Trivia Tricks News

Hey everyone!

We're back this week with our eighth regular update! This week we were implementing changes to Co-Op Vs Boss mode to make it easier to communicate as a team!



With this update comes a solution to make communicating with your team in Co-Op Vs Boss mode as easy as can be. We've added notches to the answers on screen to show who has selected an answer. You can also now change your answer as many times as you like. Pull the trigger too early on a guess but your friend actually watched that film? Now you can easily switch and earn your team some points. We hope this makes it easier for everyone to work together and help your attempts in taking on The King!



Coming to the character creator this week is also a new shirt with a cute little snake on it. This shirt is dedicated to 'Fangs' - a friend's snake who sadly is no longer with us but will be remembered fondly.

There are also some improvements this week to game lobbies based on feedback from the community and watching our lovely streamers.

You can find the patch notes to Trivia Tricks version 0.8.10.0 below:

[h3]Visible and Changing Answers![/h3]

• Answers are now made visible via notches in Co-Op Vs Boss mode to help communicate as a team.
  
• You can now change your answer as many times as you like when playing in Co-Op Vs Boss mode.
  

[h3]Lobby Improvements![/h3]

• As the host of a lobby you can now kick players.
  
• When 60% of players ready up the game will now count down 60 seconds before automatically starting.
  

[h3]Misc Changes![/h3]

• When playing online with a guest, they will now use the name of their selected character, and not the Steam accounts' name. (Example: 'Mr. Tricks (1)' will now be known as 'Trinity').
  
• After answering players can now use the answer buttons/keys to emote faster. (Please note that you cannot use emotes in Co-Op Vs Boss because you will change your answer!)
  
• A new free shirt is available for all players, the Fangs shirt!
  
• Pressing Start in the Character Select Screen will now also join a player.
  
• Added community written questions submitted via Discord.
  
• Updated our question database to fix a range of typos and issues.
  

[h3]Bugs Squashed[/h3]

• Fixed an issue where clicking to leave a game sometimes would not work depending on mouse placement when the menu opened.
  
• Fixed an issue where clicking to answer a question sometimes would not work depending on mouse placement when the buttons appeared.
  
• Fixed guest podium names displaying a different player's name when playing online with a guest.
  

Next week we will be focusing on general fixes and polish in a number of areas based off of community feedback.

Please let us know what you think on our Steam Discussion Forum or join our ever-growing Discord. Thank you for following Trivia Tricks!

Hello Trivia fans!

Welcome to our seventh regular update! This week we were reimplementing the Vs Boss mode, alongside making Trivia Tricks DRM-free!



Firstly, meet The King, our first boss, promoted from humble easter egg to star egghead! It’ll take a real team effort to get a win over him! Unlike our Festive bosses you can customize the categories you want to play when facing him, but he’ll refuse to budge on the royalty-filled History category! If your teamwork is able to dethrone King, you’ll be the rightful heir to his crown. Plus, if you’re the MVP at the end of that game, you’ll unlock a super-cool Headband available in several colours! Can you be the best on your team? Sure-you-can!!



During our decoupling of the Vs Boss Mode from its festive origins we’ve taken the time to ensure new bosses can be added much more quickly going forward. Got a great idea for a boss? Let us know! You may just find them behind a podium in a future update!

Next up, Trivia Tricks is now DRM free! We believe in free (as in freedom) software. We do not want to inconvenience our customers who may be offline for some time, or wish to easily move the game from one PC to another. We set ourselves a goal to ensure that everything that SHOULD be possible without a connection to Steam is, and you can find the fruits of those efforts in the patch notes below! (Psst, did you know Trivia Tricks is Linux compatible through Proton? Nifty!)

To round this update out, we have applied a number of long-standing bug fixes, and thank you for your patience while we address these alongside our feature pushes!

You can find the patch notes to Trivia Tricks version 0.8.9.1 below:

[h3]Here comes The King![/h3]

• The King is our first co-op boss!
  
• The 'Vs Boss' button has returned, and is more clearly labelled as a co-op mode
  
• The King, and all future bosses, can now have their own podium design
  
• The King, and all future bosses, can now have their own backdrop on the TV when answers are displayed
  
• Players can now customize the categories against a boss
  
• Each boss can have their own custom veto allowance
  
• Bosses can also force specific categories on, in the case of the King, that’s History!
  
• The previous achievement for winning a game against the King Easter Egg has been migrated to an achievement for beating the King in co-op mode
  
• The previous King Easter Egg has been removed
  

[h3]Trivia Tricks Goes DRM Free[/h3]

• Trivia Tricks is now DRM free, meaning it no longer requires Steam to play!
  
• Not all functionality will be possible when running Trivia Tricks without Steam, such as online play or Steam Input. In these cases we commit to giving ‘the best experience we can’
  
• Give a user-friendly error when player attempts to go online without a connection to Steam, explaining how the issue can be resolved
  
• Although Steam Input will not function when running Trivia Tricks without Steam, XInput controllers (Such as Xbox) will still work out-of-the-box
  
• When Steam cannot be reached, we now display a placeholder avatar (This may also resolve some crashes!)
  
• All achievements earned in your save file which hadn't been unlocked on your Steam profile will now automatically unlock on game load (Previously this was only implemented for the achievements that could be tracked through the statistics menu)
  

[h3]AI Experience Improvements[/h3]

• Lobbies are automatically set to fill with 7 AI
  
• Lobbies will automatically fill with the number of AI that were present in the previously played game
  
• Alongside the keyboard/controller input to add AI, we have also added clickable buttons
  

[h3]Other Experience Improvements[/h3]

• As we have increased our question count in recent updates, we have proportionally increased the number of vetoes players have when customizing their categories from 6 to 7!
  
• Short/Medium/Long games now are now labelled with how long they typically are to play
  
• Updated our questions database, fixing many question typos (Thanks to all of you for reporting these!)
  

[h3]Bugs Squashed[/h3]

• Fixed an issue where Mr. Tricks was calling himself 'Elf Tricks' during Trivia Tuesday
  
• Fixed an issue where failing to host a game (Such as no internet connection) would cause Trivia Tricks to soft lock
  
• Fixed an issue where the Chance Round Machine could sometimes be visible when it was not intended to be in Vs Boss Mode
  
• Fixed an issue where Festive currency was still showing in the character creator, despite being unusable
  
• Fixed a bug where pressing 'ready' multiple times after accepting an invite would fail to join the game
  
• Fixed a bug where Mr Tricks was not using the provided animations, provided display image, or properly smiling/frowning for the dialogue for commenting on players' performances when the leaderboard is shown
  
• Fixed a bug where players would keep their streak if they did not answer a question
  
• Fixed a bug where empty podiums would sometimes display the name of the previous player that used them
  
• Fixed a bug where MVPs were not tracked correctly for the host
  
• Trivia Tricks is setup to not repeat the questions players have already seen. We're afraid that an issue occurred during our migration of questions out of the temporary 'Festive' category into their suitable, permanent categories. This means repeats of questions that you saw in the 'Festive' category may occur a single time. It will not be possible to retroactively correct this data. We're sincerely sorry for this inconvenience, and are already taking steps to ensure this does not happen for any future question migrations!
  

Please let us know what you think on our Steam Discussion Forum or join our ever-growing Discord and be the first to see when Question Bot is live! Thank you for following Trivia Tricks!

Hey everybody! We hope you all had a lovely festive period and are staying safe this winter!

For our 6th regular update we have concluded our Trivia Snowdown winter event and must sadly say goodbye to our Vs Boss mode - but not for long! Due to the exceptionally positive feedback the mode has received we have decided to make it a permanent feature, and we will be reimplementing the Vs Boss mode over the next week, alongside making Trivia Tricks DRM-free!

Thank you to everybody who took part in the event and for all the helpful feedback kindly given to create a better co-op experience. Over the next couple of releases we will be looking into:

• Better ways to communicate and share what you think is the correct answer with the lobby without having to use the chat box.
  
• Being free to veto categories against a Boss character.
  
• Making Boss characters more lively with a bit more personality.
  
• AI balancing and difficulty adjustments.
  
• Adding Achievements and cosmetics to reward beating Bosses.
  
• Other, smaller design feedback we have received in testing.
  

These changes and updates will be delivered regularly to meet our first goal on our roadmap towards leaving early access.

The full patch notes of this update are below, update 0.8.8.0!

[h3]The Trivia Snowdown event is over![/h3]

• The Festive category has been removed and questions migrated where suitable
  
• The Festive items have been removed from the shop for players that did not buy or earn them. Feel you missed out? Don't worry! There's always next year!
  
• The stage has been reverted to a pre-Festive state
  
• Players will no longer earn cookies after a game
  
• The Vs Boss mode has been temporarily hidden while we unbuckle it from the holidays
  
• The game will no longer wish players happy holidays on boot, but everybody still gets their Santa Hats!
  
• Once again, thank you for your feedback during this time and helping shape Trivia Tricks!
  

[h3]Question Database Updates[/h3]

• The The following categories have been significantly expanded for questions - Anime, Art & Literature, Film & TV, Language, Music, Science, and Video Games
  
• The following categories feature additional questions - Animals, Food & Drink, Geography, History, and Sports
  
• Fixed many question typos (Thank you to all of you for reporting these!)
  
• We would like to thank the Discord community for their question suggestions over the last week and you can now find these questions in-game!
  

[h3] Bug Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed an issue in the lobby settings where the lobby rules could be adjusted as the game was starting
  
• Fixed an issue in the lobby settings where the ‘Streak’ text did not highlight when hovered
  
• Fixed an issue in the lobby settings where the tickboxes were not highlighting on hover in all appropriate states
  

Please let us know what you think on our Steam Discussion Forum or join our ever-growing Discord and be the first to see when Question Bot is live! Thank you for following Trivia Tricks!

Hello Trivia Fans and happy new year!

Our fifth regular update just dropped which adds several hundred questions, taking the Trivia Tricks total to over 4,500! We have also improved our internal process for vetting new question additions, so you should notice a quality improvement going forward!

We have been closely observing player feedback on Trivia Snowdown's temporary 'Vs Boss' mode and we'll be making our design takeaways from this experiment public next week. One bit of feedback we've already taken into account with todays update - the difficulty of both Santa and Krampus has been reduced! So if you felt they were a little bit too hard before then now's the time to give it another shot! Remember, you have until the 7th January to collect all the festive cosmetics and that includes the Santa's Suit and Krampus' Horns!

[h2]Sneak Peak, Question Bot's Around the Corner![/h2]

We believe the best way of ensuring a diverse question database is by collecting input from as many members of our community as possible. You may recall us mentioning that we had been investigating methods to ensure our question database can be driven by our users. After experimenting, we've concluded the best means of achieving this would be a Question Bot in our Discord.



Question Bot will be your one hub for question suggestion, and will even let you know if they've been approved for inclusion in Trivia Tricks! As an extra bonus, your name will be shown in-game alongside your question!

Question Bot needs a little more time in the oven, but we're hoping he'll be available to you all in the next couple of weeks. You may have already noticed the in-game pointers we added in preparation for the big launch!

To be clear, this doesn't impact our Early Access Milestone of Workshop support. We're committed to having Trivia Tricks' content be community-led and Workshop support is a core component of that goal.

Here's the full patch notes for this update, version 8.7.0!

[h3]Question Count Boost![/h3]

• The following categories have been heavily expanded, in some cases they're now over 20% larger!
  - Food & Drink
  - Film & TV
  - Music
  
• The following categories also feature additional questions
  - Animals
  - Art & Literature
  - History
  - Language
  - Science
  - Sports
  - Video Games
  
• Fixed many question typos (Thank you to all of you for reporting these!)
  

[h3]Trivia Snowdown Adjustments![/h3]

• We have increased the base chance of Santa and Krampus getting a question wrong
  

Please let us know what you think on our Steam Discussion Forum or join our ever-growing Discord and be the first to see when Question Bot is live! Thank you for following Trivia Tricks!

Hey everyone, it's me Mr. Tricks!

Trivia Tricks is getting in the holiday spirit with a limited time co-op trivia game mode! Do you and your friends know more about the holidays than the big man himself? Team up, take him on, and win cookies to spend on festive cosmetics!

We've also got a new 'Festive' trivia category, and of course a stage (And host!) makeover! Make sure to spend those cookies as soon as you can, as the event will be ending on the 7th January!

See you on stage!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1404090/Trivia_Tricks/

The backstage crew has been hard at work responding to all your feedback! If you're interested in the details the full patch notes are below!

[h3]Trivia Tricks Version 0.8.6.0[/h3]
[h3]Trivia Tricks: Trivia Snowdown![/h3]

• New Trivia Tricks Trivia Snowdown Event
  - Added new 'Vs. Boss' mode!
  - Team up with up to 7 others to take on Santa and Krampus
  - Santa's a jolly guy and just can't help but give gifts during chance round...
  - but don't expect the same generosity from Krampus!
  - When against Santa or Krampus most questions will be from the 'Festive' category
  - The team gets named after the player with the most points, the MVP!
  - You'll find a new page in the statistics menu to track your 'Vs Boss' stats, like 'Wins' and 'MVPs’!
  - Beat Santa to get his world-renowned suit, beat Krampus and earn those sick horns!
  - But hurry! You've only got until the 7th January!
  
  
• New Currency... Cookies!
  - Added new 'Festive' cosmetics, purchased with cookies!
  - You'll earn more cookies per game the more human players you have on your team
  - Careful! Santa and Krampus play better the more human players they're against! Communicate!
  - Cookies are awarded at the end of regular Trivia games too; more players beaten = more cookies
  - Trivia Tuesday will give DOUBLE COOKIES for both boss and non-boss modes! Yummy!
  - Purchased and earned cosmetics will be available for use after the event is over
  
  
• Added new, free forever, cosmetic... Santa's Hat!
  
  
• Decked the stage with a new festive look, and say hello to the new host, Elf Tricks!
  
  
• Question Database Updates
  - Added the 'Festive' Category, featuring nearly 200 questions
  - Expanded the 'Anime', 'History' and 'Film & TV' categories based on player feedback
  - Removed questions on the 2 times table from the maths category
  - Fixed many, many question typos (Thank you to all of you for reporting these!)
  
  
• Social Media Button Redeisgn
  - Adjusted the design of the social media buttons on the main menu
  - Social media buttons are now accessible with both keyboard and controller
  - Discord link now mentions submitting your own questions, follow the Trivia Tricks Steam Group for some exciting news about user-submitted questions coming soon!
  
  
• Other Changes + Bug Fixes
  - Reworded the title on the Character Select Screen
  - Fixed 'Standard' ruleset games being mislabelled as 'Basic' ruleset in the server browser
  - Trivia Tuesday now requires a connection to Steam servers to actually start in-game, so no more changing your system clocks for double money! (We saw ya!!)
  - Fixed an issue where the order the Chance Round balls were initially revealed would match the order that players joined chance round, making the result predictable
  - Fixed case where 'Red Streaks Earned' and 'Blue Streaks Earned' stats were delayed in updating for non-hosts, making achievements like 'Warming Up' and 'Feeling The Heat' take an extra question to unlock
  - Fixed the 'Big Brain' achievement not unlocking for non-hosts
  - We recently fixed an issue stopping Steam Cloud Saves from syncing

[h3]A final note from the developers...[/h3]

The year's end is an appropriate time to reflect on what’s happened and to consider what's around the corner. We've been overwhelmed by the positive player reception we've been receiving and it has been less than 2 months since our Early Access release. We'd like to thank our community for their invaluable feedback, and we are humbled by our audience's growth showing consistent week-on-week momentum.

Our Halloween event was put together in a restless period of just two days (!!), so Trivia Snowdown having two full weeks of development allowed us to be more ambitious. The holidays are a time for banding together and we wanted to create an event in that spirit. Furthermore, it closely matches the goals of our first Early Access milestone – full co-op Trivia. Any feedback we receive on this ‘Vs Boss’ experiment will influence the direction we take ‘Co-op Trivia’, which will be in full development in the new year. Please let us know what you think.

We’re going to be taking a well-deserved rest, but that doesn’t mean we’re done! Next week we’ll be dropping a big question count increase to all categories. Stay tuned!

As always, the best way to get in touch is through our Discord! Or you can leave a note on the Steam Discussion Forum! Thank you for following Trivia Tricks, and happy holidays!