Pride of the Peaches
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Quote: This thread is now obsolete, and just kept for "archiving" purposes. Please go sign the petition and submit your ideas there. Thanks! One day, a friend offered to play some Jigsaw with me. Then I thought about that phrase... "with me". I realized that no, we wouldn't really be playing Jigsaw together. It would be just like two people in a room, working on two separate jigsaw puzzles, and occasionally texting one another. But what if we had... Cooperative Jigsaw! For example, 2-5 people could be working on one Jigsaw, the difficulty of it varying depending on how many people there were (2 would be Normal, 3 a Hard, 4 an Insane, and 5 a special Ridiculous difficulty) or maybe just what they voted upon. I think this would be an awesome addition to our very limited supply of Multiplayer games (we just have Rally, don't we?), and it would allow for even more interaction between players than maybe any other multiplayer online flash game I know of. And yes, single-player Jigsaw, just as it is now, would still be playable. To prevent chaos: If two people grab for one piece, the one who clicked it first would get it. Once a piece is grabbed, another person shouldn't be able to interfere with said piece. If, by some crazy coincidence, two people happen to grab it at the same time (at least by the precision of the computers and server), then the person to get it could be randomly determined. Note: I previously haven't addressed gold prizes/distribution, and for good reason: This decision should be left up to the admins. Suggestions and ideas regarding this and other things are below. Additional Ideas & Suggestions (Possibilities) "Amaya has Fallen" I like it, and everyone can get an average of gold once finished. You amount of gold you get on jigsaw depends on difficultly, time played, and last time you play. Well just take the average of everyone's and tada, the group gets gold. "Moonlit Star" The only issue I have with it is if everyone gets the same amount of gold, it has the potential to be abused... Someone could just come in and...well...not do anything. So maybe if multiplayer jigsaws do happen, there should also be an option to vote to kick that person out of the room or something? Or just gold distributed based on how many pieces you put in, but I prefer the equal gold... sweatdrop "Amaniett" how about this? the amount that one player would get is divided by however many worked on the puzzle. if it is a decimal, it's rounded up or down, depending on the amount. example: 200 gold, total prize. 5 people worked on the puzzle. 200 divided by 5 = 40 gold for each person. also, imagine how fun insane puzzles would become. they would get done faster too! "raindrup" but it is also cool if you can play jigsaw as concurrent. you work alone but at the same puzzle. if you complete the puzzle first you recover a bonus!! rofl "Water Demon Kappa" In teams of two you hurry to solve your teams puzzle before the other team dose to win a bonus item, extra gold, ect. "TomeRa" . . . maybe to solve the "multiple people grabbing for one piece" we could see each players mouse as it moves about the screen? Don't know if that's possible or not. But it might help with confusion and such. Could be a little laggy though I'd think. "Pride of the Peaches" The amount of gold a user receives could be dependent on how many pieces they connected. If someone did nothing, they would receive no gold. "Pride of the Peaches" Cursors could become larger numbered cursors for each player. 1 for P1, 2 for P2, etc. You'd be able to see each player's cursor as they went for pieces, then you could know who was doing what. "Pride of the Peaches" Perhaps users could choose between two different types of games: Capitalism and Communism. In Capitalism, players would compete to connect more pieces, thus earning more gold; in Communism, everyone would get the same amount, unless they didn't do anything at all. "Alice Cooper Rockstar" He mentioned about using numbers for the player cursors but what about colors as well? That idea came to mind because that is used in the fishing holes on the mini map as to where that player is at. ^^ "rikoraa" they could put a color outline for the person holding it.... "atmac0" have it so certian rooms are group and other rooms are single. also the creator of the room controls the room. he can kick. he controls completely. he also can select selected pieces. if the leader leaves the room (if what i think is correct that a room keeps going when the creator leaves) he/she will get a message box saying "who do you want to be the new leader?" then a list of the players in the room. once the player is selcect another box will come up saying "are your sure you want (player name) to be leader?" or you can just click a "close room after puzzle" if there is no one you can trust. "Kiyoske Dante" Splitting the entire puzzle into portions for users, and then if you finish up your collection pieces can be snatched from other users. This helps defeat "mouse wars" over a certain piece. "Kiyoske Dante" the original release of Jigsaw should have had more audible feedback for pieces snapping together. Maybe if this was done, it could alert allies or enemies (capitalism vs communism) that you are doing better/worse on your puzzle compared to them. Other Insightful Comments "Miss Chocolate Kiss" Co-op Jigsaw would beat the pants off that "push-a-button" racing in the Rally, and Rally is our only real "multiplayer GAME". And it give more meaning to the chatbox. For example: User A: Hey, I'll work on this top right corner! User B: Yeah, and I've got the bottom left! User C: I'll get to the bottom right corner once I'm done with top left! "His Majesty Dorkface" I LOVE this idea. I was actually just talking to a friend of mine that I got to try Gaia again recently about it. I'd asked if they wanted to play Jigsaw with me, like you did, and then had to explain to him that no, we wouldn't really be playing TOGETHER... Anyway, yes yes yes! heart |
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