I am a very new member in bitcoin community, not so new in PTC in general but i am a lifetime gamer and got many ideas and suggestions about the site.
BUT before i continue with my suggestions to improve the game (as game) in a differend post, i need to do my fair critique.
1st of all its true the graphics are not the best but didn't stop me for joining. Btw did you find an artist or still looking for one?
I like the fact that there is a story "kinda" behind the features.
I like the fact that the game is balanced and rewards you for your work. It gives you the feeling that you got a nice progress with your mine etc.
What i don't like is the captcha. If the captcha doesn't work there is not mining. If not mining, there is not any game. You can't count the gold grinding on a beta feature like the lake. You need to fix the captcha and you need to fix it right now. Like do it 1st priority. I don't think is that hard for someone that build the script. Just remove the buggy captcha and replace it with google reCaptcha that already works perfect in lake beta feature. How time that would need? Like 10 min? put the site offline for an hour, fix the captcha do your tests and done.
Now if you still want to promote these videos, add later a feature for people to earn extra gold for watching them.
Thats my opinion.
I got more ideas i am gathering to help the game but it will be at later post.
Best regards
first of all welcome to the forum, yes i do agree the graphics are not the best or even close but like you said the game is pretty addictive to play. I myself have often said that many times. The captcha system i think is still a work in progress so lets hope a good system will be used sooner than later