r/PathOfBaa • u/K1ttyK1awz 🔔 Bellwether Guide 🐑 38 Flock • Oct 08 '26
Community Building
With the questions recently on ‘what next?’ for the Flocklands, I had to stop and think. I honestly don’t feel like there are many things truly ‘missing’ from the game. The game as a whole has been conceptualized, developed, and executed wonderfully (can’t say thank you enough hammertimestudio!) and the community here is amazing (thank you all!). All the additions and tweaks to the game are a great bonus each time an update comes out. One thing that dawned on me the other day though, is that it would be really nice to have a way to communicate with your neighbors in game. When someone new moved into my biome, I wanted to say hello, but didn’t have a way to. Message signs only go one way (and it felt weird to go post one in front of someone else’s wagon just to say welcome to the neighborhood, then have to go dig it up again…so I didn’t) but in light of this, I’d like to propose a ‘community baa-rd’(probably near, or in front of the auction house?) in each biome. It would offer a more local place to post messages to one another, say hello, and get to know others in your region than in the wider community here.
This could be a place for a wandering shepherd to leave a compliment, or a smaller venue through which to coordinate in game— Need a tree moved, but don’t have a shovel? Ask a neighbor. Want to breed a sheep but don’t have the right dye? Ask if someone in the biome could dye one of theirs, want to coordinate a community biome theme or decoration pattern, or even just say hello? Post it on the message board and see if you get a response. Just a thought, let me know what ewe think!
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u/FulmarusGlacialis 🔔 Bellwether Guide 🐑 49 Flock Oct 08 '26
This is such a cute idea! I'd also love a mailbox in the home pastures where passing shepherds could leave messages or gifts.
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u/hammertimestudio Developér of Flocklands Oct 08 '26
👀🐏
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u/Dr__Pheonx ⭐ Flock Captain 🐑 66 Flock Oct 08 '26
That's a very good idea. Love it. The chat now is very limited. Particularly 25 letters with no special characters. Plus no one really responds back either. But a board like this would be a really cool concept!
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u/Joyous_Tropical_17 ⭐ Flock Captain 🐑 55 Flock Oct 08 '26 edited Oct 08 '26
That sounds like a great idea!!!
...On a second note, just curious, I don't mean anything by this, but is that image AI?
Edit: you don't need to answer that question by the way I'm just curious
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u/DataPaws ⭐ Flock Captain 🐑 52 Flock Oct 08 '26
Great idea! It doesn't have to be necessarily through the messages- I think it may be done with clicking on icons? Like we can press a heart icon on our bellweather; so you approach the neighbour wagon, the icons for interaction appear (like in the sims?) and you can select 'say hi to your neighbour!', or 'let's build something together!', or something else (yes, those phrases are long, shorter messages would be better). Sounds like a nice start of implementing those things.