#In-game Chat

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wise trellis
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I think the emotes aren't very good for communication since they are very limited and you would need like hundreds of emote options to properly communicate, so people would rather just use them to spam and annoy others, which is why I think a chat should be added. The chat would be very similar to the proximity chat, where you can only hear nearby players (in this case, you would only receive messages from nearby players). You will have the choice of whispering to someone (only they can see the message you sent for them if they're nearby) or just for everybody that is nearby to see (in case you need help, for example). Missing Kids won't be able to chat except with other missing Kids, and Kids that were silent grabbed won't be able to chat either. The Neighbor will also be able to chat in Neighbor form to trick players, and Scary Neighbors will also be able to hear whispered messages from the Kid he disguised into.

There would also be a chat in the lobby, loading and results screen too, which you can hide if you want to.

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hollow hearth
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emotes good, chat too

zinc ravine
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Only problem is if the neighbor is been spotted Everyone in the chat with spam who the neighbor is

wise trellis
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without actual proof

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why would you trust someone randomly accusing someone

zinc ravine
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Well, you never know if the players you are playing with our friends with each other or in someway teaming and they’re sharing screenshots when they saw the neighbor

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And when they was two players start attacking a certain player, everyone will start attacking them

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And then it’s the neighbor

wise trellis
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thats.. not really a problem with the chat but more with teaming itself

zinc ravine
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Still, it’s a possibility

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Especially if this is the case, if it’s on all platforms and the amount of time we would take to even type out a message before you caught typing

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Because PlayStation and switch don’t have any way to connect a keyboard you’ll have to use the on-screen keyboard and it takes forever just to type a message and since this game is always about winning within 15 minutes you’re not gonna have time to type one message

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Well Quick game to be exact

wise trellis
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its better to use the chat for something which is harder to explain

feral thistle
wise trellis
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most players dont think like that simply because they have no reason to

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they dont care about who the neighbor is as long as they can just fight and obliterate him

feral thistle
# wise trellis its basically the same as just saying youre the neighbor to someone randomly

The thing is that the chat is more detailed, making it more believable and serious. The “You’re the neighbor!” and “Help!” emotes is an obvious gag or just trolling that people don’t take seriously and barely respond to. Meanwhile, the chat can be more believable because someone could say “_____ is the neighbor because I saw them transform and go through bookshelf’s”. People in-game would of course take that into account, not knowing that it’s a lie.

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The person being accused would try to defend themselves and say it’s a lie, but they’d probably get bodied anyway

zinc ravine
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And that’s the problem. This game is about mystery and trying to figure out who the secret neighbor is if you can simply just alert everyone with a text message, it takes away all the tension

feral thistle
zinc ravine
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And again texting on console takes forever

wise trellis
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like imagine trying to tell someone that they last saw the one that is dead with the bagger for example

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how are you gonna explain that