Edit: Noticed I posted this in Gameplay feedback by mistake. Needs moving to UI feedback!!! Sorry. :(

This is a discussion I've seen crop up a few times in that the way the timers are presented in Godus isn't exactly what encourages a good first impression of the game, especially the lack of clarity in how the behaviour of the time reduction on projects is reflected with each additional builder assigned.

Under the current design, build progression is shown right from the start of a project when the first builder begins as a time value which can often be very daunting to begin what is a common activity such as building a new home for your follower and seeing "20 MINUTES" thrown in your face. With each additional worker added to the effort up to around 4 workers the timer is reduced relaying a new time, which perhaps may allow the player to start to breath again as they see that 20 minutes become 14 minutes... that's still a pretty significant number to be presenting to the player for a common acitivity.

Now the oddness starts with how the timers behave with workers added after this set point, rather than further subtracting from the time value consistently shown to the player at all times, instead each additional worker speeds up the elapsing of time relative to real time progression. This is very noticible if you're watching a size 4 abode being built with 10 or so builders as you can't help but notice 1 minute of build time elapse in a half dozen seconds or just slightly more... however for construction efforts involving slightly less workers it can be easy to completely miss that this is even occuring, instead giving the impression that at the absolute minimum you are going to have to wait that full 14 minutes to build that house, giving the player the entirely wrong impression in how Godus works and as a result greatly influencing their reactions to the game and the feedback they provide.

This point was brought up again the following thread, and some quick comments about possible alternative ways to improve the presentation of the timer elements in the game were put forward: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/app/232810/discussions/0/540742485504456422/#p15

And I think the outlined suggestion below based on some of the points made would go some lengths to improving the situation all around.

* Instead of a constant timer presented instead show build progress as a % of completion.

* To retain complete clarity, when the player selects a plot and clicks on the info button include the following information in the plot stats:

** Time to completion 1 worker - How long it will take 1 builder to finish the project.
** Time to completion full capacity - How long it will take a full work load of builders to finish the project, calculated based on the plot original capacity + any additional capacity buffs applied to the plot)

* As this may not be the best means of presentation for other environments where players are much more comfortable and at home with long timers thrown at them when undertaking actions and may even expect it (For example, Mobile), have the means of presentation tailored based on platform. Retain upfront timers on the mobile builds, adopt the % completion on PC builds.

* Both builds however should have the additional information available in the plot information, tailored to that platforms individual balance figures.