Suggestions for future updates

[TomHorror]

So far I'm really enjoying this game and I would love to see the following updates implemented:

Notepad

Clickable player icons- it would be helpful if we could circle or cross-out the coloured player icons at the top of the notepad. This would make it easier to see if we have found a player's entire deck of cards during a 3-player or 6-player match.

Notes area- I think that a text area where we could type up some additional notes could be useful for some players. I know we could easily do this with real pen and paper, or with an external text program, but I bet it would save some players from having to Alt+Tab.

AI notes- Not too important of a feature, but at the end of a single-player game it would be a neat bonus if we could see the notes that each bot made during the match, because I'd love to know how bots set to Hard always seem to make the perfect suggestion right when I've narrowed the last murder card down to being one of two cards XD

Themes

Clue The Movie theme- another user has suggested this in a previous forum post but I thought that I should include it here to show my support for the idea. This may be more difficult to include in the game due to licensing, but I would certainly purchase a theme based on the Clue movie on day one, especially if Wadsworth were a playable character :)

Ending

Murderer wins- currently if all players make an incorrect accusation the game just ends and goes back to the main menu. This can be seen in a YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4HWJepKxyQ Instead of this there could be an ending screen where if everyone accuses incorrectly we see the murderer escaping, laughing at the other players behind their back, throwing darts at Dr Black's face etc.

Murderer gloats/confesses- currently if the murderer makes the correct accusation and exposes themselves we still get the same ending as normal. It would be funny to see an ending where the murderer gloats about killing Dr Black and laughs maniacally as the police drags them away, or they could break down and confess to the murder.

Multiplayer

Chat area- Now I understand if this doesn't get included as there's always some bad apples who will spam, troll, type abuse, argue with other players, ghost cards etc. That being said it would be nice for the rest of us to be able to chat with one another as players are taking their turns, but I know people will be divided on this idea (and for the record so am I).

Thank you for making such a brilliant version of Cluedo, it is honestly near-perfect :)

[Rabid Urko]

Having the notepad (saw it mentioned in another thread) would veer off the general design of Clue/Cluedo (personal opinion), as it is a copy of the board game and there is no notepad in that.
Would just open the door to more features veering off the standard design of the game, and then it wouldnt be Clue/Cluedo.

The ending scene idea sounds great, i would have liked to have seen more animations in the whole game tbh (animated player pieces etc).

Chat in MP sounds a great idea too, but as you say could open the door to abuse etc.
ahhh possibly would make cheating easy, (players could decide to work together), so i am not too sure on having chat.

[NecroAether]

The ending thing sounds cool. In the board game Clue: Discover the Secrets there was a mechanic where you had a deck of card you could pick from. There were clock card in the deck. When you or anyone got 7 or 8 of them the killer killed you and you were out of the game. In the rules it stated that it's entirely possible to have every player killed by the killer and no one wins. Not saying that would be cool just saying this somewhat has been kinda done in Clue before.

For the themes, I'd LOVE to see other versions of Clue. Like the 1986 version or the 1992 version. There's really so main for them to pull from. But yeah the movie would be awesome! OR maybe a tie in with the new Clue reboot movie coming out soon.

Edit: Clue Discover The Secrets was Parker Brothers first modernized Clue.

[Nightwind]

Instead of typing chat, they can come up with 'popup emotions'. Seen something similiar in other simple multiplayer games to allow to you 'chat' but not through typing. Maybe even award 'special' chat popups for doing certain achievements or tasks.

Oh, and for the scratch pad, I like some of the ideas mentioned. For me, if nothing else, maybe a bit better or more noticible highlight to the player column and suggested item rows.

[BadMojo]

I don't really expect the Devs to pay any attention to our suggestions, but I'll throw out some Themes for the hell of it. Some of them might already be coming in the Season Pass.

Zeppelin: Vintage airship like the Hindenberg. Also a tribute to the classic EA game "Murder on the Zinderneuf" if any of you guys are old enough to remember that game. The background would just be scrolling clouds, giving a sense of isolation aboard the airship.

Cruise Ship: Either another vintage scenario with a ship like the Titanic & Victorian era characters, or a modern ship with younger players on Spring Break. Out in the middle of the ocean, it creates another isolated setting.

Space Station: Yet more isolation as you're surrounded by the vastness of space. An international crew of astronauts in jumpsuits. Murderer gets flushed out the airlock. :P

Circus/Carnival: About what you'd expect. Mustard as the Strongman, Scarlett as the Lion Tamer, Plum as the Ringmaster, White or Peacock as an Acrobat, Green as the Clown, etc.


Just a few ideas. Hoping at least one of them was already thought of by the Developers.

[NecroAether]

Origineel geplaatst door BadMojo:

I don't really expect the Devs to pay any attention to our suggestions, but I'll throw out some Themes for the hell of it. Some of them might already be coming in the Season Pass.

Zeppelin: Vintage airship like the Hindenberg. Also a tribute to the classic EA game "Murder on the Zinderneuf" if any of you guys are old enough to remember that game. The background would just be scrolling clouds, giving a sense of isolation aboard the airship.

Cruise Ship: Either another vintage scenario with a ship like the Titanic & Victorian era characters, or a modern ship with younger players on Spring Break. Out in the middle of the ocean, it creates another isolated setting.

Space Station: Yet more isolation as you're surrounded by the vastness of space. An international crew of astronauts in jumpsuits. Murderer gets flushed out the airlock. :P

Circus/Carnival: About what you'd expect. Mustard as the Strongman, Scarlett as the Lion Tamer, Plum as the Ringmaster, White or Peacock as an Acrobat, Green as the Clown, etc.


Just a few ideas. Hoping at least one of them was already thought of by the Developers.

Oh yeah when the game first launched on mobile over a year ago, they paid ALOT of attention to mobile users. They're great. All your ideas are awesome.

[BadMojo]

Thanks for the praise NecroAether. Out of all of them, I'd be surprised if they didn't already have a Passenger Ship/Yacht/Steamer scenario planned. They already did a Murder on the Orient Express theme, so a Death on the Nile one is quite possible too.

[BadMojo]

As for the Ending, I have to admit it feels kind of weird when I discover that I'm the killer. You'd think you'd remember something like that. You'd also think you wouldn't be in a hurry to solve the murder and send yourself to prison.

I know it's a traditional part of the original game, but it would be nice if - instead of accusing yourself - you flee the scene of the crime instead. Better yet, each turn you can secretly bump off another player. The surviving players need to figure out it was you and accuse you properly to end the game on a good note.

Makes more sense than claiming "I did it! In the Lounge with the Revolver! Mwuhahahaha....wait! Why am I telling you guys this?"

[Rabid Urko]

These devs pay a lot pf attention to players views/ideas, it has shown even in the release on Steam already.

[NecroAether]

Origineel geplaatst door RabidUrko:

These devs pay a lot pf attention to players views/ideas, it has shown even in the release on Steam already.

I 100% agree, it's why I keep buying the mobile games they make. They actually listen and are active in that listening. They're always gonna have me as a customer. On mobile they just released Battleship. FUN game.

[Starkaddr]

Origineel geplaatst door TomHorror:

So far I'm really enjoying this game and I would love to see the following updates implemented:

Notepad

Clickable player icons- it would be helpful if we could circle or cross-out the coloured player icons at the top of the notepad. This would make it easier to see if we have found a player's entire deck of cards during a 3-player or 6-player match.

Notes area- I think that a text area where we could type up some additional notes could be useful for some players. I know we could easily do this with real pen and paper, or with an external text program, but I bet it would save some players from having to Alt+Tab.

AI notes- Not too important of a feature, but at the end of a single-player game it would be a neat bonus if we could see the notes that each bot made during the match, because I'd love to know how bots set to Hard always seem to make the perfect suggestion right when I've narrowed the last murder card down to being one of two cards XD

Being able to cross off a player once you know their hand is a good idea. Added to the list of potential future features.

We already have a "free notes" feature on this list.

Honestly, I'm not sure how much use it would be to see the bots' final notes, without being able to see the train of logic. I think it'd only really be useful if you could "replay" the game to see how they applied their logic - but that would be a huge feature.

Origineel geplaatst door TomHorror:

Themes

Clue The Movie theme- another user has suggested this in a previous forum post but I thought that I should include it here to show my support for the idea. This may be more difficult to include in the game due to licensing, but I would certainly purchase a theme based on the Clue movie on day one, especially if Wadsworth were a playable character :)

I'd love to see Wadsworth too! It's a tricky situation because of the licensing rights involved. I can't make any promises, unfortunately.

Origineel geplaatst door TomHorror:

Ending

Murderer wins- currently if all players make an incorrect accusation the game just ends and goes back to the main menu. This can be seen in a YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4HWJepKxyQ Instead of this there could be an ending screen where if everyone accuses incorrectly we see the murderer escaping, laughing at the other players behind their back, throwing darts at Dr Black's face etc.

Murderer gloats/confesses- currently if the murderer makes the correct accusation and exposes themselves we still get the same ending as normal. It would be funny to see an ending where the murderer gloats about killing Dr Black and laughs maniacally as the police drags them away, or they could break down and confess to the murder.

Good ideas - we did actually consider having a "I confess..." speech bubble when you successfully accuse yourself, but it didn't make it in, and right now we're focusing more on quality of life features and UX improvements.

Origineel geplaatst door TomHorror:

Multiplayer

Chat area- Now I understand if this doesn't get included as there's always some bad apples who will spam, troll, type abuse, argue with other players, ghost cards etc. That being said it would be nice for the rest of us to be able to chat with one another as players are taking their turns, but I know people will be divided on this idea (and for the record so am I).

Thank you for making such a brilliant version of Cluedo, it is honestly near-perfect :)

We are still considering chat, but it's a tricky one because of the issues you describe. An emote system is much less problematic, thus more likely.

I'm glad you're enjoying the game!

[Starkaddr]

Origineel geplaatst door BadMojo:

I don't really expect the Devs to pay any attention to our suggestions, but I'll throw out some Themes for the hell of it. Some of them might already be coming in the Season Pass.

Zeppelin: Vintage airship like the Hindenberg. Also a tribute to the classic EA game "Murder on the Zinderneuf" if any of you guys are old enough to remember that game. The background would just be scrolling clouds, giving a sense of isolation aboard the airship.

Cruise Ship: Either another vintage scenario with a ship like the Titanic & Victorian era characters, or a modern ship with younger players on Spring Break. Out in the middle of the ocean, it creates another isolated setting.

Space Station: Yet more isolation as you're surrounded by the vastness of space. An international crew of astronauts in jumpsuits. Murderer gets flushed out the airlock. :P

Circus/Carnival: About what you'd expect. Mustard as the Strongman, Scarlett as the Lion Tamer, Plum as the Ringmaster, White or Peacock as an Acrobat, Green as the Clown, etc.


Just a few ideas. Hoping at least one of them was already thought of by the Developers.

Some great ideas there!

[wlmhx]

I would really love if there could be an update so it can be play on the mac and not just pc

[Jazz]

Hello :-)

For a more lively atmosphere...

Yes, a fast emote system will increase the life of the multiplayer by decreasing the feeling of weariness from players.
It's probably the feature we miss the most.

For free-note, it may slow down the multiplayer...
Just add more specifics mark/signs.
Better solution, give us the possibility to choose the color of the numbers accordingly to the one who asks.
"...these cards from group 3 were requested by this person...".
We don't need to have a free notes system..., just the numbers with colors choice and our memory to have all usefuls infos.

[patpatyos]

The Clue Master Detective map with alot more rooms.

(I know Clue Master Detective also raised the total players and added alot more weapons but im just Suggesting the Board game map with alot more Rooms.) (12 Rooms)

[patpatyos]

For a themed map ideas

A Caveman map in Dinosaur Period.

An old Medieval Village from Medieval times.

A toy themed map where characters are toys.