As a game developer myself and avid Among Us player there's something bothering me about this game, and I'd like to share with you my thoughts on this subject. Lobby settings are becoming a problem. Not that I oppose customization but custom lobbies shouldn't be the only way to play; games need to have at last a few game modes with standardized gameplay, otherwise it's chaos. There's just too many possibilities, many settings that completely alter the way you play the game, unbalanced combinations that may favor crewmates or impostors, everyone is developing different preferences and it's honestly a pain to find a lobby with the settings you want. None of that would be a problem if we could have a few pre-defined settings to choose from when searching for a game.
So I came up with a simple solution: game modes. Whenever you're creating a lobby or searching for one, on top of selecting the map and number of impostors you would choose a game mode in order to facilitate finding matches that suit your tastes.
- Casual:
Emergency Meetings: 2
Emergency Cooldown: 10
Discussion Time: 15s
Voting Time: 60s
Player Speed: 1.5x
Crewmate Vision: 1x
Impostor Vision: 1.5x
Kill Cooldown: 20s
Kill Distance: Medium
#Common Tasks: 3
#Long Tasks: 2
#Short Tasks: 3
Confirm Ejects / Anonymous Votes / Task Bar Updates / Visual Tasks: Host's choice.
- Medium:
Emergency Meetings: 1
Emergency Cooldown: 15
Discussion Time: 30s
Voting Time: 60s
Player Speed: 1.25x
Crewmate Vision: 1x
Impostor Vision: 1.5x
Kill Cooldown: 25s
Kill Distance: Short
#Common Tasks: 2
#Long Tasks: 2
#Short Tasks: 2
Confirm Ejects / Anonymous Votes / Task Bar Updates / Visual Tasks: Host's choice.
- Hardcore:
Emergency Meetings: 1
Emergency Cooldown: 15
Discussion Time: 45s
Voting Time: 60s
Player Speed: 1x
Crewmate Vision: 0.75x
Impostor Vision: 1.5x
Kill Cooldown: 30s
Kill Distance: Short
#Common Tasks: 2
#Long Tasks: 1
#Short Tasks: 2
Confirm Ejects / Anonymous Votes / Task Bar Updates / Visual Tasks: Host's choice.
- Custom:
All settings chosen by the host.
Also drew up an
I'd really like to see something like this added to the game, because when I think of wasting 5 minutes to find a lobby that meets my preferences I honestly give up playing. Let me know what you think 🙂
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmongUs/comments/k1p8ht/suggestion_implementing_game_modes_for_predefined/