💡︱general-ideas

[glacial tundra]

see thats different though. i can see why mortitian doesn't have an arrow

because it could be too powerful when you have a whole team to work with

nuetrals like the vulture are basically working alone

[mellow iris]

"Fundamentally, Classic+ is a game of social deduction where an informed minority of ducks are working against an uninformed majority of geese (and throw in a few neutrals)."

[reef osprey]

Good afternoon! Why doesn't the login button on the site work?

[mellow iris]

good afternoon, wrong channel for asking that, but i'm not sure what you mean

[reef osprey]

i'm sorry

[mellow iris]

NP, best channel for questions would be #💬︱general

[reef osprey]

Thanks

[glacial tundra]

: P

[glacial tundra]

there are geese roles that alow you to gain info tho

[mellow iris]

Yes, but not a lot of info

[glacial tundra]

geting a pop up similar to the celeb notification would be a reasonabally small amount of info

also the ducks don't know where you are for that long

so if you don't stay in the same spot it doesn't move

it just tells them where you were

[mellow iris]

well then you've already provided a solution to the problem

just move as much as possible if you are esper

[worthy tangle]

Don’t the vines in the cave turn red when one of the spooky sabbos gets used?

[mellow iris]

it is a given that the ducks are going to be coming for you

[glacial tundra]

thats unreasonable when you have tasks

[worthy tangle]

Or am I just making sh*t up

[glacial tundra]

...

do they?

[mellow iris]

not unreasonable at all. just start the game like they are already afte ryou

[worthy tangle]

I remember seeing them flash red once

[mellow iris]

if you don't play it like that, that's on you, not the role

[glacial tundra]

no it isn't

[mellow iris]

yes, yes it is

i just gave you a viable solution

[glacial tundra]

no you didn't i just told you why it isn't viable

[worthy tangle]

And I also remember the devs saying something about their being an indicator for the geese when one of these sabbos are used

[glacial tundra]

you then blamed me

[mellow iris]

Just hit the ground running, do your tasks like you're a dueling dodo and keep moving

[worthy tangle]

I mean, tasks just give you the places to move around to…

Hold on ima get digging

[mellow iris]

What I was saying is, you are free to take my advice or leave it and that is on you

[worthy tangle]

FOUND IT

#🗺︱map-ideas message

[glacial tundra]

that's not your advice

[mellow iris]

Yes, yes it is

[glacial tundra]

ilways play that way

[mellow iris]

please don't tell me what my words are

[glacial tundra]

i said it

[mellow iris]

I gave you a viable way to play. What you do with it is on you

[glacial tundra]

i don't have to

its in the chat

[worthy tangle]

Maybe just spend more time in the cave

[mellow iris]

This conversation is getting silly, i'm done with it

[worthy tangle]

Tells you exactly when to start running

[rich dagger]

At the end of the day, everyone will have their opinions on roles. The devs read everything and take that into account along with actual game stats to determine whether adjustments are needed. The Esper Goose in its current form has a significant impact on the game while alive. While it may not be "fun" to some players, it is a detriment to the Ducks, who essentially have half their tools available until they kill the Esper. If they choose to hunt the Esper, they waste time allowing Geese to get tasks finished (or Pelican to eat them). If they choose not to, then they are significantly weakened by not having those abilities.

[glacial tundra]

i never asked to be argued with over a suggestion when the final decision isn't really up to you any way. i already said this is a discussuin

no disrespect meant to anyone

[mellow iris]

You posted it in this forum

So it gets discussed

That happens with pretty much every idea

[glacial tundra]

first i posted it in feedback

but thought it might be better to put it here

you weren't discussing it you were arguing against it. i shouldn't have to "defend" my idea. did you weigh the pros and cons or just shoot down the idea?

[mellow iris]

welcome to the ideas channel, where we pick apart pretty much every idea that falls into them

But you seem to be getting upset. So this conversation, is over

[glacial tundra]

im not upset

[mellow iris]

Have fun walliam, remember rule 3

[worthy tangle]

I’m personally scared that one of these days I’m accidentally going to post a picture of myself in the ideas channel, and everyone there is gonna use that to whip up with a 3D render of my entire skeleton

[glacial tundra]

XD

[worthy tangle]

Nothing is sacred, everything will be nitpicked

Also y’all are sleeping on the cave info

[rich dagger]

[glacial tundra]

the cave info?

[worthy tangle]

Proof that the cave did light up red because of the clairvoyance/telepathy’s sabotage being used

[glacial tundra]

but does it still occur when those sabotages are blocked?

[worthy tangle]

No idea

Might as well find out

If yes: it’s a useful tool for the ESPer to use
If not: it’s useful info that there isn’t an ESPer alive

[glacial tundra]

thats all im saying, is there should be way for the esper to know if there isn't already. i feel like it would make things more interesting

[glacial tundra]

does it only happen if the esper is alive?

[worthy tangle]

Ima guess that it happens whenever the sabbos get called (blocked or not), but don’t quote me on that

[glacial tundra]

ok i'll have to check

.thanks for the info

[worthy tangle]

Welcome

[rare flame]

The cave lights up, whether the esper is alive or not.

What I haven't tested is whether Yee'ucky lights up (which apparently happens), because outside of sabotages, there's not a lot of reason to go there.

[rich dagger]

Those same glowing vines exist in Yee'ucky's cave too, so I would imagine they do the same

[worthy tangle]

Thanks Rognik

[mellow iris]

@thick meteor let's not do that

[thick meteor]

Do what?

[mellow iris]

You realize the bot says who made the poll correct?

[thick meteor]

Yes I’m sorry I’m new to discord and was testing out the poll feature on here! Couldn’t delete it!

[mellow iris]

Thank you, please leave the bots alone. There won't be a second warning. Have a nice day!

[thick meteor]

You too, my bad I didn’t realize couldn’t use them on here!

[valid moss]

Hey, I have a question, and don't know if I should put her here or in #📄︱feedback ";u;)

[mellow iris]

I'm sure we can answer either way

[valid moss]

I saw that banners can be enabled and disabled on settings, but why the level of players no?

[mellow iris]

That is one of the questions the devs would have to answer I'm afraid. I know why levels were removed was because some people were trying to use that as a sort of meta game

And thinking that players with higher levels would be better than those with lower

[valid moss]

Ah, I understand... Is a pity...

[ocean cypress]

To declutter the voting screen. A players level doesn't bring anything to the game. People requested the ability to be able to turn off cards and banners because they want a cleaner voting screen as the screen can get busy with 16 players

Not sure why it's a pity, if you're curious about someone's level you can see their level in the player list in settings

[pale reef]

How about adding player's profiles to be viewed by everyone publicly in the lobby or on their friend list? It could display their card/banner and their level and their achievements. Maybe players could customize some info such as their favorite role and map

[ashen horizon]

%idea add a setting that disables that skip button when voting

[dense granite]

Thanks @ashen horizon for your feedback, we'll be sure to look at it

[ashen horizon]

I think that would make this game less a game and more social media and the last thing we need in this world is more social media

[mellow iris]

The problem with removing the skip button, is then you are pretty much guaranteeing someone gets voted out every round

[gaunt thistle]

What does the Pelican or Falcon do?

[pale reef]

All I suggested was making player stats a bit more visible

[ashen horizon]

Thats the point of making it an optional setting

[mellow iris]

Duckside also brings up a valid point, what happens to pelican and falcon? do they just vote automatically? do they have to wait to the end of the meeting to skip?

[ashen horizon]

Falcon and pelican are also optional roles.

[mellow iris]

I don't see a point to removing the skip button at all. Yes they are optional, but if you take away the skip button something has to be done if they are included

[ashen horizon]

It was just a fun suggestion

[rare flame]

It's not that it was a bad suggestion, but you need to think about all the interactions that it might cause.

[fervent thicket]

idk why the demlotionist can now Bomb from across the Map..can u fix it?

[granite wave]

Didn't he just give u the bomb normally and it activated along the way?

[rich dagger]

Demo cannot bomb from across the map

[mellow iris]

definitely not something i've seen

[fervent thicket]

welp apperent they can. i forgot therye names but yes they bomb people from across the map XD. =either my ggd is broken or they are lkaggy

[rich dagger]

Well if you happen to have video of it you can open a ticket in #troubleshooting-and-bug-reports and provide it. Most likely you just didn't notice passing the Demo

[glad anvil]

or maybe a role that disables skipping vote?

[rare flame]

In regards to the bomber, first, there is a 15 second delay from passing off the bomb and anyone knowing they have a bomb. Second, "across the map" can mean anything from literally opposite ends of the map, to a big difference from where you are to the target. This latter one can be attributed to just a lag in ping. If I'm misinterpreting anything here, please feel free to correct me.

[rich dagger]

It is not a set 15 seconds, the "fuse" before it starts ticking is a range of (I believe) 5-15 seconds

#live-birds message

[gaunt thistle]

It was 8 - 15 seconds, which is what Rognik said, no?

Assuming the RNG chooses the maximum 15 seconds, on some paths, that is more than enough time to get from one side of the map to the other

[late spear]

hi

[granite wave]

bouncing duck when win

[rich dagger]

5-15 seconds for bomb to start ticking, then 15 seconds to detonate

[abstract quail]

5-15 is right

Last time, the Korean user pointed out to the developer that it was 5-15 not 8-15, but there is evidence that the developer corrected it by saying it was his mistake

[mellow iris]

None of the devs were involved in that conversation

[rich dagger]

No I remember that, don't remember which person it was but the post in #live-birds was edited to correct it to the 5-15 timing

[mellow iris]

must be talking about a convo I didn't see then XD

[rich dagger]

They brought receipts!

[mellow iris]

see, i couldn't have known about this if it was in a DM, i am cleared

I honestly thought it was about the discussion that just happened XD

[rich dagger]

At some point it was in one of the channels as well, I certainly didn't remember something out of Herbert's DM's

[mellow iris]

Either way, it is fixed now

[sage carbon]

how come i dont get censored

protect my identity!

[rich dagger]

If you hadn't just outed yourself nobody would have known that herbird was the same person as herbert!

[sage carbon]

no

i'm

[abstract quail]

Oh sorry

[rich dagger]

Ohh, clever

[bright citrus]

So I just bought the firefighter outfit and it got me thinking it would be amazing if say I unequipped my fart and instead of farting I shot out a little bit of white air from my fire extinguisher. Could do it for a few different skins like a bit of fire from the dragon , some glitter from gooserbell etc etc.

[rich dagger]

[orchid briar]

achievement: use the mortician ability on canadian body

[ocean cypress]

can't mortician a body in 1 second

lol

[golden parrot]

Ooh, so they'd have to die to a Sheriff

[rich dagger]

[orchid briar]

yeah

[still jackal]

Would it be possible to allow un-muting while in task (for mobile)? You can unmute when the map and sab displays are open, but not when tasks are open.

[waxen galleon]

I would personally like the muting and unmuting button visible at all times, on all platforms (including loading screens), so I at least know if I was muted or not.

[misty nimbus]

Would you consider making the purple room in the basement map into a moving screensaver?

for phones or PCs, its all good 🙂

It's my favourite room of all the maps, its so purple and tranquil lol

[glossy night]

#idea if dueling dodo the ability to hear the other dodo after killing them until the meeting

[coral wasp]

op. they could tell who the ducks are easily esp if role reveals on.

[mellow iris]

The dead do not communicate with the living

[marble elm]

I think the option to have Pelican on all maps, It would be good to have as a option to have Falcon or Pelican. (Both would be overpowered imo)

I'd love to see Pelican on Jungle
-If they got hit by a boulder everyone pops out, but if they fall on a trapdoor they all die.

I hope to see this in future updates.

[ocean cypress]

Falcon and Pelican would not be able to exist together that is true (since they have the same win condition)

We wanted to see what the Pelican brings to the Basement map with the idea of re-thinking of which roles belong on which maps in the future (I deleted from Classic+ role ideas because no point having the same idea in multiple channels and here is more fitting as the role already exists)

[craggy hinge]

A DbD version of GGD? Just a clown idea hehe

[tired vapor]

I dont know if im asking too much but Is it possible for a different pricing for different countries? because 80 gold you buy for 5 dollars is almost 90 in my country and this is a really big amount...(Of course I dont want you guys to make it the same price, but at least a small price cut would be nice.)(also sorry for my bad grammar)

[granite wave]

Maybe like the median can here the ghost every now and the ghost (proximity chat ofc)

[mellow iris]

The dead aren't going to be able to communicate with the living. The medium used to see the dead ghosts but this was too powerful as the ghosts know who the ducks are. It took away the deduction aspect of the game

[granite wave]

Oh ok well maybe like a meter that could say theirs a ghost near bye and that’d be all

[mellow iris]

I don't really see that happening either, that would give the medium 2 abilities

No role has multiple powers
Venting and killing can be considered the most any role has, and that’s baked into what a vanilla duck can do. However, there won’t be any roles with several powers in Classic +. Maybe in a different game mode. Part of this is a concern of the balance of enjoyment in the game, and making a role too cool, and by comparison everything else less enjoyable. Another consideration would be that we intend for the game to be on mobile as well as pc/mac. So if your role requires several buttons, that might barely work on PC, but adding a few buttons in addition to the use/report/ability/vent buttons makes the UI very difficult to navigate on mobile.

From the role design document

[granite wave]

Oh ok well thanks for listening

[valid moss]

%suggestion - Maybe daily rewards could be reseted at 4 AM or something how this, because even I playing everyday, sometimes I just open the game at 6 PM or later, so is a little sad :'v

[dense granite]

Thanks @valid moss for your feedback, we'll be sure to look at it

[quick gale]

I have an idea for an Ocean related map but I don't have a specific idea for it to include it in #🗺︱map-ideas.
However I guess I have a name for that. Pirate Ship or Submarine might be suitable for it.
Does anyone have another idea about it?

[pale reef]

Ok I'll throw in an idea for a pirate ship: Some sort of sabotage that forces the boat to rock to one side, sliding everything to one side of the boat. Maybe anyone standing too close to the edge could get tossed overboard

[quick gale]

Can you explain what "get tossed overboard" action would look like in sabotage?

[rich dagger]

Could be like the furnace/river kills in basement

[quick gale]

Hum, a good idea.

[leaden osprey]

Anyone know how to fix audio when streaming. On mobile chat can hair the other players but not me. I get a waring when starting stream mic may not work do to other app using it?

[rich dagger]

Sounds like your streaming software can't use your mic if it is already in use. You can try opening the streaming software first, then opening GGD, and see if that works for you

[drowsy osprey]

I hope you guys add or let players customize their controls or just joystick

When I use joystick control it's hard to move and it's small so if u add an option to make it bigger or customize the whole buttons it would be amazing

[rich dagger]

Controller support is being worked on

[frank night]

We will also look into ways we can implement controller UI for mobile. The main issue is how much space a bigger joystick UI would take up, even moving it in a few pixels could obscure important game information you would potentially see.

[drowsy osprey]

Makes sense 🙂 🤔 well, either way the players will help by saying what's wrong when u update the game but I know you guys will do well

[dense granite]

Thanks @pale reef for your feedback, we'll be sure to look at it

[magic yarrow]

Hey, I just suggested a role, can we add it?

No. Your idea is interesting, but it breaks one or all of the rules listed in the following document https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JHySGkJPkCGyTxHyU1jK7XAptCkam79RRgt_j-TFOY4/edit?usp=sharing . Feel free to give it a read if you want some insight into the roles that we would approve of

[pale reef]

whoops wrong channel anyways

[gilded salmon]

just thought of this while in a lobby, dont know if it was said before, but having an in game symbol for other players so that they could see if you are muted or deafened to make it easier and have less confusion

[gaunt thistle]

I don't think I've ever seen suggestion for an in game indication you are deafened.

I imagine it would be useful for streamers in the lobby and the people who play with them during meetings (because I know some streamers tend to deafen during meetings to talk to their chat)

I don't think it works so well for the mute button though, some players use the mute button to fake being silenced, others constantly toggle it for various reasons and some players don't like talking over mic so simply mute to avoid the issue. Showing that they are muted will alert everybody to the fact.

[granite wave]

Maybe to message ur friends maybe not even full conversations just the simple hey/ invite me

[mellow iris]

they are planning to add more features to the friend system as the game gets updated

[marble elm]

Absolutely, It would be a interesting addition if they added it as a option to have it on other maps. I know from the feedback I've heard, people much prefer it over falcon. I'm really interested to see what is planned for the future. I do think Pelican would be a great fit on Goose Chapel & Jungle, those would also mean probably the removal of Falcon or like we mentioned have it as a option to have either one but not both.

[drowsy osprey]

You guys should add a join button in friend list so players. Can join their friends game without inviting (for public lobbies)

[frank night]

We will be adding features to the friend list soon, there is other things we are working on first, as with joining without an invite I don't think we will go down that route, but we might allow requests to join, which they can respond to

[mellow iris]

That makes a lot more sense, especially if someone is streaming or in a private lobby that is invite only

[drowsy osprey]

Yeah 👍 ma bad I didn't mean just joinig without asking
I should've added more info 😃

[drowsy osprey]

Ok maybe a convert role where if u have it u can make a goose a duck

[magic yarrow]

Hey, I just suggested a role, can we add it?

No. Your idea is interesting, but it breaks one or all of the rules listed in the following document https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JHySGkJPkCGyTxHyU1jK7XAptCkam79RRgt_j-TFOY4/edit?usp=sharing . Feel free to give it a read if you want some insight into the roles that we would approve of

[mellow iris]

Does this role fundamentally alter how the game is played?
If a role would fundamentally alter how the game is played at its core, it probably should be in a different game mode if it's interesting and fun enough of an idea. Lots of people often suggest roles that have the ability to resurrect the dead, or roles where players change teams. These ARE interesting ideas, they just break different facets of a game of social deduction. Resurrected players will have knowledge of who killed them, and if role reveal is on, will be able to see what everyone is. Instead of trying to force the square peg into a round hole by trying to make it so that these dead players can’t speak/see names/etc etc, just accept that role reveal is going to be a staple of most games, and that this would have to live in another game mode.

[drowsy osprey]

Makes sense I didn't think about it that way 😂 still thanks for the info

[mellow iris]

np

[drowsy osprey]

🤔🤔 tbh idk if this game need anymore roles cuz all good ones are in it and I can't think of something else at all

[mellow iris]

there's always room for improvements

[drowsy osprey]

Agreed I will need to do big research

[mellow iris]

If people ran out of ideas I would have to find a new hobby besides poking holes in them XD

[drowsy osprey]

😂😂😂

[pale reef]

Is it possible for us to see the percentage of players that have the new achievements that aren't listed in the tab in steam?

[hazy pivot]

Steam and other platforms have limits on the number of achievements you can put up.

[rare flame]

Steam is also only partially reflective of how many people have the achievements. It doesn't take into account those who downloaded the game from gaggle.fun directly, or any of the mobile platforms.

[ashen horizon]

%idea a trading or transfer function where players can trade various materials for the items they need for crafting. i.e. Player 1 needs 10 goo a for hat and Player 2 needs 5 flowers for a stinger. They trade those items between themselves so they can craft them.

[dense granite]

Thanks @ashen horizon for your feedback, we'll be sure to look at it

[drowsy osprey]

maybe you can add a way to chat with friends in the game

[wide wharf]

Sounds like a pretty good idea

I actually thought of a good trading system for it

5 common materials for one rare material, 3 rare materials for one Epic,
When it comes to Cosmetics it depends on how much it cost. For example if you want the least expensive hat which is 15 gold coins. I would roughly average that to 20-30 common material, 10-15 rare material, and 3-5 Epic material

[ashen horizon]

i was referring to craftables, most cosmetics arent craftable

and the cosmetics that are craftable that can be opted to buy arent usually as cheap as 15 gold

[mellow iris]

The crafting system is getting revamped as the game goes along. This idea has been suggested a few times and the devs have said they may add something similar

[hazy pivot]

Its coming very very soon

[mellow iris]

[void prairie]

%idea maybe add in a gifting/chatting system outside of games in case you have materials you may not need that I friend needs and a way of communicating without joining the game with someone

[dense granite]

Thanks @void prairie for your feedback, we'll be sure to look at it

[mellow iris]

I mean, we have discord

[rich dagger]

Not everyone has it though. And even if everyone did, you wouldn't necessarily know from playing with someone in-game how to go about reaching them on Discord.

[mellow iris]

True

[ashen horizon]

My only concern with this addition however is that it could have high potential of opening up a beggars market in lobbies where random players just go in and out of lobbies asking strangers for materials or adding people just to get materials from them etc

" Give me jade senpai"

Also, I imagine the purpose of the leveling system is to eventually implement the capability to create lobbies only accessible to certain levels, yes?

[sage carbon]

This is likely a feature we'll have for the coming patch

[rare flame]

I believe a communication system with friends is being considered already. No idea what state it's in currently.

[night frost]

Yea

I mainly just want a way to say 'hay Friend, may i join your game!' Cuz right now it's a one way deal, you can only add people but people cant ask to be added,

[silver path]

I think I’d honestly be fairly annoyed having people request to join me. It’s up to the people from inside the lobby to invite people from outside with either the code system or the friends list.

[zenith horizon]

can we get a pardon specific players, but leave some players kicked?

I had an awful experience with a single player today, host kicked - then we had an unresponsive person...didn't want to wait 5 mins for them to get booted....but also didn't want the first person back in

Or even as a host - if you have kicked a player in the past and not pardoned, they can't join you

[silver path]

Yeah for now at least, that’s when I boot and just switch maps

[zenith horizon]

just some morning thoughts

if i switch maps, the kicked person can still rejoin, can't they?

cause it's a "new" lobby

[silver path]

Is the code exposed anywhere?

[gentle sluice]

Maps change codes so as long as no one leaks it, the kicked is no longer there to click follow.

[zenith horizon]

I mean when we lose people, we do re-post in servers. So I feel like something hard coded into user names, etc. would be cool

[rich dagger]

You think the devs hard code things?

[zenith horizon]

LOL @ocean cypress - but think about this option

1 option, kick FOREVER - 2 option, kick and Pardon

not even a 2 step process, but just 2 different kick options

[rich dagger]

Kick + Room Ban, and just Kick

[zenith horizon]

yes, but also could be kick from "jen's" lobbies - but either way - I think it'd be a good option

since I ran across both scenarios this morning

we had someone that HAD TO GO - then we had an AFK, that we wanted to pardon, but we waited for the 5 min timeout cause we didn't want to pardon the other player

[ocean cypress]

More options isn't always a good thing
"whoops I kicked this person forever"
that being said we have more plans with the friends system somewhere down the pipeline like blocking players, etc

[zenith horizon]

so just a thought, I don't know how difficult it is to build but would be a decent option

[ocean cypress]

which I think solves your problem

[zenith horizon]

Thor, you're the bestest!!

[ocean cypress]

when will we get to it...

[magic yarrow]

When will we get the next roles/maps/feature/cool stuff?

As soon as it's ready! The gaggle team develop quickly, and we release patches fairly often. We don't often give out firm dates because it's either going to be a lie if we're wrong, or it'll be a rushed product that might sacrifice quality for speed. This could translate into releasing something without sufficient testing and creating lots of bugs for the game.

If you find none of that explanation sufficient, as Herbert always says, today we are one day closer than yesterday.

[zenith horizon]

❤️

but yeah today was a rough morning because of all that happened. I know you're all on top of it thoug

though*

pardon selected players? just with players that are kicked and you can choose who to pardon

[rare flame]

This isn't a great solution, but I find that most people who cause problems won't try to come back after a few minutes. I don't know how long it was between Problem Player and Idle Player, but if it was a few minutes, it should've been safe to pardon all kicked players.

And, on the offchance the problem player did return, nothing is preventing you from kicking them out once again.

[zenith horizon]

anytime we reposted or switched lobbies they rejoined. we did kick again, but it's annoying to do so, and with switching hosts didn't always keep up

[sharp scaffold]

gambler goose/duck, bets on who lives/dies

or maybe just guess peoples roles, and get + points for correct and - for wrong.

only at end of game tho

[rare flame]

@sharp scaffold Role suggestions are better down in #🐣︱classic-role-ideas . You might also want to give a slightly more detailed view of what you'd want from those roles, as it's a bit vague what you mean.

[cosmic merlin]

a setup that places random clothes on all the people the person bought, along with a random color before each match

[brazen ibex]

So a "randomize" button? Neat

[verbal cosmos]

%idea At the end game screen, show DC:ed birds but with a DC icon so players know they DC:ed. Reason? To know what role they were in case its interesting to players who finished the game.

[dense granite]

Thanks @verbal cosmos for your feedback, we'll be sure to look at it

[frank night]

We are working on an idle reconnect feature, this will mean that you may see an afk icon instead if they are not connected. But they will still be part of the game, it will then show the role at the end, but remove them when you are next in the lobby.
They will also be able to rejoin the game too, if they didn't get killed they will still be able to play like they were alive.

[sinful chasm]

This has likely been suggested before, but how about a "role preference" system?

Similar to the host selecting available roles in the setting, players can individually select the roles they "like", "dislike" or "no preference". This wouldn't affect an individual's chance of getting a Goose/Duck at all, but would allow for players to get specific roles within those teams slightly more/less frequently (albeit in a minor way, and neither guaranteed nor never). All Neutral roles would be unaffected due to the nature of those roles, and Geese with the ability to kill (Vig, Sheriff, Avenger) would also be unaffected (since I imagine most players would "like" them regardless of their actual preferences) and would function as if "no preference" was selected.

[rich dagger]

Maybe something like the Draft idea in #polls ?

[pale reef]

Being able to opt out could be nice for other modes if you like being a goose in goosehunt, for example

[valid delta]

%idea remove the pelican canadian report

[hazy pivot]

We had this originally, Pelican was too OP

[valid delta]

well its kinda a bad idea. pelican dosent kill them so why would he be sorry

i really dont get this one

why?

canadian is still alive

[rich dagger]

Balance

[ocean cypress]

Pelican shouldn't be eating a protected species

[hazy pivot]

Overwhelming guilt and game-balance

Canadian Text: Your body will auto self-report after 1 second if you are killed or swallowed

[valid delta]

to be fair the halph of the community hates the pelican-canadian thing now

[ocean cypress]

That's ok, players will have opinions about every role. Before when the pelican could eat freely, it was winning too much as it was overpowered and people were upset about that

Could always turn the Canadian or Pelican off if you prefer it that way

[rich dagger]

The power, is yours!

[near kiln]

So, is it at all possible to give players the ability to have a sort of default volume setting for players they interact with for the first time?

Like, I think the default volume is around 60-ish when players join a lobby whom you haven't played with before, but if there was a way for players to adjust that on their end, that'd be really nice

I mostly suggest this for the sake of streamers who play with their community, so they don't have random trolls joining the lobby shouting offensive things live on stream etc etc

[ocean cypress]

This is talking from a streamer view, I think the deafen button solves this problem. If someone comes in yelling offensive things, hit the p button and kick. I don't think a default volume adjustment would solve the issue just an alternate to a already existing solution

[tall quiver]

I also suggested this around months ago as well, specially when the first stream incident that led to a streamer being banned for a day

[worthy tangle]

Half the community hates the Birdwatcher and Mortician, even though their probably 2 of the strongest roles in the game.

[tall quiver]

I think its kind of necessary since having the general deafen means if someone is voice-trolling, the streamer wouldn't know because they won't hear the other players saying if there is such incident currently happening

[near kiln]

And sometimes, by the time the streamer actually reacts and deafens everything in response, there's still enough said by the troll for them to report and have the stream face consequences

[tall quiver]

I think the adjustable default will be helpful if it becomes a feature, since some lobbies have their own moderators, and if somehow one new player enters the lobby, the streamer wouldn't hear it (because default set as 0%) but the mods will hear it (set at somewhere 1% to 100%) then the mod tells the lobby owner then kicks the offender

[near kiln]

Apologies if any of this seems rude in any way, by the way. I guess the reason we're suddenly coming in here adamant about this suggestion is because it kinda just happened again to a stream we're both watching, and we don't want the streamer to face any more consequences for something out of their control

[rich dagger]

Ultimately, an individual's stream is that individual's responsibility. You can control this by limiting lobby code access to people you trust, or by muting the game audio on your stream during lobbies if unvetted people are joining (lobby time is a great time to run ads if you manually run ads!). The game options give you full control over your experience.

Once a code is released into the wild (either displayed on a stream or advertised in a public post) anyone and everyone can join

[near kiln]

Understood, thanks for the quick response <3

[ocean cypress]

also for the record, wasn't rude how you brought this up at all you asked a general question

[rich dagger]

As a side note, in the Sound settings, there is a default "Player" volume that affects all player voice. This might be helpful in what you're looking for

[tall quiver]

unfortunately the default Player volume does in fact affect all player voices, which basically renders everyone on the lobby mostly muted and cannot be heard by the streamer and the stream

including new players and the ones we already trusted in the lobby

[rich dagger]

Yep. Not even from a streamer perspective, I wouldn't mind the default individual volumes being lower or something that could be customized. Some people join a lobby and 61 is a fine volume. But many join in and ARE SUPER LOUD and have to go down to 10 or lower to mesh with everyone else. I'd rather turn up a player I couldn't hear than to turn down someone who just blew out my eardrums

[gaunt thistle]

Generally if you're a streamer, you know who you're inviting to your games.
Don't invite randos, problem solved.

If you do need to invite randos, you can always temporarily mute stream audio and check them first

[pure vortex]

So a lot of us end up in a lobby of 5 waiting for everyone else. We need a killer only game called duck royal

[rich dagger]

Good idea! Maybe call it Fowl Play

[mellow iris]

The words have been said, the trailer must be posted
https://youtu.be/lJqNc_yXR4c

[gaunt thistle]

For a similar experience (while you wait), there is always Dine and Dash

[rich dagger]

Dine and Dash often turns into a free for all

[gaunt thistle]

Exactly 😂

[amber moon]

Being able to convert like 1k silver coins in like 10gold coins

[mellow iris]

I wouldn't count on that happening. They have to keep the servers running somehow

[torpid ferry]

Disable the portal on the basement map during Goosehunt.

It's extremely OP for the geese lol

[rare flame]

I don't think it's much different from the shuttle/teleporter strategy on Nexus. Plus, there's no cooldown so the duck could immediately jump in after the geese.

Or, the duck could try camping at the portal for a bit if the geese keep hiding there.

[rich dagger]

It's a bit different. The NC teleporter always goes to the same place. The portal in TB takes you to one of the spawn points

[pale reef]

Being able to remap/resize the buttons on mobile could be a nice QOL change.

[sage carbon]

we've been talking internally about a floating joystick

[gaunt thistle]

There is also planned controller support, so you will eventually be able to use a controller if you prefer.

[verbal burrow]

Mobile app.
Customize joystick in settings.
Let's you adjust/move default position of joystick ingame.

Hoping this will include in future updates.

[ocean cypress]

we've been talking internally about a floating joystick

[verbal burrow]

Thank you. Appreciated

[granite wave]

Can, we have a clapping emote in GGD

[mellow fjord]

Animated farts were nice

[rare flame]

Would a be an acceptable replacement?

[granite wave]

yes, it would be if i can’t get clapping

[zealous warren]

A kill animation that allows the killer look like a wizard and explode the goose with magic and another kill animation that duck throws playing cards and chops the goose up.

[proven grotto]

Idk pretty much an easier way to get gold coins

[mellow iris]

I mean there is an easier way, it just cost money

albeit just logging in every day is pretty easy as it is

[zenith horizon]

I would like a reverse-c-section role that can cut it's way out of the pelican and save the others in it. LOL

this is a dumb idea, but it's me - leave me be with my silly ideas

[zenith horizon]

the game is already free, log in every day, or spend money to support the game - options are options

[rich dagger]

Separating eyes from hats is on the list for a future update

[calm gulch]

very cool!

thats very exciting

[low mirage]

idk if this is already a thing, but what if a demo gave someone a bomb, then the bombholder was eaten by a pelican. wouldn't the pelican and everyone they ate also blow up? could make a petty cool achievement and interesting gameplay

[rare flame]

The pelican has recently been changed so that if they eat someone with a bomb, the pelican dies and everyone inside is freed.

[summer peak]

Idea for the lobby u could give someone leader so people who knows what to do can use it its ok when this gets added but just for private because people in public just would say give me the leader rank and than they activate like 2 ducks with 5 pelicans

[granite wave]

Already in future update plan (the leader thing)

[rich dagger]

The most recent Developer Update included the Host Transfer as an upcoming quality of life update. Also, you can't have duplicate roles currently anyway

[summer peak]

That 5 pelican thing was a joke

[summer peak]

I had a sus goon kill idea That u have some suit and kill a goose with a knife and jump to a familiar looking vent

Sry accidentally deleted it

[summer peak]

Lobby idea u can be a duck in the lobby and have a knife and could even habe a goose leg in ur mouth because ur the cannibal

[dense granite]

Sorry, I couldn't find a command or game object that matches: %lobby

[heavy quarry]

Scrolled up a bit, didn't see it. Would be really cool to have a way to better organize friend list, like to see how long it's been since they've been on, especially. I'm a pretty active player and making new friends constantly, but if they're not on for over a month, I'd rather be able to know that and delete them so I can make room for more.

[raw shell]

make a help hub

%idea make a help hub

[dense granite]

Thanks @raw shell for your feedback, we'll be sure to look at it

[ocean cypress]

#troubleshooting-and-bug-reports

[pale reef]

An option that locks the emergency button until you finish your tasks(only available with fake tasks).

[gaunt thistle]

Finally caught up on the developer update, noticed you wanted to give dead players something more to do besides just spectate or grind for materials.

What if some of the tasks has spectral versions, for example the chess board task could play actual ghost chess or the piano task let's you play ghost music (that only you hear)

[grizzled goblet]

Please add the feature to send a request to your friends to join their running game or while they are in a lobby because you have to wait until they invite you.

[frank night]

This is planned to come out as part of the QOL update

[grizzled goblet]

👍

[silent shadow]

Would be a good idea to be able to purchase things from the store, but send them to another person's account as a gift.
Or purchase them yourself, but don't put the items into YOUR account, put them into a "gift basket section" or a "holding inventory area", which you can them pick from to either give to people in game, (good for give aways on stream), or just consume into your main account.

[quick plinth]

messaging system so you can talk to people in the menu like a dm system

[rare flame]

So... the "repair communications" sabotage on Black Swan or Nexus?

It does turn off proximity chat, and doesn't allow you to access the map until it's fixed.

[rare flame]

There's not a lot of those kinds of noises, I don't think.

[gaunt thistle]

Aside from not hearing the Demolitionist bomb, what purpose would this sabotage serve. Also will it affect ducks too?

[mellow iris]

Strange, i seem to remember something being said about that in the dev update

[rich dagger]

#intheworks

[bright gull]

Hey Gaggle, in a game rn and Gravy got a bomb and survived being around people. Bomber got voted. Is that intentional cause my lobby finds it Op

[rich dagger]

Gravy is a coward and hides behind anyone close to them when a killer attacks them. If they're holding a bomb, they can't exactly hide from themselves!

[bright gull]

But gravy didn't die

He managed to hide in a group and survive and get the bomber out

[rich dagger]

Sounds like they passed the bomb to someone else

[bright gull]

He said he didnt

No one died

[rich dagger]

So did a meeting get called before the bomb exploded then? And they voted out the Demo Duck?

[bright gull]

No, the bomb went off according to him, but he didn't die

It might be timing but he is almost positive

[rich dagger]

If anyone happened to be streaming and has video to confirm, this can go to #troubleshooting-and-bug-reports

[bright gull]

I don't know, I just got dcd so I can't ask

I'll try and rejoin and ask

Ok he said he had 3 second cooldown on passing the bomb but the bomb was going off right as the meeting went off. He is thinking its a bug

He wasn't recording

[rich dagger]

That definitely sounds like a matter of latency then. You may sometimes notice this type of latency if you try to kill someone just as a meeting is called, and you heard the kill sound but the person isn't dead. Your client immediately responds to the kill button to make the sound but in the tiny bits of a second it took for your client to communicate to the server, a meeting got called.

[golden moth]

%idea On the rare occasion a big lobby tries to play the cardgame in lounge, some ppl get left out bc its max 6 players. Since there r two tables (one for the cardgame n one for decor), I suggest having a second cardgame available on the other table. This isn't rlly needed atm tho since ppl don't play the cardgame as often, but as we get more minigames n ppl playing in the lounge, mayb this would b a nice addition to it

[gaunt thistle]

One problem with that is everybody would probably talk over each other during two separate games

[barren zephyr]

Please allow banishment during the game.
We cannot respond to terrorism during the game.
We can't ban someone because they keep attacking with a nickname and they go out at the end of the game.

[rare flame]

If it's a public game, report them in the middle of the game.
If it's a private game, the best suggestion is to mute them on the player tab and boot them afterwards.

[barren zephyr]

I have already muted it.
However, he only comes in during the game and continues to give spoilers.

[rich dagger]

If you kick someone from a lobby, they cannot return to the same lobby unless you pardon them.
If you are concerned with people joining mid-game, the host has the options to either turn off Spectating, or to Lock the lobby which prevents anyone from joining at any time

[magic yarrow]

Someone joined my private game and is being toxic/abusive/swearing/racist

Unfortunately, we cannot control when bad actors enter a private game, but we do empower you by providing tools to help moderate these games. Conversations that go on in private games are private, we do not have access to the audio in any way. Players themselves ultimately have control of who enters private games. You can block or mute the relevant players in-game and use the in-game censoring filter. If you are the lobby host, you can kick the offending players, and if you are not the host you can ask the host to kick them. Players who get kicked will not be able to rejoin the game unless permitted back in by the host. If the player in question is the host themselves, you and everyone else bothered by their behavior should leave and form a lobby of like-minded individuals, with your own agreed upon rules. If no one else in the game agrees with you, you probably shouldn't be playing in that lobby anyways.

Someone in a public game is being toxic/abusive/swearing/racist

Unfortunately, we cannot control when bad actors enter a public game, but we do empower you by providing tools to help moderate these games. Conversations that go on in public games are still private, and we do not have access to the audio in any way. You can block or mute the relevant players in-game and use the in-game censoring filter. You can report the offending player as well, and these reports will be attached to their account, and may result in bans. If you are the lobby host, you can kick the offending players, and if you are not the host you can ask the host to kick them. Players who are kicked will not be able to rejoin the game unless permitted back in by the host. If the player in question is the host, and a sufficient number of players block their mics, they will be kicked from the game, and once again that will be reflected on their account.

[hollow crane]

What about one way vents someday you can only go to one direction

[gaunt thistle]

This is sort of already in the game.
The toilet in mallard manor has a one way flush.

Maybe this mechanic be used in other maps

[mellow iris]

The problem with a one way vent is that someone could just stand at the end and wait for someone to come out of it

[gaunt thistle]

Don't get caught entering?

[mellow iris]

not a matter of entering. You're going to have a sheriff or vigilante, especially with the new task setup, just standing at the exit point for someone to come out

it's like the "wait at sabo task and kill the first person to approach it" meta on steroids

[silent shadow]

I'm curious if anyone has any thoughts on my suggestion from the other day.

[gaunt thistle]

If you're referring to the message you quoted, it was discussed in some of the Developer updates on Twitch. The current system where you can gift gold to other players, is temporary. They'll eventually be changing it so you can gift your friends items, I believe. Would need to rewatch the dev logs to be sure (or someone who knows for sure could correct me)

[hollow crane]

Wait which toilet

[rich dagger]

There is only one toilet in Mallard Manor

If someone is hiding in the toilet when someone completes the plunger task, the person in the toilet gets flushed

[hollow crane]

Wait you can hide inside the toilet? I legit didnt know that lol gotta try next time

[sacred aspen]

I had a game where 2 ducks and a snoop were all in the toilet waiting for someone to flush it

[stuck fable]

Not quite sure if a new achievement would be suggestions or ideas so imma just go with idea

%idea an achievement that you can only obtain by be the only living duck/falcon/pelican in a lobby and kill everyone by yourself, has to be 1v15. It'd be called apex predator. it is meant to be hard to achieve

[sage carbon]

You can suggest achievements here

[stuck fable]

Was referring to the bot command but thank you lol

[sage carbon]

Ah gotcha

[little viper]

I'm not sure if this is the right channel, but my idea is to update the friends list to include when you last played with each player (or at least when they were last active). Our friend list maxes out very quickly and it is hard to determine who to delete and would be easier to delete inactive players from our friends list to make room for active players.

[mellow iris]

That's not a bad idea. They are going to be updating the friend's list as time goes on with more features and function

[little viper]

Thanks. Hopefully they can include that feature. It would be amazing!

[granite wave]

this was said almost 4 months ago by someone else

a request invite button on your friends list

[rich dagger]

They are going to be updating the friend's list as time goes on with more features and function

[magic yarrow]

When will we get the next roles/maps/feature/cool stuff?

As soon as it's ready! The gaggle team develop quickly, and we release patches fairly often. We don't often give out firm dates because it's either going to be a lie if we're wrong, or it'll be a rushed product that might sacrifice quality for speed. This could translate into releasing something without sufficient testing and creating lots of bugs for the game.

If you find none of that explanation sufficient, as Herbert always says, today we are one day closer than yesterday.

[wise galleon]

Could private lobbies have an option to have an increased member count, higher than 16?

[worthy tangle]

That would require them to revamp the voting screen (across all styles), increase the number of colors so that ppl can swap them out in the lobby, and it would make the game struggle even more on low end mobile devices.

[wise galleon]

ah, bad idea then

[worthy tangle]

Not necessarily a bad idea, just one that has a bigger cost than it’s worth

[wise galleon]

Yeah, I get what what you mean. In theory it would be a cool idea but it would take a lot of work to make it a reality.

[rich dagger]

It would be doable, but the bandwidth requirements would likely mean proxy chat would not be feasible for a large proportion of the player base

The current 10 Mbps up/down requirement is already tight for some users

[rare flame]

Especially for any on mobile.

Sadly, it seems 16 is a hard cap, at least for now.

[warped spear]

%idea

A tier system for roles

Example: with my idea players could use a certain amount of coins (A high amount) to improve a role giving it a buff or an extra skill and maybe change the role name when it is buffed Example: The buffed hawk could turn a macaw. (I know it's a bad example)

All it takes is a buff player to roll it so that everyone on their server can use it. Because if only those who buffed used the improved version, everyone would know that beginners aren't using the role.

[mellow iris]

I mean that is an interesting idea, but I see it perhaps unbalancing the game.

[warped spear]

This would mean that instead of you having to create new roles for a simple idea, you could just improve a role that already exists

[warped spear]

Why would it unbalance the game?

[rich dagger]

Sounds like pay to win

[warped spear]

But the game money that would be used is not the real one

[mellow iris]

Because if you pay to have "buff falcon" who i guess would have a lower kill cooldown or something, then you are taking out the balance of what was there already

[warped spear]

Really

[mellow iris]

The roles are designed to balance out the game and reworked when needed for that. I'd rather see new balanced roles put in than have a feature to shove a superpowered version of a current role into the game

This system would also require a rework of all current roles and future roles so that there are now 2 versions of the same role

[warped spear]

[rare flame]

I mean, how do YOU picture buffing a role would work? Outside of changing the probability of getting the role, there really isn't a good way to make them more powerful under all circumstances.

[bright citrus]

My idea would be a special kill animation you unlock from unlocking a higher tier. Something you can't just buy / craft in the shop easily

[rare flame]

That's fine for the duck roles, but what about leveling up Canadian or Celebrity? Not everything is about the murder.

[sage carbon]

their would-be killer self reports if they even think of killing the canadian

[rich dagger]

Minority Report

[gaunt thistle]

So instead of killing them, they call a meeting from across the map, right?

[sage carbon]

if they thought about killing the canadian, yes

[gaunt thistle]

That sounds entirely balanced.

[sage carbon]

dont think about it, and youre good

[gaunt thistle]

You could always uno reverse it.
Killing the Canadian makes you die instead and the Canadian reports it.

Okay enough with the sillyness now. I'll stop

[sage carbon]

thats honestly not a terrible idea lol

i mean, it breaks some design rules we have

but in terms of balance, it isn't unbalanced

[gaunt thistle]

Canadian - "he just blew up in front of me"
Another Goose - "invisible duck, lovers, attempted Canadian murder?"

[pure vortex]

Bring GGD to console. If among us can do it you can do it better.

[rich dagger]

It's not that Gaggle can't do it, but console approval processes (particularly Sony) take an exceptionally long time. So a new update that might currently take 3-4 weeks might take 8-12 weeks instead.

[pure vortex]

That's fair. Something to hope for I guess. Plus I'm on xbox so personally who cares about Sony lol

[mellow iris]

I do for one, but I'd rather continue to see regular updates instead of watching things get mired in the console update waiting game

[ocean cypress]

It's usually not a question of can we do it, but should we do it and does it make sense to do it

[mellow iris]

I'm rather fond of seeing updates more than twice a year XD

[hazy pivot]

Console games are not too friendly with live ops. Period.

[fickle plaza]

Can you enhance politician to where the politician can have his votes count as two and make the second vote of his anonymous

[granite wave]

this has definitely been suggested and though of but like a little flag in the find game section so you dont join a room that doesnt speak the language you speak

[worthy tangle]

[granite wave]

thanks, i dont really pay attention

[rare flame]

Well, if people don't use that filter, it won't work anyway. But the option is there for all the languages which have translations, I believe.

[rare flame]

The suggestion of changing the politicians votes has been made, but if it were to change, I'd make it so that the politician's vote counts for 1.5, thus winning in a tie that he's not the target of.

It would become more dangerous to vote for yourself with that power, though.

[fickle plaza]

Why is role real off

In public games

[hazy pivot]

People join up in teams and grief

[fickle plaza]

Oh

[fickle plaza]

No like

Role reveal when dead

[rare flame]

Yes, it'd be easy for two people to join, one dies, and can tell the other everything. In private games, you should know everyone and have people who play fair.

[gaunt thistle]

Are they perhaps talking about the other role reveal, hide player ejects?

[rare flame]

I'm pretty sure you can turn that on in public games. It's up to the host at that point.

[sage carbon]

no you can't

[worthy tangle]

%idea
New Achievement Ideas:
Ploffskin, Pluffskin - Eat a Goose, a Duck, and a Dodo in one round as the Pelican
"I'd like to phone a friend(s)" - Successfully call a Telepathy sabotage while being carried by the pelican.

[slow hatch]

I'm kinda peeved right now, if you want me to be honest.

It's about the new update that happened, for those that are curious.

[hazy pivot]

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