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#143060: "Edge case: Whale Song Euphoria switches active user after gifting resources"
notabug: This is not a bug
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The interface blocked me to do some game action authorized by the rules
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• Which was the game action you wanted to do?
In coop mode, I played Whale Song Euphoria, and on the first cosmoctopus move I obtained my last tentacle, which immediately cleared all cards from my tableau. I still had two moves remaining, and found that I could move and gift resources to another player. (Nice surprise, I wasn't aware of this rule, but it makes sense.) I did this, with the expectation that I'd have a 3rd move. Control switched to the other player, assumedly to allow her to apply resources to open constellation spots. However, she was then given another move of the Cosmoctopus instead of me, and gained the resources and cards as a result of that move. I'm not an expert in the game, but I presume that should've been my 3rd move from Whale Song Euphoria - it just went to the "currently active" player instead of the player that played the card. Gameplay then correctly resumed with the next player after me.• What do you try to do to trigger this game action?
Played the card that lets me move cosmoctopus 3 times, won the game on the first move, moved again, gifted resources.• What happened when you try to do this (error message, game status bar message, ...)?
My final move went to the player who received the gifted resources, which doesn't make sense to me.• What is your browser?
Google Chrome v129
Report history
Nigxl • Bug has not been reproduced by delopers yet:
23. Oct 2024 21:56 • Unrelated, but I tried to review a completed game, and could not get it to show me the final situation. I assume Replay would get me there, but it didn't work. I can see the stats, but not the final board position (such as how many tentacles we'd earned, to see if we did better on the next attempt). It might be nice to be able to see the final board without using Replay, and/or for Replay to work.
Kayvon • This is not a bug:
24. Oct 2024 2:07 • > I did this, with the expectation that I'd have a 3rd move.
You took that 3rd move on move #294. You moved three times on your turn, as seen in the log.
You took that 3rd move on move #294. You moved three times on your turn, as seen in the log.
Nigxl • This is not a bug:
24. Oct 2024 2:22 • Thanks for looking at this, it's an edge case and probably low priority to fix.
Please keep in mind that the first move was part of my turn. After resetting and starting my turn over, I moved to the +3 red. This was before playing the card, and was part of the standard turn, which happened at 10:48pm. (Sorry, I don't know how to see move numbers.) The first move with Whale Song Euphoria went to +3 black. The second move was +3 red, which were donated to Kitsutoshi. The third move was made *by Kitsutoshi* to +1 red and draw a card. The turn is now pending the player who follows me.
Please keep in mind that the first move was part of my turn. After resetting and starting my turn over, I moved to the +3 red. This was before playing the card, and was part of the standard turn, which happened at 10:48pm. (Sorry, I don't know how to see move numbers.) The first move with Whale Song Euphoria went to +3 black. The second move was +3 red, which were donated to Kitsutoshi. The third move was made *by Kitsutoshi* to +1 red and draw a card. The turn is now pending the player who follows me.
Kayvon • This is not a bug:
24. Oct 2024 3:38 • > which happened at 10:48pm. (Sorry, I don't know how to see move numbers.)
Unfortunately, that time is specific only to you, so it doesn't make a good reference point. You can find move number in the replay, in the upper-left corner (use landscape mode on mobile), or by clicking on the log (again, in landscape on mobile) and looking at the value in the "replay from this point" link.
> The second move was +3 red, which were donated to Kitsutoshi.
In this implementation, once the donation occurs, the player receiving the donation determines how to carry out the remainder of the turn, including any remaining movement bonuses. In general, this is a result of where you've moved, but as you've surmised this is a corner case where maybe control of the turn should bounce back and forth between you and the other player. This gets really messy during online play because there's no fixed order in which the remaining actions should be carried out, so we keep things simple by allowing the player to just perform the rest of the turn. As in all cooprative games, we encourage players to communicate throughout the game and in this situation specifically.
Hopefully this provides the answer you're looking for, even if the resolution isn't precisely what you were originally seeking.
Unfortunately, that time is specific only to you, so it doesn't make a good reference point. You can find move number in the replay, in the upper-left corner (use landscape mode on mobile), or by clicking on the log (again, in landscape on mobile) and looking at the value in the "replay from this point" link.
> The second move was +3 red, which were donated to Kitsutoshi.
In this implementation, once the donation occurs, the player receiving the donation determines how to carry out the remainder of the turn, including any remaining movement bonuses. In general, this is a result of where you've moved, but as you've surmised this is a corner case where maybe control of the turn should bounce back and forth between you and the other player. This gets really messy during online play because there's no fixed order in which the remaining actions should be carried out, so we keep things simple by allowing the player to just perform the rest of the turn. As in all cooprative games, we encourage players to communicate throughout the game and in this situation specifically.
Hopefully this provides the answer you're looking for, even if the resolution isn't precisely what you were originally seeking.
Nigxl • This is not a bug:
24. Oct 2024 4:34 • Thanks for considering! If that's the way you want it to work, then great... and thanks for implementing a fun game.
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