Custom Design Boards

292 votes

Would be amazing for hosting tournaments and creating an Esports-scene! I also think you shouldn't allow every player to be able to create these boards. So, It would either be as a paid feature or as a reward for playing/contributing to the community.

Under consideration game premium tournament Suggested by: Treeckosaurus (05 Sep, '19) • Upvoted: 05 Dec • Comments: 25

Comments: 25

04 Nov, '19
Dyl
I would love something like this. I have a set of tournament boards if you ever consider this.
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14 Dec, '19
DylLighted Merged
It would be amazing if we could play on custom boards that were made by us! It would be great for tournaments and for learning in general. There are some super cool custom boards out there and it would be fun for casual players.
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08 Jan, '20
Alex Bruski Merged
Is there a custom board generator?
08 Jan, '20
Alex Bruski
Why not let anyone create custom boards. I can see not allowing them to be used in tournament play, as the creator may have an advantage. But then again, everyone playing in the tournament is still ruled by the same set of constraints while playing...
31 Mar, '20
David Merged
Hello, I would like to make my own map and place numbers as I please.. I know it's an upcoming setting but could be prioritized in my opinion... cause tournament maps repeat themselves and the random ones are really sucky sometimes. Cheers
31 Mar, '20
Alex Bruski Merged
Oh, I am AlexInAuburn on Discord.
05 Apr, '20
Alex Bruski Merged
Having a selector for the standard game that allows random number placements is maybe more what you are looking for?
Maybe the standard game should be with the standard set-up and layout of tiles, numbers and ports, then have an option for each of the following:
Randomize Tile Placement Randomize Number Placement Randomize Port Placement
19 Apr, '20
Joshua Smith Merged
I think it’d be cool to have a feature that allows you to customize your own board before playing a game. Additionally, allow the game have a randomize button that allows the same numbers near each other (except 6 and 8) since playing random is an optional rule.
28 Apr, '20
John
One of the better parts of the game when we play is going around with your tiles before the game and laying them down. You can stack the board or make it balanced to your benefit or to your opponent's.
04 May, '20
Akshay Merged
Playing with completely random boards needs a specific skill set. However, these games can also turn out to be annoying to play. When playing with a physical board, we often use an app called "Better Settlers" to generate our boards. The boards it generates typically ensures that there aren't very high / very low probability clusters. You can also ask the app to generate boards without massive resource clusters.

Having an option to have "semi-randomized" boards would be really cool.
05 May, '20
mango44 Merged
Yeah. A sandbox mode, more templates, etc.
16 Jul, '20
Alex Merged
In the game settings add a feature that allows a choice of where the desert is located; central, random inland ( mid ring ) or random coastal . Some players prefer a desert to break apart settlements and make central control less lucrative. whereas mid ring desert can make certain plays more interesting and risky.
16 Aug, '20
JUAN Admin
"Let us create custom boards and play on them!" (suggested by DylLighted on 2019-12-14), including upvotes (39) and comments (4), was merged into this suggestion.
16 Aug, '20
JUAN Admin
"Custom Map Setting" (suggested by David on 2020-03-31), including upvotes (10) and comments (4), was merged into this suggestion.
16 Aug, '20
JUAN Admin
"Map builder" (suggested by C1ARK on 2020-07-24), including upvotes (4) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
18 Aug, '20
JUAN Admin
"Make your own map / Reroll a map" (suggested by El on 2020-05-19), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
18 Aug, '20
JUAN Admin
"Allow balanced / semi-randomized boards" (suggested by Akshay on 2020-05-04), including upvotes (8) and comments (1), was merged into this suggestion.
18 Aug, '20
JUAN Admin
"Allow players to create their own board" (suggested by Joshua Smith on 2020-04-19), including upvotes (2) and comments (1), was merged into this suggestion.
01 Sep, '20
JUAN Admin
"Desert location ring choice" (suggested by Alex on 2020-07-16), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
07 Dec, '20
James
To prevent people from using this feature as a substitute for other expansions, you could limit the custom pieces to the pieces included in the expansions owned by the players.
31 Jan, '22
AlexInAuburn
I have not worked on the map editor since the new lobby came out, when I was told that it will no longer be an option. I also have not been asked to make any new maps. If it becomes a possibility in the future, please contact me and I will certainly share the work that I have done so far. I would still like to see the ability to create maps for use in hosting games. Having your custom game maps stored in your profile page would be very cool. It would be nice if you were the only one who could see the maps though, so others don't steal the designs. Being able to share the designs with others would also be a nice feature.
10 Nov, '22
Dojando
Yess! I love building custom boards from the physical version of Catan to play with my friends on. We get creative in shape and form and with seafarers you can do sooo many cool maps. It would be great to be able to make custom ones.
I can see that you sell custom maps in the store already and you probably don't want anyone to be able to recreate them, when they could just buy the map editor. (Assuming it would be a paid DLC which it probably will be)
But the game lives by its community and giving the community to make their own content will really help the game stay alive in the long run. Besides if the mal editor costs as much as the other addon you get much more out of it. Most people who would recreate the maps you already sell, would probably only have bought one or two of the maps you sell and not all of them.
I really want that :)
22 Sep
Giggs4Pups
Allow Catan Community Tournament Hosts the ability to creat Tournament Game Boards or creat a random one and copy it for every table in the tournament.
23 Sep
Spencer
I just sent out a message this afternoon to some of the online communities to upvote this suggestion and we received +25 votes (222>248 ish) with limited effort. The demand is no doubt here for this. Would be great to see this feature implemented in the future once the current tasks are finalized. Good youtube content for people to showcase to viewers, helping funnel more people onto the app.

Secondly, it can be a paid feature that would get lots of eyeballs from the competitive scene, I know countless people who devote lots of time on with but haven't spent much money (if any), but would be willing to purchase this.
24 Sep
Sev7206
This would be awesome