Devlog #09

I got some spare time to work today, so I thought I would add a few tiny features to elevate the Pass n’ Play experience. I think this project is ready to ship; each game is fully playable and I think now is a good time where feedback can help me greatly improve each game so it provides the best experience possible!

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Completed Work: Parties

With a lot of assistance from AI (when figuring out how to properly get my localStorage function working), I have incorporated a new “Party” system into each game! It allows a group to save all of their names as a “Party” to their device so that they can quickly fill in every player’s name upon loading a new game. The new system supports up to 8 parties, which can each be given a unique name. Aside from making it easier to switch games, because of its localStorage usage, if the same group of friends regularly use my website, they can skip the step of inputting their names every time they decide to play.

This idea was inspired by a similar feature I saw on an app (I can’t find its name) that was very similar to Imposter Who. Right now, the system is built into each game’s game setup screen, but I am considering moving it to the home screen so that each game screen is a bit more clean. If you are a reviewer reading this, let me know if the “Party” system gets in the way.

Completed Work: Round Timer

I also added the option for a round timer to the Imposter game. It was relatively simple as I just had to move around the timer code I used for Signal Jam. The CSS was moved to my global CSS file and I copied over and adjusted the HTML and JS.

While I was at it, I made a few more polishes, such as adding a custom designed scroll bar.

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Next Steps:

I am going to ship the project today. I already have my README drafted, I just need to make a few edits.

I am not done with this project. I’m going to wait and see what feedback I get, but some plans I have for the future are making a globalized JavaScript file, adding a custom word/prompt bank feature to most games, adding more prompts to each game, adding more party games that can be played on one screen and adding a filter and sort system to the homepage. 

Thanks for reading!