[Feature Request] Restrict camera view

drwhut / tabletop-club

An open-source platform for playing tabletop games in a physics-based 3D environment for Windows, macOS, and Linux! Made with the Godot Engine.

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[Feature Request] Restrict camera view #167

Closed GrimPixel closed 1 year ago

GrimPixel commented 1 year ago

In some games like lùjūnqí, Stratego, gunjin shōgi, patterns on pieces are hidden from the opponent. So the camera in these games need to be restricted

drwhut commented 1 year ago

I have not heard of these games, but wouldn't using "hidden areas" suffice in hiding secret information from the opponent?

GrimPixel commented 1 year ago

Those pieces are standing, and their patterns face the one who is supposed to see them. https://yewtu.be/watch?v=3R7d0A9ymwQ

elmodor commented 1 year ago

Ah, maybe also something like Codenames (https://boardgamegeek.com/image/2660376/codenames) or Mastermind.

drwhut commented 1 year ago

I'm gonna close this issue for now for the following reasons:

In the majority of cases, hidden areas should solve this issue.
For cases where the pieces still need to be seen by other players, but only a specific side, I think relying on player trust should suffice for now - one can even see if a player is rotating their camera by looking at their cursor.
Even if this was implemented, there would 100% be ways to circumvent it, for example the new details button in the context menu, or by using the debug menu.