Official December 2025 Update (Part 2) - Self-Spawning Games

[NewSheriffInTown]

December Update - Part 2​

Sometimes I even surprise myself....

Today we launched "Self-Spawning" real-time games.

If you remember on the original site, there was always an available Real-time game to join. Today that feature has returned. As it stands now, the game engine will create these 2 games:

• 2-Player, 5-Minute, 1-Path, Chance, Escalate, Classic-Evolved
• 4-Player, 3-Minute, 1-Path, Chance, Escalate, Classic-Evolved

These games will reproduce within 10 seconds of being filled up and starting. So there will always be an available RT game to join.

In the next update i will cleanup the game creation process, specifically for real-time games.

I will be restricting real-time game creation to only Commanders (Goldmembers)

And I ask that you please DO NOT create any real-time games unless you know you have the players to start the game immediately! I want to avoid un-started real-time games from piling up. That is messy and discourages new players who join the site because real-time is the first place they go.

So please join and enjoy one of the existing RT games, avoid creating new RT games unless you have the players, and note that this is the first phase and some more tweak and refinements will be happening in the future.

Thanks and have fun!

 

[Redstorm]

 

[bilsi]

December Update - Part 2​

Sometimes I even surprise myself....

Today we launched "Self-Spawning" real-time games.

If you remember on the original site, there was always an available Real-time game to join. Today that feature has returned. As it stands now, the game engine will create these 2 games:

• 2-Player, 5-Minute, 1-Path, Chance, Escalate, Classic-Evolved
• 4-Player, 3-Minute, 1-Path, Chance, Escalate, Classic-Evolved

These games will reproduce within 10 seconds of being filled up and starting. So there will always be an available RT game to join.

In the next update i will cleanup the game creation process, specifically for real-time games.

I will be restricting real-time game creation to only Commanders (Goldmembers)

And I ask that you please DO NOT create any real-time games unless you know you have the players to start the game immediately! I want to avoid un-started real-time games from piling up. That is messy and discourages new players who join the site because real-time is the first place they go.

So please join and enjoy one of the existing RT games, avoid creating new RT games unless you have the players, and note that this is the first phase and some more tweak and refinements will be happening in the future.

Thanks and have fun!

 

[bilsi]

I think this is wrong. 4 player games are much more complicated IMO, Should be 3 min. 2 player and 5 min. 4 player...Makes much more sense no?

 

[NewSheriffInTown]

I just pulled the record for the old-flash site. these are the number of real-time games with each setting (classic-evolved only):

​

player count​	time​	number of games​	percentage​
2​	3 minutes​	18865​	19.6%​
2​	5 minutes​	77229​	80.4%​
4​	3 minutes​	57322​	93.6%​
4​	5 minutes​	3929​	6.4%​

I think the logic is :

with a 2-player 3-minute game, you get 3 minutes in between turns
with a 2-player 5-minute game, you get 5 minutes in between turns
with a 4-player 3-minute game, you get 9 minutes in between turns (3 + 3 + 3) and then it's your turn
with a 4-player 5-minute game, you get 15 minutes in between turns (5 + 5 + 5) and then it's your turn

I just kind of went with the traditional settings. I think 2 player 3 minute is great for experienced players who want a fast paced game, so that's always an option, but I think 4 player 5 minute games can get a bit drawn out in between turns.

 

[bilsi]

ok, I'm always sold on stats...

 

[engineerairborne]

It would be nice to have a feature where the creator of a game can cancel the game, or when you create one, you can't leave it.

 

[BrophyAlley]

It would be nice to have a feature where the creator of a game can cancel the game, or when you create one, you can't leave it.

I like both of these ideas. My preference would be the choice to cancel vs being locked into it since "life happens" sometimes, and we may need to cancel a game and re-post it at a more convenient time. Just my 2 cents.

 

[bilsi]

Hey Sheriff, when did we get the little green icon showing we're online in the forums?

 

[bilsi]

Hey Sheriff, when did we get the little green icon showing we're online in the forums?

That's pretty cool.

 

[NewSheriffInTown]

I think it's always been there, I remember seeing a while ago, but it's not something I notice often.

 

[bilsi]

What's with the scoreboard? When I check certain players it shows no games in progress...

 

[bilsi]

What's with the scoreboard? When I check certain players it shows no games in progress...

And when is the scoreboard being fixed in general? Medals and udo's in particular.

 

[genghisknows]

How will I know when we need to play the tie-breakers?

 

[-LionHeart-]

Possible bugs I've found, or improvements that are awaiting fix or implementation, which in my opinion are very necessary and vitally important, the most urgent being:

- On the tab to join a game, when you click on the 24-hour casual games currently in progress, it gives an incorrect message and shows no results.

- On each player's user page, the games they are participating in and the games they are waiting to start are displayed, but these are not real, and the system doesn't redirect you to them correctly.

- In the search filters, there is no option to search within the games a specific player is in.

- It's not possible to view all the rounds played in a game, as some or many of them are deleted or disappear when the game is advanced.

- When will the overall leaderboard be fixed? The medals, the UDOs, and everything else

- the tournaments, and the surrender button, which were the most suggested, when will we finally see them implemented?

Thank you for all the dedication and hard work you're doing. Keep it up and let's continue making progress.

 

[NewSheriffInTown]

Those are all valid issues - and I would love to get them done asap. But I'm only one guy and I'm working as fast as I can.

Right now, I've been working on correcting the POINTS/SCORES for all players in all games, creating a STATS PAGE (points ledger) for everyone, and making sure the new points are correctly reflected in the SCOREBOARD and game RECORD.

This is almost done. Expect it in a couple weeks.

After that, we can look at fixing some of the other issues that you mentioned.