Idea thread

CheeseCake

but what if my drawing is bad? will it still be considered?

Igor

CheeseCake yes, as long as your idea is clear. this is the thread for skin suggestions:

https://forum.partyanimals.com/d/4023-skin-suggestions/

CheeseCake

oh okay. ill practice my drawing skills.

Igor

CheeseCake or ask someone to help you draw when you have an idea of what you want. that's how i do it

CheeseCake

that's nice ill try and do that too.

DoubleDash

Idea:
Make the pirate ship you survive on in the Black Sails mission a Last Stand map. Since the devs added the Ring Of Garfat, they could totally add this. The ship will slowly start to sink overtime due to thick waves and an once in a while, a Karen attack. You could also make it a stormy atmosphere, so it will be a map that isn’t super bright, but not super dark

Igor

DoubleDash some people suggested it already. i think maybe blacksails was originally planned as team score map, but later was changed to a mission. that's my guess

galaxy-cabbage

CheeseCake
ill draw 2 more emotes and the costumes, think of me as the idea showcaser, u come up with them, i draw them.

Igor

let's try to think about game types that could work for party animals

i already mentioned "dead by daylight" type of game mode. some people suggested to make one player bigger than the others, to which i said it would require making new animations. however if the developers test it, and maybe they already did, and see that they can create such animations, then a game mode with one character playing as "boss" can become reality
"infected" game modes you see in other games is really an evolution of tag game. i cant imagine how it may look in party animals, but if we want such mode, we want it to be distinct from how it is in other games
cooking games are also popular. can there be a cooking team score map, where both team can fight and sabotage each other? this looks like something that can work. let's think about how to make such map more distinct and interesting

Thunderbird7047

Igor
. A system where people could create and publish their own maps would be really cool. The community could vote on maps and be put into rotation for last stand. maybe they could have a new mode called custom last stand (there's probably way better names for it) where instead of the traditional maps the maps would all be made by members of the community.
. Tournament is another fun idea. In tournament there would be 8 players to start, all matches would be put under the same time limit so matches would all happen simultaneously and there wouldn't be some matches before others. The image shows how it could look. It would start with 8 players, after the first round there would be 4 players, then 2, and finally the winner.

Igor

this thread can be useful for idea sketches, so we can continue developing those ideas together and later present the final form to the developers. let's think more about the first game mode

i think i already said that i never liked "dead by daylight", but i did like Evolve game. this is the first game i saw in a genre of asymmetric multiplayer and it can just be the very first one

so if we had asymmetric mutiplayer game mode in party animals, i want it to be more like "evolve" and less like "dead by daylight". but this again requires increasing the size of one player. suppose the technicians can do that, it will have slower movement and special ground attacks, creating the boss player will be the main challenge, because you dont really have to change any animations for other players, unless you want a special animation, like climbing on the back of boss player ("shadow of the colossus" production team managed to create climbing on top of other big characters in 2005, so im sure recreate games could do something similar in 2025)

other players can simply use crossbows to attack the boss player. we could add fire, electric and ice arrows for variety. rapid fire perk from SMASH game mode can also be used, we could even have stationary cannons from black sails with limited number of cannonballs

the idea is simple, the boss player should eliminate other players and vice versa, but that's still not enough to make this game mode fun. in Evolve the goal of the player, who controls the monster is to run away from other players at the start of game, until he evolves to be strong enough to fight them. the goal of other players is to catch him before he evolves. in "dead by daylight" type of games the goal of other players is the opposite and it's to escape, before the "boss" player kills all players. lets think about what kind of goals both the "boss" player and other players can have in such game mode for party animals

Igor

@Falos1209 recommended me to join playtest of this game. another chinese game. it's like animal crossing in space on a cube planet, where you also play mini games

it has an interesting feature. while you decorate your planet, you can pre-register for upcoming mini games. the time of registration can be between 2-20 minutes. what makes this system good is that it insures that you will play with real people and not bots. in some other chinese games the matchmaking time is very quick, and if there are not enough real players, it fills the remaining slots with bots

in party animals, suppose they decided to make longer matchmaking time in quick match to play with more real players, instead of bots. there could be some activity you do with your team while you wait. maybe a training mode during matchmaking? maybe hang out in winter cabin while its searching for players? or design something else to play while you wait? you can think what it can be

Igor

we've already suggested adding more arcade games to winter cabin, but also a new 2D arcade game could be designed to play while you wait for the match. such games dont require much time to be loaded, so you could play it instantly. the animals on sofa are already animated playing a game. you could turn the camera around and play on a TV they are looking at

ToastySTENCH

A couple ideas off the top of my head. I apologize if they've been suggested before.

King of the hill. Kind of like safety afloat but instead of scoring the float you just keep it on your side for a limited time

A battle version of Nemo kart. You get 3 balloons or something PA-like to count lives and use pawer ups to attack each other.

Musical chairs in the winter cabin

A courier game mode. Kind of like assault on Halo. One team delivers a bomb or so on the other side of a larger map, while the other team tries to stop them.

Prop hunt. I'm sure we all know this game. Players can be an item and can move every 15 seconds or so.

Maybe some sort of game mode where each team has to collect all these parts of a "beast". They assemble them and it turns into a giant party animals that a player of that team can climb into and wreck more havoc.

This game mode was on a game I used to play. Basically the floor changes colour every 20 seconds. It could be ice, it could be double damage, it could be lava and immediately jump onto and grasp the walls.

Thats all I got for now!

CheeseCake

My Idea is in Nemo Kart mode. while hoping over a ramp, they should add like a stunt gesture like in Mario kart, or gestures when getting top 3.

Cirno

I got a few ideas!

A rooftop map in the city would be nice (Similar to the one in gang beasts),
A map inside a plane would be cool! Not like broken arrow, because your inside. I’m thinking of the planes from airports, so everyone’s in the plane, safe for around 15-30 seconds, then the emergency doors fly off, it could either be like wind tunnel where the wind is trying to bring you outside, where you would lose (but the wind can’t be as strong as in wind tunnel). Then in the last minute or so, the plane catches on fire and crashes into the ocean, where players quickly need to climb up and get to the roof of the plane. Then they need to fight each other and throw each other into the ocean, it would be like in typhoon where you would just drown, but the plane starts sinking into the ocean, the last seconds would be like in typhoon where you can do nothing but swim. Maybe when the plane crashes into the ocean it there could be floaties nearby the plane, where players can grab onto to not drown in the final seconds of the match, when the plane sinks.

Barbie

Cirno Great ideas!
We'll take note of them and pass them along to our team for review.
Thank you for your support!

ToastySTENCH

I think it would be neat if they could have a map playlist style tournament with each map linked. For example, the map could start on ichiban, with the winner grabbing onto a rope or something that takes you away. The map then starts on top of the plane of broken arrow. After that game it crashes/drops you off on Ice breaker. Which then once the round is over, it shows the winner boarding the submarine from Typhoon. This was sort of implemented in the missions. Would be cool to see done in game.

Having whats called "levelution" in party animals. It's a common battlefield (the game) tactic to mix up maps. Such as Shanghai tower, placing explosives at the pillar made the skyscraper fall and change the dynamic of the map. It would be neat if this was introduced in some existing maps or implemented in the future maps. Such as having a specific wall near the "end" of a map being visibly but partially broken. Throwing for example 3 bombs near it blows it open and unlocks an easteregg spot or maybe something interesting relating to the games lore (garfat). Or, maybe controls to control a crane, trap doors, or something like that.

Not entirely a map idea, but i think it would be a great addition if it was implemented. I personally was a fan of doing the missions in Party Animals. It would be cool if co-op was expanded more. Maybe have a heist mode for players. One example could be 4 players, or 2, need to sneak in to steal one of garfats secret new potions from his lab. This lab is full of AI enemies that range in difficulty. We have to do a number of randomized puzzles all while trying to remain undetected. There could also be obstacle courses too we need to do. Making team work at times absolutely crucial. Or go in hot and loud but you'll have waves and waves of enemies making it harder to open the case holding the potion and make it to the extraction zone. Making stealth a prominent factor in this would be a plus. Scaling walls and doing rolls to get around behind enemies to dampen the sound.

Some other map ideas.
A traffic map. Gator valley is already chaos and makes it quick to die. Why not add an equally chaotic map? Traffic/Nemo kart racing is zooming past in certain spots, not necessarily risking death, but certain making being dragged off the map possible.

A roof top map downtown. Sort of like castle ween, but without the light issue and instead some sort of "nerf" to the map. This map could have a crane and the visibly partially broken wall i was talking about, controlling the crane and adding a fun, chaotic element to the game.

A map sort of like fluffy redemption, except the goal is combat. Have maybe obstacles on the tops of vehicles to skim players off if they don't hop to the other vehicle, or hang off for dear life!

Adding little mini games in the winter cabin. Such as 4 person arcade machines. One game could be like classic donkey Kong. 1 player is donkey Kong and 3 players must make it to the end, all while donkey Kong is throwing barrels, trying to stop their advancement. Another arcade game could be a mini game based in the rock fall in Ring of Garfat. The rocks fall faster and faster and you each get 3 lives. No combat, just intense rock falling. I feel like Recreate has a whole arsenal of mini arcade game ideas from Mario Party mini games they could recreate in party animals, within the cabin in the form of arcade machines.

Thats all I got off the top of my head!

P.s.
It's good to be back, everyone. I'm excited to be able to share ideas, goofy shots and videos and making new friends. I've already ran into some of you in game. I'm glad to be a part of this community! Here's to new beginnings 🍻

Barbie

Dear @ToastySTENCH
Thank you so much for sharing such detailed and thoughtful gameplay suggestions with us!
We'll ensure that everything is carefully documented and passed along to our team for consideration.
If you have any additional feedback or suggestions in the future, we’d love to hear them.

ToastySTENCH

Hey PA staff, maybe put this idea up in the air to consider adding.

When spectating in Last Stand, consider adding a feature to mash a button to speed up the process of a bomb that was thrown. I definitely don't think it should be anywhere near instant explosion upon landing. But a small grasp of control on blowing up a bomb can give a spectator a very minor 2nd opportunity at timing their throw. I can't see this being too much of a nuisance towards players remaining in the game as long as the adjustment is minor enough. Im thinking the equivalent to how mashing buttons helps recovery from a knock out faster - not too much but enough to give a player a small chance for redemption.

I can admit I see macros being an issue for this. I would imagine this could be implemented if and when the macro cheat issue gets resolved.

Barbie

Dear @ToastySTENCH
Thank you for your feedback.
We'll pass it on to our team for further consideration.

ToastySTENCH

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