Overall, I like this client a lot. Username is sesame panda.
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Options I would like to see and should be easy to implement:
4. Options for timed games
14. Improved moderation (dealing with chat abuse, slowplayers, ...)
-- Just the slow players part. Maybe an option to filter for only players that play faster, or a matchmaking system that groups people of similar playing speed together? I don't encounter slow players too often but I find them annoying.
Options I would like to see:
As a collection,
1. An offline client, allowing you to play campaigns against bots
2. A bot with a setting for different play styles
3. A strong bot.
12. iPhone app
I think if all of these were present then I would download the app and play when I'm away from wifi. However, the campaign/offline would only be interesting if the bots are sufficiently challenging. For me (rank score ~50), that will be harder, and it might not be worth the time to implement.
Re: the strong bot, do you guys know about Provincial? This is going to be my most "serious" recommendation:
https://graphics.stanford.edu/~mdfisher/projects.html
I know of the author of this work from college. This AI is fairly strong, but it has to be pretrained on the kingdom. It might be good in a "kingdom of the day" type challenge, or might especially be good for the campaigns. The AI only comes in on the buy priorities, I think its play rules are straightforward, so it's mostly relegated to big money type strategies, which admittedly are weaker these days. It would effectively force you into going for stronger engines. I don't know what the reuse/restrictions/licensing would be like, but the author is obviously a Dominion fan so maybe you can find some common interests.
Might be interesting:
6. Online mini-tournaments; the option to easily create one for you & your friends.
10. Better visualization of split piles, Archive/Crypt contents, Prince targets, ...
13. Downloadable game logs
Not important to me personally:
5. Options for undo settings
7. Option to invite specific players to your table
8. More translations (to what language?)
9. Better animations when cards are gained/bought/played/...
10. Option to hide the log
11. Android app (or just improved compatibility?)
15. Tutorial on how to play Dominion
16. Tutorial on how to play dominion online.
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Options I would like to see and should be easy to implement:
4. Options for timed games
14. Improved moderation (dealing with chat abuse, slowplayers, ...)
-- Just the slow players part. Maybe an option to filter for only players that play faster, or a matchmaking system that groups people of similar playing speed together? I don't encounter slow players too often but I find them annoying.
Options I would like to see:
As a collection,
1. An offline client, allowing you to play campaigns against bots
2. A bot with a setting for different play styles
3. A strong bot.
12. iPhone app
I think if all of these were present then I would download the app and play when I'm away from wifi. However, the campaign/offline would only be interesting if the bots are sufficiently challenging. For me (rank score ~50), that will be harder, and it might not be worth the time to implement.
Re: the strong bot, do you guys know about Provincial? This is going to be my most "serious" recommendation:
https://graphics.stanford.edu/~mdfisher/projects.html
I know of the author of this work from college. This AI is fairly strong, but it has to be pretrained on the kingdom. It might be good in a "kingdom of the day" type challenge, or might especially be good for the campaigns. The AI only comes in on the buy priorities, I think its play rules are straightforward, so it's mostly relegated to big money type strategies, which admittedly are weaker these days. It would effectively force you into going for stronger engines. I don't know what the reuse/restrictions/licensing would be like, but the author is obviously a Dominion fan so maybe you can find some common interests.
Might be interesting:
6. Online mini-tournaments; the option to easily create one for you & your friends.
10. Better visualization of split piles, Archive/Crypt contents, Prince targets, ...
13. Downloadable game logs
Not important to me personally:
5. Options for undo settings
7. Option to invite specific players to your table
8. More translations (to what language?)
9. Better animations when cards are gained/bought/played/...
10. Option to hide the log
11. Android app (or just improved compatibility?)
15. Tutorial on how to play Dominion
16. Tutorial on how to play dominion online.