#Party Mode needs more variety

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sudden relic
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I love party mode, but I think it desperately needs some randomization and variety to keep it interesting so people actually queue up and play (I've legitimately spent up to 20-30 minutes waiting for a match). I get that the mode is designed with speed/efficiency in mind which means randomization could slow you down, but I'd rather have variety and replayability instead of just playing the exact same order of events each match.

Speed Run - This mode simply needs to have unique courses set up on more maps instead of just Tiki Towers. I feel this mode's design is simple (and fun) enough that just changing up the maps would make it more replayable.

What's Cookin'? - Not sure if other maps would work for this mode, but that would still be welcome. What this mode mostly needs is different, randomized recipes each round so that you aren't just doing the exact same thing. This mode is fun when it's chaotic and when you have the ingredient order memorized it loses that fun chaos of frantically trying to find and throw the ingredients in.

Get Lit - More maps would definitely help with this mode as well but I'd also like to see randomized layout of lanterns. Similarly to What's Cookin'? this mode is too formulaic after doing it so many times. Just moving some of the floating platforms around and the arrangement of lanterns could make a big difference in replayability.

Dig It - This mode thankfully already has randomization to it so I think it really could just be implemented on more maps or have more fossils to piece together. N. Sanity Caverns, Just Beachy and Calamity Canyon could work as maps, although lava wouldn't really fit.

Bounce Balloons - Again variety would help with this mode as well. Just moving around the balloon locations and changing the required balloons is all this mode really needs. Other maps could be fun just for change of environment but it's not really necessary since you spend most of your time bouncing in the air.

ripe briar
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These modes should have had their own maps but with a small team I've stopped expecting for content

inland leaf
ripe briar
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The other employees working on other stuff

inland leaf
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I agree, maybe less people working. But someones posted 180+ and that was a lie.

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Or activision gave order all team to help/work on COD or somethings

wicked agate
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I agree on more maps, but not so much on the randomization because random = luck based. Not a good idea when there are grindy challenges that require you to get good times. The randomness element is THE reason why Dig It is despised by everyone who’s hunting for star badges KEKW

ripe briar
sudden relic
wicked agate
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It’s when skill doesn’t matter that much is the problem aka Dig It.

keen tulip
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Giving minigames different maps is a good idea cause instead of just making new minigames it freshens up the ones that are already there, which makes them easier to develop and makes it harder to get bored of a mingame type.

Thinking the different maps should also change the theme of the mingame, like say adding Serenity Gardens to What's Cookin' would change the kind of dishes you make from, well Dingo's cooking, to more oriental styled food.
Or adding Just Beachy to Dig It has you grabbing shells instead.
Changing maps already adds slight gameplay differences, but changing the style would do a lot for making them feel more different.

Slight or major gameplay difference could help, like for example Just Beachy's shells could spawn in excess and need only 1 person for most of the shells, reducing how much randomness effects the minigame and reducing the amount of times you can't pick up shells because people are all over the map, reducing both of Dig It's major annoyances.
Another idea on gameplay changes could be with What's Cookin', like if the map was City Scrape and instead of gathering allot of food to throw into pots you're instead gathering ingredients to make the meal which you then throw towards vehicles. So kinda like takeaway lol.

Those are some ideas. Of course also open to more minigames, just would rather the existing ones get freshened up first.
Though since people aren't even playing Party Mode rn I'm wondering if there's even a point.