PlayMafia (https://playmafia.com)
Hi, I am currently the sole developer working on (yet another) port of Dark Revs incredible mafia game. I work as a fulltime software engineer, but dedicate much of my free time to work on PlayMafia. I have been working on PlayMafia for (almost) the past 2 years. It has gone through some quite radical changes in that time, and has gone through some limited testing done by groups of friends. I now believe it is ready to be more rigorously tested and needs more community feedback. I have tried to outline the details below, hopefully this answers most of the questions people may have.
As I am very busy these days, I will likely only have time to develop this, and do not have the time for the continual communication and back and forth with actual players. I am aware of the importance of this and desperately need volunteers to make this happen.
For those who are keen to at least check it out, feel free to visit the site, if you want to organize a game, feel free:
https://playmafia.com
beta code: nowplaymafia
** Please note at present, this game is Google Chrome ONLY, but will be supported in the latest firefox and Internet explorer shortly.
Goals:
- High accessibility - no requirement of SC2, easy registration, doesn’t require anything but the browser.
- Portability - can run on any PC and will resize the UI to fit your browser, meaning you can shrink mafia to half your screen and watch a game finish while doing something else.
- Newcomer friendly - A comprehensive help, always available anywhere in the game (click the help button ingame, to see all implemented roles etc) - similar to sc2 mafia wiki, an easier dive into the game for new players.
- Community driven - Fully integrated friends system, if the community as a whole doesn’t like a feature, the feature gets cut.
- Highly modular and customizable - The ability to create different themes for the game, I have thought about themes for pirates, western, scifi to name a few. The ability for added customizability will be prioritized, simplicity will remain an important goal.
- Free (of course)
FAQ:
- How many classes do you plan on implementing?
So far there are 19 implemented, I plan on implementing many of the great classes Rev has perfected, following this, I would like to try some of my own and other great ideas from the community.- What other features are you adding?
Some ideas: Leaderboards, spectating, ladders, “invite-friend-by-link”, music, game setups, group chat, post-game timeline, Points system, Reputation, game filters based on reputation or experience, mobile (browser) version.- How does this relate to other SC2 Mafia & other games
This game is heavily based on SC2 Mafia and would not be possible without the hard work Rev has put into the game. I have had conversations with Rev and he has not raised any concerns against its existence. I realize this can be seen as direct competition to other games such as “EpicMafia”, “Town of Salem” and others, It is my hope that competition will drive better games for you ‘the end user’.- Whats the tech?
The game is written entirely in Html, CSS and Javascript. The client connects using websockets over a secure SSL connection and makes full use of HTML5 and CSS3. The server runs on modulus (amazon), is written entirely in node.js and uses redis as the database.
How can you help? (the important part)
- Community Manager - Someone who can organize testers, make community posts (in forums and the like), possibly run a twitter account. Please consider applying for the position of the PlayMafia Community Manager if you are self-motivated and responsible. For this position, I would like to know what you're good at, where your online presence is, get in contact, I Desperately need this person!
- Lead Tester - Multiple lead testers are desperately needed!! ( I have one so far). You will be responsible for selecting and organizing a group of players to play once every week or two. Then coming back to me with a summary of bugs and improvements gathered from the players. If you are just a popular player with lots of friends, this is a good position to give a try
- Tester - I am not currently looking for testers, but when I get Lead Testers (post below), they will be looking, so you can contact them ;)
- Wordsmith - Someone to fill in and improve all the help and ingame-text.
Contact:
contact.playmafia@gmail.com
Or PM me for my skype
Thanks for your time,
Jez