Town Of Salem - Kickstarter

[Darkbouncer4689]

Hello everyone,

I am pleased to announce the creation of a stand alone Mafia game called Town of Salem. It is currently in alpha testing and includes many of the roles and features we all know and love from SC2 Mafia. DarkRevenant has joined the project and will be providing creative and design decisions as the game progresses out of alpha and into a fully functioning game. There are some differences between the two games but anyone that is a fan of SC2 Mafia should like the direction this game is going.

With the game being a stand alone it opens up a lot more possibilities for what can be done with the game. Any support we can get is greatly appreciated. You can support by sharing with your friends or pledging to the Kickstarter:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/.../town-of-salem

Even pledging a dollar helps to make this game a possibility and there are a lot of cool in-game rewards that are unique to the Kickstarter.

Thanks everyone and have fun playing Mafia!

[Apocist]

When is it expected to have a publicly playable release?

[Dark.Revenant]

I would like to maintain that discussion of Town of Salem should be contained to this thread for the time being. Thank you.

[Cryptonic]

Could we maybe get some information posted about it in this thread?
roles/options/ect

[Darkbouncer4689]

The alpha is currently playable at www.blankmediagames.com/townofsalem . Please keep in mind that it is alpha, there may be bugs and some features are missing still. Also the roles are listed at www.blankmediagames.com/roles

Thank you

[Apocist]

Oh facebook, Apo doesn't feel as threatened anymore...

[Sinclair]

Question - this isn't going to be on facebook right? Is it going to be a standalone game? Not a facebook app?

[Darkbouncer4689]

It is a stand alone game. We use Facebook as a convenient login system to save achievement progression.

[Sinclair]

It is a stand alone game. We use Facebook as a convenient login system to save achievement progression.

So someone without a facebook account will have to register to play?

[Tony]

Please add gas chamber execution. This is crucial.

[Darkbouncer4689]

Correct for now. There will be other ways to login in the future. Do you think the community has a large amount of people without facebook accounts?

[Raptorblaze]

Please add gas chamber execution. This is crucial.

Historically inaccurate.

Burning at the stake however...

[Raptorblaze]

Correct for now. There will be other ways to login in the future. Do you think the community has a large amount of people without facebook accounts?

I know there are a large number of people who value their behavior in games based primarily on deception (like mafia-style games) NOT being linked inexorably directly to a social media site.

[SuperJack]

Urgh, I hate Facebook. I really don't want to use my Facebook to play the game.

But I am really glad someone is finally making a stand alone game. Perhaps it will end up on the Windows store?

Love it, just looks a little childish to me, the graphics and cartoons. I like it being all Serious. Hopefully you will make a mafia theme for it ^^ And cool Characters.




Also, since your working with D.R. does that mean we get point transfares? O:-) (I can dream)

And are all the houses/characters obtained by points?

Also does this have any relationship to: Attachment 10930

[Raptorblaze]

Urgh, I hate Facebook. I really don't want to use my Facebook to play the game.

But I am really glad someone is finally making a stand alone game. Perhaps it will end up on the Windows store?

Love it, just looks a little childish to me, the graphics and cartoons. I like it being all Serious. Hopefully you will make a mafia theme for it ^^ And cool Characters.




Also, since your working with D.R. does that mean we get point transfares? O:-) (I can dream)

And are all the houses/characters obtained by points?

Also does this have any relationship to: Attachment 10930

Atmosphere (music, lighting etc) could have a huge affect on even cartoony games.

As for the point transfers, this is just speculation but I highly doubt they will have comparable point systems. Also as far as I'm aware our mod team is uninvolved in Town of Salem operations.

[Raptorblaze]

Hey guys, for ease of reading let's post using color code 00ff00 when stating direct questions.

Will there be any form of ingame moderation and/or player reporting capabilities?

[Darkbouncer4689]

I know there are a large number of people who value their behavior in games based primarily on deception (like mafia-style games) NOT being linked inexorably directly to a social media site.

You can still play anonymously. You get to choose your own name and nothing in the game ever reveals who you are once the game has started. That being said we will likely have a custom login for users who really don't like using Facebook.

[Darkbouncer4689]

Urgh, I hate Facebook. I really don't want to use my Facebook to play the game.

But I am really glad someone is finally making a stand alone game. Perhaps it will end up on the Windows store?

Love it, just looks a little childish to me, the graphics and cartoons. I like it being all Serious. Hopefully you will make a mafia theme for it ^^ And cool Characters.




Also, since your working with D.R. does that mean we get point transfares? O:-) (I can dream)

And are all the houses/characters obtained by points?

Also does this have any relationship to: Attachment 10930

All houses, characters and maps (yes you can choose different towns) are currently free except for the ones unique to the Kickstarter pledges. Transferring points will likely be impossible since they are different achievement systems.

[Darkbouncer4689]

Hey guys, for ease of reading let's post using color code 00ff00 when stating direct questions.

Will there be any form of ingame moderation and/or player reporting capabilities?

That is definitely something that will be added. As it's alpha right now we are just running with the bare essentials. Also if DarkRevenant recommends some honorable moderators I will highly consider granting them moderator status in this game.

[Darkbouncer4689]

Historically inaccurate.

Burning at the stake however...

Yes, there will definitely be more death animations in the future!

[SuperJack]

No Citizen?

[Darkbouncer4689]

No Citizen?

Yes, there is currently no Citizen. If there is an outcry from the Mafia community for a Citizen I will add it

[SuperJack]

Just played a game, I like it but someone was able to join 4 times with the same account.

[Darkbouncer4689]

Just played a game, I like it but someone was able to join 4 times with the same account.

I am aware of a login issue that can sometimes make the login hang. Could you tell me what the login status was, i.e. where it was hanging?

Edit: I'm checking the servers now and I can see where it failed. I will investigate this issue. Any further info you could provide would be very helpful.

Also I forgot to mention, I am really glad you like it.

Thank you.

[powerofdeath]

Just played one game from my iphone, seem very interesting
But i couldnt join another because when i join custom game, the host is afk with no set up, this need to be fixed
Also some guy have like 3 computers and all of them played at the same time, so the serial killer have 3 votes on game of 10

[Admiral]

I think I may go and troll this.

[Darkbouncer4689]

Just played one game from my iphone, seem very interesting
But i couldnt join another because when i join custom game, the host is afk with no set up, this need to be fixed
Also some guy have like 3 computers and all of them played at the same time, so the serial killer have 3 votes on game of 10

Yeah multiple logins are currently setup for the Alpha. It makes testing easier while there aren't many users playing yet. This will be disabled soon. As for the afk host, being able to repick the host is a feature that will be done soon, sorry about that.

I'm actually surprised that this was playable on your iphone. To my knowledge smartphones use flash lite and I didn't think it would work. How was it? Is the UI readable on that tiny screen?

[TimeTrx]

Can't play flash player isn't 11.4, mine is currently 11.2 and I can't upgrade any further. Any help on how I can temp fix this?

[ika]

i just played a game with me haveing like 6 tabs open aginast myself it was quite funny to watch

[powerofdeath]

Yeah multiple logins are currently setup for the Alpha. It makes testing easier while there aren't many users playing yet. This will be disabled soon. As for the afk host, being able to repick the host is a feature that will be done soon, sorry about that.

I'm actually surprised that this was playable on your iphone. To my knowledge smartphones use flash lite and I didn't think it would work. How was it? Is the UI readable on that tiny screen?

I paid 4.99 for web browser a long while ago that support flash player, its hard and laggy, its still readable and playable, but the screen doesnt fit when you hold it normally, you have to hold it sideway
The keyboard is annoying in that web browser
>.<
Edit: The timer is blocked by my webbrowser button of minimize and maximize screen on the top right so i couldnt see the timer that well

[Cryptonic]

i just played a game with me haveing like 6 tabs open aginast myself it was quite funny to watch

did you manage to fool yourself?

[Darkbouncer4689]

Can't play flash player isn't 11.4, mine is currently 11.2 and I can't upgrade any further. Any help on how I can temp fix this?

Do you have google chrome? It keeps flash updated to the latest version. Also the game should have a button you click to update your flash version. Did this not work for you?

[powerofdeath]

Attachment 10931
The homepage
Attachment 10932
The lobby
Attachment 10933
What it look like when I'm typing
I cant see the text box when I'm typing, so when I type, I would not know if I have typing errors or not
And it is pain in the ass

[Darkbouncer4689]

Attachment 10931
The homepage
Attachment 10932
The lobby
Attachment 10933
What it look like when I'm typing
I cant see the text box when I'm typing, so when I type, I would not know if I have typing errors or not
And it is pain in the ass

Yeah the game currently supports a minimum resolution of 800x600, which should cover almost everyone. Smartphones are a bit too small though. I think it would work on a tablet though with that app.

[TimeTrx]

Do you have google chrome? It keeps flash updated to the latest version. Also the game should have a button you click to update your flash version. Did this not work for you?

I have Linux >.> the last supported version is 11.2 because flash dropped all support for Linux since 11.2 and yes I have chrome and I'm using it to access the page.

[Darkbouncer4689]

I have Linux >.> the last supported version is 11.2 because flash dropped all support for Linux since 11.2 and yes I have chrome and I'm using it to access the page.

Ohhhhhh. I didn't realize that about linux. I need to look into how to lower the flash version required then.

[Tyley]

Just played one game from my iphone, seem very interesting
But i couldnt join another because when i join custom game, the host is afk with no set up, this need to be fixed
Also some guy have like 3 computers and all of them played at the same time, so the serial killer have 3 votes on game of 10

I wasn't afk -.-, I just didn't want to start a game when there were only 5 people in the game because it would be pretty boring... And everyone else told me not to set the game rules yet. =/

[oops_ur_dead]

I have Linux >.> the last supported version is 11.2 because flash dropped all support for Linux since 11.2 and yes I have chrome and I'm using it to access the page.

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/c...-pepper-flash/

Works here.

[TimeTrx]

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/c...-pepper-flash/

Works here.

On Chromium on Archlinux. I have neither of those.

[oops_ur_dead]

On Chromium on Archlinux. I have neither of those.

https://www.archlinux.org/download/
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/e...6_64/chromium/

[Raptorblaze]

That is definitely something that will be added. As it's alpha right now we are just running with the bare essentials. Also if DarkRevenant recommends some honorable moderators I will highly consider granting them moderator status in this game.

I could provide you a list of people we trust with ingame moderator of our game if you wanted, I'm currently staff supervisor so it's kind of my business to decide that stuff XD

[TimeTrx]

https://www.archlinux.org/download/
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/e...6_64/chromium/

Sorry I like Cinnamon better as a UI over KDE.

[oops_ur_dead]

Sorry I like Cinnamon better as a UI over KDE.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Cinnamon
I use i3 myself.

[TimeTrx]

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Cinnamon
I use i3 myself.

See I hate i3 because it feels like all you do is stare at a server screen when you look at it.

Linux Mint is still the raining champ.



Btw people must be like: "What the heck are these guys talking about?"

[Slaol]

Yes, there is currently no Citizen. If there is an outcry from the Mafia community for a Citizen I will add it

There is. Citizen is more important to Mafia than any role other than Mafioso. Having auto confirm roles, as well as 0 chance to implement a Citizen to give scum a place to hide behind... Basically unless there are 7+ Neutral Benigns the scum have a 0% chance of winning in any game.

[Mateo]

https://www.archlinux.org/download/
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/e...6_64/chromium/

TY FOR THIS

[Fragos]

Is is possible for Town of Salem to support more than 15 players in the future?

[creedkingsx]

Page flip noise it makes whenever someone enters text it annoying and loud. I suggest something quieter and not ear piercing.

[oops_ur_dead]

Anyway, to actually comment on this project, I'm gonna say that it goes a bit too far in making mafia more accessible and "fun". The changes to town roles really cripple them while at the same time harming the team-play aspect of the town. Doctor being able to heal himself to prevent random heals on N1 is kind of silly, since the doctor can just choose not to heal anyone or to heal someone if they want to take that risk, and the point about saving his heal for when he reveals is moot because everyone's a power role, so it doesn't matter much who the mafia targets. Jailor's privileges being removed after executing town makes it rather difficult for him to do anything, and punishes players too harshly for common mistakes. Vigilante committing suicide after killing town accidentally does the same, and actually harms town because they lose two town players instead of one.

Not adding cits is also a really terrible idea. It basically means that the mafia does not have to put any thought into who they kill because no matter who they hit, it'll be someone important. Not to mention balance issues with everyone being a power role and degradation of team-play because most people will either have means of directly gathering info or directly influencing game mechanics. I've always hated the power role orgies in SC2 Mafia, and this only looks like it'll be worse.

[ypmagic]

I just think this is a nerfed version of Mafia...