Hey everyone!
This update brings a host of quality of life improvements and addresses user feedback that we've received in our various channels! There's so much going on we're going to highlight some of the biggest changes! Read on!
Every day we see more streamers involving their audience through games of Trivia Tricks. We've been compiling the main points of feedback from these streams and this update is aimed at addressing them. Here are some of the headlining changes, but there's even more in the detailed list below!
- The top 3 Twitch users who answered correctly in your chat will now be displayed at the end of a game! Who's the smartest member in your community?
- Twitch users who answered a question correctly are now shown in a '5Heads' section at the bottom right corner of the screen
- You can now select a question timer of 30 seconds. Try choosing this if you have a long stream delay with Twitch! Additionally, when playing with Twitch Chat, the question timer for bosses is automatically increased from 20 seconds to 25 seconds.
We're always thinking of ways to make Trivia Tricks more user friendly, and we thought this was the time to address some of that feedback! Some of our bigger changes in this update are...
- You can now join any in-progress online game without needing to take over an AI!
- AI players in 'Co-Op Vs Boss Mode' will now be better teammates by being more willing to trust their human friends and follow their answer if they are unsure.
- Added a number of 'smart prompts' that will guide players we detect making common first-time user errors.
- A number of visual tweaks that will make certain game events clearer. For example the 'Updated' text above categories now bounces and the 'Join chance round' text now flashes.
Our AI Character Contest came to a close recently and winners have been chosen! Meet 'Zoopy', 'Giovanni' and 'Gustav', with congratulations to the Discord winners:
'The First Note of Mambo No. 5', 'Noctua Spell', and 'Toasty' respectively!
This update also brings three additional cosmetics to the character creator that were direct suggestions by our community! The 'Bread' accessory, 'Spilt Noodles' hat and the 'I Love Trivia' shirt! Want your ideas in Trivia Tricks?
Join our Discord and let us know what you think!
Lastly, Summer is coming to a close and as such our Summer Splash event has now finished! Thanks to everyone who took part and we hope you enjoyed our little island getaway. While the missions are leaving, Summer herself will be remaining as a permanent boss character, alongside any cosmetics you've earned. We've appreciated the warm response to the change of stage location and hope to find a way to have Isle de Trickster return in the future...
Phew! Those are just some of the changes that are coming alongside version 0.9.4.2! Interested in the full changes? Read on!
- You can now join online games that are in progress that have no AI slots! Previously you could only join an online game that had started if there was an AI player to take over, but now you can join games regardless!
- You can now select a question timer of 30 seconds.
- 3 new community suggested items have been added to the Character Creator! The 'Bread' accessory, the 'Spilt Noodles' hat and the 'I Love Trivia' shirt!
- The winners of the AI competition have been added into the random pool! Meet 'Giovanni', 'Zoopy' and 'Gustav'!
- The AI now have a chance to follow the human player answers in 'Co-Op Vs Boss Mode'. They may also change answers to the human answers if they had already answered but were unsure.
- If you've been struggling to beat Summer in an Offline 'Co-Op Vs Boss' game for the achievement, try again with these changes!
- 'Game is full' dialog boxes have been updated to remove the mention of AI
- The top 3 Twitch users who answered correctly in your chat for that game will now be displayed at the end of a game.
- Twitch users who answered a question correctly are now shown in the bottom right corner of the screen rather than flying across the screen at the end of a question. This is much more readable and hopefully solves some bitrate issues!
- You can now select a question timer of 30 seconds. Try choosing this if you have longer stream delays with Twitch!
- Going against a boss with your Twitch Chat? The timer will automatically set itself to 25 seconds instead of 20!
- When playing as a Twitch user, trying to answer with '1/2/3/4' while 'A/B/C/D' is visible will no longer count as an answer and vice versa. This is to aid streamers with longer stream delays, as their viewers would sometimes answer the next question by mistake.
- The Twitch answer breakdown chart will now show '1/2/3/4' if the Twitch users had to answer using '1/2/3/4', rather than always showing 'A/B/C/D'.
- After answering 2 questions with the mouse the game will inform the streamer they can answer discreetly with the 'WASD' keys.
- Some connection error messages have been updated to be clearer of cause.
- Added over 30 additional questions, the vast majority suggested by the Discord community! Thank you to everyone who has suggested questions so far!
- Some now-outdated questions have been updated due to developments in the modern day.
- 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 a prompt to help players who may be trying to add players in the wrong places.
- Added a prompt to remind players they can answer discreetly with 'WASD' keys if they are playing with any local, remote or Twitch players.
- The 'Updated!' text above the categories button now animates when the categories have been changed to make it clearer when they have been changed.
- The 'Press A/Space to Join Chance Round!' message now blinks to stand out more to new players.
- You can now vote to skip dialogue by mouse, just click the bottom right skip button!
- The message users see when they try to play online but do not have Steam running has been updated to suggest users check their Firewall/Anti-Virus if Steam is currently running on their computer.
- The lobby camera is now the same regardless of if the lobby is currently in 'Standard' or 'Co-op Vs Boss' mode.
- The Chance Ball Machine is now visible in the lobby if playing a 'Standard Game' regardless of whether Chance Round has been enabled.
- At least one Easter Egg! Sneaky!
- The Summer Splash event has now ended.
- Summer Splash cosmetics are no longer purchasable in the character creator, but you will keep any purchased cosmetics!
- Summer Splash missions are no longer shown on the main menu, but you will keep any earned cosmetics!
- Summer remains as a permanent boss character.
- The stage is back to normal, but Isle de Trickster will hopefully return soon!
- Fixed a bug where full lobbies were not shown in the server browser.
- Fixed a bug where the Room Code search wouldn't find new lobbies that had been created since the last 'lobby search' was ran
- Fixed a rare crash that could happen when leaving lobbies.
- Fixed a bug where closed lobbies would sometimes still appear in the server browser until the host fully closed Trivia Tricks
- Fixed a bug where bosses' cry emote particle appeared incorrectly.
- Added various fixes to Podium name plates sometimes disappearing mid-game or not being visible.
- Fixed a bug where, after playing a 'Co-Op Vs Boss Mode' game, the 'games played' achievements would not unlock until a 'Standard Game' was played or Trivia Tricks was restarted.
- Fixed 'Unlucky Kitty' unlocking when the winner was announced, instead of when the loser is first shown.
- Fixed a bug where, if both a keyboard and controller player were on the same device, the 'Press A/Space to Join Chance Round' message wouldn't alternate its shown input.
- Fixed a bug where, if you couldn't join a game on the server browser due to it being full, it would inform you that the 'game had already started'. This has been fixed to inform you that the game is full.
- Fixed cases of text in dialog boxes overflowing.
- Fixed a bug where the podium did not turn its light off if you got the 1.5x ball in Chance Round while on negative points.
- The 'Joining soon' message has been adjusted to better suit higher resolutions.
Please let us know what you think on our
Steam Discussion Forum or join our ever-growing
Discord. Thank you for following Trivia Tricks!
