I’ve been working on a Find The Spy type of game where everyone but one knows a secret word, I’ve finished making most of the main scripts and important features in the game.
I’m just stuck on how I would keep players playing when they’re by themselves and something to do while waiting for the rounds to begin (the rounds only last a minute or so). I have tried making a lobby area and I didn’t like how that worked.
My game is only GUI based so I don’t won’t to ruin the immersion by taking you back to the 3D space.
Any feedback, features, or help are greatly appreciated.
(hdr is making the brightness high, the actual game is much darker)
take reference to other 2d computer games such as Mahjong, Card games, table tops.
you are often depicted as in same room or same table with other players.
you will see yourself and the other players and/or the stuffs (like card in hand).
in the ui mock up, we only see the active player. what if we have some ways to see all the players or their representations.
imagine a 2d version of Pass or Die and Liar’s Game.
In the game, there are repeating ui elements similar to the players. In this photo, I didn’t play with others, that’s why there’s only one player. But thanks for the feedback
Is there a chat log? You could add a custom chat log like Word Bomb has. More than not, people prefer to have a message history included in a social deduction game
okay, thanks ill try and implement a system on the side where it records chats. just curiously would it be worth trying to create an bot system for this type of social game? just so you can play alone?
Playing alone with bots in a social deduction game only caters to a very small niche of players, I’ve seen the idea be executed in just one roblox game. I believe bots can compliment the gameplay of servers with only 3 players or less. Most players at best are able to invite 1 friend to tryout multiplayer games.
Personally I think its worth trying to set up a basic bot system, but not as fully fledged gamemode for solo play
So I’ve managed to add bots, decor, and a chat and here’s what it looks like so far: (once again, hdr is making the brightness high, the actual game is much darker)
