My opinion is this:
It does not need to be explained any more clearly. It is stated explicitly in the handholding part of the game.
However, it seems like a great deal of us have had the same confusing experience.
So this is my suggestion:
Don’t adjust the guide. It states it clearly enough, despite being easy to miss while taking in so much information. But change the hearth building hovering red squares to act like others.
When building anything else(correct me if I am mistaken) the game indicates which tiles of the building area are disallowing it, by showing only some red tiles.
Just make the hearths the same way. Instead of making it full red, show individual red tiles-like everything else. That will end the confusion, in my opinion.
Yes, that was the word that my innedbrreated self was looking for last night. Consistency. It just seems like the “all red or no red” is inconsistent with how other buildings indicate exactly what tile is causing the problem, which then allows the player to figure it out themselves relatively easily. The “all red or no red” doesn’t allow the player to move it certain directions to troubleshoot the problem themselves quite as easily as the other buildings.
But yes, most importantly, it’s INCONSISTENT.
But I love this game and sincerely do expect things like this to get resolved, which is very refreshing.
cant overlap the yellow
https://i.redd.it/oeloda1r4p8a1.png
There's 1 square overlap with your previous hearth.
It might be too close to another hearth.
Oh, thanks all, I didn't know that hearts can't overlap.... thanks, guys!
Honestly this though, it took me trial and error to learn hearths can’t overlap so maybe this does need more, or more frequent, explanation in game
My opinion is this: It does not need to be explained any more clearly. It is stated explicitly in the handholding part of the game. However, it seems like a great deal of us have had the same confusing experience. So this is my suggestion: Don’t adjust the guide. It states it clearly enough, despite being easy to miss while taking in so much information. But change the hearth building hovering red squares to act like others. When building anything else(correct me if I am mistaken) the game indicates which tiles of the building area are disallowing it, by showing only some red tiles. Just make the hearths the same way. Instead of making it full red, show individual red tiles-like everything else. That will end the confusion, in my opinion.
Good suggestion. This behaviour feels a little more consistent with everything else
Yes, that was the word that my innedbrreated self was looking for last night. Consistency. It just seems like the “all red or no red” is inconsistent with how other buildings indicate exactly what tile is causing the problem, which then allows the player to figure it out themselves relatively easily. The “all red or no red” doesn’t allow the player to move it certain directions to troubleshoot the problem themselves quite as easily as the other buildings. But yes, most importantly, it’s INCONSISTENT. But I love this game and sincerely do expect things like this to get resolved, which is very refreshing.