General gameplay improvements #1

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acdw · 2020-10-19T17:42:05Z

acdw commented

2020-10-19 17:42:05 +00:00

Playing through the game, there are some general improvements that could be made to make it better. This is just a big dump of ideas.

When entering a room, automatically 'examine' it.
List players that are in a room when examining.
Convert 2-word commands ('check tasks', 'murder crewmate') to one word.
Don't require full type-out of task to complete
- alt: don't be case-sensitive
- alt: auto-do task when in room with a command
- could ask for confirmation
Allow voting for other players by name/nick
Allow doing tasks by number
Add directions to different rooms to help navigate (along with 'map').
Config?: 'map' when 'examine'
ASCII art of each room. ? or of players?

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|   |
( O |
|  u|
|_|_|

Playing through the game, there are some general improvements that could be made to make it better. This is just a big dump of ideas. - When entering a room, automatically 'examine' it. - List players that are in a room when examining. - Convert 2-word commands ('check tasks', 'murder crewmate') to one word. - Don't require full type-out of task to complete - alt: don't be case-sensitive - alt: auto-do task when in room with a command - could ask for confirmation - Allow voting for other players by name/nick - Allow doing tasks by number - Add directions to different rooms to help navigate (along with 'map'). - Config?: 'map' when 'examine' - ASCII art of each room. ? or of players? ``` ___ | | ( O | | u| |_|_| ```

xfnw commented

2020-10-19 17:55:30 +00:00

for number 2, examine already lists players in the room

for number 2, `examine` already lists players in the room

ben commented

2020-10-19 21:01:38 +00:00

there's also an issue tracker on sr.ht for the upstream repo: https://todo.sr.ht/~martijnbraam/among-sus

we should definitely try to get any improvements sent back upstream

there's also an issue tracker on sr.ht for the upstream repo: https://todo.sr.ht/~martijnbraam/among-sus we should definitely try to get any improvements sent back upstream

ben commented

2020-10-22 13:45:54 +00:00

long commands are by design

long commands are [by design](https://todo.sr.ht/~martijnbraam/among-sus/18#event-54863)

acdw commented

2020-10-27 01:21:16 +00:00

oh i didn't notice the players names. also that's an interesting play mechanic, i think when starting out it just made it harder, but i can see how it could work better for more seasoned players

makeworld commented

2020-11-03 17:21:08 +00:00

List players that are in a room when examining.

This happens (now, anyway), see these lines.

Convert 2-word commands ('check tasks', 'murder crewmate') to one word.

Don't require full type-out of task to complete

alt: don't be case-sensitive

alt: auto-do task when in room with a command

could ask for confirmation

Allow voting for other players by name/nick

Allow doing tasks by number

All of these sound like it would make the game really quick to do, I think typing taking up time is a cool mechanic. I'm intersted in it staying in and seeing how that works for gameplay.

> - List players that are in a room when examining. This happens (now, anyway), see [these lines](https://tildegit.org/tildeverse/among-sus/src/commit/da55a652c787cfd33d8743c406be32f74d2ff0fc/main.c#L863-L890). > - Convert 2-word commands ('check tasks', 'murder crewmate') to one word. > - Don't require full type-out of task to complete > - alt: don't be case-sensitive > - alt: auto-do task when in room with a command > - could ask for confirmation > - Allow voting for other players by name/nick > - Allow doing tasks by number All of these sound like it would make the game really quick to do, I think typing taking up time is a cool mechanic. I'm intersted in it staying in and seeing how that works for gameplay.

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