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More Online CO-OP Games should have option to pause (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/games@lemmy.world
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Pretty much title. It is annoying when you are playing some online co-op game (where time matters) and you cannot pause it. Server pause option would amazing in case you have to deal something in real life. I found this issue annoying in Peak and most farming games.

Stardew Valley has this to pause game in online and I hope more games would add this option.

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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)
  1. Give all players a pause limit. A certain number of minutes per game and per pause, and a number of pauses. Players can't pause anymore after going over their time limit or pause count limit. The game resumes after a pause's time limit is reached.
  2. Pausing should happen after a delay of a certain number of seconds. So a player hits pause, countdown starts before actually pausing.
  3. Resuming from a pause also has a timer.
  4. Players' pause stats are retained. People who take more pauses or spend more time pausing the game get matched with each other.
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