We know we have been a bit mysterious about what has been going on behind the scenes. We have been working very hard on Mobile, the Trial System, and Localization. We recently let go of our QA person, and had a programmer leave us, but we have hired on two new programmers to fill that void. Training the new programmers, and letting them get their hands in the code has taken some time. We are now very happy with the team, and with all these people finishing mobile up we will be able to have them jump back onto the web and Steam versions of the game. This will let us start hammering out balance changes, bug fixes, and features.
Below you will find these changes and additions we have planned for Town of Salem 1.5.0:
In-Game Rules
Very noticeable set of rules available in game. This will explain our Terms of Service in much greater detail. This will help to ensure all players know the rules of the game. This should decrease the number of people breaking the rules, Trolls, and the number of reports that have to be filed. With the the help of the Trial System, which will be coming out of beta soon, games will be much higher quality. We also plan to add tips to help players improve.
Investigator Results Rework
We know the investigator’s results are a product of a different time. These results have grown with every new role, and have been taken advantage of by certain metas. We will be reworking these results to create more dynamic gameplay. We will be taking inspiration from orangeandblack5. He is a member of the forums, and has been vocal about changes that should be made to the investigator's results. While we won’t take the changes wholesale, we will use them as a starting point.
Player Statistics Page and Leaderboards
The player statistics page will allow you to view your own stats for things such as win rate, most popular role, most kills in game, players saved, etc. The Leaderboards will show the best players of each respective role, and the top ranking ranked players. This should create a more competitive environment, and help to promote the best players in the Town of Salem community.
Female skins
We have decided that we want to give away another female skin to all players. We will be giving away the Betty Parris skin, and will be refunding all players who have purchased it. This will bring us to three male pilgrims, and three female pilgrims as the starter skins. We have many female skins planned for release. In patch 1.4.3 we are releasing a Little Red Riding Hood character. There is a super secret female skin coming soon as well. Prepare yourself for many more female skins in the future.
Lobby Icons
We are planning to release more lobby icons. We know that only people who backed the Kickstarter or referred friends currently have a unique lobby icon. We will be putting out Godfather, Jailor, Jester, Serial Killer, Spy, Vampire, Witch, and Werewolf lobby icons. We have many more planned, but this will be the first wave to come out.
Randomize cosmetics every game
We all know that lynching your friends is one of the best feelings in Town of Salem. This fun is diminished when you get in game, and instantly recognize them by the cosmetics they are using though. We plan to add an option in the settings to randomly select new cosmetics every game.
Role Balancing
We understand that some roles are either too powerful, or not powerful enough. We plan on working on certain roles to make sure that they fit in a certain range of power. We will be looking at the Mayor, Spy, Blackmailer, Vampire, Vampire Hunter, and Medium. We have many more planned, but this will be the first wave to come out.
Username Changes
We are going to allow you to change your username. All players will have an account name, and a display name. The account name will be what you login with, and the display name will be your name in game. This will allow us to flag vulgar names for renaming. This gives players a second chance to pick an appropriate name instead of just being banned.
Leaver Timeout Improvements
We plan on punishing leavers who leave the game early on while they are still alive more harshly. We will be tweaking the Leaver Buster so it is fair and efficient.
Coming Soon
- More role balancing and changes
- New roles
- New game modes
- Account leveling system
- Matchmaking for all queues
- Equippable micro cosmetics, such as swords, clothes, fancy witch hats, etc
- A complete UI rework
- Expanding the Witch faction
- Gifting system
- New death note and last will skins
- Ranked seasons and rewards
- New player tutorial
- New characters, pets, death animations, maps, houses, interactive/animated cosmetics
- Private lobbies
- Emotes
