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Add random pushable pixels when there are less than 20 players

Open panphora opened this issue 14 years ago • 3 comments

We should add some pushable pixels if there are less than a certain number of players so people can still build complex formations and we can get them to stick around

panphora avatar Sep 09 '10 06:09 panphora

Updating this suggestion:

When there are 1-5 players (p), and only when there are 1-5 players, there will be:

  • (6 - p) pushable pixels
  • ((6 - p) * 3) seconds extra time for each formation
  • formations in the lineup requiring (p + 3) or fewer people

I think we should also add a few more formations for 6 players and less, especially ones that require 2-4 players.

The goal of this feature is to make Swarmation fun for 1-2 people until more people show up. The game doesn't really get fun until there are around 6 people or so.

panphora avatar Jun 13 '17 19:06 panphora

I was playing around this weekend with adding some AI-powered pixels. How would you feel about that?

steadicat avatar Jun 13 '17 20:06 steadicat

I would love that! That sounds amazing. And it would solve the problem of playing alone completely -- the user wouldn't even have to know! I think there should probably only be a max of 5 and they should all disappear if there are already 6 players.

panphora avatar Jun 13 '17 22:06 panphora