Suggestion: Quick netplay
I think sometimes it's a bit boring, waiting for a free room and/or for enough players to join to start an internet game.
This may also be an obstacle for new players just wanting to play a quick net game.
So my suggestion is:
*Add a possibility to start a quick internet game.
This could be implemented by introducing some "hidden" rooms to the server. The only choice the quick network gamer has to make is his/her expertise in playing hedgewars, giving us the names for the hidden rooms (i.e. "novice", "intermediate", "expert").
The hidden rooms can't be seen by "normal" players (not playing in quick mode).
The game is automatically started by the server, if enough players joined the room (maybe at least 3 or 4).
Game options are controlled by the server, some are random, some are default.
What do you think?
Nice idea (assume you'd like to suggest a simple "play online" or "play now" like many console games like BFBC2 or L4D2 offer?) but I guess the player base is still too small for something like that to be very effective.
I am suggesting something similar to the "Simple Game" button in "Local Game" mode, just for "Network Game" mode.
What I thought was actually the opposite:
New players dont have to bother about all possible game options, finding a room, etc. and just start playing online.