Let's get right into it, shall we?
Let's face it. No multiplayer online game is complete without a CTF mode, right? Well, now Murder Mansion's got one!
As the text in the above images shows (the first is the mode intro text, the second is the rules output); CTF MM-style is a relatively simple affair. Each bedroom has a spot that will change to a briefcase icon (similar to the spots that mark the rooms for Clue mode, or the search points for Escape mode) if that room is occupied. "Teams" are therefore room-color based. Step on an opposing team's briefcase to pick up their "flag" ("File" in MM's case), then step on your own to deposit it for a point.
The "story" behind this mode is that the players are all rival spies (Sorry, My Life as a Spy!)
The next new mode to be added is something I've called "Vendetta". It is a Ship Online-esque style of play, where the players are assigned a specific target to kill, but they do not know who it is until they receive clues to the identity (in the form of periodically being told one of their target's identifying features; gender, body type, shoe size, distinguishing marks, etc.)
The first death in the round ends the round, and the only win condition is if the victim was the killer's assigned target.
All of this is wrapped up in a silly story about the players being mafia enforcers from rival families that are together under a truce, but each Boss has a scheme to double-cross one of the others by having a hit performed on their top enforcer.
"Werewolf" mode.
I don't exactly remember how I came across this one, but I stumbled onto an article about this social gathering roleplaying game (usually played at conventions), that goes by the name of "Werewolf" (though it was originally named "Mafia")
The text in the above images should explain it fairly well. And you should definitely read the instructions for the real game at http://www.eblong.com/zarf/werewolf.html , but here's a little overview;
This game pits an informed minority (the werewolves, two per round, whose job it is to select and kill another player every "night"), against the uninformed majority (the remaining players, "villagers", who then meet each "day" to discuss and ultimately choose a target to lynch as a suspected killer, hoping that they get it right and knock off the werewolves before they manage to get everyone)
The main point of the game therefore comes down to the powers of persuasion, rational deduction, and flat out lying as the players frantically try to identify the real killers, while the killers work to spread doubt and frame others.
This mode is now operational in terms of gameplay control (all game functions are in place to handle the day/night cycle, the voting system to select the target that will be killed, etc.)
The only hold-up now (in fact, the only hold-up remaining before I'm willing to release the uodate!) is in setting up the AI systems to play this mode, due to its much greater emphasis on social interactions and discussions to select the next lynching target.
Oh yeah... Speaking of the AI:
Stay tuned!
I was dissapointed. :(