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Tutorials

Postby Benn3 » Thu Aug 05, 2021 5:47 pm

I think there should be two tutorials for newer players; Town and Mafia. At the moment, you pretty much have to teach yourself how to play, and there's many people who can't even do this that well. I think adding tutorials, similar to what Throne of Lies has could help newcomers understand the game better.

Tutorials would have pre-generated text and bots playing. For Town, the tutorial would each you how to play one role of each sub-alignment. Sheriff, Doctor, Vigilante, and Escort. Wills would be premade; they would have the player's name and their role listed, along with the nights and a list of numbers up to 15 to represent the other players and their claims.

Before the 'game' starts, the player should be introduced to their will, and be taught how they should write down what they do each night, their results, and the claims of each player. During the night phase, the role of their ability will be explained, and it will tell them how and who they should use it on(ex: as a sheriff, you should interrogate players that seem suspicious or quiet). You should also be introduced to your role card, the role list, the chat(and being able to look at specific players' messages), and every other UI element.

As Sheriff for example, you would be told to check a specific player, which would end up showing as suspicious. The game would then prompt you to tell the Town that you found said player as suspicious, which would trigger the other bots to start speaking. Then you'll be instructed to vote the player that came up suspicious.

For the Mafia tutorial, you'd be introduced to Godfather, Framer, and Consigliere. This is where you'll be introduced to fake claiming, and a fake claim will be preset in your will. You'll be introduced to the faction chat, killing as Godfather/Mafioso, framing as Framer, and checking people as a Consigliere.

There's many more possible ideas that could be put into making a tutorial but I just wanted to give some general concepts for what could be tutorials.
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Re: Tutorials

Postby alex1234321 » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:23 pm

When I started playing there was a full tutorial similar to what you're talking about. You were the Serial Killer and you had fakeclaim Doctor while playing a game and killing everyone. During the game you went to jail and had to get the real Doctor lynched among other things. The tutorial was soon scrapped because it was completely unrealistic and not very helpful. The wills did not have the information about who the player targeted and the players instantly believed your claims even though they were terrible.

Your suggestion definitely seems better and more realistic but it would still face the problem of fake computer characters not being able to effectively imitate real players. It would also take a long time to play as seven different roles. Even if it didn't go through a full game with each role, many players might not want to spend all that time without playing real games.
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Re: Tutorials

Postby cob709 » Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:18 pm

I find that the best way to learn complex games such as Town of Salem, Throne of Lies, Untrusted, and other things is to just practice playing with every role. Alternatively, spectating matches can also be helpful.
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Re: Tutorials

Postby Benn3 » Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:24 pm

cob709 wrote:I find that the best way to learn complex games such as Town of Salem, Throne of Lies, Untrusted, and other things is to just practice playing with every role. Alternatively, spectating matches can also be helpful.


Well yeah, there wouldn't be much other way. But even Throne of Lies has a short tutorial that introduces you to the will/notes, using your ability at night, getting converted, and talking in the Day. I do think spectating would be a very good feature too in addition to this.
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