Hello Tricksters!

It’s been a while, but that’s because we’ve been hard at work preparing for the full launch of Trivia Tricks, and we have some exciting news to share! With today’s update, it’s now possible to begin preparing ‘V2’ Workshop packs ready for the big day!

V2 Workshop packs heavily extend the possibilities of player created question packs by offering...

• Picture questions! Include an image that will be shown alongside your question.
  
• The ability to have just 2 or 3 answer choices instead of 4.
  
• Answer explanations, a piece of text which can be displayed to players after the answer is revealed.

We are proud to empower our Workshop creators to enjoy the same feature set as the questions that ship with the game. V2 packs can’t be uploaded just yet but you can start creating a Workshop pack with these features and preview how they will look in-game!

Simply:

1. Select ‘Manage Workshop’ on the main menu to open Ganymede’s Lab (this creates the example file)
   
2. Navigate your computer to Documents/TriviaTricks/Workshop/ExampleWorkshopV2Beta
   
3. There you’ll find the new ExampleWorkshopV2Beta.csv file, which will show you examples of how to use all of these new features in a question pack

If you need a hand with getting to grips with Workshop V2 then please consider joining the official Trivia Tricks Discord,[discord.com] we’re more than happy to help! We don’t have a date for the full launch just yet; we’re still preparing the finishing touches, but consider following Trivia Tricks on Steam to be the first to know when these features will be available in Trivia Tricks!

Of course, with great power comes great responsibility. We’ve been looking at how to ensure players only see the content that they’ve consented to see. Therefore, we've created a confirmation screen before any games with Workshop picture questions begin.

This feature allows players to view the domain that hosts the image, alongside giving a thumbnail preview of the pictures before they appear during gameplay. This way you can check for content suitability beforehand, preventing inappropriate images showing during streams. Let us know what you think!

We’ve also been adding picture questions for the base game’s Geography and Art categories. These will be launching alongside the full game! In the immediate future, we’ll be releasing an update that will feature a mass of new relevant-for-2024 questions for the categories in the base game. Stay tuned for more information on that!

If you'd like to help shape the future of Trivia Tricks then please consider leaving an honest Steam Review letting us know what you think about the game. This will guide the direction of future updates and helps Trivia Tricks to find more quiz heads on Steam! Thank you!

• You can now view Picture Questions in the Preview Menu for Workshop packs (found from the "Manage Workshop" area of the Main Menu). Please note that picture questions will not be playable until the full release.
  
• You can now view Answer Explanations in the Preview Menu for Workshop packs. Please note that you cannot upload packs containing Answer Explanations until the full release.
  
• You can now view blank answers in the Preview Menu for Workshop packs. Please note that you cannot upload packs containing blank answers until the full release.

• The TV model has been adjusted in preparation for the release of picture questions.
  
• The "Workshop" icon has been made more noticeable when a Workshop question is being asked.
  
• If a Workshop question does not contain anything in the 'credit' field then 'Player Created' will be shown alongside that question.
  
• The Stage Select menu has been updated to add a "Coming soon" button for a new upcoming stage that will be available at launch... 🚀

• Fixed an issue where stage elements would be seen ‘popping in’ when changing stage.
  
• Fixed a handful of shaders that were missing from the compilation step.
  
• Fixed a bug where playing against Summer would show a single answer on the TV.
  
• Fixed a bug where the game would stop downloading icons, avatars etc. until the game was restarted.
  
• Fixed a bug where avatars would flicker twice after being downloaded.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Workshop Download menu would be on top of the Pause Menu.
  
• Fixed a bug where clicking the top-left or top-right corners of the 'ready' button on the character select menu would change your selected character.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Spectate Screen would show a default message briefly before showing the correct message.
  
• The Spectate Screen now updates as the game moves through different phases.
  
• Fixed a bug where hosts could see progress bars animating back to ‘empty’ when re-entering menus.
  
• Fixed a grass clipping issue on the Halloween stage.
  
• The Categories menu has been made more responsive.

As a final note, to support Workshop Pack V2 we've had to update the verification steps that are taken before a pack is loaded into the game. A tiny fraction of packs have become unable to be loaded and the creators of these packs have been contacted with solutions, but it's possible 'friends-only' or 'hidden' packs have been affected too. The issue can be resolved by uploading an update to the pack. But if you're unable to resolve this issue then please contact us on the Trivia Tricks Discord.[discord.com] We'll be happy to help, and thank you for your understanding!