So I've been following a few spiders here on the forum and I came across various threads including this thread that was started not too long ago.

Seeing as a few people thought that iSketch had got worse over time, I thought I'd start a more constructive thread by asking how you think that iSketch could improve. Whether it is a new suggestion for general gameplay or an idea for something a little extra that could be added to iSketch, post your ideas here.

Yes, I know ideas can be submitted to Feedback but hey, this could also be a place to talk about other people's thoughts, perhaps provide possible improvements to other ideas or provide your own opinions about these suggestions.

I'll start off with a couple of my ideas.

My idea 1: Ability to select multiple wordlists when creating a User Created Room, in order to mix the words from a couple of wordlists if you cannot decide on one specific list.
My idea 2: Ability to select exactly how many words you have to guess in UCRs. At the moment you can either select "All Words" or "One Word". What would be nice is being able to perhaps guess 2 words out of 4, for example, thus providing a more flexible way of drawing and guessing.

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I propose that there should be more admins with Spanish language.

Many admins sometimes do not understand our language and vice versa. :/

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I have a few ideas:
1. Once a player guesses the word correctly, keep him/her from typing. This avoids spam and also keeps them from revealing the answer to others.
2. Have skill levels. It's annoying to be in the same room with people who can't draw a stick figure and keep giving hints before they even begin to draw.
3. Let people know that the ability to draw and spell correctly are what the game is about. That will weed out the trolls.
I guess that's it for now. Great game, but it could be better.

Some nice ideas there Bunji :)

I think the first one is a great idea but people tend to want to chat to others if they are playing with their friends.

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I think there should be UK versions of the Anything But, Connections and Blitz! rooms. I suggested that to feedback a couple of years ago but never got a reply. There was probably something up with the email though, because I never got the automated reply either.

They should probably add some other languages to them as well. Blitz has a few already, but not Turkish and Brasileiro which have quite a high number of users in normal rooms (these 2 don't have 5 strokes either).

I don't personally see enough spam or answer sharing (I see relatively little actually) to convince me that the annoyance of a 20 second mute (longer in some rooms) every time I guess first would be a nice idea. I don't really want to see iSketch turn into a game only, no chat place (although that's how I originally played it). And dedicated spammers probably aren't guessing the word anyway, so I think the impact on spam would be practically zero.

I think skill levels have good and bad points. There was some good discussion on it some time ago here.

I don't really agree with art skill levels though, which seems to be what you're suggesting. It seems a bit too elitist, and how would these skill levels be decided anyway? Would people need to rank how good someones pictures are? Would there just be rooms called "Expert Artist" where self indulgent people take a day and a half to draw an eyelash (and where anyone could enter anyway, regardless of skill)? Also, why should the less talented people be deprived of seeing other peoples good drawings, which may even inspire them to try harder themselves?

On the hint thing you mention though, perhaps there could be a time limit before the hint button can be used?

No it won't.

iSketch: Hello, the ability to draw and spell correctly are what this game is about!
Troll: Oh, is it? I'll go troll somewhere else, I guess.

Trolls are people who want to annoy people for their own fun...

There are already rooms similar to these on iSketch. Famous Faces, Famous Art and Fictional Characters all have an extended time limit so that artists can spend longer to perfect their drawings.

Great idea nh :) The number of people that just hint their way to the answer, especially if it is a short word, instead of drawing can be a little annoying.

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I like this idea but I would tweak it a bit. I'd probably keep that player from typing in the Game box.

While I do believe drawing and spelling correctly are quite valuable assets to have -- especially while playing iSketch -- a majority of people do like the chat when they're done guessing, and wreak general havoc :P.

For skill levels.. hmm. Interesting concept. Perhaps people's drawings could be rated? I mean personally I wouldn't mind having rooms for people who designate themselves as "advanced artist" but I don't think a system such as this is really worth focusing on right now when there are so many other issues. And we all know how long it takes for the most minuscule problems to get sorted out on iSk...

Hmm I kinda don't see the point in the whole stopping you from typing after you guessed it thing, would just be too annoying to me. :(

But I do reallllly like the um hinting time limit thingy.... :( i can't stand when people do that..

Wouuuuld also be nice of word lists could be fixed... :( theree sem to be quite a few words in some lists that aren guessable cos of brokeness or weird characters we can't type. :( Hmm.. Also some rooms seem to have too short a time limit to draw in... or maybe I just draw slow.. idk but yeah :( seems short still.

Ok, here I go again after having the first post shot right off the sky :).
How about rooms with tweaked rules. Examples:
No hint room - Self explanatory
No color room - Using colors count as hints
Click when ready room - You draw, but nothing shows until you click a button

The last one would even the playing field for people who aren't fast at typing. It's a bit annoying to have people start typing madly, word after word, as soon as they see the first thing drawn, whether it is a dot, a line, etc.
Be gentle :).

Hm, the click when ready room woulda kinda be how 5 strokes is already... as the draws dont appear untill after each mouse click is let go of... that's if people do draw in just one stroke though.. which most seem to do. :)

Yes, but it would allow you to use more than 5 strokes. That would be the main difference.

Oh yeah. haha. I kinda managed to forget about the stroke count :/ ah but still idk. :) might be kinda usefull I supposeee. :)

Uh, I guess I'll use this since the feedback thread is dead. I've always wanted to see a search for player function. Sometimes I meet some really cool people I'd like to play again, but with no way of contacting them.

You can already type "/find [username]" of just "/f [username]" to find if a player you know is logged on, and if they are in a room or not.

You can also add names to your buddy list (in "settings" at the top of the iSketch page) and then when you log on you'll be told if any of them are logged on already, and you'll also be alerted as soon as they log on.

The buddy list can hold up to 10 usernames of your choice. Do be aware though that some people can log in to the server with the same name as your friends, especially if they use quite a common name. A quick /profile command and perhaps an /ip may help determining the true identity of this person.

Although you can probably just tell by their manner of speaking if they are your friend or not.

Just a bit of added info. :)

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I would love to be able, if you are unable to draw the word you were given, to have 1 opportunity to 'swap' your word for a new one before having to skip. I think this would be better so that you don't miss out on your extra points if you can't draw the word given.

Ooh, I don't like the idea of a swapping words, it would make it too easy... Sometimes you depend on someone getting a tricky word to get past them in a game though that does go both ways. Also don't you kind of deserve to miss out on points if you cannot draw the word given?

My idea for iSketch is a room that changes its word list randomly for new each game. It could be called Lucky Dip or something. I'm not sure if that would be hard to implement but I think it would be fun and popular. (I realise you can make a user created room and do it but that's not as good).

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Not bad ideas at all :)

I'm not so keen on the swapping words one, it seems like a good idea, but I agree with gt. It might make it a bit easier unless perhaps you could swap but then you can't swap back if you choose to swap. Good thinking though :)

I like your idea of a Lucky Dip room, perhaps it could include some of the more speciality rooms like Movies, Music and History and not just "Easy" rooms. I think it could be popular too :)

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Oh haha, stupid of me. Never saw that, my bad.

i think it would be cool to have a leaderboard, highscores, most games won in a row etc. maybe the ability to register... some kinda awards system for competitive / serious players could be fun?! ... a time limit b4 u can use hint is a great idea, encourages people to try more or just skip.. :)

i bet you would have loved the idea if it was anyone but me saying it

Could there be some way that the game could keep account of the words each user has drawn over the past 24 hours?

So, that way one doesn't draw "nicotine" 3 times in one day.

I think the new updates are fine, with the exception of the game crash, of course.

EDIT: Could there be some way one could list the users by their IP address and not their name with the /whois command? That would make finding duplicate logins much easier.

Try the /ip command.

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I was wondering when you get a joint win with someone else, maybe the win could count in both players' stats, because the game only seems to count solo wins?

Also an increase in the buddy list size would be good.

Theres no difference in the results from the /whois command and the /ip command, fool