Idea: noises in the night

[timadye]

Can we emulate the experience of hearing your neighbours in the night? Would this enhance the game? Whatever is done, this should be an option for the game, eg. as an extra selection button on the setup screen.

Here's how it might work:

• Consider the players in order as they are listed in the game, but with the last being neighbour of the first.
• At random, in the morning, fate will inform a player something like: "you heard werewolf activity behind you" (or wolfsbane or trapper, or ahead of you).
• This should not be entirely reliable information. eg. for any one player in one night, there's a 10% chance of being informed of neighbours' activity, 5% chance of next-to-neighbours, and 5% chance of made-up information.
• The information should be informed at daybreak, but only visible when selected (to minimise chance of being accidentally overseen).

[timadye]

Emily suggested:

we talked about people’s names at night not turning green as soon as they decide in case people read into the slow ones as special roles making careful decisions. maybe any names that have acted in the first 10 or so seconds turn green immediately from 11 sec or so onwards? since it is also useful to see if an individual is delayed.

[timadye]

My reply (which explains why I raise it here):

I quite like the button timing. It is some possible information that can be used for discussion/accusation that can also be faked. It is a bit like hearing something in the night, or fate confirming a gesture. It can also be faked by people delaying deliberately, or choosing in advance.