Jam Game Sneak Peek (Patreon)

I'm happy to share with you all a quick Sneak Peek of the new Jam Game that I hope to release soon.

I briefly mentioned this mode in the development update a month ago, but the quick description of the mode is a never ending quiz room with unlimited size, where players can drop in and out as they want. The quiz will run in blocks of 15 songs, at the end of each block all players can vote on a theme (genre/tags with enough entries) and the type distribution, which will be used for the next block.
The plan is also to have song selection based around the player list in-game, rotating between players to make sure everyone gets songs picked from their list from time to time (with countermeasures against players trying to force specific songs/shows). And to allow players of all skill levels to play, it'll use the hint system that was recently added (it was actually original designed for this mode).

My hope for this new mode, is that it'll create a quick way to jump into a multiplayer game with other players, when you just want to guess some songs and chat with other players.

One challenge with this room is the chat moderation, as the room is unlimited in size and without a host that can kick problematic people from the room. So I plan to have it use the emote only mode when there isn't a moderator in the chat, but to help keep the chat open as much as possible, I hope to recruit a new type of moderators who will focus solely on moderating the Jam Game chat (and potentially events chat down the line). So if that's something you could be interested in, do reach out here or over on Discord!

Finally, as for the release date of the new mode. I was originally hoping to have it ready for Wednesday or Thursday this week. But as I'm writing this in the middle of the night Tuesday, I have to face that it'll probably first be ready next week. But I'll still be pulling some late-nighters to see if I can get it finished this week, so you might see it Thursday or Friday if the stars align and everything falls into place.

That's it for this time, can't wait to share the new mode with you all!