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Add special build phase for 5-6 player
The 5-6 player extension for Catan has a "special build phase" where all players can build at the end of anyone's turn (only using cards in hand, no trades to other ...
Open Ended Trades
It would be helpful to have the ability to offer open ended trades such as "Need wheat, but don't mind what I give," so other people can just offer what they want and ...
Mute and Report players
Originally suggested by THanz on 2019-10-29.
Implemented in v87
admin update: Report/mute tutorial in attached image
Minimize / Resize right sidebar windows: chat, opponents, game history
It's hard to see all the opponents for larger games. If there was an option to minimize the windows to make the opponents window larger. A minus/plus button in the ...
Filter Lobby by Game Type (Map, Speed, Number of players, etc)
I'm only interested in playing public 4-player games with hidden bank cards, either fast or very fast. at high traffic times I'm scrolling through soo many games in ...
Add confirmation button / double click
2 possibilities:
-for main actions (BUILD, END TURN, BUY DEV)
-for initial placements
Problem this feature solves => Missclicking and double clicking
How to ...
Room: Kicked people should stay kicked and not rejoin
Feature request: Not sure if it's easy right now, but if we kick someone out of the room before a game starts, it would be great if they can't immediately re-enter ...
Add karma filter setting when creating a new game
Create an option to include only players with karma settings of 100%, 90%, 80% and so forth
Display if Karma System is active or not
The notification for the Karma System (if the penalty is active or not) gets lost in the chat log. It would be helpful if that was displayed somewhere other than the ...
swap Trade menu button with Buy Dev button
The order remains logically correct, and now the Trade menu opens/closes from same position. This also prevents accidentally buying dev cards when closing trade menu. ...
If player has a port, don't post trade if they "select" more cards than required for bank trade
Habit to click the resource i'm getting rid of 4 times. Instead of offering it to trade to other players, if i have a 3 for 1 can it not post the trade offer? ...
Suggested by:
ERROR/Admin/Bruh before it was stolen
(12 Aug, '19)
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Upvoted: 14 Oct, '22
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Comments: 11
Lock username once created to prevent trolling
players are changing their usernames to get into games that they were kicked from and then trolling/targeting.
Make card counter number BOLD if over 7 cards (or any card discard limit)
When a player has more than 7 cards in hand, make the number (8, 9, 10, etc) be in bold, as shown in the attached images. The point in which a number is made bold ...
Auto Reconnect
Instead of showing an error like this it should auto connect.
https://prnt.sc/pcmmp1
Titles of games should change automatically according to new game settings
For example, when changing game settings to very fast game title should change and adapt automatically to that
More lifelike trading
Currently, the player who accepts the trade offer first, gets the trade. The trade proposer should be able to agree to the trade being accepted and/or choose who to ...
Very fast mode - 30s per turn
30s per turn
Logs shouldn't autoscroll after every new event
UI Enhancement Request:
Please don't autoscroll the log if I've scrolled up, just give me a message that there is new stuff being added to the log (that is ...
Add more languages
Translate the game in different languages, maybe adding a way to submit a new language
In-Game Audio channel
I think it would be great to have an in-game audio channel with each player having the option to mute/un-mute their mic and speaker to that channel. Spectators would ...
Mute lobby sounds
https://www.reddit.com/r/Catan/comments/cmsqlt/katanio_play_free_online_settlers_of_catan/ew582pw/
> Would be nice if I could mute game sounds from the menu, the ...
Save game settings for future setups
By clicking 0 through 8 at the bottom of the game set up lobby, a settings profile can be loaded. It can then be modified and used or modified and saved. If saved, ...
Make 6's and 8's red
Multiple people suggested this.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Catan/comments/cmsqlt/katanio_play_free_online_settlers_of_catan/ew4tav9/ ...
Randomly select good starting spots if player disconnects
Originally requested here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Katan/comments/ckd4h6/request_randomly_select_good_starting_spots/
yellow's comp dc'd and was placed in those ...
Separate chat from turn log
Sometimes chat conversations get lost between turns. Maybe you could use that area of the screen for two separate boxes: one for chat, one for the turn log.
Improve Card Holder UI When Too Many Cards
The card holder UI does not appropriately display cards when a player's hand has too many cards. This can sometimes result in a problematic UI as it becomes more ...
Add an option to complete disable the robber
When a 7 is rolled, nothing should happen. Only discarding if over 7 cards
Give an extra few seconds if I select a card to play before rolling
Want to play a robber before rolling. On fast, you get 5 seconds to roll. If I click the robber card, and then move across the screen to click the checkbox, I ...
Make End Game Data More Presentable
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/639699834567393281/639699852762021901/unknown.png ...
Ability to see profile in game setup screen
When players join a game, clicking on their names shows an option to kick them out. It would be useful to also be able to see their profiles. There has been a rise of ...
Use queue-based matchmaking to minimise wait time
Most people care only about which game type they are sitting in, not so much who else is sitting in their room. For this, queue-based matchmaking is more efficient ...
Make cursor automatically go to the text input box
Originally requested here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Katan/comments/ckcpu5/request_make_cursor_automatically_go_to_the_text/
Add badge icon to indicate number of cards in the trade window
When you want to trade a high number of cards all at once with the bank, it is hard to keep tab on the number of cards added to the trade when you are playing a very ...
Add two tickboxes in trade area (auto-accept and -refuse trades)
1) "auto-accept trades" (when you are proposing a trade) in case you just want to make the trade with whoever accepts first
2) "auto-refuse trades" when you are at ...
Add Roll Animation
https://www.reddit.com/r/Catan/comments/cjugd7/katanio_play_free_online_settlers_of_catan/evghbx9/
Chat and Log
Keep em like before on the same page, irritating to switch back and forth
UI/UX Enhancement Suggestions
[DONE]-Swap Trade and Buy Dev buttons
[DONE]-Logs shouldn't autoscroll after every new event
[DONE]-Remove player activity notice for development card usage ...
Trade prompt should make a sound.
When I get a trade offer it should make a sound. Sometimes I'm on the other browser tab and the players are waiting for me to accept/deny their trade.
Small improvements in Game UX
Here are some ideas I've had playing the game.
1) Allow lobby host to have a checkbox that says "Disable Trading With Bots." Often, when a player leaves, all ...