[UPDATED] Devs' Corner: June 2025

9. Help center when you're not signed in is a thing. When I was playing a smaller server I used to search for answers on the International help center since it had more answered questions, so I tried the new system when I was logged off.

Let me start by asking Howrse, did you even bother testing the feature before publishing it?
And when I'm saying testing I'm not talking about bugs (which exist as seen in my 8th point and 6th point), I'm talking about testing it from the standpoint of user experience. (My bet is that you didn't bother at all)

Ok so you're able to access the new help center when you're offline, that's perfect, but why make it so inconvenient to use?

Every time I was clicking on a category it redirects me to the login page, I have to hit the "go back" button to return to the previous search page...

And it's not like it can't sort by category when you're offline, it's just that Howrse refuses to let us have any new feature with a good user experience.

Here's a gif I filmed to showcase the scenario.
https://i.imgur.com/8WHobJm.gif




10. Continuing on with the same thought of using the help center when you're signed off I tried accessing a question.

You can't answer any questions when you're offline
You can't vote when you're offline
Wut?? It seems like you can report when you're offline.




The thing is when you submit the report it just redirects you to the login page disregarding your report. So why give the option to report when you're offline in the first place?

Okay, I'm really trying to settle in and learn to like the new layout for the collections since it's either that or quit the game at this point, I'm not ever gonna make it as a competitive breeder and everything else is so boring.

So, here goes.

1. The little toggle switch to see what you don't have thing is a nice idea and is honestly a little better than the old version where they'd just be tiny greyed out icons in a big huge row.

2. The size difference and clarity of the designs is improved. Like I said before the old versions were tiny. I sometimes had a hard time telling what I was looking at, particularly with the daruma and pinata companion collections.

That being said

1. The replacement of the trophies did lose a key visual element. Before if you wanted to see what all Wind Divines you were missing, you clicked their icon and received a handy drop down box. Now you have to search through the list of words. The trophy served as a much handier visual.

2. The listing is still REALLY weird. I have no clue why the horse breeds, for example, aren't in alphabetical order. Means you have to hunt through the list which is annoying.

3. I'm not even going to talk about the Retired Coats. I have NO suggestions. I don't see how that can possibly be fixed under the new system but it's depressing.

4. I wish there was still some kind of place where you could see your GA and Ray collections. Not a "all you're missing" but just the ones you have? I miss that so much.

5. PLEASE put back the Iris Coat why was that even removed in the first place? It's literally the same type of item as every other customization coat item that counts. Even arguing it's a breedable coat wouldn't work, since Pestilentia is counted.

6. For some reason when you toggle on and off the "breeds by species" collections the coats will randomly switch up and flash at you which while it's a bit of a nitpick is weird and distracting. Like I had to recheck a few times cause I thought the order was changing.

That's all I have for now. I'd still love to see them be displayable somehow, also.

And I KNOW they can be edited cause originally all the Inkwell coats were shoved in under "Animated" by mistake and this was rapidly fixed, so why no Iris Coat?

My only guess is because it's a recolor of the horse's base design there's no "one" way for it to look (like it'd look different on a Brumby vs a Standardbred) so it's harder to make an icon for but??? There's display art for every color on the item's Black Market page. I don't see why those can't be used for the Collections display as well.

Imagine they made up for the different displays for every breed by adding an iris coat trophy for having an iris coat of every colour for every breed. Now THAT would be a trophy to collect I mean, I know they're not going to do it, but I find it hilarious to think about.

I wish they brought back the fifth element trophy.. I literally got Ruaumoko just for it and saved my special fifth element from that other lottery so that I could finish it all and have all of them display on my page. I was really looking forward to that, now it's ruined. Ruaumoko just dropped a metal element a day or two ago, so I would've just completed the fifth element set that I literally spent YEARS working towards. Now I don't even get any satisfaction or joy out of it. Hell, I haven't even bothered putting the metal elements on yet because there just no motivation to do so.

I want the old trophy system back.. I miss the time when completing trophies was actually fun and enjoyable

In regards to the help center, why is the banner for the video ads there? VIPs are supposed to not see ads of any kind, that includes banners related to the game.

All this "effort" (haha) for a mobile friendly site and the mobile site still works like it could win a manure collecting trophy. The help center is so ugly and not intuitive at all. Glad to see the Howrse devs have been ignoring our trophy concerns for a good reason: to make the help center even worse! Good job, everyone.

I noticed this as well! It is so strange a decision it could not have been intentional.

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I... actually wouldn't hate that? I mean it'd be a pain to get every Violet but since Iris are one of the most obtainable coats because you can breed them it'd be a fun challenge. That may just be me, though. I had JUST started getting into Iris breeding before the change, it's lost a lot of its luster now.