Trivia Tricks News

Hello Tricksters! Today's update adds three new items!

But first, if you'd like to support Trivia Tricks, then please consider leaving an honest Steam Review letting us know what you think about the game. This will help shape the direction of future updates and helps Trivia Tricks to find more quiz heads on Steam! Thank you!

Now, onto the items!


Use Double Down whenever you're certain you know the right answer to earn double points for that question! Get it wrong and you might look a little silly but it's worth a try!


The Royal Decree is a rare item that steals a percentage of points from any player of your choosing. It then divides that stolen money equally among the other players! If it looks like someone is pulling away with a lead then you know what to do...


If you're given the Hot Potato you better answer the question correctly to pass it on, otherwise it’ll explode and you'll lose points! Every time the Hot Potato is passed on, the heat will increase. The hotter it gets the more points it’ll take! Just how hot does it get? You'll have to find out for yourselves!

These new items were designed to nudge Trivia Tricks' game balance into rewarding skilful play and creating tighter games. We hope that after this update you'll notice the scoreboard will be much closer!


Finally, if you missed the news, we've been releasing updates that focus on QoL improvements and polish, with the intention to prepare Trivia Tricks for its graduation from Early Access! You can see the last two updates here and here. Today’s update includes even more polish, which you can find the details of below!

We're looking for inspiration on what to improve in the next patch, so if you want to shape the future of Trivia Tricks' development then consider joining the Discord and putting your suggestion forward!

Finally, to celebrate the Friend Pass Party Bundle the Worm from Last Train Outta’ Wormtown is now a free hat available to all Trivia Tricks players. Chomp!

Ok, without further delay, onto the full patch notes!

• The Double Down item has been added! Use this item to receive double points if you answer the current question correctly!
  
• The Royal Decree item has been added! This rare item allows you to steal a percentage of points from a player (percentage depends on player count) and distribute it between everybody else!
  
• The Hot Potato has been added! This item is immediately in-play, and you’ll need to answer correctly to pass it onto the next player and add to the heat. The more heat the Hot Potato has built up then the more points that will be lost after someone answers incorrectly, causing it to explode!
  
• Mr. Tricks likes potatoes and will sometimes talk about them!
  
• As always, these items are not included when Chance Round is set to ‘Tame’.
  

• Added the ‘Hungry Worm’ hat, featuring a guest appearance of the Worm from Last Train Outta’ Wormtown!
• After a question’s answer is revealed the next question’s category will be shown.
  
• Improved the appearance of some menu elements, particularly around the host’s lobby settings.
  
• The ‘streak’ bonus in the lobby menu is no longer harder to click than the other bonus options.
  
• Players that have deactivated the In-Game Chat in the Options Menu will now see a message in their chatbox informing them why they cannot see the chat.
  
• Players that have deactivated the In-Game Chat in the Options Menu will now see messages related to players joining/leaving games, or suggesting changes to the selected categories.
  
• Fixed some typos and cleaned up the wording on a variety of questions. Thanks to all of you who took the time to report these to us directly!
  

• Fixed a bug in the Character Creator where the description for the ‘Pilot Suit’ wasn’t showing.
  
• Fixed a bug where AI characters with identical outfits to a player character could be spawned.
  
• Fixed a bug where players would continue to play the Crystal Ball animation even after losing the item.
  
• Fixed a few issues related to Twitch connection timeouts.
  

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Hello Tricksters!

How are you enjoying Friend Pass? Here's the second in a series of updates that will be releasing over the coming weeks which focus on QoL improvements and polish, with the intention to prepare Trivia Tricks for its graduation from Early Access!

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/33125/Friend_Pass_Party_Bundle/

If you missed the news, we've just launched the Friend Pass Party Bundle which gets you a significant discount on Trivia Tricks and Last Train Outta' Wormtown! If you're after more party games with Friend Pass support then definitely check it out!

Like what we’re doing? Hit the thumbs up below this news post! Have more detailed thoughts? Consider leaving a Steam Review letting us know what you think. Have a great idea you want to see implemented? Come chat with us devs in the Official Discord!

• When Tricksters join a game they will now wave! Hello! 👋
  
• Tricksters also now have additional animations when a question is asked.
  
• Redesigned the lobby player list to be easier to read and make clearer which players haven't pressed to 'Ready Up' (you know who you are).
  
• Mr. Tricks has new dialogue commenting on players moving up and down in the leaderboard.
  
• Mr. Tricks and the bosses will all repeat dialogue much less often.
  
• Added ‘Render Scale’ as a graphics option. This will adjust the render resolution of the game while keeping UI elements at the set resolution. This can be set to as low as 50% if you are seeking extra performance, or as high as 200% if you want to enable SSAA.
  
• The ‘Texture Quality’ graphics setting has been removed, as performance improvements made in the last couple months have left this option having no meaningful usage.
  
• The mouse cursor will now go invisible when using a controller.
  
• Fixed cases of the mouse ‘hovering’ menu items while being invisible.
  
• When a player is asked to rate a Workshop Category at the end of the game, the name of the Workshop Pack will now be displayed.
  
• The Workshop Search menu has had the ‘Tags’ and ‘Language’ dialogs visually updated, and the gamepad interaction in these menus has been improved (controller users will no longer have to scroll to the bottom of the list to close it).
  
• Improved the retry logic and error handling of network requests. This should mean that Creating or Updating Workshop packs, and connecting to Twitch, should now be far less likely to fail.
  
• Clicking to Create or Update a Workshop pack with no connection to Steam will now inform players that this is the case.
  
• If a game starts with no categories selected, the default categories will be enabled instead of picking a single random category.
  
• The in-game Pause Menu has been visually updated.
  
• Additionally, the Pause Menu's Settings page has had ‘Display’ and ‘Misc’ tabs added, which directs players to adjust these in the Main Menu.
  
• Fixed a bug where a lobby wouldn’t re-attempt to load the Workshop Categories in the Category Menu if the first attempt failed.
  
• Removed the ‘beta’ label from the Twitch menus.
  

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Do you love inviting your friends into games of Trivia Tricks for free? Then you're sure to love bringing them into the chaotic multiplayer showdown Last Train Outta' Wormtown which also features Friend Pass!

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/33125/Friend_Pass_Party_Bundle/

Best of all, owners of Trivia Tricks can now get a 15% discount on Last Train Outta' Wormtown through the new Friend Pass Party Bundle!



Last Train Outta' Wormtown is a chaotic Sandworm vs. Cowboy showdown, where the man-eating Worm player can only detect human players when they're standing on the ground.



Meanwhile the human team must fuel up the train and make a getaway without being eaten. Like Trivia Tricks, Wormtown supports up to 8 players and Friend Pass, enabling massive multiplayer fun with just one purchase!



Check out Last Train Outta' Wormtown by following this link to the Friend Pass Party Bundle, and let us know if you'd be interested in more bundles in the future! Thanks again for following Trivia Tricks!

Hello Tricksters!

How are you enjoying Friend Pass? Here's the first in a series of updates releasing over the coming weeks focusing on QoL improvements and polish, with the intention to prepare Trivia Tricks for its graduation from Early Access!

Like what we’re doing? Hit the thumbs up below this news post! Have more detailed thoughts? Consider leaving a Steam Review letting us know what you think. Have a great idea you want to see implemented? Come chat with us devs in the Official Discord!

• Tricksters now have an animation when the Call a Boss item is used.
  
• Fixed the issue where other player characters would appear stuttery for the host if that player's FPS was lower than the host's.
  
• Fixed an issue where character animations could get stuck until a different animation was played.
  
• Fixed an issue where Mr Tricks' animations would sometimes interrupt each other while speaking.
  
• Fixed an issue where, if a local player who wasn't player 1 used an item, the ‘item used’ notification would show the wrong name.
  
• The Stage Menu will now default to the currently selected stage rather than the Back button for the host.
  
• Improved the clickiness of some buttons in the Character Select Menu.
  
• Fixed an issue with how Workshop image thumbnails were distributed to players.
  
• Improved performance when viewing the Categories Menu when the host is subscribed to many Workshop quiz packs.
  

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Hello Tricksters!

Today’s the day!...



Friend Pass is available now! Know someone who wanted to try Trivia Tricks but didn’t own the game? They can follow the link below, download Friend Pass, and join your lobbies just as any other player would!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2230660/Trivia_Tricks_Friend_Pass/

Play any game with a Friend Pass player in the lobby and you’ll unlock the new “A Free Challenger Appeared” achievement.



Trivia Tricks playtime will now be rewarded with Steam Trading Cards, which can be crafted into Steam Badges, profile backgrounds and emoticons!



If you’ve already got some playtime in Trivia Tricks then you’ll automatically get some card drops. Got a favorite Trickster? Then decorate your Steam profile and represent them!

Trivia Tricks’ original Early Access milestones were Co-Op, Twitch Integration and Workshop Support. From your additional feedback during Early Access, Friend Pass has been released as an additional stretch goal.

With Friend Pass now available, the next set of updates will prioritize getting Trivia Tricks ‘ready for release’, with a focus on polish and quality of life improvements. If you’ve got a small improvement that could make a big difference then let us know in the Discord!

For our 1.0 release update, we’re now looking at addressing improvements to Steam Workshop question packs based on your feedback. We can’t wait to share what we’ve got in store!



Finally, here’s the full patch notes of Trivia Tricks update 0.9.36.8!

• The Friend Pass version of Trivia Tricks is now available!
  
• The Friend Pass version is free and will let you join lobbies hosted by full game owners via room code!
  
• Any unlocks & achievements completed in the Friend Pass version of Trivia Tricks will automatically unlock in the full game should you decide to purchase it.
  
• When you join a game as a Friend Pass player you'll wear the Friend Pass shirt!
  
• Full-game owners can unlock the Friend Pass shirt by earning the new “A Free Challenger Appeared” achievement by playing a game with a Friend Pass player in the lobby.
  
• As we now recommend playing with Friend Pass instead of Steam Remote Play the references to Steam Remote Play throughout the game have been removed to simplify the joining options.
  
• Did Steam Remote Play work just fine for you? That’s great! Steam Remote Play will continue to be supported, even if it is not mentioned in Trivia Tricks itself!
  

• The "How to Play" menu that appears upon entering the Character Select screen has been simplified to highlight Friend Pass. You can stop it from automatically showing by ticking ‘Do not show again’
  
• The screen that displays the bonuses during the game introduction has been redesigned to be easier to read.
  
• In addition, the script read by Mr. Tricks during the introduction has also been improved.
  
• Fixed some typos and cleaned up the wording on a variety of questions. Thanks to all of you who took the time to report these to us directly!
  
• Fixed a bug where, when Trivia Tricks checked on startup that every achievement that should be unlocked on Steam has been, one achievement in the set was being missed.
  
• The online netcode has been updated with further stability improvements.
  
• Maybe added a cool Easter Egg?... ;)
  

Like what we’re doing? Hit the thumbs up below this news post! Have more detailed thoughts? Consider leaving a Steam Review letting us know what you think. Or come chat with us devs in the Discord. Thank you for following Trivia Tricks!