Private/Friendly only matches (suggestion for release, not for the current/playtesting state of the game)

[Grimscribe]

This game definitely needs a private/friends-only lobby mode where you can play with just friends for fun and don't get any XP/Currency. Unlike a lot of social deceptiony games, Deceive inc feels like it would scale down really well to a group of 3-5 friends, and it would definitely be fun to play with IRL buddies. And making it so that these private/custom games don't grant any XP/currency/etc would mean A. it wouldn't be exploitable B. it wouldn't really be stealing players away from normal matchmaking. Obviously something like this would be a suggestion for launch, during playtesting I get that you want everyone matchmaking together so you can get the most useful testing/feedback.

 

[Yoshiro]

This is definitly on the radar, but currently doesn't have an time slot for development or an ETA.

 

[Grimscribe]

This is definitly on the radar, but currently doesn't have an time slot for development or an ETA.

Awesome! Yeah like I said it makes sense that it wouldn't be a priority, especially during playtesting when you're trying to get as much feedback as possible from people in the same matchmaking pools as eachother. Would be really cool if it was ready in time for 1.0 launch; would at least save you the hundreds of steam forum comments day 1 asking "how to play with just friends"