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I love the game site. It works very sharp and clean in almost everything.
But one thing that continues to dog me, especially when playing quite a few games or in a hurry, is trouble found in scrolling to get vital game info.
Now I certainly haven't done as well as I could have in being meticulous.
But in that process of scrolling, I've often lost track of which player was which, or the fact someone had an out-of-the-way bonus.
And most importantly, in team games in often takes significant work to keep track of who's who and all the important details of who has what and goes when... and have even attacked teammates in confusion a few times. And wonder if I'm not the only one?
I now see that the color bar on the right hand side of the game could be used to help me keep track. For me it still takes quite a bit of side-to-side visual looking... and the colors don't stand out enough to take it in in a brief glimpse. But it is useful.
However I suggest some minor improvement options there or elsewise that could make the side work a lot easier, especially in team:
- Add some kind of outline to that side box for teammates. Could use like a gold color, or if there's no option for that, your own color?
- Or maybe dim all of your teammates each time it's your turn so that you are encouraged on who to focus on?
- Could even add some kind of hints to the actual board itself... maybe changing the color of numbers to gold or your own color, or adding the gold/your own outlines subtly to teammate circles.
- Likewise, if easy... if the side boxes could include a quick synopsis of a couple other main details... deploy troop amount perhaps, maybe # of cards... that'd help immensely.
I would think a couple of suggestions may well be something that could be done pretty easily, and really improve game quality, especially for teams. The more information that's quickly attainable, the more competitive and exciting the games will be on this site.
But one thing that continues to dog me, especially when playing quite a few games or in a hurry, is trouble found in scrolling to get vital game info.
Now I certainly haven't done as well as I could have in being meticulous.
But in that process of scrolling, I've often lost track of which player was which, or the fact someone had an out-of-the-way bonus.
And most importantly, in team games in often takes significant work to keep track of who's who and all the important details of who has what and goes when... and have even attacked teammates in confusion a few times. And wonder if I'm not the only one?
I now see that the color bar on the right hand side of the game could be used to help me keep track. For me it still takes quite a bit of side-to-side visual looking... and the colors don't stand out enough to take it in in a brief glimpse. But it is useful.
However I suggest some minor improvement options there or elsewise that could make the side work a lot easier, especially in team:
- Add some kind of outline to that side box for teammates. Could use like a gold color, or if there's no option for that, your own color?
- Or maybe dim all of your teammates each time it's your turn so that you are encouraged on who to focus on?
- Could even add some kind of hints to the actual board itself... maybe changing the color of numbers to gold or your own color, or adding the gold/your own outlines subtly to teammate circles.
- Likewise, if easy... if the side boxes could include a quick synopsis of a couple other main details... deploy troop amount perhaps, maybe # of cards... that'd help immensely.
I would think a couple of suggestions may well be something that could be done pretty easily, and really improve game quality, especially for teams. The more information that's quickly attainable, the more competitive and exciting the games will be on this site.