Trivia Tricks News

Hello Tricksters!

With the 42nd Regular Update, it’s now easier to discover Workshop packs thanks to the new Workshop browse menu and tagging system! While you won’t find the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything, you might just find your next favorite trivia pack!



From today, the ‘Add new categories’ button will open a new in-game browse window instead of the Steam Workshop web UI. This lets you…

• Filter packs by ‘Subject’! Only want to see packs created on ‘Mythology’, ‘Video Games’ or ‘Internet Culture’? Firstly, you sound very cool and should definitely join our Discord, and secondly, you can now do that!
  
• Filter packs by their ‘Language’, as part of our continuing efforts to increase the accessibility of Trivia Tricks
  
• Filter packs by the ‘Number of Questions’ they contain, useful if you like to pick a single category for your games and don’t want to see any repeats!
  
• Sort packs by ‘Trending’, ‘Newest’, ‘Popular’, ‘Most Likes’ or ‘Most Played’, with the option to limit some to time periods. This’ll come in handy if you want to see what's been getting attention in the last week or last months!
  

With this tool you can create some very powerful search queries within seconds. Like, ‘All the packs with a subject of ‘Fandom’ or ‘People’ with over 200 questions sorted by most played in the last 3 months’ then add any packs that interest you with just one click! Nifty!



Of course, if you like the Steam Workshop website that will continue to work as it always has, with the addition of the new ‘Subject’, ‘Language’ and ‘Question Count’ tags. For ‘Subjects’, we’ve included all of the Categories you’d find in the base game, alongside...

• General Knowledge
  
• Fandom
  
• Fashion
  
• Hobby
  
• Internet Culture
  
• Joke
  
• Mythology
  
• People
  
• Other
  

Think there’s an obvious category we missed? Let us know, we’re open to adding more subjects by popular demand!



How does all of this tagging work for Workshop Creators? Whenever creating or updating a Pack you will now select up to three subjects and a language. We’ve taken the time to review all the packs on Workshop and have added the subjects we believed were most relevant to each. If you want to change the tags associated with your creation you can always do so from the 'Update' menu. The Question Count tag will be automatically applied, so you don’t have to worry about that one!



Lastly, we're happy to share that Steam Trading Cards will be arriving soon! Look out for them automatically popping into your inventory when they go live!

Phew, that’s a lot! Here are the changes in bullet-point format!

• Trivia Tricks now has a built-in Workshop browser!
  
• You can subscribe, unsubscribe, and browse all Workshop packs here!
  
• You can search based on subject, language, question count and more!
  
• The ‘Add more Categories’ button in the Lobby Categories Menu will now open the Browse Menu, as will the ‘Download More Categories’ button in the Manage Workshop Menu. Previously they opened the Steam Workshop page in Steam Overlay.
  
• You can still add packs using the Steam Workshop webpage, if you prefer!
  

• You can now tag your Workshop packs during the Create and Update process with subjects and languages!
  
• Tags that display how many questions your pack has are automatically added during the Upload process too!
  
• You might notice we have already gone through and tagged all the packs that have been previously uploaded - you can change your tags by selecting ‘Update’ from the Manage Workshop menu in Trivia Tricks. (We won’t be offended!)
  

• You can now rate Workshop packs in the Statistics Menu!
  
• You can also see what rating you have previously given Workshop packs in the Statistics Menu.
  
• The generic error message when failing to upload a Workshop file will now suggest users check their anti-virus and firewall settings, as we have found this is a common cause of pack upload failure.
  
• For clarity, the "Chat Enabled" option in the Settings Menu has been renamed to "In-Game Text Chat".
  
• The 'Press A to join Chance Round!' text is now only displayed once.
  

• Fixed a bug where the Lucky Kitty & Unlucky Kitty achievements were not unlocking when achieved in offline mode.
  
• Fixed a bug where opening a Workshop item in the Steam Overlay would also open an empty tab.
  

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Hey all! Hope you're having fun with the Summer Splash Event! This is a small hotfix to ensure that the Summer event will end smoothly! If you’ve got any Shells remaining make sure to get them spent before the event is over on the 1st September 18:00 UTC! (19:00 BST / 14:00 EDT / 13:00 CDT / 11:00 PDT)

• Mission progress will no longer be cleared at the end of each seasonal event - the progress you've made toward the Summer missions will be there when it returns next year!
  
• Seasonal currency will no longer be set back to 0 at the end of a seasonal event.
  
• Seasonal events now use Steam's clock to determine when the event should start and finish, and will no longer fall back to the player's computer clock if there is no connection to Steam.
  
• Fixed an issue where the spotlight was turned off on the Title Screen when no seasonal event was taking place.
  
• Over the last year we’ve been making behind-the-scenes changes to ensure Trivia Tricks’ seasonal events will automatically start when the appropriate time of year rolls around. This update makes further changes so that after September 1st the in-game logo will automatically update and that King will swap between his Trident and Scepter as necessary.
  
• We have removed the Summer furniture from the Waiting Room on the Main Menu. A future update will reimplement them so they will automatically appear when Summer returns next year!
  

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Howdy! Hope y'all are enjoying the Summer Splash Event so far! This is a small hotfix fixing an issue related to player joining!

• Fixed an issue where clients joining a lobby that didn't have the Isle del Trickster Map selected would see and hear Isle del Trickster Map elements alongside the selected map.
  

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Hello Tricksters!

We're heading back to Isle del Trickster for another holiday getaway!

The Trivia Tricks Summer Splash event has returned and is better than ever! The event will be available from now until September 1st!



First off, you’ll notice The Isle is looking a bit different! Since the Tricksters discovered it last year they’ve made the space much more homely. There’s also suitable summer music on the stage now, meaning all levels have unique music. We hope you'll enjoy some quality time at the beach, and don't forget your sunscreen!



Of course, Summer Splash includes some limited-time challenges and exclusive cosmetics! Some challenges will reward you with Summer Shells that can be exchanged for cosmetics, while others grant exclusive items!



As well as returning challenges, there’s a new set inspired by the recent addition of Steam Workshop support. If you need help with a challenge don't hesitate to make use of the Trivia Tricks Discord! As always, all of the cosmetics from last year have returned too, so grab them while you can!



We’ve also got some UI additions to share! Trending Workshop packs will now appear in the main menu and can be subscribed to! Additionally, after players have seen enough questions in a pack, they will be asked if they want to submit a rating. We think this will reward creators for their hard work and help players find the highest quality packs that are being uploaded! We’re also experimenting with pack tags, filter options for question count and an expanded search tool. Watch this space!

Oh! One last thing! Achievement hunters will find a new achievement tracking menu in the Statistics page. Have you reached 100% completion yet? There’s also a new button in the Workshop Preview menu to ‘reload’ your question pack so you can quickly review your edits. Hopefully this will make adding those final polishing touches to your packs much faster!

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The full patch notes are as follows...

• The Summer Splash event is back! From now until September 1st complete limited-time challenges to unlock exclusive items!
  
• The Isle del Trickster stage has been revamped with more visual flair, and has an exclusive soundtrack!
  
• The missions from last year have returned, along with 6 new missions focused on the Steam Workshop!
  
• Alongside the 16 returning cosmetics, unlock 6 new summer-themed items, including a Mermaid Tail and Tiki Mask!
  
• For the duration of the Summer event, bosses will also be dressed for the occasion!
  

• When you've seen 10 questions in a Workshop pack, Trivia Tricks will ask you to rate the pack when the game is over
  
• Alternatively, you can just skip this if you haven’t made up your mind yet!
  
• If you've enjoyed the questions in a Quiz Pack, give it a Thumbs Up to help other players discover it!
  

• A new section has been added to the Main Menu that shows you trending Workshop packs.
  
• Packs with the most subscriptions, high popularity in the last 7 days and a lot of thumbs up can appear here.
  
• You can subscribe to these packs from the main menu by clicking the "Subscribe" button.
  

• A new page has been added to the Statistics Menu, which shows the achievements that you've earned so far!
  
• Every achievement in Trivia Tricks also unlocks a cosmetic when it has been achieved - in this list, you can easily see which achievement unlocks which cosmetic!
  
• You can also see the progress to unlocking achievements in one place, without needing to navigate the statistics menu!
  

• A "reload" button has been added to the Workshop Preview Menu to make it faster for you to review any edits that have been made to the pack.
  
• A new widget has been added when players are prompted to join the Chance Round, to make it more obvious on how to join it.
  
• The Twitch characters will now throw Bits again!
  
• Improved the rate at which the Twitch Chance Round Voting progress bars update on user votes.
  
• Added a message informing streamers when they select to leave the Twitch Menu without adding a Twitch Character.
  
• When no lobbies are found in the Server Menu, Trivia Tricks will now explain that there are no games being hosted.
  

• 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!
  
• Added even more questions across all categories, many suggested by the Discord community! Thank you to everyone who has suggested questions so far!
  

• Fixed a bug where some players were seeing blank Workshop questions if pack they were not subscribed to had been updated since they first downloaded it.
  
• Fixed an issue where Workshop packs with the "Unlisted" setting would show a red "!" in the Categories Menu despite being playable.
  
• Fixed a bug during Chance Round where Twitch Chatters who typed something other than "Y" or "N" would count as having ‘voted’, and therefore would not have their vote counted that round.
  
• Fixed a bug where Seasonal events that have multiple pages of missions would briefly load the wrong page before skipping to the desired page.
  
• Fixed an issue where a STRANGE MAN would appear when Trivia Tricks failed to load a Workshop pack image's thumbnail on the Categories Menu.
  

Hello Tricksters!

We're hard at work on our upcoming Summer Event, but we’ve been listening to player feedback on some of our more recent features and wanted to deliver some extra polish
that you’d been asking for! Following this update you’ll have faster Workshop downloads and Twitch connections that will be more reliable and responsive!

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Here’s those patch notes in full!

• Players told us that the Workshop “Download” step could do with some performance and usability improvements, so that’s what we’ve focused development on this week!
  
• Previously all players in a lobby had to finish downloading a pack before any players would move onto downloading the next pack, this has been change to allow players to download at their own pace. This should hugely decrease the time before a game starts, especially in lobbies where many Workshop packs are enabled.
  
• The "Download taking a while?" message was showing up too soon for players on slow connections downloading large packs, so we’ve extended the time before it appears.
  
• Added a "Retry" button which appears at the same time as the "Download taking a while?" message. This allows downloads to be retried without having to return to the lobby and ready up again.
  
• Fixed a bug where the ‘verify’ step could take place before downloads were fully complete, causing verification to fail.
  
• We’ve added automatic retries when the ‘verifying’ step fails on issues that can be resolved in time, this means verification should be more reliable.
  
• The progress bars in the Workshop Download menu are now animated when they increase and decrease instead of suddenly filling. Nifty!
  

• Twitch Chat will now attempt to reconnect when connection to Twitch is lost. This may address some problems where Twitch Chat answers would stop being registered by Trivia Tricks mid-game!
  
• When playing with Twitch, the timer during Chance Round voting will now use the same timer length as what the host selected for questions instead of defaulting to 25 seconds.
  
• The Twitch Chance Round bars now update faster, and have smooth animations when they increase or decrease instead of zipping to the new percentage. Double nifty!
  
• Due to a bug discovered just before this patch launched we’ve had to stop Twitch characters throwing bits with donations. We will add this feature back in a future update when we’re able to resolve this issue and we are sorry for the inconvenience!
  

• Workshop question packs in the categories menu will now be ordered by subscription date, with recently subscribed packs appearing first.
  
• Steam Workshop’s ‘played’ tab will now show Workshop packs you’ve played a game with.
  
• We've updated the official Steam Workshop Guide now Workshop packs can be created and updated!