- 01Receive private information
- 02Make public claims
- 03Challenge and compare
- 04Vote and reveal
Hidden roles and credibility
Players hold private information and conflicting goals; claims may be truthful or misleading, so compare evidence before voting.
The player's decision
Reveal your evidence now or hold it to test others' claims?
Original scenario
Original: one of four lighthouse keepers alters a log; two route clues force the culprit to explain a gap.
Start with this prototype
Start with a four-player tabletop prototype: four roles, six clues, one discussion and vote. Shield private information and audit deductions after reveal; defer networking/chat.
Change one variable
Vary public clues to compare persuasion, guessing and deduction.
What to observe in a playtest
Prevent role leaks and preserve participation for falsely accused players.
Take the full design card
Includes rules, scope, tuning questions and sources for further planning. It does not create a project automatically.
Original analysis · version 1
Common pitfall
Without checkable information, discussion rewards only dominance.
Observations and sources
Cases refer to public documentation. Developers and community wikis are credited separately; document review is not a claim of hands-on testing.
- Among Us
Official rules combine tasks, surveillance, meetings and voting against disguised tasks and sabotage.
- One Night Ultimate Werewolf
Secret roles and information powers resolve in one night/morning with no midgame elimination.
Brief for the studio
Opens the AI studio with the brief below in the input. You can edit it. Nothing starts automatically.
Start with a four-player tabletop prototype: four roles, six clues, one discussion and vote. Shield private information and audit deductions after reveal; defer networking/chat.
Covers are original AI-generated style illustrations. Game names reference publicly visible design choices and remain the property of their owners. This atlas does not supply screenshots or assets from those games. Prompts and combinations are original drafts for new games.