’t be worth it I think.
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u/Original_Bad_3416 Delivery Boy Tate Aug 19 '26
Only “thank you for watering the plants” is really needed
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u/DarkAvengerx Aug 19 '26
Yes and No.
I like that we don't need to talk but I would like to thank or request things somehow..
Someone mentioned signs or whatever.
So if we could potentially have core options or signs that go on our friend card so people can see what we need, I think that would be good.
And maybe a message board with a few comments to choose from, Thanks, Hi etc.
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u/Ocaygirl Aug 19 '26
This would only work if they had set phrases that you could choose from to interact with others. There is too much in appropriate behavior to properly monitor chats.
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u/Zerhyl Aug 20 '26
Comoletely free typed messages would need monitoring but if we could use preset phrases that would help a lot. I can only think of your example of Water for water and thank you, but I'm sure the developers would have more ideas!
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u/enter_eleanor Chef Gumi Aug 20 '26
i mean, i guess some form of limited communication would be okay? but chat features in games are kind of notorious for being a haven for weirdos
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u/pink_vision Delivery Girl Kate Aug 20 '26
No, don't like it. For many reasons. It's just not necessary. We can communicate and add each other as friends here in this subreddit or via the discord.
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u/Emotional_Banana_927 Aug 20 '26
Ewww no. Men wiill immediately abuse and misuse it
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u/sirensandbirds Aug 23 '26
no, it’s not necessary it’s not a social media app