Spectate Games

30 votes

Be able to spectate a game, anonymously or not

Done Suggested by: Alfredo Moreno R. (27 Mar, '20) • Upvoted: 17 Aug, '23 • Comments: 15

Comments: 15

29 Mar, '20
AlexInAuburn
Spectating games is already available. In the lobby, click on the "Games: ###" heading and then select the spectate button next to the game you wish to view.
03 Apr, '20
Carlos Merged
Right now I'm in a zoom conversation with 4 friends while they are playing. I would like to see their game directly from colonist.io webpage because but this is not possible right now and to solve this one of them is screen-sharing.

This fact gives the rest of the people the chance to see his cards and its very annoying.
13 Apr, '20
Neil
@Alex Bruski: With thousands of games running, it's impossible to find your friend's game. If they provide the 4 digit ID, there is no way to join that game.

We should be able to:
(a) search by the ID or username, or
(b) jump to spectate the game directly (i.e. colonist.io/spectate/#xxxx)
17 Apr, '20
ColonistLover Merged
Me and my friends love Settlers and we've been doing game nights between us during the social distancing. We'd love a spectate option so we all can watch the game of people playing. Can this be possible?
17 Apr, '20
AlexInAuburn Merged
There is already a spectate feature in place. Click on the game tab in the lobby, then find the game in the list that you would like to watch and click the spectate button.
20 Apr, '20
jp Merged
It would be great if you could spectate games (that aren't private). So if your friends are already playing a game, you can join as a spectator and just watch.
20 Apr, '20
AlexInAuburn Merged
That is already available... just select the game tab from the lobby and find the game in the list, then click on spectate!
17 May, '20
Chris
Adding to this, you should be able to join a game as a spectator even if the game has not yet started (currently, you have to wait for the game to start).
22 May, '20
paradox
Or add the ability for those in the game to send a spectator link
21 Jun, '20
Austin Admin Merged
"BIG IDEA: SPECTATOR MODE TO SEE YOUR FRIENDS GAME" (suggested by Carlos on 2020-04-03), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
21 Jun, '20
Austin Admin
"Would love a spectator function" (suggested by ColonistLover on 2020-04-17), including upvotes (3) and comments (3), was merged into this suggestion.
30 Jul, '20
Austin Admin
"Spectating Games" (suggested by jp on 2020-04-20), including upvotes (3) and comments (1), was merged into this suggestion.
21 Feb, '21
Oliver
There really needs to be a way to search/find a game. Either search by game title or by who set it up. With hundreds of games, it's impossible to find the one you're looking for.
22 Apr, '23
Nuragh
I am thrown into spectator mode suddenly. How do you get out of it?
27 Sep, '23
Sheba123
I'm playing a game and all of a sudden I become a spectator. How do I get out of that and how did I end up being a spectator?
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