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Decrypto as spectator

Posted: 07 August 2023, 17:36
by elydia
As a spectator of a game in progress of decrypto, would it be possible to see the 4 words of the followed team in the red screens in order to understand how it works ? I only see the 3 words proposed without knowing what it corresponds to, thank you for your help.

Re: Decrypto as spectator

Posted: 07 August 2023, 20:32
by robinzig
Unfortunately this is a limitation of BGA itself, or rather how developers are told to implement their games - nothing is supposed to be visible to spectators that wouldn't be known to every single player. I presume the idea is to prevent players cheating by having a second account that they use to spectate the same game and see the hand (or whatever) of the opponents (or teammates in a co-operative deduction game).

This certainly makes any deduction-type game (Hanabi is another example) pretty pointless to spectate, but unfortunately this is just how it is.

Re: Decrypto as spectator

Posted: 08 August 2023, 09:02
by elydia
I understand, I hadn't thought about cheating, it couldn't be otherwise. Thank you for your reply.